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I Understand Life So Much More Now
H.B. Woodrose, Wormwood & Cannabis
Citation:   LMNSC. "I Understand Life So Much More Now: An Experience with H.B. Woodrose, Wormwood & Cannabis (exp118627)". Erowid.org. Aug 15, 2025. erowid.org/exp/118627

 
DOSE:
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  oral H.B. Woodrose (extract)
  T+ 0:00 1 tsp oral Wormwood (extract)
  T+ 0:00 1 bowl smoked Cannabis  
  T+ 5:00 2 tablets oral Melatonin  
BODY WEIGHT: 110 lb
3 weeks prior to the trip I mixed "a lot" of crushed HBWR seeds with a tspn of ground wormwood, 4 oz of purified water and 1 cap full of everclear in a glass bottle and left in in a cabinet. I strained < an oz of the liquid into a glass and drank it with some lemon and lime juice with hibiscus/clove and orange peel tea at room temp. I had only eaten some fruit with peanut butter that morning. I smoked about a bowl of weed.

About 15 minutes after drinking I felt hot and sweaty, vomited, had to lay down and about 15 or so minutes after the sick feeling started I gradually began my trip. I had a psychedelic playlist of instrumental music prepared and I played that repeatedly for the first few hours.

I stayed in bed most of the time, I felt so connected to my body it felt like I was giving myself a physical evaluation with my mind
I felt so connected to my body it felt like I was giving myself a physical evaluation with my mind
, of what was wrong and ok about my physical body. I have a bad left hip and I felt that a lot. I did some breathing exercises and really felt the changes going on in my lungs. My mouth was dry and I didn't drink as much water as I should have, cause I didn't want to get up and pee a lot. It's winter so I kept turning the heater on and off and stayed in my room where it was warm. I was very aware of the electricity use and tried to make sure I didn't have too many things on at once.

The trip was really in my mind, I had the most intense and incredible visions that explained life/God/existence to me. I felt a real understanding of "everything" while knowing there is so much more to know. I was immensely happy with this feeling of understanding. I felt connected to the universe and compassion for people as we are all one etc etc and I wanted to write it all down but the light was bright, my vision was a little blurry and unfocused and doing physical stuff was a lil bit of a chore.

Moving around was strange and my back and legs felt really tight so I stayed in bed mostly, I stretched a few times. I was able to look at myself in the mirror and not bug out about my appearance. It was my 42nd birthday and the last 3 times I attempted to trip this year had failed, so I was really happy. I wanted to take a hot bath, but the tub wasn't clean enough so I took a short shower.

Most of the mushroom or acid trips I have taken give me lots of mental chatter and this trip was very clean and clear feeling
this trip was very clean and clear feeling
. The repetitive thoughts were there but it wasn't many things at once, it was 1 maybe 2 main streams of thought. I definitely felt the peaks and valleys. The 1st peak was intense and I thought maybe I'd done too much, but when I hit the valley I felt more in control and ready for the next peak. I started around 2p and time went really slow by 430p it seemed like a whole day. By 7p I was ready to come down. I was tired and felt I'd had gotten a lot from the experience and was ready for it to end. I ate an apple and banana and took 2 melatonin about 15-20 min apart. By 830/9p I was in the bed and fell asleep.

Exp Year: 2024ExpID: 118627
Gender: Female 
Age at time of experience: 42
Published: Aug 15, 2025Views: Not Supported
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