I've been thinking about trying aya brew and have the opportunity to join a group which is relatively close by and works with a shaman from Peru. A friend of mine introduced me to the group, and knows some of the participants well. She, however, takes tegretol (carbamazepine) for a very mild...

I took a little flake of extracted DMT from a recent extract and tasted it. I was surprised at how much it burned my tongue. Does it make sense that it would burn? If it's normal, I can see why people say snorting it would be so painful.

Say I'd like to enjoy the effects of mushrooms for more than 4-6 hours....could I take more again after 3-4 hours and add another 4-6 hours on, or will there be tolerance or some other problems I should be aware of? Could I do three doses spread by 3-4 hours?

Is anyone going to, or know much about, gathering of the vibes? (see http://www.gatheringofthevibes.com/ )

Ayahuasca played an important role on a Boston Legal episode from May 1. Boston Legal is a pretty funny US, ABC Lawyer show staring William Shatner, Candice Bergen, etc. Part of Transcript: Judge Gloria Weldon: Are you familiar with the Amazonian Psychotria viridis and Banisteriopsis caapi...

I'm disappointed with my HBWR extract. I took 18 HBWR seeds, ground them, soaked in naptha for a few hours, filtered, soaked again in naptha, filtered and waited for the mush to dry and lose naptha smell. (I did 2 napthas because I really didn't want any nausea.) Then I soaked in 95% ethanol...

I attached an image of a few piles of crystals. (log in in to see) Background: #1 is from extraction 1, and all others are different grades from a second extraction. Both were done about half batches (~200gm mimosa hostilis) of Marsofold extract. They were done with root bark from the same...

Has anyone compared yield based on different qualities of mimosa hostilis? I'm guessing doing the extraction well probably has more to do with yeild, but with that being constant, I'm wondering if it's worth spending more money on "higher quality" root bark. Does including the word "inner" in...

I'm kind of amazed, but it seems like this pile (you may have to log in to see the photo) of crystal only weighs ~100mg based on some estimates using 0.1gm scale and a 3 beam. I'm 99% sure it's less than 200mg, and likely less than 100mg or very close. I was under the impression that I'd only...

If you did a Marsofold extract with Mimosa Hostilis, and the crystals came out snow white, would you still wash them with ammonia?

Happy 4-20 day. It's a North American invention, but should be celebrated by all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4/20

So... I got 50gm dried peruvian, ground it up fine, boiled with lemon, strained in fine wire strainer (wouldn't go through a shirt, because the small particles clogged it), repeat. Then boiled that down to about 200ml (~1cup) of viscous, brown gunk. It is extremely bitter, tasting similar to...

Can someone describe the consistency of their 20x extract to me? I kind of asked this before, but didn't get much feedback but to try to dry it, so I'm asking another way.... Would you characterize your 20x as moist at all? Is it much more harsh than 10x? I got some 10x and it looked like...

I'm getting something from a vendor that also has Mimosa hostilis. I'm not planning to use it for at least two-three months. Will it lose potency? I was thinking of having them grid it up, since they offer that free....would that reduce it's shelf life?

I found a vendor offering dried san pedro skin. Is it more potent by weight than a whole cactus? (after taking drying into account). Or...how much would I need to get per dose? Can I boil them up for a water extraction?

I got some very potent 20x salvia. It works great, but it is a little bit moist. There was one wad in the middle that was especially moist. Is it likely that this is solvent that was not evaporated? Should I leave it out to dry? Should I toss it and get some somewhere else? When leaving it to...

I have a plan to inoculate some (pre-serile) jars, and wanted to put out my plan to make sure I'm not forgetting something. I've read a lot of stuff (PF Tek, videos, etc), but still have a few questions. I plan to line a cabinet with plastic liner to make sure there's nothing on the walls...