I got some "unusually potent" Salvia divinorum leaf from a Hawaiian organic Salvia farm. I've smoked some joints, and I've gotten high with it. I once achieved the sensation of everything (including the trees) oozing down the hill. But, it has always been easy to control because when you feel you've had enough, you just stop smoking and you start coming down. And then I tried a bong hit. I packed a clean bowl with most of a large leaf. I burned the whole thing in one big hit and cleared it. (I put the bong away just in case.) After about 15-20 seconds, I exhaled. I was just starting to feel something, but I figured that I could take another hit if I needed to. Also, I don't know everything I'm inhaling with these burnt leaves. So, I decided to exhale all the way out, and take a deep breath to get fresh air into my lungs. My chest felt a bit tight, and it was a chore to inhale deeply again. Then it really hit me. Holy Cow! That was one of the most intensely far-out experiences that I have ever had. Physically, I had to remove myself to the rug. I thought about it, decided it would not help, but I wanted to be on the floor, so I was. I was there totally incapacitated for about 15-20 seconds. I really wished I had someone there with me because it gets kind of scary. But while in that place, I was new again. I felt as if I had taken a nap at Kindergarten and just woke up again. I loved being that age, and it was great going back there for that glimpse, but I don't think I'll be doing it again soon. But I still wouldn't consider it a hallucinogenic. If nitrous oxide is a hallucinogen, then Salvia might be. But I experienced no hallucinations visual, auditory, or otherwise and that is a hallmark of most hallucinogens.
Utilizing a bong is MUCH BETTER then a joint or a pipe. Did you use a butane lighter? If not; try it. You get better results. If you can hold your breath longer you can experience better results also. Try 20-30 seconds.
That was actually a little too intense to be pleasurable. I certainly won't be looking to top that experience any time soon.
Use less product then and you will be ok. I am working on my own salvia tincture since everyone I have tried was mixed with damn everclear and burns like hell when you try to hold it under your tongue. I will post when I have perfected it. Well. When I think it is ready. LOL. Salvia Tincture (if made properly) comes on slower and lasts longer then smoking.
The first time I tried Salvia was about a year ago, when it was given to me. When I smoked it from a pipe, I felt as if I had just smoked some marijuana. So recently, I figured what the heck and ordered some on-line. I gave it a shot. I gave it a lot of shots. I smoked it from a bowl, a joint, and now a bong. I think I got as high as my body will allow on this stuff. Having the whole room flip, spin, and flash is pretty far out. If there is anything remarkable and/or educational about the experience, it would be the way it so harshly reminds you that reality is merely perception, which is unreliable. Yea, yea. Been there, done that, know all about it, thanks. I don't want to dwell there and go all Syd Barrett. I may have to agree with the earlier poster's assessment and say that it is kind of a stupid drug. Good ole' Mary Jane is a whole lot smoother, more comforting, more manageable, and lasts a lot longer. Maybe the best part of having an ounce of Salvia is that I can seem generous when I give it away for friends to try. Just my personal assessment of the whole thing. Your results may vary.
