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04-09-2006, 11:43 PM
I went to an outdoor psy-trance party out in Dripping Springs (TX) last night, and met an SF-based live pa (didn't catch his name), smoked some kb he had with him, and briefly discussed psychedelics; he told me how he'd done lots of acid, but preferred shrooms, and I told him of my quest to convert tryptophan to dmt (via ketone-catalyzed decarboxylation-->reductive amination), and he said "oohhhh...that stuff. That takes you there"; apparently he had done it several times, and agreed with my statement, that it's one of the few compounds that really evokes the seventh chakra.
I've read somewhere that the whole experience can be compared to "all the acid trips you've ever taken, fitting on the head of a needle", or something to that effect. My friend who took me to that party (he's the sound guy, and my partner in applied chemistry) also swears by dimitri, and has the same invested interest in it; he had taken 200mg of it before, and said he felt two forces pulling at him, and he was faced with paradox of observing good and evil
...he came to the conclusion that "isness" was a far more beneficial perspective, and I briefly mentioned how this is the essense of zen, and that it's very strange how tryptamines that have affinity for serotonin (i.e. shrooms, LSD, and DMT) evoke these states of awareness.
For us, these are our favorite exogenous chemicals, the best of all drugs, which we feel (like McKenna did) are the catalysts for the evolution of human consciousness.
I've read somewhere that the whole experience can be compared to "all the acid trips you've ever taken, fitting on the head of a needle", or something to that effect. My friend who took me to that party (he's the sound guy, and my partner in applied chemistry) also swears by dimitri, and has the same invested interest in it; he had taken 200mg of it before, and said he felt two forces pulling at him, and he was faced with paradox of observing good and evil
...he came to the conclusion that "isness" was a far more beneficial perspective, and I briefly mentioned how this is the essense of zen, and that it's very strange how tryptamines that have affinity for serotonin (i.e. shrooms, LSD, and DMT) evoke these states of awareness.
For us, these are our favorite exogenous chemicals, the best of all drugs, which we feel (like McKenna did) are the catalysts for the evolution of human consciousness.