I've been confused as of lately. As having experienced a few different trip experiences, I've rarely really felt like I am doing it right or exploiting the experience to its fullest, like being in the "best" location or what I'm supposed to be feeling or thinking.

In essence, what would YOU consider the best location, set up, people, area, mood, music AKA setting as a whole for any trip experience? What is the best setting for you to be comfortable and fully immerse yourself into a great experience and what do you expect to feel or learn? When I plan an experience, I like to ensure that the time is going to be spent well and fully enjoyed.

P.S. I am already aware that one should have a sitter in most situations and to be in a calm environment that one is comfortable with and does not have to worry about anything or anyone interfering with you during that time.

I would have to say my favorite setup would be during the day sitting in a grass field where I can see a pretty good distance, like hills and things really far away. Trees are a must. I'll have candles, nag champa incense, and white sage burning. I need to have one or two of my best friends there, but not in view during the trip. If I can see them looking at me during a trip, it makes me feel really uncomfortable like I'm supposed to do something. Also, no music, however having a friend play a tibetan singing bowl is insanely soothing. Oh and all of this is inside a salt circle. Sometimes I'll do all of this but at night in front of a big fire, but doing it at night or in the dark makes the experience a little negative, sometimes on the brink of scary.

For me I like to be alone.
Sitting upright in my bed, pillows against my back and head.
A very dim light like a candle.
Other times I like complete darkness.

Music can make or break it for me.
I like to listen to relaxing, meditative stuff mostly but sometimes when it starts to "kick in" my senses become really enhanced. No matter how low I have the volume it seems to get REALLY loud and it kills it for me.

Because of that I prefer to sit in silence.

Nature.

Hmmmm.

So far the i have smoked mostly inside.
Best is with a couple friends you are comfortable in silence with, i like music playing but not loud and not really music too demanding or Good do not want it really taking your attention i think.
Smoke and hold in with eyes closed, then lye down comfortable as and open eyes.

My last trip i planned for two weeks and thought about it and what i would like from it a lot and was very much pleased, i will try next time also.

I love what 'Psylence' said love that way.

I have had a couple outside trips and am thinking i will more so, as i am sure i can sense the space i am tripping inside the size sometimes, and a room is limited compared to the universe.

Have you read on this site of people smoking in the shower LOL i will try this on a low dose interesting.

On my bed, at dusk. The windows are open, allowing me to hear the birds outside. It's mid-summer, maybe 75 degrees. I would be by myself with no music playing or other sort of distraction for that matter. Light source(s) would be natural only.

In my bed and comfortable clothes. Put on a playlist that will last the whole trip. Turn off ALL the lights. If you can wrap up in some blankets.

I'm really liking these settings, psylence had a nice image painted there. My most pleasing experience was in an orchard/woodsy area. The smell of the outside humidity, pure sunny day with perfect clouds that were a blast to watch, and a perfect hot temperature to just stroll along in an area where few people were around and laugh in bliss as I explored nature and think. Almost perfect except it was still in society so it couldn't be completely care-free.

i think this highly depends on the substance, if its just freebase dmt or changa, i think alone in bedroom is good since wont b here anyways when launched. Shrooms or aya on the other hand i find best to do in nature, where i can see nature come alive and can connect to it. All at night and alone, music wise with any dmt containing substance i found need something very slow and relaxing like ambient or some icaros..on shrooms any kind of good music sounds amazing

my ideal SMOALKING location would be in the belly button of a pulsating colour changing chameleon of condensed energy, kev (the chameleon) would be floating on a lake of hyperspatial liquid, this giant hyperspace pond is on a far of planet made of love.

In Kevs belly button there would also be a being of pure light, this being is the future incarnation of all beings and they are there to refill my GVG between hits and to pass me a drink of juice when necessary.

or,

in bed, in the dark

Alone, lying in bed after a fresh shower and short meditation time. Phone off. Earplugs in. Nearly total darkness except for a small candle

My last two journeys have been outside in a field, safely away from anything I can hurt myself on and in the pitch black of night.I like to journey alone having people around makes it hard for me to relax and get in the state of mind I want to be in.

I tried it in the daylight as well but to be outside in the pitch black and watch the world light up around you and
sometimes absorb you is incredible.I tried inside trips over the winter but lying outside in the grass is so much
more relaxing for me.The fresh air seems very relaxing as well.

Sadly I have yet to find my cumfort zone. Being with a family that doesn't respect drugs and seems to want attention from me at any time. Makes it impossible to do normal doses. So small doses only.

