i've had a few lotus experiences. blue lotus is alright by it's self. this how i took it. i had 28g of flower, soaked 27g in a light wine, strawberry i think. i let that sit overnight
strained the wine several times to remove all the plant matter and dirt. no matter how well you wash the flowers there's always dirt.
then i drank half the wine, gave the rest to my wife.
the last gram we smoked, not all at once, if you try to smoke a lot of the flowers your lungs will climb out of you body and kick you in the face, figuretively speacking.
if you want a really cool experience. save the lotus buy some blue lily of the nile and white dot leaf lily.
crush these together with the lotus and steep in sugar water for about an hour and a half. you could use honey water too, i just don't care for the taste of honey.
at this time if you have an opiod take it and wait 30 minutes
drink the flower water, warm is best. cold flower water is so nasty.
save some flowers to smoke, this seems to be the trigger.
i little low alcohol wine goes nicely with this.
last time i did this it was a beautiful, spiritual, experience.
there are a lot of similarities between this and mdma. the buzz is nothing like it at all but the emotional part of it is close to the same.
it's hard to describe exactly.
either way have fun with what you do and be carefull. not that an overdose is possible but caution saves lives.