Have you taken LSD?

[kryaa]

The whole research into using LSD for enhancing your cognitive functioning is pretty interesting. I can see how LSD in particular might be suitable due to its tendency to be so transparent & analytical.

Good luck op, but i'd probably take the full tab. Other psychedelics are better suited for low dose experimentation imho such as mushrooms. Or go into saub psychedelic doses with LSD, say 25 mics. 25 mics is noticably stimulating and does seem to be great at stimulating your verbal capabilities. Especially with a small amount of alcohol (1 beer max.). I don't know why that is, but try it out if you are in it for the nootropic effects. Otherwise, take a real dose so you won't be in some sort of uncomfortable limbo state all the time.

Also, VERY important: Masturbate or have Sex during the peak.

Thank me later.

 

[sephiroth]

Thanks Nice one, cheers, I'm planning a trip soon with a couple of people, I'll get them downloaded and try them out!

You will not be disappointed. Also, for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, get the MONO mix. Enjoy the trip!

 

[golan]

:music06:

 

[dzianis]

So far, it's all been from the same sheet, some Albert Hofmanns that were going around early last year I think. I've never taken more than 1, but have only once taken less than 1 (half a tab). Is there anything in particular you were talking about? I think there may have been visuals, but they didn't stand out compared to everything else. I did discover that the iPhone takes some awesome photos if you don't give it time to capture the light properly, while trying to take a photo of an owl:

You still have your own mind, it's up to your brain to choose what level of ego you want to maintain.

Thanks Nice one, cheers, I'm planning a trip soon with a couple of people, I'll get them downloaded and try them out!

Pink Floyd is good but I'm not sure why exactly you haven't tripped to it yet.

I second the Tool-Lateralus vote and I add to it Nekropsi-"Mi Kubbesi" - little-known Turkish folk-psychedelic stuff (posting just one track, get the whole album torrented or pm me)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sbKKlM2pE"]Nekropsi - Efsane - YouTube[/ame]

...but when you are free and happy just listen to some good psy-transe like Astral projection, or some ambient from Ultimae records and FFS stay away from tasteless shit like armin van buuren and the like.

 

[droplister]

Some follow on advice for peoples

I haven't tripped in at least 3 years, but these are the go to tracks, likely in this order even.

Trips tend to follow an almost classic story arc.

1) There's before you take the drug,
2) Waiting for it to take effect,
3) When it comes on strong,
4) The coming down,
5) And then after the effects have worn off.

So, you need different music (or no music) for different times.

There's also two major concepts introduced by Leary: Set & Setting. They're basically common sense.

You are the Set and what you eat, wear, how you feel that day will affect your trip.

Where you are is the Setting. Who you are with, your familiarity with the space, the size of the space, time of day, the temperature of the space, all that will affect your trip.

If you don't like the people you are with the discomfort you will feel is probably some sort of heightened social anxiety rather than the drug itself.

The best way to approach a trip, for your first time, is to imagine yourself as Columbus (or the explorer of your choice) and have that kind of adventure-into-the-unknown mindset. But realize also that you have an advantage in that you know for sure you will return safely.

You can also prepare yourself for a better trip by taking control of how your Set and Setting are. That's like setting your course before the trip. And then during the trip you do have a number of ways to take control. You can move, you can not move, you can sing, you can listen to music, you can shut off music, you can go outside, stay inside, there's just a lot of little things you can choose to do that will change the whole situation.

Also, people caught up in the ego-death wankfest :love-smiley-086: are the most annoying people on the planet. It's over-rated and the first thing you do after experiencing it is rebuild your ego. Alan Watts has a line on it that's basically, "Once you experience the void, you need to void the void." But how douchey does talking about Alan Watts sound. Just don't do it. Just take the trip and ride the wave. Try to have an otherwise impossible experience with some good friends. Burn some money. Break something. Build something. Whatever, do you. :nopenope:


Songs to get you started:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNk860pTO4"]Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line (Lyrics In Description) - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rggldf1c6c"]What'd I Say - Ray Charles (rare, original version with intro) - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBA4vWQRBA0"]Stevie Wonder Drum Solo - YouTube[/ame]

(Especially, when he breaks it down around 4:00.)

