I'm a young guy. I've lived in the North and South. I've been rich and poor. I've moved around a lot and IMO have gotten a fairly well rounded view of people, but at heart I'm a redneck. I love to fish, especially spear fishing. I shoot guns, go muddin, love sports, and wear Guy Harvey.

I know this is a community where preconceived notions and stereotypes are shoot down (and rightfully so). That being said, I've noticed country folk are not very well represented in the phsyconaut community. I think I could add some much needed southern flair to this site and give a unique perspective in the right places.

As far as my drug use goes, well I've done nearly every drug to excess with the exception of cocaine, heroine, and meth. I've done RC's, pills, mushrooms, and LSD. My first trip was 3 hits of acid. That first trip made me realize what a dick I had been for no reason and changed my life. Since then Ive been obsessed with this culture, or whatever you want to call it.

I have never done DMT or ayahuasca and may never do them. I haven't decided if I will. I'm using this site as a research tool to aid me in this choice. I may not have the proper respect of DMT (yet) to try it. But that doesn't mean I don't have some interesting post worthy things to say.

Overall I'm just humbled a site like this exists. It has so much positive energy and is filled with so many brilliant people. I can't believe they let a joker like me on this site.

Sounds great man, we all come from diffrent corners of the world. And you are welcome : ) You will indeed learn alot from this site, maybe its for you maybe not. Thats your choice for sure. But im guessing you are very curious hehe

Thanks zombicyckdl! I wasn't expecting that quick of a reply. This is the first forum I have ever joined and so I'm really in for an experience here I think. And you hit the nail right on the head, I am extremely curious. Hopefully I will feel ready to try DMT someday, but if not at least I'm gaining knowledge on an interesting subject.

Howdy there SpearFisher,

You said:


Welcome aboard,

I sure hope you consider trying out DMT. I personally tried a wide variety of psychedelics before I came to DMT. I took LSD and mushrooms for more than ten years before tying DMT for the first time. Now I have been using it for around 7 years ... both vaporized and in oral/Ayahusca brew.

In my most humble opinion there is no other psycho active substance on this planet that can rival the tranformative power of DMT..especially in the form of ayahuasca made with caapi...for me Ayahuasca provided what I had always been looking for. It's more than psychedelic it's truly paranormal IMO.


-E

Howdy! I'm defiantly considering it I'm nervous certain things like my chemistry skills, my state of mind right now, and the actual trip to be honest. I also think I need more experience under my belt before I try it. Besides all of that I'm a poor college kid still and don't have the means to really make ayahuasca or DMT. But that's ok because if they day comes when I do try it, it will be all that much better because I waited.

Im the same, it was like 3 years ago I started reading about dmt. and never really felt a rush towards doing it, very soon maybe. There is really no need for rushing anything in life I have learned. gotta take time and build a solid foundation, and when you are or if you will do it. you got time to take it step by step have a good one

Welcome aboard SpearFisher to the cosmopolitan community that is the Nexus. Learn, Share and Expand.

Peace

Macre

Nice to have you here...

I would say that "rednecks" are a relatively under-represented group in the psychonaut community. There are probably a number of reasons for this, as this has traditionally been the bastion of "elitist" intellectuals and hippie freaks. LSD entered popular culture through the 2 channels of Dr. Timothy Leary and his Millbrook crowd of professor types... and on the other coast by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters who birthed the San Francisco / Grateful Dead scene with their Acid Tests.

Thus, those two groups had a healthy head start with this stuff.

That said, The Grateful Dead and groups like The Allman Brothers did a lot to introduce this culture to southern, countrified heads... and, some of the most diehard psychonauts I know are proud, died in the wool "rednecks." (in the Jeff Foxworthy sense) Plus, some of the freakiest Jam Fests in the country are held in the Deep South (Think Bonaroo).

At any rate, I think you will find the info you are looking for here... and there is a lot to be said for researching and waiting until you are ready. No one is ever truly ready for DMT, but anyone who has taken a lot of Acid and Shrooms will at least be familiar with certain aspects of the experience.

I look forward to your contributions to our community. It can be a challenging place at times, and we all don't see eye to eye on a lot of stuff... but you will be hard pressed to find a more intelligent and cosmic bunch of yahoos anywhere else on the net.

Be well and make yourself comfortable...

HF

Hi, SpearFisher! Thanks for your introduction, I liked it.

Pardon my question, I don´t mean to sound rude or anything, but... is it really possible to remain a "Redneck" after taking loads of Mushrooms, or like 3 hits of acid? Actually, is being a "Redneck" about one´s origin, or about one´s way of life (or about one´s own self-identity)?

Just to explain: I am not an American, so I don´t understand all the nuances and distinctions about being / not being a Redneck... Sorry if this post sounds indecent, it wasn´t my intention.

Im not from the south per say, but I am from up north....country life all the way. So your certainly not alone in that aspect. This community is absolutely like nothing else. You'll be pleased after spending some time around here. A true treasure trove of valuable information and humble, like-minded folk.

You already have a platform it seems to understand a 'psychedelic' experience in general, but trust me when I say (and as others have already said).....you can not prepare for this. Sure you can take into account set n' setting, but that's a narrow scope in the face of an experience like dmt...especially if you get a solid dose of it. I've always said that most other psychedelics 'point' you to something strange, something unbelievable going on behind the scenes....but dmt puts you right in that mystery. Right..smack dab in the middle of it.

