Pandora wrote:Pandora
You also did not tell us very much about Gandalf's past and level of experience with psychedelics in general and spice in particular...
Gandalf has experience about 4 ++++ experiences with other various mediums as well as a ball park figure of 100 +++, and approximately 300++, perhaps 400 + rated ventures. Gandalf believe that he has achieved some measure of albedo or degeneration of a decrepit ego and regeneration of a more ubiquitous nature.
Pandora wrote:
...Thus, I cannot help but wonder if in fact what Gandalf is experiencing is imminent soul launch (pins & needles) and potential ego-death that sometimes accompanies this. If this is the case, then the spice has opened a door of learning for him but he will have to face some powerful personal demons to be able to move forward. Again, just one woman's opinion, nothing more...
...Peace & Love,
Pandora
Gandalf has also met with the demon balrogs from the inner core although most likely they will always linger as a memory or rumination as an element of being and consciousness.
gibran2 wrote:Gibran2
You might be burning your spice. Depending on your smoking apparatus and/or technique, it’s very easy to do. Burnt spice is extremely unpleasant and irritating. It feels toxic, and it probably is.
What does burnt spice feel like? Think of inhaling chlorine gas, think razorblades in your lungs. Pain and unpleasantness!
When I inspected Gandalf's smoking apparatus and his methods I noticed no problems after research of appropriate procedures and utilities. Gandalf used a straight glass pipe where the crystal liquid was suspended inside a steel mesh, he used a flame that heated the glass circumventing the mesh and thus the material with no direct contact of extreme temperatures.
The wizard himself felt no devilish pain inside his lungs although he was also aware there are no nerves inside the lung to his knowledge. Instead the pain was similar to the Hypodermic Iron Maiden in the movie Tommy. It appeared to permeate throughout all extremities, as if he was experiencing a break out of hives, but instead of a overwhelming itch the itch was instead an infinite number of stinging prods and pokes.
acolon_5 wrote: Acolon_5
Are you a Salvia user? If so, give it a break for a week then try again with the spice.
Gandalf did use a very moderate amount of Salvia about 6-7 days before. Gandalf also had rolled ~3 nights prior. Used skullcap and lavender to rest a couple days before, ingested .5mg of alprazolam 12 hours prior, smoked additive filled tobacco, perhaps had residue of 5-htp, magnesium, vitamin b in his system. Besides that he was completely sober as far as the word can be related to his own idea of a legal baseline.
DeMenTed wrote: Demented
What previous experience do you have with dmt? The shock to the system might be the cause or its bunk dmt?
Since this post came into existence Gandalf has had two experiences, those two experiences that included the pain mentioned in the intro post. Also the crystals were acquired from a trusted source, a source which has been used by others which Gandalf trusts enough to rely upon their opinions. He had heard that the crystals from this source produced a feeling of calm well being in any other instance. Although he would like to mention that the specific bit he used was a larger, darker, congealed or clumped, mass of crystal weighing 40mg.
DMTripper wrote:I'd do a sodium carbonate wash on that spice.
This is what research has provided with him as an answer, yet both of us are confused as the trusted sentry of the source has used the same material before without any adverse affects. The guardian actually thought it may be a personal reaction between the crystal and Gandalf, to sum up for lack of a better word: an allergic reaction. Although Gandalf finds this hard to comprehend being that the composition of the crystal itself is found inside nearly every living biological being, including the mage.
There was a noted report on tribe dot net which featured two people with a similar experience, they believed the substance to be contaminated perhaps by sodium hydroxide or something similar. There was no true conclusion or finding as to what the root of the issue was. Gandalf did have a theory that the crystals had oxidized into its oxidized form thus causing damage to his system.
He truly is confounded as such a body pain has never been experienced with a plurethera of other indoles with genuine benzine rings.
Thanks for your time and thought.
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