DOSE:	4 hits	smoked	Salvia divinorum	(extract)
	1/2 bowl	smoked	Salvia divinorum	(extract)

BODY WEIGHT:

190 lb

A Brand New Reality. First Time on Salvia

After seeing a few videos on YouTube (yes, those ones that make people look like idiots most of the time), I came across a video that not only showed the individual tripping on salvia, but it continued to film after he came back, giving him an opportunity to explain where he had been. I have taken many different kinds of substances throughout my life, including LSD, mushrooms, peyote, MDMA, among other things, and psychedelics have always fascinated me. I have had profound spiritual experiences, silly insane trips, and have gone through some difficult ones as well. I am always curious as to other people's experiences on these substances. However, I knew next to nothing about salvia other than it existed, when I started to see these videos. I was unaware that it was an entheogen. So after looking at countless videos of young people being fucked with while tripping out on this stuff, and seeing one guy jump out of a 2 story window, I decided to investigate further.

The internet is wonderful thing when you become obsessed with investigating and researching. Long story short, I realized there were many advocates to this substance, and this is what appealed to me. I found an online site that had great consumer reviews and ordered 1 gram of salvia 60X standardized extract. My reasoning, despite reading that anything over 20X was not recommended for first time users (and sometimes declared to be a waste of money for anyone), was that the higher the extract, the more I would get out of the gram. That, and there happened to be a sale on the 60X.

I was very careful to research dosages, and did not plan on smoking salvia just to get fucked up. I wanted to use this as a tool to experience this “Salviaspace” for myself. My fiancé was eager to try this as well. He has had little to no experience with psychedelics, aside from a very mild but pleasurable experience in his teens with mushrooms. My research led me to the conclusion that 1 gram of 60X should have about 25 doses.

And yesterday, it arrives. A friend/neighbor of mine was over when it came, and even though my fiancé and I had decided to “sit” for each other, we invited her to stay and watch if she wanted. Upon later discussion, we decided this was not the best idea, but not a tragic one. Both of us measured out small doses between a bong and a glass pipe. I ended up smoking 4 doses, my fiancé smoked 5. We both felt something, I observed the carpet resemble a stadium full of people, but I never lost sight of the fact that I was just staring at the carpet, which was interesting at best.

One important note of how I felt: After smoking two doses in a row, as recommended by what I had researched, I noticed my heart was racing, and I could hear the blood pumping in my head. I didn’t know if this was due to my excitement/nervousness at trying something new or if it was an effect of the salvia, or possibly from trying to hold in the smoke for 20-30 seconds. I immediately got a headache. All of these things made me very hesitant to smoke again, and I waited for quite some time before taking two more doses. Again, not much happened, and it was all over with in about 5 minutes.

My friend went home, and we decided to watch some TV and discuss what had happened, and decided we would try it again in a few hours, increasing the dosages this time. I had 2 beers, but was not intoxicated by these by the time we decided to try the salvia again. Unlike the first time, where we had kept things quiet and subdued, with the lights on and daylight outside, this time I found a particular video on YouTube with wonderful imagery set to low key techno music, that was actually made with salvia in mind. I relaxed on the couch with my fiancé next to me, ready to take the bong and lighter from me once I was done with it.e

This time, I packed the bong about half full, which was significantly more than the pea sized doses we had measured out before. I kept the flame on the salvia until it had all burned to ash, and held it in for approximately 10-15 seconds, simply because I couldn’t hold my breath any longer than that. I exhaled, looked at the brightly colored Buddha on the computer screen, heard the music, and left this world completely.