My set and setting: A 200 year old Antique Elizabethan couch handed down to me from my family. Big comfy pillow behind my head as I lay back. Darkness with a lava lamp and led Xmas lights on my wrapped around my desk casting a colourful glow on to my gill-like (fish gills) wavy curtain. I chose music two times but I think I rejected it because I sat up in a trip. So no music now, just earplugs. (I think in a way no music can be important, because there are sounds I heard last time, and I would have missed them had I been listening to music). My small dose is 10mg or less.

Sitting under a tree in the woods or forest, as long as the bugs aren't killing me, they can ruin my vibe sometimes. Or walking along a path..

I have three settings I consider optimal (long lasting psychedelics):

1. Camp outs/nature centric festivals with a group of good friends who watch after each other.
2. At home with really close friends, having an "art day". Listen to music, talk, watch movies, draw, read books to each other, make arts and crafts.
3. At home, alone, for self-exploration.

The most amazing experiences happen in the 1st. 2nd one has created some amazing personal bonds between me and some of my friends. 3rd is how I prepare myself for the 1st and become more aware of how I respond to a substance. Without distractions, it is very easy to become aware of how your thought process has changed, or mind is responding.

As far as smoalk goes... I've done it in all three as well, but the best ones were in number 2. Only time I did it at a camp out was magnificently beautiful though. Was in the middle of a field after leaving a creek where friends were swimming/drinking. Friend handed me the pipe and told me what it was. Took a small hit (having no desire to breakthrough), and got some serene visuals. Right after I took the hit, a light rain shower started. In the middle of summer, with the heat, it felt amazing. Everything was just so perfect.

I have two so far... I've yet to get outside and thinkit's going to be the bee's knees...

1) With my lady and my best friend and his wife in my living room, lights down, incense, quiet music, blankets and laying around space all set up. We doo this every Saturday night and it's very cool HOWEVER, to get really deep...

2) ALone or with my lady in our room, in bed, mostly reclined, after a shower and meditation, single small candle burning on the shelf, all quiet, dark... on tough puff and ....away I go

I don't mind company or music (the right kinds), but find that they keep me tethered to this world unless I go real-heavy on my dose.





This is really cool... I'm going to incorporate it in the Saturday Night Fever plan

Outside in nature
Ideally a beautiful sunny day . A high point in a forest setting . Lots of large rocks around for grounding . As far from all people and manmade objects as physically possible. An entire day with no place to be.

(For shrooms)
I've found that I prefer to be in an place where I can be both outdoors in nature, but also have the option to retreat indoors should I feel the need to. This could either mean in a field/woods setting with a nearby tent, or at home because I have a spacious backyard ( and a trampoline ), having a choice between the two helps me to feel more secure in the sense that I have both adequate shelter and the freedom of nature.
Having said that, I prefer the field/tent setting especially when the grass outside is long and wavy... there's no greater feeling (imo) than being consumed or absorbed by a sea of green writhing life, staring up at the sky watching the stars and clouds (I'm yet to trip during the day unfortunately).

Music: On shrooms, music is just amazing. I tend to avoid metal(except for Tool) or overbearing/dark trance though as it sometimes has too much influence on my thoughts/visuals. Silence is also quite nice during a good trip, but I can only tolerate it for so long.
Which leads me on to company... I'm not a fan of large crowds even when sober, but even less so when on shrooms. I much prefer to have just a small group (max 5-6 people including myself) who can talk on my level, but also appreciate times of silence, as quite often silence can lead to telepathic communication and synchronized visions/hallucinations/ideas.
Too many (or the wrong) people can cause mixed signals and disrupt the flow of my trip.

I've had quite a long break from shrooms and in that time I've thought a lot about how I'd like my next trip to go.
I'm going to clean up my yard and section off an area as a sort of 'ground-zero' to begin my trip, where I will purify the area using white sage, set up a tent and small camp-fire possibly, have food and drink handy, etc etc.
Set up a portable stereo (using an extension cord from the house) with a few CD's of mixed music (psybience, light psytrance, tool, etc), a UV light inside the tent...
Planning to have some of my most trusted and intelligent friends with me, it's going to be amazing with the group of us sitting around discussing existence, going for walks around the yard and most likely out in the street if we're feeling confined...

The next time after that (once I'm certain that shrooms will treat me well, having suffered psychosis a couple years back), I plan to go camping and trip in the day-time. Somewhere with trees and long green grass, hopefully even a nearby stream/river.

Always alone. In Summer at Dusk in my Garden, in Winter on a Sheepskin in Front of my Fireplace!

By a nice campfire @ night with some close friends and some mello music playing softly.

If I travel deep, then I prefer to be alone. Your so in tune and elevated, that another person's vibes can make or break the trip. Just someone talking can distract me enough to ruin a trip and some people just don't know when to shut up.