ItzJustMe wrote: Something about smoking salvia in the dark scares the crap out of me!
I would love to read some trip reports regarding this particular topic.
I used to use salvia a lot (years and years ago before I started exploring more reasonable psychedelics) and did a few dark trips, but didn't notice a big difference. My preference was low light but not dark and no noise. So minimal input, but not no input.
As for DMT trips, I find that when I take low light or dark journeys, it's harder and I have trouble coming back to reality as easily. In other words, when I begin coming down, I will open my eyes, and if it's dark, I won't be able to see "real reality" well enough to differentiate between what is reality and what is the trip. So the trip lasts longer and tends to be more intense.
I'll be doing my first full-dark nn-DMT trip in the coming days and will write a report.
All of my posts are entirely fictional. I am a writer, and as a means to research the life of a fictional character that I'm writing about, I post on the Nexus to get into character. In real life I have no interest or interaction with mind-altering substances.