Songs for the up and up:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoA0cTC228M"]LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDRLW748j68"]LCD Soundsystem, "All my friends" - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvUaK_MWkDg"]Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5nlWoZS9g"]Yeasayer- Red Cave - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zH9wHWMi_k"]A Tribe Called Red - Electric Pow Wow Drum - YouTube[/ame]


Songs on the way out:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOWzvZxHwI"]Yeasayer - Henrietta - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qZgIz79ts"]Wild Beasts "End Come Too Soon" - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4hljPQshAU"]Radiohead - Lotus Flower (Jacques Greene RMX) - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI"]The Specials - Ghost Town - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jameel]

All of you are still tripping on LSD and talking to yourselves naked in front of a mirror. WickedFire does not exist in-fact.

All jokes aside it is amazing to have such a wide array of people on this board. Scam artists(mGru), ex drug dealers (bigwill), enlightened yogis? (andrey), the guy who looks kinda like Vincent D'Onofrio (andrewscherer),

I could see most of the lsd stuff on this thread happening. Even when I smoke weed I navigate the world differently. It feels easier to jump into an experience and become that thing. It has so much depth as opposed to feeling like I'm a kite floating in the wind.

 

[-joe-]

This would probably be cool to trip to. They use a lot of exotic time signatures, but always very precise:

Tool - Lateralus (2001) - (Full Album) [HQ/HD] - YouTube

Nice, I think that'd be decent for the comedown at home (shower etc), although maybe a bit intense for the main trip itself - even Pink Floyd needed some preparation.

You will not be disappointed. Also, for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, get the MONO mix. Enjoy the trip!

Awesome, will do, and thanks!

Pink Floyd is good but I'm not sure why exactly you haven't tripped to it yet.

I second the Tool-Lateralus vote and I add to it Nekropsi-"Mi Kubbesi" - little-known Turkish folk-psychedelic stuff (posting just one track, get the whole album torrented or pm me)

Nekropsi - Efsane - YouTube

...but when you are free and happy just listen to some good psy-transe like Astral projection, or some ambient from Ultimae records and FFS stay away from tasteless shit like armin van buuren and the like.

I have listened to Pink Floyd while tripping, but not all of the albums mentioned, only The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon so far.

I like the sound of that song, I'll have a look for the torrent, if I can't find it, I'll definitely send you a PM. Psytrance is a good call, and yeah, I wouldn't listen to Armin Van Buuren.

 

[BigWill]

To make claims like this, perhaps you need to study the guide prior and do a trip with full 500ug.

Have fun in the insane asylum, lol...

Obviously, it effects people in different ways. Some could eat a bible and be ok. Some could take 1 hit and get mind fucked for life.

 

[dgerryd]

Always been too scared to take LSD. Have done lots of shrooms in my younger days, and was always told LSD is similar except about 10 times more intense. My shrooms trips were always more than intense enough for me, so I never bothered with LSD.

Then I discovered XTC, and thought it was great. Similar to shrooms, except there's 0% chance of a bad trip. With shrooms, you never knew if you were going to have a good or bad trip until it was too late. Then once you found out, you knew full well it was either going to be "yee haw!" or "ohhh shit, this ain't good" for the next 4 - 6 hours straight. With XTC though, it was always good, in one way or another.

It always helps to be around good mates, really good mates when you get the "oh shit buzz" cause when your not you come across like a total nutter :banana_sml:

I think you were putting the horse before the kart by doing mushrooms before LSD mushrooms are way stronger and definitely the bigger culprit for the oh shit buzz.

 

[greg728]

I haven't tripped in about 10 years, but my perception of reality has definitely changed drastically. I've noticed a slight change in my thought patterns and overall mental state. It's a lot easier for me now to "get lost" in my head without grasping on to anything in particular. I'm much more attracted to the arts, and I find that I'ts easier for me (almost effortless) to maintain a meditative state. I'm not saying that I walk around like Gandhi, but I let things go a lot with less resistance. Tripping is a very spiritual experience, regardless if you want it to be or not. It just is. It also can be overkill for people over time, which is why I haven't done it in 10 years. Regardless, I'm very grateful for my tripping experiences. Hope you enjoyed.

