tomorrow my diet starts

well it was simmered gently for quite a while....maybe around 16 hours or so? in the slow cooker. gently simmered, and covered so there was nearly no loss of moisture. i made sure to have enough to keep the leaves and vine covered entirely. now the bulk of the plant matter has been removed and discarded, with some notable quantity of sludgy dregs at the bottom. i'm going to turn the crock pot back on and cook off most of the moisture today (uncovered of course) so that i have a more managable volume to filter it through an old tshirt or something. then i will cook it down further to get manageable dosage sizes.

i have butterflies in my stomach

 

There is nothing wrong with seasonings unless there are loaded with sodium. Also, why would you stop vitamin supplements? Barilla whole wheat angel hair pasta is real good for you too, and quite tasty. I'd prefer that over brown rice, its a healthier option also. Drink a lot of water too, it helps cleanse the body which seems obvious, but so many people don't drink enough water a day.

 

it has more to do with discipline and virtually fasting to clear out the system than it has to do with avoiding pharmacological complications - like i said, i realize i'm going beyond what is necessary from the standpoint of safety.

this, to me, is a very serious undertaking. i'm not trying simply to "trip balls," i am looking for a significant, healing experience. as part of this i intend to eat very lightly, and to eat plain but healthy foods. nothing too rich, too spicy, too sweet, etc.

and i definitely prefer brown rice to whole wheat pasta. with most things i prefer whole grain, but not pasta. whole wheat pasta is gritty and unpleasant.

 

Sounds cool man. You must like food a lot haha, that diet sounds like no big deal to me honestly. Whenever I do acid, I always free myself of alcohol and caffeine for 48 hours beforehand. Otherwise I eat pretty healthy in my everyday life so I don't change anything else, so there wouldn't be much discipline factor in there.

But ya that's why I mentioned that specific type of whole wheat pasta, the Barilla brand and it has to be the thin Angel Hair style. I completely know what you mean when you say whole wheat pasta is gross, but not this type, at least to me. Throw some tomato sauce or chopped tomatoes and onions in there and I can't even tell the difference. Also you can't go wrong with fish oils, those omega 3 fatty acids are good. Anyways, good luck with everything.

 

when i cook, lately its things like whole chickens just smothered in paprika and other spices till its unrecognizably red, with onions and garlic and rice stuffed in it, big salads with rich dressings, baked or fried potatoes, all sorts of things. heavy meals. not terribly unhealthy food at all, but i eat a lot of it and season the hell out of it - i like it spicy. then there's homemade hamburgers, homemade spaghetti and meatballs, pot roast.....i eat a lot of meat, i like rich foods, and i love to cook

besides, i do love brown rice anyway. i may end up going with a slightly less strict diet, but not much less. i think i'll allow myself garlic, and maybe even a little leftover chicken if i have some on hand

 

sucks, fatass.

 

so i think this is kind of a big deal for me, and an important event.

a few people are being extremely negative about this, and it almost seems as if they're trying to be discouraging.

it's too bad, but thats the price we pay for lowering psychedelics to the realm of recreation, i suppose.

 

lovin you nesta

 

thank you for the kind words

i think, in the end, the crock pot was actually the best way to go. it never got to a big-time boil. it took a lot longer of course - i started heating it just before noon yesterday, if i remember right. turned it off during the 5 or 6 hours i was sleeping only.

but by now its well strained and VERY VERY reduced in volume, getting close to where it needs to be. but its thin as water, not getting globby, thick and oily. so long as this keeps up, it will be pretty good, i hope.

ended up using 4oz ayahuasca and 2oz chacruna, for two doses. i plan on drinking wednesday or thursday.

 

well it's done cooking. got it to just under 1.5 fluid ounces per dose. it looks and smells okay, as far as i can tell.

only time will really confirm this.

during the extraction the water never got to anything beyond a healthy simmer. never a rapid boil. during the evaporation, it never even bubbled. just put it in an open crock pot with the fan on it, or in the end stage in a small stainless steel pan on medium low until it got to the desired volume, never so much as bubbling from the heat, only steaming vigorously.

it pours like water, but it's a deep reddish brown. it smells like a combination of sweet spinach and mulch. each dose is about a shotglass worth.

during the cooking of the ayahuasca and chacruna, the water was at a simmer, or a gentle boil, with the cooker covered. never was it an explosive boil, like when cooking pasta or potatoes. i've heard that it can often come out thick and oily, largely because of overextraction and because of things like caramelization of the plant sugars and things, but only if it is boiled too vigorously. i've heard better ayahuasca is not like this, and is cooked at a much lower boil, and when it is done pours just like water despite the different color. the stuff i have now matches this description. i only hope it is good quality. i cooked it at a lower temperature, but for a much longer than normal time. in the end, it required less than a gallon of distilled water. all in all, i think i have probably made pretty good ayahuasca.

 

Well said.

 

Did you drink Nesta?

 

no, it will probably happen next week actually. still too many fireworks being set off around here - last night someone shot off two mortars right outside my front door....maybe 20 feet away? we have a pretty small courtyard. it was very loud and obnoxious for 11 oclock, not to mention ridiculously unsafe to shoot off big fireworks in such a small area

i will keep the diet the best i can this week, and continue hardcore next, and drink then.

i just want the time to be right. don't want to be on ayahuasca and hearing explosives being set off nearby

 

Take your time of course, but the suspense is killing me!

 

me too!

 

You've got more patience than most man!

...but I can't wait to read your report!

 

....any news???

 

no news

the diet is hard to keep - i'm having trouble keeping even a less restrictive diet for more than two or three days.

especially difficult is alcohol. this is one of the major reasons for wanting to experience ayahuasca, in fact. i need some serious introspection, and i've heard many people have had luck with ayahuasca in helping them cease compulsive behavior.

i drink too much, and its not a 24/7 thing (unless i'm stupid enough to buy a handle of hard liquor) but i like to have a few beers in the evening...far more evenings than not. it helps me sleep, helps me unwind, and helps combat loneliness - not a healthy way to regulate such things. but it's become a very firm habit. i'm not bad enough i'd be willing to say "alcoholic," but getting there.

it keeps getting postponed for the diet. i think perhaps i need to do a bare minimum diet (not nearly as restrictive) for my first experience and allow myself to drink up until the day before the experience. at least for this first time. otherwise it may never happen, and i think it would do me a world of good.

i go back to dorm life late in august, and that would be not at all conducive for an ayahuasca session. i think i need to do what i can now.

 

i think i will drink tomorrow night

 

may you have calm winds