Before starting I should add that this is my first experience with any DMT substance and so I should start off with a bit of history of my journey. I heard about it before, but was never that interested in it as I am usually not too keen on anything smoked. After having some trouble getting LSA extractions to work with at least an 80% consistency I stumbled across Ayahausca. I did a bunch of research on it, how to make it, different kinds of tea's, and the history of it. And after ordering some vines I decided to try to mix the tea with Acacia Confusa. I spent a whole day preparing it and then drunk it the following day. I remember it drying out my mouth really bad with every sip I took. Nothing happened that time except for some feelings of being light headed and peeing out of my butt for about 15mins. Mind you I only took threshold dose to see how I would react since I was very new to the journey and was venturing this path alone.

I packed up the rest of the tea I had made and was planning on taking it over a friends house and they had also expressed some interest in it and thought I would just double the dose and see what would happen. Sadly on my way there I didn't tighten the lid all the way and it all spilled out in my car...so the night was cancelled. After a few weeks passed I stumbled across a person who actually sold the plants in resin form, taking away the need to boil it for hours upon hours. I was a bit sketchy about it because I enjoyed putting care into it but decided to give it a go anyway.

We decided that we would go with a caapi, chacruna, and chaliponga mix. I read a bit about the plants and peoples experiences with them. I wanted to make sure not to mix too many different things together if they were not going to get along. I called my friend again and told them about my new friend who helped me get the plants and we planned to hang out that night and try it together. They called me at the last minute and said they were not prepared to take something like that as they were not in the right state of mind and so I was left staring at this tea alone in my house again. So I did what any person would do in this situation...I drunk it!

I started off the same as last time; drunk enough for one person and waited. 45 minutes had fluttered away and all I felt was light-headed again. I figured that maybe the caapi didn't kick in fast enough and so I metabolized the dmt in the other plants too fast, so I took another dose. About 20mins in I noticed that things were changing. There were lots of patterns on my carpet and they were all waving back and forth. I was still completely functional and I liked it. When I take LSD by myself I like to sit down and watch nature shows and so I did just that. After about another hour passed I wondered what would happen if I took another dose. I remember reading about people who took too much DMT don't remember much of what happened, but just remember the feeling of being really afraid. I figured I had a good amount of experience with altered states of minds and so I went and took another dose.

At this point in time my roommates came home for a little bit and we chatted in the kitchen while I was sipping on the third dose. As we were talking I saw their body begin to melt slightly. I held in my laughter as I didn't want them to know what was going on. After the chat was over they headed out for the night and I went to the bathroom. As soon as I entered I looked down at the floor and it looked like the tiles were lifting up slightly out of the floor and waving back and forth. I was trying to hold in my laughter as I started getting the giggles, but it was really hard. I decided that it was time to go take the dogs out for a walk as being outside sounded like a good idea at this point.

Took the first dog out. We ran down the street down the street to the grass and the wind felt really great as we did so. My stomach begin to bubble and then it hit me...the purge. I threw up quite a bit once we reached the grass. The first two times I messed with it I didn't get any nausea at all, but I took a lot more this time so I guess it was going to happen eventually. After we were both done with our business outside I went back to grab my second dog. Took the second dog out..but this time when we reached the patch of grass I threw up really hard. I'm not a very spiritual person, but I felt like my soul was trying to escape out of my body. After the incident I felt great, but it was was hard to walk after that. I didnt want to just collapse in the grass so we made our way back home.

At my drive way everything changed...the entire street, the building, everything began to radiate with bright colors. They were pulsating out from the core of its being and it was absolutely beautiful, but it was so much to take in. We went inside and it knew I couldn't make it up the stairs back to my room so I just collapsed on the couch. That is when things started getting intense.