That's why all this is here.. to help you get to that point comfortably and smoothly. Between the people and the information, you have a huge community bent on helping you achieve something spectacular..something beyond your wildest of imagination.

to many, it carries a negative connotation, a social slur with stereotypes associated with it. would be like me posting a title
'I am a wetback.'

Great!

I could belong among PIGS then, I guess.

Welcome to the Nexus again, SpearFisher

First off, thanks everyone for all the replies! No need to be sorry haha. To me the word redneck means someone who enjoys doing things outside, appreciates the value of a good work ethic, lives a country kind of lifestyle, has a down to earth view of things, and appreciates their roots. If anything, taking acid made me more of a redneck. It stripped away the nonsense in my life. It made me realize that the things I appreciate are nature, being humble, and working hard. It made me accept who I was a person and what happened in my life to make me who I am today. And that all goes back to appreciating your roots.

The Grateful Dead is basically LSD fueled redneck music...(bluegrass) MAny of their songs are about trucks,rural country, and poker...somehow this relates back perfectly to tripping in a metaphorical sense

LSD and country living actually compliment eachother rather well IMO...

Rednecks does not necessarily mean "biggot" or "narrow minded"..Sometimes it just means a chill country dude.

Benzyme I can definitely see where your coming from. Redneck means different things to different people. For example if I said someone was a redneck in southern Indiana, people would think I was talking about someone who made meth and was a member of the KKK. It would be very negative. Hell I'd be lying if I said I didn't put that title for a little shock value haha. But too me the word redneck is a positive thing. It all just depends on your definition and perception.

That was exactly what came to mind when I read it... thinking, oh boy...

anyway, welcome to the nexus. Take your time with aya or dmt, there is no rush, and no need. It's a great experience, but your life will be just as complete without it

I hope you don't go spear fishing anywhere near me... I like my fish alive!

cheers

Ah, the old 'redneck discussion'...

There are some values that differ, depending on the place you live. There are also values that are universal.

Those are the ones that matter.
In my experience, when it comes to those core values (don´t steal, don´t kill, don´t use violence against others unless you are forced to, etc), all people basically agree, regardless of where they´re coming from or whether they´re inuit, city dwellers or beerbrewing monks.

So welcome, spearfisher.

Its funny how much the conceptualization of 'redneck' is dependent on location.
Growing up in a city of 3 million- 'redneck' was used to mean ignorant, backward, bigoted, possibly inbred country bumpkins. The only 'rednecks' people saw were on TV, usually as fictional characters or some lopsided jerry springer-esque trash. Tho after a few new movies 'came out', the term sometimes summoned visions of gay cowboys prancing in a field of flowers.

After leaving the big city and moving to the edge of rural districts suddenly redneck means a damn hard worker thats proud of getting his hands dirty if it means getting the job done, is smart enough to build or grow what most would buy, and wants to protect his family and dignity.
Talk about a difference.
And now, being on the edge of rural and in an expanding city, I'm watching all these old redneck homesteader couples die off and have their cherished 5 and 10 acre homesteads being sold by unsympathetic citified kids to developers for the building of over sized houses on postage stamp lots- a very symbol of degenerate culture to many hard working rednecks.

Its been rather surprising to me, a former city kid, that as the years pass I'm slowly evolving more toward something between a funkadelic psychonaut college science junkie, a redneck, and a homesteader hippie to the point that now I want a 5 acre homestead just outside of town.

So welcome aboard Spear. Good to have more diversity

I'm kinda a redneck too, but in this sense:

http://m.youtube.com/#/w...Fwatch%3Fv%3DkzldLJcorbo

Owning a derogatory term and turning it into a compliment is a good method to diffuse the negativity. Words are, after all, whatever we say they are... their meanings are so malleable that where I came of age, we used the word "bad" to mean good, and "sick" to mean incredible. Even the word incredible went through this reinvention... before my time somewhat, but incredible used to mean "not believable" and was primarily an insult. This witness is completely and utterly incredible etc.

I have personally watched as a number of negative terms got reclaimed... generally to good effect. I personally identify with such former derogatory terms as freak, hippie, geek, hoodlum, arrogant SOB... among many others. My close friends have adopted tons of terms that are better off now as well, like queer, cholo, pimp, nigga etc.

Many terms that are redeemed still don't sit right with me though, and even while a case could be made for my belonging to the group being described, it might just have too many negative connotations for me still, or I just don't like the way it sounds, or how it rolls off my tongue.

This is the way I feel about redneck. If defined the way some here are defining it, I would be a big time redneck. I love nature, am a roots person 110%, have survival skills, am a big fan of bluegrass and southern rock... I even love getting hammered around a campfire. But for me this is not the definition of a redneck.

It still is a term that has a racial component, as only white people get red necks from working in the sunshine. It implies that A) You are White B) That you are working class & C) That you tend to not like people who are not also both A & B.

I know that you don't have to be prejudiced to be a redneck... it is just that so many of the people who self-identify as rednecks are. I suppose it is no different than the lingering negative stereotype of hippies being dirty. You have lovely smelling, fresh washed hippies with immaculate hygiene... but still, the #1 prefix for hippie is still dirty. And, while I could say it is unfounded... if you have trouble plopping down in the dirt, wear clothes that need to be dry cleaned, and worry about ruining your manicure... you ain't a hippie.

Just saying. That's how i see it anyway. I am certainly not calling any of you rednecks racists. Y'all seem like a decent bunch of folks.