 

[-joe-]

I just had an idea. Has anyone here used fingerpaints since being a child? I can draw a little bit, but haven't in ages, and drawing on LSD typically results in a horrible mess for me. Was wondering whether fingerpaints could add a touch of colour without requiring a huge amount of skill, since I do like to attempt to draw while on LSD, I just suck at it.

P.S. Check out Here is a list of Websites I like to visit on LSD : LSD Plink is really fun, even when you're sober: Plink by DinahMoe

P.P.S. RE the comment about not having taken enough LSD, after reading some things about 2 tabs, seems that's the case. Next trip will still be 1 tab (since I'm introducing 2 newbies), but I think I'll move up to 2 after that, been doing some reading, and yeah, I see what y'all mean about the visuals. I do want to try 1000 ug at one point (obviously slowly progressing to that, not intending a sudden large jump) - read one experience where someone had a non-gory hole in their head, with a train going round in it, pumping out steam, with sparks dancing around their bowl after they lit it. May need someone who's experienced but has taken less than me for that one though

 

[icestationzebra]

I'm considering taking a sixth of a tab this Saturday and going out with friends to a bar instead of drinking. Low dose is meant to be a completely different beast. Probably won't have any visuals as it's just over the perceptual threshold, won't fuck with my head either. Would make a nice way to avoid pickling my liver with booze every weekend. It would be nice if I could hit the euphoria stage I had at the start of my last trip and maintain that for a few hours...

 

[(O_o)]

^ lol ya. You can drink anyone under the table if you are on LSD as alcohol doesnt faze you and you cant get drunk. But when you come down though...

But really, 1/6th of a tab??? Why not just take the whole thing and stay home

 

[super]

If you have to take LSD to function your brain is fucked up.

Dosed about 50x in my life. over 80 on X, in one fucking crazy year.. lol. Shrooms maybe 10 times.

Havn't touched the shit for over 10 years. It can and will fuck you up for life. Thankfully I stopped when I did, some of friends are permanently idiots from the shit.

Good advice. I never understood people who are like "oh this shit can/will/may damage me or parts of my brain/body, but I will take it anyway".

 

[jryan21]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3yYQwnt-4"]Zapp feat. Roger Troutman - More Bounce/Doo Wah Ditty (Live) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[icestationzebra]

Well over a few weeks I tried taking a ninth of a tab which had no obvious effect, then a week later I tried an eighth of a tab at a bar with friends which was very subtle and pleasant. I felt very content and my usual anxiety that I get in public melted away for the most part. No visual effects and no mindfuck. One thing I did realise is that I don't want to drink anymore.

Can a Low Dose Go a Long Way? | Motherboard

 

[Wong Shun Leung]

I bought some philosophers stones off the internet and started freaking out until I read a post a lovely lady wrote which said

"remember you're an invincible creature channeling the power of the mushroom"

Then I started laughing hysterically.

Funny shit

 

[Thorn]

 

[LightWOW]

I may have looked into psychedelics once or twice but have never done LSD.

My friends that have said it was like shrooms x10. Actually, one guy said he had started to be "immune" to shrooms and LSD sent him on quite a trip. One guy said afterwards he felt more connected to his emotional side... for about a week XD.

 

[richcookies]

The need for humans to take a spiritual trip is well documented in history. From my perspective, I have no more need for drugs to go on any spiritual journey.

Be careful, as all dependency starts with good intentions. You can accomplish a lot more by doing meditation and been in control.

But this is a free world, and what you choose to put into your body and brain is definitely your business.

From experience, and watching many friends, all drug use always leads to some type of downfall, either spiritually or financially.

I have come to realize that a lot of the shit been sold to the masses are never touched by the so called elites that have total power control.

Whatever you can do when on LSD, you can do better without LSD. IF in doubt just look at historical facts about former users to see what I mean.

But your body is your temple, and how you treat it is your damn business, and from that angle; I urge you to please GO FOR IT!