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process will likely be enjoyed by all
but the most sensitive of smokers.
With correct setting, technique, and
potent leaves, the single hit smoking
method should be successful.
However, those with a large body
mass or resistance to entheogenic
effects would do well to repeat the
above procedure as many times as
necessary. It should also be noted
that many experimenters, especially
during the first exposure to Salvia,
have a difficult time "breaking
through" and often claim that
nothing happened.
"I had the
impression of
being in a
lunar emerald
labyrinth that
selfcrystallized
before my eyes
... It was
silent, a visit to
the ice palace,
like watching
winter pass in
fast forward, a
selftransforming
orchestra of
icicle
geometries."
Account
"I had the impression of being in a
lunar emerald labyrinth that selfcrystallized
before my eyes. There
were not full blown entities, but
there was definitely creature-like and
organic movement. It was silent, a
visit to the ice palace, like watching
winter pass in fast forward, a selftransforming
orchestra of icicle geometries. Extremely
pleasant to the eyes - entrancing really. It made for a
half hour of brilliant elation and then began to recede,
melt away, like the gossamer layers of glaze on a fine oil
painting diffusing one by one, until I was left with only
the unrefined vague gestalts which all too often inhabit
my inner world."
Duration of Effects
Within 30 seconds of the initial inhalation, definite
changes in the smoker's perception should be apparent.
As the salvinorin A enters the bloodstream, the smoker
will feel a humming and tingling which ripples in waves
all over the body. The "peak" of the experience will occur
within a minute, and typically continue for as long as two
to three minutes. The sensation abruptly tapers off after
this point, leaving one quite near baseline within seven
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