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DJ Ed
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3.8g Psilocybe Cubensis B+ 1
#26339439 - 11/23/19 02:47 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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3.8g Psilocybe Cubensis Crush up and soak in lemon juice. Pour on about 200ml boiling water. Simmer for 20mins then strain. Drink at 5pm. Followed by glass of orange - energy for the trip and rinse out the glass! First two hours the mushrooms were threatening to kick in but basically nothing. Then the next hour or so was like I was having a delayed trip. Then it ramped up big time, almost like the strength of Liberty Caps.
A few thoughts from last night’s ceremony.
Strange trip. First two hours felt like I’d taken duds. Ann and Hannah went out to the Trafford Centre in Manchester leaving me on my own. It was a creeper though. Also had run out of grass so had scraped out all the containers to make 4 what I thought were weak joints. Anyway when I had a joint, in the conservatory because didn’t want house to smell when Hannah got back. Suddenly became very strong. Couldn’t smoke all the joint and put it down.
That was my token gesture to the mushrooms, I.e. I am not abusing you so please don’t punish me!
Stood at back door taking deep breaths and looking at the intense scary visuals outside. It was old school hallucinations; faces in trees stretching out towards me, rifts in the air where chunks of reality rip and move, everything suddenly moving towards me. I thought this shit is getting real. Had been in front room listening to Space Ritual - those boys knew how to make music for the psychedelic experience. Went into conservatory to listen to more music in there and put Shpongle on. Trip suddenly really intensified. Was standing up dancing with eyes shut; was awesome. Got that feeling of being in a tribe all dancing to the same music. The visuals were so intense. At about three hours in the strength ramped up again. Sometimes trips can be really strong, then a few hours in suddenly go even stronger. This must be the absolute peak because for about 30 mins it is so strong. Then it starts to wain and lucid thinking slowly starts to return. About ten o’clock I was eating a couple off Greggs steak and cheese rolls with the dogs. Managed to make a couple more joints from powder which is super strong and mellow. Listened to Pink Floyd, awesome come up and come down music. Not sure what I learnt tonight though. Probably main lesson is not to fuck about with mushrooms and take them lightly. 3.8g can be super strong, but not that strong that the intense bits are unmanageable - you always feel like you can calm down when needed. The other lesson I suppose is that when your in the strong part, time can go really slowly; so if you have been fucking around, you could suffer for a long time! Not feeling the usual after glow today, maybe because it was such a strange trip. It felt like I was tripping ten minutes in the past - weird.
Why is it, that from the same batch of mushrooms you can get such differing experiences? And why from the same dosage from the same batch, you can get such different experiences? The visuals inside are spectacular, the colours are so rich and varied, the whole feeling of the room changing; but then you stand outside in the dark - fuck me the visuals go crazy, you wouldn’t want to be walking home alone some times! But then you close your eyes and the internal visuals are again completely different but also spectacular. And the classic one for me, apart from the grain in wood flowing, is all the Aztec style civilisations that spring up int he carpet and floor. Does anybody else see the evil clown? Generally a white colour, but with an evil face and teeth? He often makes an appearance in my trips, though he doesn’t freak me out unless loads start appearing in my vision......
Signing off now, until my next write up in a couple of weeks.
Take care all, and safe tripping.
DJ Ed.
UPDATE: one other thing that I’ve just remembered about last night. During the really strong part, I experienced what felt like I was being hit by light. It’s hardnto put into words, but it was like there was a pulse of light going through my skull. I felt an instant bright pulse which instantlymfaded. It was like an energy wave. And with each pulse, come the slightest head ache type pain, but very brief. Wasn’t worrying, just unusual. Any ideas what that might have been?
-------------------- “It’s like when you see a mountain lion,” he suggested. “If you run, it will chase you. So you must stand your ground.” Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind “The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer.” Terence McKenna

Edited by DJ Ed (11/23/19 03:57 AM)
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Aldebaran
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Re: 3.8g Psilocybe Cubensis B+ [Re: DJ Ed]
#26363210 - 12/05/19 03:23 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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It was old school hallucinations; faces in trees stretching out towards me, rifts in the air where chunks of reality rip and move, everything suddenly moving towards me...
And the classic one for me, apart from the grain in wood flowing, is all the Aztec style civilisations that spring up int he carpet and floor.
Those visuals sound really cool 
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Why is it, that from the same batch of mushrooms you can get such differing experiences? And why from the same dosage from the same batch, you can get such different experiences?
I don't grow shrooms but I've read comments that potency can vary from shroom to shroom with multispore grows, I don't know if that applies in your case but it could be a factor. Plus there is always that element of randomness from one trip to another, and if you are smoking weed during the trip that will have an impact on the intensity.
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Eclipse3130 wrote: It's the name of the game with Multispore genetics. Every mushroom is different, and sometimes you get some that are weak. It's extremely inconsistent.
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coAsTal wrote:One helpful method of homogenizing shroom potency is to grind them all up into powder together, or make a tea from the batch-- either of these two methods will evenly distribute the alks so that you can better gauge the dosage.

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Was standing up dancing with eyes shut; was awesome. Got that feeling of being in a tribe all dancing to the same music.
I love listening to music when I'm tripping, I spent ages devising a playlist to create the right mood at different stages of the trip. I usually end up dancing at some point too, or lying down and waving my hands in the air 
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Probably main lesson is not to fuck about with mushrooms and take them lightly
I find the start of the trip and the build-up to the peak can feel more intense and serious, especially if you don't know quite how strong it's going to be, then I start to relax more once the trip has settled down. I try not to take my trips too seriously because I find a sense of humour can be a real help when things are difficult.
Thanks for posting; the trip reports section tends to be a bit quiet but it's fascinating to read other people's experiences and compare them with your own.
-------------------- I wrote that, but I meant something else
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DJ Ed
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Re: 3.8g Psilocybe Cubensis B+ [Re: Aldebaran]
#26363351 - 12/05/19 04:33 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks for the reply. I’d love to do a YouTube trip report, but I fear I’d just make a twat of myself 🧐
Responding to your comments:
The visuals on that trip, 3 hours in, suddenly came alive after the weirdest come up. I was stood at the back door taking deep breaths. The visuals outside were just.......Level 5 is the best way to describe. The feeling was sinister, things were alive, it was all focussed on me, I knew it, but at 3.8g it didn’t overwhelm me. Someone’s first trip, they’d have been rolling around screaming and convulsing!
I have indeed grown a few batches. I’ve tried with the Petri dishes but never been successful. So yes my “batches” are not homogenous. I’d say the most plausible explanation, thanks.
I love music while tripping. For me it is up there with tht feeling during the absolute peak; time stands still, everything even the birds become quiet, you feel eternity, you feel that oneness. But especially my weakness still (after a ridiculous liberty cap experience in the 80s) is that I am still resisting the ego death. And the best way to facilitate that is by music. It always grounds me and drags in all my focus.
Damn it’s like peas in a pod. The come up for me is always filled with anxiety. When it settles down, the come up is forgotten and the real trip begins. I absolutely love it. My first peak on LSD, I Sid to my now deceased best mate; this is it, this is what I’ve been searching for my whole life!
See you around the shroomery, and take care buddy, DJ Ed
-------------------- “It’s like when you see a mountain lion,” he suggested. “If you run, it will chase you. So you must stand your ground.” Michael Pollan: How To Change Your Mind “The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer.” Terence McKenna

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