So I figured I'd throw up some overdue trip reports, since it's mostly to advice and help I found from people in this forum that I can attribute my successes. On two separate occasions, I prepared about a foot and a half of San Pedro by boiling it down and drinking it over a pretty extended period of time (the taste was actually not unbearable, but I have a pretty high tolerance for foul tasting stuff, and I mixed it with some V8 splash, which helped.) Both times I was in complete solitude. The first time, I started feeling a distinct body high within about an hour of my first few rounds of the liquified San Pedro. The sun was going down, and I live just below a mesa, literally out in the middle of no where, so I went outside and climbed up the mesa and had a smoke while I watched the sunset. The whole world seemed like a haze of green and gold. No visuals at this point, but I had a real heightened sense of my surroundings; I just stood feeling the wind, listening to dogs barking in the distance, grinning like an idiot. The rest of this first trip was pretty routine. I had thought, while preparing, that I'd screwed up the recipe and that there was no way I'd get a decent trip. I was completely wrong. Solid visuals began setting in at around 3 hours. A painting I have of the Roman senate in session came to life. I stood watching the senators deliberate and move around the chamber for about fifteen minutes. I should also note that as the psychedelic effects progressed, I started to feel pangs of nausea and stomach cramps. For about half a second I was unnerved; I remember having this sense that the plant had was actually taking root inside of me and growing, and that it might explode out of my stomach (ala the Alien series, hah.) However, I soon reached this very transcendent frame of mind, in which I was totally content to throw on some music, sit back on my couch, and take whatever the cactus decided to throw my way. So all that is to say, in my experience, any of the unpleasant side-effects were admissible; I accepted them as part and parcel of the trip, and once I made that acceptance, I felt like I had achieved that perfect balance of control and surrender. The night began to wind down after I watched Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" and decided I felt like reading. This is the only hallucinogen where I've not just wanted to read, but felt inspired to do so. I picked up a copy of some of Emerson's essays, and after about every sentence out of "Self-Reliance," I would stare off into space and ponder its meaning. All in all, this was a really unique experience - something totally different from the wide array of psychedelic experiences I've had in the past. Very lucid, with a lot more body rushes and physical sensation than I had expected. Thanks for the help, everyone!
very nice. Almost all the mescaline trip reports ive read, the users really seem completely satisfied with closed eye visuals, as though the user was unaware that the mescaline experience is dose dependent.The more the merrier. Yours is the first anecdote to mention the animation of a picture on the wall. One of swims trips described here also had a painting of elk walking up river animate; clear as day. The elks legs moved up and down splashing the water, the water flowed downstream and the grass on the near bank waved in the breeze. Clear as day while swim looked right at it. When swim pointed this out to a trip buddy, he saw the same animation just as clearly, all contained inside the picture frame...this was on 3 feet of dried san pedro powder each via alcohol extraction last year. Congratulations on your successful trip; way cool brother... ps. if you want to eliminate the nausea and vomiting; remove the whitish waxy outer skin before consuming or preparing the green layer underneath it. This is tedious but well worth it. Of course eliminate the woody core as well...
This is very well put. Most of the doubts, anxieties, and general negative side-effects that can be part of a psychedelic experience were either absent or I was completely content to accept them as part of the ride. I've read this. Seems to be the general consensus. But it seems as though I've read some accounts which say that in boiling, the whole cactus should be used; even the core and the outer skin can boost the experience. Either way, thanks for reading.
I agree. The waxy outer skin does add to the experience. Even though its an emetic and thus makes you vomit, it also makes you feel "spacey" and "floaty". You obviously can guess at what the addition of mescaline to this feeling will do... Ive done it both ways, with the waxy white outer skin (miserable at first then happiness descending from heaven), and without it (as smooth a freight train as you will ever ride to the depths of madness), however, in my opinion most people are unaware of the differences, because most traditional uses (la purga) are medicinal where vomiting and diarrhea are desirable to eliminate parasites and the like physical healing, and once cleansed, the participants descend for "spiritual healing" into the realm of the gods under the guidance of their indian "psychologist", i.e. shaman... or it could be people know all about it, but are unwilling to spend 3 tedious hours per foot processing the cactus to be clear of nausea and vomiting... People think San Pedro is quick, easy, and cheap. Mescaline is none of these...
i bet the skin has a lot of mesc because it's a natural insectiside and thus if it was mostly on the outer skin it would do it's job best