Of course, this is where things become very difficult to describe. I had been transported immediately to a world I did not recognize, with completely different laws of physics. During the earlier session, I had been constantly aware that I was in my living room, with my friend and fiancé, just feeling a bit odd. This time, however, I completely left that reality behind and was put into this new one. I was immediately and completely convinced that this was my new reality. I completely forgot about smoking salvia or being on any substance. Or maybe it was just irrelevant, and every bit of my mind had to be used to perceive what was relevant. The vision I saw consisted of bright colors, beautiful daylight. This new reality was swirling, with an epicenter and curved lines coming from it, dissecting this world into segments or slices. Each slice was a part of reality, the idea being that the trees were a slice, the houses were a slice, the green grass was a slice, the sky was a slice, etc. And most importantly, I was a slice. I was simultaneously observing this and was a part of it. I was completely confused and in awe. The other distinct feeling I had was that this reality’s atmosphere was not made of oxygen like I was used to. Breathing was difficult and I started to feel panicky about how I was going to breathe here.

This is when I felt the presence beside me, to my right. It was strongly female, and I did not really see her, but felt her and knew she was there. She was wearing a long flowing robe, although how I knew this, I can’t say. There was a strong mother/sister feeling involved with her. She was very caring and loving, but stern and insistent with the things she was trying to convey to me. She had her arms around me, and I was almost wrapped in her robes, the feeling being like what an infant must feel when swaddled. Secure yet confined, but still able to move around without getting away. This female figure began to communicate with me through understanding, telepathy (?), but not really through words. She was saying that everything would be fine, but that I must embrace and realize this was my new reality now. There was no going back, and I just had to accept that. I would live in this neighborhood (that was the EXCACT word she was showing me) and I would have to learn to breathe in this new dimension, but it was possible and would just take time to get used to.

I was indeed a bit frightened, but that was not the primary emotion I was feeling. I was in awe and struggling to accept this new reality. I knew I was going to be ok, even if it was all so overwhelming and slightly frightened. That’s when I just started to observe this swirling reality that was to be my new neighborhood, my new home. Instead of trying to resist it, I was just trying to embrace it, mentally and physically.

And then these slices of reality started to change. A slice became the pattern on my blanket, a slice became the Chinese cabinet in my living room, a slice became a painting on the wall, a slice became my fiancé. All this was swirling just like in the other dimension, but I started to recognize things. It registers that my fiancé is calmly saying again and again that I had smoked salvia, that everything was fine, and I started to remember the situation. It seemed that a minute needed to pass before I was capable of talking about what I had experienced. But once I could, I was laughing and happy and trying my best to describe what I’d seen and where I’d been. I was amazed. About 3.5 minutes had passed. It took another 10 or so for me to feel like I was completely able to walk around normally, but I was fine.

What my fiancé told me about what happened while I was gone was this: I exhaled the smoke, turned to my right and looked at him, and said, “Please don’t rape me.” (I have no idea why I said this. I had no feeling or recollection of feeling of being raped or anything like that. I can’t even seem to put it into context of what I felt. I will continue to ponder this.) After I said this and he assured me that everything was fine and I was on salvia, I wrapped my arms around his waist and basically tried to climb on his lap and put my head against his chest. This is where I stayed, every now and then muttering things like “What is happening to me?” But mostly I was quiet until I started to come back. He said I had tried to get up once, but he just held on and kept telling me everything was going to be alright and that I was on salvia. None of this I remember, of course, but I’ve got to say he had to be the best sitter possible.

I had an excellent experience. I don’t feel like I experienced anything bad, just challenging at times. In fact, I believe that what I experienced was amazing! I will definitely smoke salvia again, but with respect, as I did the first time. I would recommend the usual advice of always having a sitter present, be in a comfortable setting and go in with a positive mindset. I don’t believe this is for everyone, however. I do not believe that getting 60X was necessary, but I also think that we did a good job of not smoking too much, so I am satisfied on that account. The other thing I would emphasize is that having my friend over earlier was probably an element of why I had that feeling of foreboding, and I am glad that it was just me and one other person when I had my breakthrough. This is not to be experienced with an audience. Unlike a lot of others that reported that music was distracting and not a good idea, I feel that the music definitely enhanced my experience. I would be careful on what kind of music is chosen, however. I am so very happy and thankful regarding this experience and it has given me many things to think about and figure out.

Exp Year: 2012	ExpID: 95582
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: 34
Published: Nov 28, 2025	Views: Not Supported
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