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There don't appear to be any longterm
physical or psychological sideeffects
from smoked Salvia
divinorum. It is over quite quickly, and many smokers
have, in times of anxiety, successfully aborted a deep
Salvia trip by just sitting up and "shaking it off." In fact,
as the Mazatec suggested to Wasson, the correct attitude
of acceptance and faith seems imperative in being able
to make contact with the plant's deeper essence.
Account
"When I exhaled, I received a flood of colorful visions,
swirling patterns of light against a dark space-like
background. This swirl formed a tunnel, which led from
somewhere in front of me to "behind" my eyes. By
thinking about it, I could move my perspective a little
bit. My peripheral vision and imagination were filled with
what seemed like two beings. One was old and male, one
was young and female. They were encouraging me to
look straight through the tube and align my center of
vision with it. They were saying 'a little to the right,
comeon, don't wait until you are dead to see this. It is
great!'"
On Breaking Through
As mentioned earlier, many people attempt to smoke
Salvia divinorum and fail to achieve any noticeable
effects. One can only speculate as to why this occurs. It
is certainly possible that smoking technique may be
responsible for the success some enjoy, yet as the
technique is so simple this is not very probable. It is
more likely that the Salvia experience is simply a very
fragile trance, and those who are more open to it are
likely to experience deeper effects. It is possible that
prior exposure to novel psychic states aids in the attempt
to access the Salvia dimension, yet several seasoned
explorers have nonetheless reported failure. It seems
that as with Cannabis, many people simply need to
"learn" to receive the effects by performing several
attempts, usually achieving success after four or five.
It is also suspected that some leaf samples are either
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