does set & setting matter with salvia?

hello all,

i'm a chronic weed smoker and usually trip on lsd but yesteray i tried salvia (10x) for the first time. i was interested in its psychic/spiritual properties. it was the whole "divinorum" thing that turned me on to it--however my trip was nothing spiritual. i was high high high...i forgot who i was, where i was, and i thought we were "waiting for someone" even though i was home alone w/ my hubby. he said i looked at him as if i wasn't sure who he was---it was a fun trip....the whole time i was laughing at how fucked up i was. when i came down though i was a bit disappointed...glad it was fun but a bit let down on the spiritual side.

the set & setting was pretty mundane. i spent the few hours before doing housework and was getting ready to cook supper when i breaked for a little 'trip'

i know with lsd its all about set & setting.....had i tried the salvia after meditating or while doing magic or something would that have affected my trip? does set & setting and mindset affect the type of trip one has?

i have to say though....that night i had a crazy crazy fucking dream of the end of the world.

 

the 1st real salvia experience i had my world as i knew was no more it was like it was never like that. it made me literally think it was a giant movie about my life and my friends around it who i was with at the time. and it was pretty freaky i have to admit but reality started to settle in and i was fine then. that stuff is very intense and should not be toyed with. It will fuck you up big time.

 

regarding your questions i really think if your gonna do it you should be in a safe controlled area with people you trust. pretty much like lsd but i find them to be rather differnt type of trips not just in the amount of time but the feelings are totally different from eachother. even though salvia is much shorter i find it alot more intense. as for meditation i think it would be good to do it wouldnt hurt putting yourself in a relxaed frame of mind before taking something that intense. A relaxed state of mind can keep you from losing your head.

 

Yes, while salvia can blast you to a whole different world, your setting should ideally be a relaxed, mellow place with few distractions and noises. You don't want to add more confusion to the often very confusing trip.

You can't go bad with meditating for a few minutes beforehand as well. Just clear your mind and prepare for crazy ride.

Let go and flow!

 

salvia is mostly an inner experience, you won't be interacting with the set/setting much. you need a quiet relaxed place where you won't be interrupted by people or loud noises.
be open to any experience. don't go in expecting a certain kind of experience or you will be disappointed again.

 

For me, the most important thing with set and setting when I'm tripping on salvia is an environment where I can't hurt myself. I always feel like I'm going to cut myself on something when I do salvia, so sometimes it's best to just sit still.


Yeah, salvia doesn't give you that uplifting spiritual feel you get with pot or shroom or acid. You do it for the experience and that's pretty much it. I do think you can gain some spiritual insight from it though... but it's the same as all other drugs (i.e. the nature of your own mind, the relation between perception and reality, etc.)

BTW, what was your dream?

 

i was at work and it was the end of the world (i got no specific info on "how" it was the end) my husband came to my job so we could die together. as we all lay there ready to die a plane crashed into the building and no one was hurt.
that's it. nothing too enlightening.

 

Well, let me be Freud for a second, and see if I can interpret that. The end of the world represents the fear of trying out a new drug - you know, the whole, "Am I going to be able to handle it? Am I going to freak out?" Your husband represents the sitter who's there to guide you and hold your hand. The plane crashing represents the drug hitting you, but since no one got hurt, it turned out to be something you could handle after all... pretty easily by the sounds of it.

 

I smoked a bong of salvia once, I wouldn't suggest an activity like this for the everyday joe, It was like I was suspended in whole other fucking dimension looking outside of myself at myself laughing like a deranged maniac... It was fun, only lasted 20minutes, the whole experience makes me wonder what the hell that shit does to your brain?
-i'm sticking with the sticky