After you've spent a day in an altered state of mind, you gain insights not just about that state, but also insights which come from the ability to compare the experience with normal, sober, waking consciousness. Normal non-tripping consciousness is slow but steady, like the tortoise that beat...

Disclaimer: This is probably a terrible idea and probably the worst way to take anything. I havn't tried it yet and may never. I present it only as a curiosity. I was chatting with someone about how weird it must have been in the olden days when people were taking acid without really knowing...

Yesterday I had a pretty excellent shrooms and cannabis experience. For about 5 days I meditated and avoided any kind of sexual activity, and then didn't eat anything the day before. I feel that this kind of preparation did a few things: 1) It both intensified the trip and prepared the mind to...

The previous thread on "creative flash meditation" has inspired me to begin playing around with different types of meditation. Today I came up with the following: Instead of having one thing to focus on and everything else considered an unwanted distraction, why not have one thing to avoid...

Yesterday I took a slightly higher dose of shrooms than usual. Mainly stayed in bed and had a great time looking at the ceiling, falling in and out of sleep, laughing heartily, and figuring things out. After the effects wore off I was chatting with friends online and making great conversation...

I've ordered some 50-60cm san pedros with the intention of planting the tips as cuttings. After looking online there's a lot of general advice but I feel I'd like something more specific. After waiting for the cut to "scab over" my plan is to put each cutting in a medium-sized flower pot with a...

Smoked a little 20X extract, was sitting on edge of bed looking at floor, duvet was to the left. As I fumbled with the bong and dropped ash everywhere I imagined it was like a lame disney film where baby dinosaurs were trying to operate digging machines, with hilarious/annoying results. As I got...