DOSE:

5 hits

smoked

Salvia divinorum

(extract - 5x)

BODY WEIGHT:

78 kg

Salvia is a substance that I avoided for a while. After a few trips with shrooms, I ended up taking a bad trip that swore me off psychedelics for a while. I still learned a lot with mushrooms and one day may well go back for more, but that eternal dread is just something I can’t quite shake off. After reading countless trip reports, I decided to buy some plain leaf, 5x and some 10x. These were delivered but I didn’t even open the box for months, I was just too afraid. I didn’t even know why I bought it. After a long time, I decided to open my package and just look at the bags. I was lucky, the supplier had sent double the amount I ordered all those months back. Even then, I just packed it away and left it for a few weeks. I kept reading about it and watching videos where people lost their minds.

One day I was home alone and had some time to myself. I decided to make a water bottle bong and take a small amount of 5x. Nothing happened and I ended up with a headache, presumably from using tin foil as a bowl. Never again, I really don’t want to mess my lungs up anymore than I have to in order to get the effects. So I ordered a bong and then proceeded to not use it for weeks out of inexperience and fear. I’d done around 5 trips before this one, all of them have been interesting in their own right. Every time I get something different but they all shared some common ground. Cold and clammy hands/feet, pressure in my jaw and yellow/ green belts whizzing around the void.

I loaded some plain leaf into the bowl and used my tweezers to drop in a couple of pinches of 10x. This would be the first of 5 bowls over 30 minutes. I sat on the edge of my bed with the curtains drawn shut. My headphones were ready to play my trip list, containing music I know very well. This was very gentle, just like my previous experiences. I held the hit for about 25 seconds and felt the weight pushing me into my bed. I pressed play on my playlist and let the music guide me into the trip. Not much was happening other than a few patterns and time distortion. I started to feel that this time would be different. Something was telling me that I’m safe to enter today, take the next hit and join us. So I gave in to these feelings. I did the same again, 10x on top of plain leaf. I remember feeling like I was coming home. After breathing deeply and wiping the sweat from my palms, I prepared to take the next round.

As soon as I took the hit, I knew I was in for something special. After breathing out, I fully became at one with my bed. My body, mind, and soul were everywhere all at once. This was me now. The song that was playing was only a few minutes long and to be honest, I could have stayed here forever. In fact, those moments felt like forever. It’s strange using music to guide me through because time dissolves yet the music plays in standard time. This always helps with any uneasy feelings I get.

By now my body is vibrating, I feel waves of euphoria crash over me. I don’t normally feel like this. The last time I felt this good was on shrooms, right before I had a bad trip. By this point, my trip is wearing off again. The feelings inside tell me that I need to go on. It almost felt like I’d been invited into this house and I wasn’t leaving until I had to.

My mind was very fuzzy and I was unsteady on my feet. This is when I moved to 5x because I really didn’t want to push it too far and end up hating this plant. I really needed to go deeper because there was something I just wasn’t getting. I’d already gone deeper than ever, yet I was still not answering my questions surrounding life, death and philosophy.

This 5x really hit like 10x. I felt the gravity change again. Before I knew it, I was fully immersed in the realm of Salvia. When I closed my eyes I could be an observer of my own universe. Blue wires that looked like paint falling in slow motion quite literally plugged me in to the core. I was finally at one with myself. I found eternal peace in the dark empty void that filled itself with patterns. Triangles of green and yellow whirled around me. It was strange because I couldn’t look around in 360, I was just the observer, able to see in front and nothing more. I started feeling pins and needles all over my skin, I felt the urge to cry and laugh as I melted away.

Now the trip was weakening once more. I was unsure whether I should take more. This void that was slowly fading provided me with the feeling that I must continue, there’s even more to unwrap. I really struggled to get the 5x in the bowl; my hands wouldn’t stop shaking. After I took a little breather, I lit the Salvia and began once again.

This time I was invited even deeper to this house of cosmic wonder. I started to meet my deceased relatives, not in person but by feeling. I could sense their energy interacting with mine. This felt like the birthplace of all life, the factory of what it means to be conscious. Everything ran on pure energy and emotion. I almost cried from these feelings but the tears wouldn’t come out. I started feeling a pressure behind my jaw, I was starting to get crushed in this vacuum. Luckily I’m used to this pressure as it happens almost every time. It kind of feels like when I get local anaesthetic at the dentist.

Then I opened my eyes. I was looking downwards on my pillow. I thought I was laying down but apparently not. I’d been sat upright for this portion of the ride. I was able to see this dimension in my pillow, eyes wide open. Golden leaves and golden rings filled the void, I was truly amazed by this.

My questions about life were all coming together. My mind began thinking about how lucky I am that my brain can comprehend this and even if there isn’t anything after I die, this is all quite crazy that my brain can conjure such a vision. My reality is only real because I believe it that way. A simple sage plant can turn my world upside down, inside out and then spit me out with it. At this moment I honestly thought I’d discovered where we were made. Maybe not why or how but I’d been invited into this world for a reason.

Now the trip was calming down again and I could sense the doorway was closing. The urge to hit once more was there. It was like I was being told by my inner self to make peace and leave. So, I used more 5x and laid back on my bed. It became much more visual now. My eyes were closed and I decided to try something different. I rubbed my eyes like when I'm doing it in normal life, I get to see colours and stars. This was like 10x, more interesting than that. I got more colourful images, more defined patterns that were covering this abyss. I felt truly blessed to be able to experience all of this.

Once I was done rubbing my eyes, I could feel the experience coming to a final close. I knew that I was done for today, maybe even a little while. I’ve seen what I needed for now. Afterwards, I just took some deep breaths and relaxed. Salvia has provided me with the most amazing opportunity. Shrooms and weed haven’t been able to come close to this. It’s definitely not a party drug or a joke.

Thank you :)

Exp Year: 2023	ExpID: 117165
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Apr 16, 2025	Views: 16
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