Salvia disappointment

[betadius]

Ok my friend got an ounce of salvia (15x) and smoked hella of it with his brother and his brothers friend. None of them liked the feeling so he gave the rest to me. At first, i thought it was fake and thought it was basil. I have never seen Salvia before so i wasnt sure. So me and my other friend were like 'Lets go hit it, if it works, then it is salvia, if not, he gave me fake shit'. So i packed a bowl of it in my ghetto pipe and i got first hit. I held it in for like 15 seconds, but couldnt hold it in any longer cause I didnt get a good breathe. So then i blow it out, and my friend is taking his hit. Well we keep passing it back and forth about 3 big hits each, and i am like, wtf, i dont feel shit. Then my friend starts trippin out [after like 30 seconds from the last hit]. He starts saying like "DUDE WTF IS GOING ON, HOLY SHIT, DUDE...etc etc". And the next thing i know he starts walkin away (walked to his class). We could all stand up fine, but i didnt feel anything at ALL except that i was laughing at my friend. One thing i did notice though is that his voice pitch got REALLY deep. I was thinking that he was faking it or something, or it was in his head. After school, I told my other friend to come try it. We went to a creek, and i swear i held in the smoke for over 45+ seconds. After getting about 3 hits of those, my friend and i started CRACKING UP to the point where i was drooling. It fueled my laughter, and my laughter fueled his. He kept saying "WHAT THE HELL WHY AM I LAUGHING HAAHA" and after our laughing fit, he says he was like blacking out and felt like he was in some dream state, and couldnt stop laughing. After smoking about 3 packed bowls of this shit, i just felt like i was mildly high of marijuanna for about 10 minutes, and thats about it!

On the other hand, my friend tripped his ass off. i could tell that he was because we were sitting down facing each other the whole time, and he went to get my attention but instead of looking forward (where i was) he looked to his right, and made a motion like he was nudging me with his hand, and stared to his right SWEARING i was right there. When i saw him do this i said "Im right in front of you!" Then he got spooked out and started cracking up again.

I was fully conscious of everything, and thats really all i felt! How come i cannot trip off this? I smoked ALL I had, and didnt trip at all. Id say I got about 6 BIG hits the last time we hit it before i ran out!

It was hard to know if it was salvia or not, because Basil and salvia look the same!:
http://psychoactiveherbs.com/catalog...0X_extract.jpg
http://www.thespicehouse.com/file/ca...mily-basil.jpg

 

[Synith]

Ok my friend got an ounce of salvia (15x) and smoked hella of it with his brother and his brothers friend. None of them liked the feeling so he gave the rest to me. At first, i thought it was fake and thought it was basil. I have never seen Salvia before so i wasnt sure. So me and my other friend were like 'Lets go hit it, if it works, then it is salvia, if not, he gave me fake shit'. So i packed a bowl of it in my ghetto pipe and i got first hit. I held it in for like 15 seconds, but couldnt hold it in any longer cause I didnt get a good breathe. So then i blow it out, and my friend is taking his hit. Well we keep passing it back and forth about 3 big hits each, and i am like, wtf, i dont feel shit. Then my friend starts trippin out [after like 30 seconds from the last hit]. He starts saying like "DUDE WTF IS GOING ON, HOLY SHIT, DUDE...etc etc". And the next thing i know he starts walkin away (walked to his class). We could all stand up fine, but i didnt feel anything at ALL except that i was laughing at my friend. One thing i did notice though is that his voice pitch got REALLY deep. I was thinking that he was faking it or something, or it was in his head. After school, I told my other friend to come try it. We went to a creek, and i swear i held in the smoke for over 45+ seconds. After getting about 3 hits of those, my friend started CRACKING UP to the point where i was drooling. It fueled my laughter, and my laughter fueled his. He kept saying "WHAT THE HELL WHY AM I LAUGHING HAAHA" and after our laughing fit, he says he was like blacking out and felt like he was in some dream state, and couldnt stop laughing. After smoking about 3 packed bowls of this shit, i just felt like i was mildly high of marijuanna for about 10 minutes, and thats about it!

On the other hand, my friend tripped his ass off. i could tell that he was because we were sitting down facing each other the whole time, and he went to get my attention but instead of looking forward (where i was) he looked to his right, and made a motion like he was nudging me with his hand, and stared to his right SWEARING i was right there. When i saw him do this i said "Im right in front of you!" Then he got spooked out and started cracking up again.

I was fully conscious of everything, and thats really all i felt! How come i cannot trip off this? I smoked ALL I had, and didnt trip at all. Id say I got about 6 BIG hits the last time we hit it before i ran out!

It was hard to know if it was salvia or not, because Basil and salvia look the same!:
http://psychoactiveherbs.com/catalog...0X_extract.jpg
http://www.thespicehouse.com/file/ca...mily-basil.jpg

Firstly, why the hell are you doing Salvia at your school? It's not a cigarette or some shit. It's powerful. Respect it.

Secondly, there's something called a reverse tolerance effect. One bowel of Salvia 15x is enough. Do not take more than that amount. Less is always more here. You end up having to smoke or ingest less in order to gain a full effect. Most people do not 'trip' hard on their first time with Salvia. Your body wants to flush it out so quickly that its full effects don't happen. This does not mean smoke 3 or four bowels of it. You actually need to smoke less in one sitting. I would also space out how often you smoke it. The body needs time to flush out Salv. A form its system. Over time, your body will not pose it as a threat. It will embrace it and allow it to take on it's full effects.

As for the laughing thing-- Salvia makes you laugh at the absurdity of things. Mainly from what I've noticed, the absurdity of the abstract. Someone could ask you a simple question like 'Do you eat food?' You will find it hysterical for no apparent reason. If you try to explain why it's so funny-- you cannot. I recall an opened eye trip I had where I glanced over at a holiday nutcracker I received from my grandmother. I found it funny as hell. I don't know why-- it just was. The type of laughter on Salvia is quite different than natural laughter, or the laughter you would have if you were on Cannabis, or mushrooms. It wells from a different part of the brain. It's totally unique. Totally bizarre. It's almost as if it's pure, raw emotion-- instead of the so-common 'filtered emotion' we humans often exhibit; even in hysterical situations.

Some factors:
your environment wasn't great. You did not know much about the herb before trying, hence disrespecting her. You treated Salvia as if it were some cheap way to get high. It is nothing like that. It's a meditative herb which allows you to see 'visions'. It was used by shamans for thousands of years-- and even now I'm disappointed that it has made its way into the West. On the flipside, I'm glad it has. Those who know the information and know that it needs respect treat it so. Those who do not, disappoint me. I'm sure in your case it was a lack of information that your friends did not tell you. Never try any herb if you do not know and understand fully what it does to your body and brain. Even with something as light as Cannabis.

Please read this: http://sagewisdom.org/

Get the facts, respect the herb, know what's going to happen. Salvia is a very unique, powerful herb.