This is the beginning of a hopefully long story.

He's been lurking around here quite a bit more recently, so he decided that this should give a GIVE and take relationship. He'll try his best not to bore anyone too much with this post

He's a 28 year old male, located in the US. He has used a large number of different substances, his favorite being of the psychedelic nature, mainly LSD. Our subject LOVES Lucy. Sadly, after the Pickard bust, it's extremely hard for him to find. So other things were used as substitutions, of course unsuccessfully. After having a few difficult but intensely eye-opening experiences in recent months with the 2C family, his whole life shifted in a new direction, including perspective, surroundings, and lifestyle. After years of being caught up in the mainstream way of living, he now believes that sustainability in every possible aspect is the key that unlocks the door, and is trying to make himself and his lifestyle reflect that.

His main focus currently is Mescaline and DMT (ultimately the reason he's here), and of course a bit of Lucy is always good for the soul. He first heard about the Spirit Molecule about 10 years ago, and was unable to obtain it, so it was put on the back burner so to speak. Fast-forward to last summer, when he obtained 300mg of spice from a friend. The spice was tested in various methods to get a feel for the experience and how to administer it properly without burning the material and rendering it inactive. Never was a breakthrough achieved, it was mostly flirting with the lines that one can cross and experiencing it in baby steps, as he knows and deeply respects the potential of the spice. Then, in a fit of mass panic during a "Oh shit I took too much" 2C-I trip, the remaining 40mg spice that was to be tested one day soon was flushed, along with some very questionable blotter that I suspect was an unknown RC of poor quality, but more info on that later.

The quest continued. Nowhere was he able to obtain more spice, as he was not aware that extraction was so easy, this is a new adventure for him. Then one day a friend randomly said he had 2 grams, and would be willing to work out a trade. Long story short, our main character now has 500mg of spice, and a desire to learn a great deal more before jumping in. He greatly respects the spice, even more now then ever, and he hasn't even felt ready to dive in head first yet. Some simple life analysis and a bit of experimentation, along with knowledge passed around various places like this, has led him to this level of respect. In retrospect, 10 years ago when it was first brought into his knowledge, he was definitely not ready, and surely it would have been a disaster.

Now come his biggest concern. He firmly believes in karma, and the spice that was obtained from his friend is of unknown purity. The friend obtained it from another person. It appears to have the exact same properties as the flushed spice, as far as smell, texture, and color are concerned. The spice that was flushed did come from a good friend whom he trusts, so the quality was never questioned. So currently he is considering testing the waters again with his newly made "Machine", which is loaded and ready for blast off when he feels the calling. The spice melted nicely right into the screen, just like his previous attempts with the previous batch. So he has a good feeling about this new batch. But his mind is telling him there's still so much to learn, so much to digest, so much to know, and he wants to be fully prepared for the all-out experience.

Which leads us to here.

Welcome to the Nexus bro

Just a quick note on the "karma" and "spice purity". The only way to get around this is to extract it yourself, seriously it doesnt take much chemistry knowledge to extract, we have many tek's here at the nexus, and all that is needed for the extraction can be found in one's kitchen or local shop.

Welcome to the Nexus!

SWIM first tried DMT in a similar manner to you and says she has much more stable journeys now that she extracts her own. One thought would be that part of her feels more relaxed knowing the purity of her product, though it had never really crossed her mind before joining the Nexus. She believes that the investment of care an extraction takes adds something unspoken to the experience.

Cheers!

Thanks for the welcomes

He totally agrees with both comments, and will most likely have the full breakthrough experience on a product he has extracted himself. The normal "let's learn a little bit before the adventure with an unknown substance" turned into a lot of research into the matter. The more he read, the deeper he got, and the deeper he got, the more respect he gained. He feels that the only way to avoid bad karma with such a powerful substance is to establish a personal relationship with it. He was not aware that the extraction process was so simple, and will definitely be using some of the Teks found on here till one that suits him well is found. He does feel better knowing that his current spice wasn't directly purchased, but still feels it necessary to better establish himself with the substance.

An experience was had with Salvia a number of years ago that led to these beliefs. Being young and dumb, he jumped right into it, thinking nothing of what he was doing. After a slap on the wrist and a stern talking to from Sally herself while shooting through the cosmos in a state of complete ego loss, he learned a great deal about respecting nature's gifts. Fortunately she was very kind and understanding about the matter.