Here’s a link to my
first aya experience (vine only). I extracted the alkaloids, and have now tried them.
I “bio-assayed” my caapi alkaloids with DMT last night: At 7:00pm I dissolved 225mg caapi alkaloids in a few drops of vinegar, then added about an ounce of orange juice. I drank it down in one gulp. Not bad. Ten minutes later I dissolved 30mg DMT in vinegar, added OJ and drank it down.
At 7:50pm I was barely feeling any effects, so I decided to increase the DMT dose. I took another 20mg or so (not weighed, but definitely not more than 20mg). Within about 30 minutes, I gradually began to have effects. The visuals came on so gradually that I wasn’t aware of when they began. The experience was so gentle – and so long! And not the slightest bit of nausea, stomach discomfort, or any other unpleasant physical symptoms.
At about 10:00pm I had to take my dog for a walk. I was able to function physically, and with open eyes, I experienced only minor visual effects. The walk was uneventful, and when I got home I was surprised by how easy it was to slip right back into the experience.
Without going into detail, the experience was very much an “inward” journey, much like a lower dose sub-breakthrough vaporized experience, but much longer of course. This is in contrast to my higher dose vaporized breakthroughs, which are strange alien “outward” journeys.
I had music playing in the background, which is something I never do when vaporizing, but it really added to this experience. My appreciation of the music was enhanced. So was my appreciation of everything else – I felt such a euphoric sense of gratitude throughout the experience. At this point, it had been going on for 4 hours, and I didn’t want it to end. But I was getting tired and decided to go to bed.
I went to bed, and the visuals continued. At this point, the visuals were more static – like a slide show in my head. They weren’t really meaningful, and were starting to become a distraction. I had trouble sleeping, and woke up often. I was still having some effects (“slideshow” visuals) at 2:00am – 7 hours after I began.
Overall, I’d say this experience was a perfect introduction to pharmahuasca (or could I call it ayahuasca, since I drank genuine caapi brew extracts?) It was gentle, introspective, euphoric,
free of nausea, and
long (maybe a bit too long). Next time, I’m thinking I’ll up the dosage a bit: caapi alkaloids to maybe 250mg (equivalent to only 12g of vine!), and the DMT up to 60mg.
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