A friend of mine dreamt that he came into good fortune with a hoard of mescaline (powdered plant matter). After using it a few times, he told me- this plant is not good for recreation, but perhaps useful for learning. The states of mind entered into were too intense for the easygoing types of meditation or even entertainment that other plants allow. Anyone else have some experience with this particular plant/chemical?
yeah I've a good bit of expierience with it, what your friend says isn't really true. It all depends on the person and the dose. If you enjoy musrooms you'll probably enjoy mescaline, it's not exactly the same mesc is a bit more dreamy or sleepy than shrooms but buzz is still pretty similar. mesc usually lasts longer and comes on slower. Like I say it mainly depends on what your into. but most of the time if I do some mesc (san pedro) or whatever with a few friends we have a great laugh, I think it is definatley can be good for recreation/ entertainment. I don't really buy into the whole using psychedelics for mind expansion/ learning or any of that bullshit so pretty much any substance I use I do so looking to have fun and doing it with that attitude I usually do.
Because Mescaline is a phenethylamine and not a tryptamine, it's not easily comparable to acid or mushrooms, although the effects can feel very much like a mushroom trip. I describe it as an extremely mellow head high and a very intense body high. I would definitely consider it good for recreation, but only in sporadic moderation (I usually do it once a year). However, I personally think that it is definitely a very good tool for mind expansion, which may take away the recreation value for some people. I have had some very insightful thoughts during my trips and have felt life-changing perspectives on it. It really depends on your personality type, if you are more of an introverted person then I would think that may influence your trip into a "less recreational" one, if you will.
IDK what kind of dose is being talked about here, but it's like being put into a psychedelic trance... I guess a smaller dose might be sort of recreational.
I think that as a phenethylamine, it seems to have a more gripping quality to the experience because it is so body oriented. Doses involved in this mysterious friend's somewhat harrowing experiments were 20-30 grams dried/powdered at about 190lbs body weight. In retrospect, my friend doesnt regret his journeys, but would probably choose any other of the common natural psychedelics for a recreational adventure.
Mescaline is great. I do an alcohol extraction from PT powder and it's the best drug I have every used. At a good high dose you get all the trippyness of an acid trip and a better body high than large doses of X
