It's not so much ego loss as it is the complete obliteration of any such concept (or the possibility of such concepts) as 'ego,' 'mind,' 'awareness,' or even the concept of conception. I've always described salvia as someone reaching into my brain and flicking off the switch that allows for reflection and interpretation of the world around me. A complete blastoff into an alternate dimension (dementia?) where 'I,' in any normal worldly sense, isn't so much lost as exploded.
Yes I have. Ego shoved into the corner of your awareness, a squeaking little blip on the screen of your consciousness that is begging to be paid attention to. But there is so much more
I've been smoking 20X lately, and I feel as though I loose myself and everything about me for a short time. However, I'm not afraid to loose myself. I actually welcome it. It is very enlightening. I'm actually feeling that these salvia trips are giving insight to who I am and possibly turn myself to new ways of thinking and "really" opening my mind.
If that's the case, then I don't understand your initial question. 20x sally gave me the most intense trip of my not-inexperienced life, and any psychedelic can theoretically cause ego-death given sufficient dosage. Salvia--more than many other drugs I'm sure--could work as a tool to truly alter one's life for the better. I just like to have a little more time to work with a trip.
You and me both brother. I've never been more confused than coming out of a salvia trip. Between the salvia gravity, the inability to talk or process thoughts, and the immense semantic content of the experience, salvia is a whole different and unknown psychedelic territory. The fact that is acts on the kappa-opioid receptors kind of freaks me out too.
Nobody ever loses an ego or there would be no memory. It's obviously a spectrum, of an ego being lost, or a dream world that is quite bliss, structured and defined.
