Pure Mescaline vs. Total Alkaloid Mix

After doing an acid/base extraction, mescaline citrate crystals were collected from the water, and the remaining alkaloid salts and whatever extraneous citric acid there might be was left to evaporate. The remaining evaporated alkaloids totaled .65g when dry. This is to be an experiment using the .65 of isolated extraneous material to witness what effects they add to the cactus experience.

Noon: A 250mg dose was dissolved in water and drunk.

1:00 Another 150mg

1:45 Another 250mg. What I first noticed was that the by-product was substantially less potent than the mescaline citrate crystals that precipitated out of solution.

2:00: My feet and hands were colder than on a more intense dose of more pure product. Also getting some chest congestion.

It is still mostly mescaline, so the differences in effects are expected to be more in variations of the familiar mescaline trip. Certain aspects of the trip are more intense, others less noticeable.

2:30: Very dreamy and introspective, but I have a good feeling. It’s not euphoria, but more like satisfaction. Chemically created satisfaction. Oddly, it doesn’t feel strange at all.

2:45: I noticed some muscle tension in my calves and inner theighs. It seems that one of the other alkaloids other than the mescaline is responsible for the majority of the muscle tension. This is good to know, but I’m not sure if it is worth the trouble of separating the crystals or just evaporating everything together.

3:00: Time drags a little, but doesn’t slow nearly to the degree felt on pure mescaline citrate. On pure mescaline citrate, time actually seems to stop. That’s a very interesting aspect of the mescaline trip, but not always the most desireable. Sometimes it would be, like at the perfect spot on vacation. Otherwise, you might want the "time lubrication" action that seems to come from the other alkaloids. It seems to come on slower and build. Very dreamy at times.

3:15: An intense spike of panic hits. I felt all of a sudden out of place. Introspective, but uncomfortable. A little cold sweat. I need to move to shift my focus. Not as smooth of a ride as pure mescaline citrate, but I am convinced that it does add some value to the experience. I don’t particularly much care for the concentrated extraneous alkaloids, but mixed in with the rest of the mescaline citrate I think it would make for the proper trip.

3:30: The trees outside seem more like a tangled mess from a shredded Van Gogh than the ordered fractals I focused on before. The feeling comes definitely much more in waves of intoxication that ebb and flow.

4:00: Another less intense wave of disconnected, confused panic sweeps through again, but is more easily managed. It’s almost surprising considering how much later it came compared to the first negative wave. I am very much under the influence as might be expected, but it is not an ifinitely friendly ride as with pure mescaline. This seems to have a bite to it whenever it wants to flip itself over and expose some negativity.

4:30: Much less constant. Intense at times, almost transparent at others. Temperature regulation is much more of an issue, and I am still getting alkaloid sweats.

4:45: Another wave of dream exhausts itself over me. I feel almost nauseus and take a walk in the cold outdoors to sooth myself.

5:00: Now virtually swimming in mescaline alkaloid soup, just too heavy on the spices for my taste. This isn’t a dose of a drug that I would choose for recreation. As my heart beats and my pits sweat, I feel just a bit uneasy. These are the rough negative feelings that extraction usually eliminates. It’s interesting to do once to know the difference in experience, but it’s not particularly enjoyable even at 650mg. Unlike straight mescaline, I do not feel that it would be comfortable to raise the dose. The negative stresses increase with the positive effects, making higher doses not worth it.

5:30: When the intensity subsides for a moment, slivers of euphoria swell to fill the gaps. For the first time in a while now, I actually feel good. I believe that the dose may have crested. It isn’t done by any means, but it may have reached its peak in intensity.

6:00: I feel that I need a good stretch to move the alkaloids through my muscles. The experience is getting more enjoyable as the intensity decreases, and it feels even better because of the lifted negative sresses. There is still tension hiding in my legs, but it is nothing too bothersome. It is interesting to feel the trip’s limiting negative factors isolated. It makes me happy to know I also have a product without it.

 

Man your work is beautiful. You deserve some kind of award for all your love. thank you for sharing your knowlege with us. I know I am going to far with all this hero worship. So you understand a step in the process that I have altogether missed. You are able to seperate The mescaline while in an aqueous state. I have not yet got so deep my man. I would love to know more about your work with collecting the pure m. citrate. for now I still have my 3g of total weight.

 

Just make sure your acid is right, and put the collection jar in a cool environment for long enough. Put a cap on the jar and throw it into the fridge overnight.

My theory (without checking it yet) is that if you use too much acid, you will get the first form with only one third of the citric acid molecule linked up with a mescaline free base, and I don't think that will precipitate out of solution. Use less acid and see what happens.

 

Well as you might know. My last batch I used 1tsp citric acid for 12oz of distilled water. using only 6oz of the solution. The solution was clear until the final evaporation stage. I procured a slimy amber resin that would not fully dry until i scraped it up and gathered it into a taffy wad. that dried overnight but was still moist. I broke it apart into little chunks over the next couple of days until i finally put it out to dry the little chunks. within hours I was able to crush it into a fine amber powder. I admit it dried and crystalized with the original 3/4 tsp per 4oz much more quickly. And guaruntee this that amount of acid really pulled it all out for me. I still need to test this batch and post a trip report. I enjoyed your work on trying out your precipitates with #'s and everything. You get the gold star for freelance organic psychedelic chemistry.

 

Also noting the experiment. Looking over your post again in a new light. I hadn't realized this was your companion alkaloid trip report. Very interesting taking it to a whole new level. I am going to search your notes posted and build my next experiment. To seperate the purified mescaline citrate from the companion. I always heard that the companion alkaloids unlocked the mescalito magic in ways that it could not do alone. so your next trip report will be the crude extract without the seperation?

 

Man, you all are like electric dynamite!

One of you waiting on he Nobel Prize? Wish I had the brains to be doing what you all are doing!

 

Nicely done trip report