another morning glory post

[opticalpromise]

ive noticed many people ask about morning glories. i personally find that some of the info on erowid is outdated especially the nonpolar polar extraction, which is unnecessary and reinforces its misuse that is bound to fail at delivering good trips.
i want to share that i have finally truly learned something about this misunderstood yet surprisingly powerful plant. and on that note i have also realized that i learned a bit about the behaviour of plant hallucinogens in general.

grind seeds, make tea in COLD pure water (no tap)... drink just the tea,, and youll be fine, lsa steeps into the water because of its high solubility to polar solvents, the puky stuff stays in the tea bag with the seed mush because it just doesnt dissolve in water when its cold, though it will if the water is at room temperature,, , the tea even taste different (nasty)and it makes you horribly sick. after steepin, youcan steep the bags in some fresh water, (30minutes each),, mix the two teas and drink.
some people still get mildy sick, but it always goes away quickly and this has been the only reliable method for making trips that are free of uncomfortable physical symptoms. the nonpolar polar extraction sucks ass IMO.
600 seeds is the full powerful dose when made this way with cold water. but even if you were to take that dose, you may not get hallucinatory activity, you may just be in a psychedelic drugged state because morning glory behaves like a plant hallucinogen. it doesnt give visions when there is a lack of ritual and the use is purely recreational. ayahuasca is like this. salvia is a like this with the exception of strong extracts. mushrooms in my experience is like this too, it delays the peak until im in a dark quiet setting where its just my mind and the plant .
morning glory can deliver visions that are on a similar level to ayahuasca.. however it usually never does . it took many years and many failed trips to learn this. but then one year six hours after drinking the tea and layed down in the dark and realized that began to finally peak. and this was the cream of psychedelic trips. seeing so many things and heard so much, this was like terencemckenna style, you know like having records of information from other dimensions play in your mind, records of visuals and auditories that were being fed by the lsa. you wouldnt believe the hallucinations and the whole time it was the same feeling as from mushrooms the feeling that there is something on the other side,, the "other" and its alive. it interacts with you.

[opticalpromise]

i actually love it when people try them and have failed trips and then they make post like " dont try em, they suck.. " or say how they tried them a few times and all they got out of it was a small ass head trip and some weak visuals not to mention they throw up or had other bad physical symptoms.
but for mexican indians, they were so powerful that they were considered a deity. they could be used to divine and heal. for them, no metaphor, there is a spirit in the seeds.
i find it to be so wonderfully baffling, the behaviour of these seeds.

[psychedelicsmoke]

this is an experince i had a couple years ago with morning glories--i have some of my best experiences with morning glories

this was written during trip

My body fells like its glowing. I no longer feel the restraints of me or the simplistic problems I worry myself with everyday. I now feel the true me Im no longer there im here , I feel this exact moment no worries of anything else, I just feel now as it is an eternity. I feel part of the life and am no longer an observer. My mind has opened up to let the knowledge and spiritualness in as if ive been keeping it closed without my true consent. I hear voices in my mind not of my own an not of words I can describe but voices of motion and feeling telling me to take in like a paradise has opened and im now listening to the teacher of this land. The thoughts move fast and snmooth riding through the pages of natures unspoken word. To focus on one spot would be like examining a single grain of sand on a beach that never ends. All things I have been taught becomes realistically disassembled into words of why do they refuse to see--even that which I wrote does not come close to the feeling, maybe if I could just show you a photograph where everything in it is living moving breathing, crystal clrear waters, individual sunrays warming every single spot of your body touching it with bliss and ecstasy. Clouds with their own imagination to play and morph theirselves into what they want to be and a blueness in the sky that there has been no color. I could just poit at this and say yeah "I kinda feel like that". Time stopped as I have ever know my sense as being a part of it. A slow motion of my surroundings quickly soun around me and I suddenly saw myself where I was just standingin complete form another me frozen. I looked around the room at myself looking at the room ,a total out of body experience. No sounds no feeling of even breathing just a connection with my inner soulletting me peer out from myself.. Its truly breathtaking to actually look at yourself in awe.. Then a reversal spin as before and im back holding onto the table almost falling down trying to comprehend what just happenrd. I feel strong vibes to be with nature as if its calling me persuading me to come playTrees are not just trees now, I get a bigger sense of meaning from them and that they know more than my mind could ever hold. Attraction to the stars and with every pulse I feel an energy from it like never felt before. I tell nature im sorry for not seeing the truth before.But there is no apology in this world only learning of the real truth that weve so simply put behind us. Everything becomes hidden picures within everday item hidden symols that only now I can see. Mountains are now onlookers over the hills, the ancestors always willing to give guidance their faces easily seen and they know you know.I sit up again just riding through these amazing feelings and thoughtswhen this powerful bright red glow came up from behind me. I could feel it warming me and though I tried to turn around I could not look directly at the center but only the beams of light it was producing. No fear at all just love beyond love for wahtever was watching over me, I was extremely connected but understood it was greater than my understanding of it. Before falling asleep I see small short shadowy figures hopping around on the floor. I smile and laugh, maybe these are here to guide me in my dreams--time for sleep

[RoBoWaLkEr]

*golf clap*

[BradinTheGreat]

psych-smoke: sounds like you got a load out of that trip, thanks for sharing your experience with us

[goldmund]

That was awesome. Maybe I'll try it again. First time I did it when I was 16 out in the woods of Mendocino/Humboldt Co. totally by myself, with some of the most powerful storms pounding the area since the mid1960s.
After brewin' in some cold water for about 30mins, I drank the tea made from about 3 plant bags, I can't remember how many seeds were there, but I doubt it was anywhere close to 600! Thinking that it wasn't going to be strong enough, I munched on the ground up powder and seed hulls after I drank the tea. BIG MISTAKE.
Got feverish and had an upset stomach. Had to go outside for a walk. The fresh air did me good and I began a very mild trip. Walked down to the Eel river, powerful. However, I never got over the idea that it may have been a placebo trip, like the feeling you get an hour after taking bunk lsd. I decided that the sickness and the strength of the trip were not worth another shot.
Maybe now I'll give it another try.