Holy shit! I haven't posted here in about two years now and I feel like it's time to come back to some kind of psychedelic/philosophical community to share and affirm ideas and all that business. I miss that ebb and flow of ideas and psychedelic support that can be hard to find where I'm living...

Raw Veganim,or the "Jungle Diet" are the optimal diets for the human digestive system. Eating raw fruits, veggies, nuts and grains are the easiest for your system to process and the least of impact on the planet, if you were to eat locally.

You can get B12 from supplements and fortified foods as a vegan. The soy milk I drink has 50% of my day's need in 1 cup :D I'm not sure how the vegans in India would get it, so maybe the whole thing is bogus. When you get down to it, there's not a whole lot that a human really NEEDS, it's all...

That's a good point of view. No one can tell an individual what they can and can't do with their own body, it's a fundamental human right and it's why we're still in the dark ages.

The thinker sits and thinks, a philosopher (lover of wisdom). I think the better archetype is "The Seeker", we seek and not necessarily through thought alone.

Be careful not to confuse "intelligent" with "educated" or "learned".

I'm with Kesey, but only in the shamanic context. The dangers associated with psychedelic use are only seen in the materially developed world because we've taken the experience totally out of context. There is no guide, no ritual safety net and as we've seen in the 60s, a great many people are...

It's truly a beautiful piece of artwork. I downloaded a copy a couple weeks ago and have really enjoyed flipping through the pages after vaping some good ganga. I read it the same way I read Finnegan's Wake, since I can't understand it I purely appreciate it as beautiful poetry.

I totally agree. If you know yourself, the mushrooms are much more... constructive I would say (certainly in a psychonautic sense) taken alone either wandering in wonder on a small dose or laying down and meditating on the mushroom in darkness. I find others distracting and hard to communicate...

I have a friend who swears by the effects of various essential oils. He has fibromyalgia and OCD and uses the oils to self medicate to positive effect. He's told me about a particular experienced that described ego death when he diffused sandalwood oil in a small room and meditated. Just use...

The essential oil should include A-thujone, B-thujone, camphor and cineol. If you diffuse that in a small room, or inhale from the bottle you should feel effects.

Heat and light will destroy the LSA, so a cold-solution (or low-heat, as in no boiling) extraction is recommended. See this report and others for a better extraction than water: (http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=10186). Use the Erowid experience vaults to study up, it will greatly...

Research tells me that the other parts of the plant are not as consistent in alkaloid content as the seeds. The ratio of scolopamine to hyoscyamine will affect the experience, so I would advise sticking to this reliable source rather than gamble on the alkaloid soup that could be in other plant...

Only when you take preparations that include the leaves or stems. The traditional powdered root has been used for thousands of years with no ill effects when used in moderation. Avoid any extracts unless they explicitly state "root only" or something to that effect. Problems arose, as usual...

A set of mantras like IJC's is good. I wrote up a personal manifesto with some guidelines on how to live, that I meant to read every morning/night as a sort of prayer deal, I think I will commit to that now. Besides that I have a prayer I say at the taking or losing of a life, usually only when...