I sat on the couch and I began to leave my body. I closed my eyes as the light from the electronics in the room just took much to look at. Those tiny LED power buttons were too intense and the entire world was wavy. As soon as I closed my eyes I felt like I was on a spaceship. It took off into the space and then stopped somewhere in the universe. There were no planets nearby, just stars. I remember thinking that I was going to die. I couldn't feel myself breathing anymore. I couldn't feel my heart beat anymore, but it was oddly comforting. I kept telling myself to just not fight it and just accept my fate, if I fought it would just make it make it worse and so...I died.

I had this feeling of oneness that overtook me. I was at one with everything and everyone around me. They were me and I was them. Everything from the plants and animals to the roof of the house. We are all made up of the same basic building blocks of matter. It hard to pin point consciousness, but when it comes down to it all that wiring in your brain is simply the atoms of ones body communicating with each other, and so everything around me as just as important as myself as we are all brothers and sisters in the grand scope of things. This went on for awhile, not sure how long, but it felt like years had passed. Then a visitor came to me.

First it started off as a voice I kept hearing. It was not male or female, but it was just a voice. I am not the least bit religious at all, but I felt like I had found god or some kind of watcher that was interested not only in my life, but the life of everything in the universe. Oddly enough it came to me in the shape of a giant mantis..lol. It told me that I needed to face things that I have been ignoring for years because it was time for me to grow as a person. The one thing that hit me really hard was when it said to me, "Though you may not have all the answers and may never find the answers you seek. You must celebrate your humanity, don't be afraid of being human, don't be afraid of being imperfect." When I heard those words I cried. I still cry now remembering it. The being hugged me, but never touched me...I just felt it embracing my entire body. It told me it will be here for me so I should never feel alone, and then it left.

The rest of my trip was myself just fighting with my own inner thoughts. I kept talking to myself out loud in the third person as I could not identify with my name anymore. I knew who I was, but at the same time I was not that person. Its hard to explain. It was a huge eye opening experience and even now I have a hard time understanding everything, but maybe the voice was right. Maybe that experience has no answer to it and I just have to be grateful that I was able to experience it.

And that is it! Thank you for reading my story everyone. It was a wonderful journey and it took a lot out of me, but I enjoyed every step.

Edit: Just wanted to add to this really quick. I looked up spirit animal totems and found the mantis and it makes more sense why I saw my visitor as a mantis. I'm curious if anyone else has ever come across the same spirit.

Wonderful report. The mantis type beings, they seem to pop up rather regularly in experiences. I have met one too in my travels, a friendly one. Their thought patterns seem to differ much from humans.

Also, the message to enjoy human life, as imperfect as it is, is a beautiful one. It seems to be a returning message for many people: a lot of beings don't experience corporal life as we know it. And though your genes live a life of their own sometimes, the experience for the soul is very valuable and unique.

The mantis.... I have met this great being. I want to say so much, but don't know where to start.

Thank you for taking the time to write and to draw. That is a gift.

I often feel my spirit leave my body with dmt, when you go the aya route I think it can be more terrifying, since it's slow. With vaped dmt solo, there is no time to fear, at least IME, since you're ripped into space so quickly, there is no time to fear.

Keep us informed of how things go!

Great write up...really enjoyed the read. I've never had any encounters with the Mantis, but hopefully one day, when the time is right, we'll meet.

Keep exploring and stay safe on your future journeys.

Great report, love that a Praying Mantis came to relay that great message to you. I personally have yet to see any animals or insects such as your experience. I'm personally contemplating journeying near Thanksgiving myself.

Thank you all very much for the replies! I find it very exciting that other's have met the same beings or beings similar to it. It's so...I don't know the right word to use at this instance, weird?, beautiful?, comforting?, to know that other's hundreds or thousands of miles away have experienced something so similar.

That drawing is amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to draw that.

Thanksgiving is a day to give freely to those who have nothing. I think it puts one in a good spiritual mood and would be a great time to journey.

This sounds like a lovely experience, with a wonderful message. I'm still laughing about the fact that it was delivered to you by a praying mantis, haha. I actually have a bad insect phobia - I don't know how I would react to an entity like that!