The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Trip Report)

This trip happened a while back, but considering its been the most positive and perhaps most influential trip I've had, I thought I'd share it with you. Hope you enjoy!

A week prior I had tripped with two friends. We each bought an eighth, but ended up only taking 2g each. It was a great trip, and I convinced my friends to sell me their remaining 1.5gs, giving me a grand total of 4.5g to myself. It had been over six months since I last took a full eighth or more, so I was pretty excited about having the opportunity. I had been listening to Jimi Hendrix alot recently, but hadn't really tripped to him, so I compiled a playlist of Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, and Band of Gypsys, with the songs in alphabetical order.

Around 9 on this fine winter evening, my roommates left for the night in order to give me the house to myself, for which I am very thankful they did. Soon after, I chewed up the booms and washed them down with some oj and went about the waiting game. 20 minutes later, I was getting visuals, accompanied by the nausea and anxiety of the come up. I go outside to smoke a cigarette and calm myself. I end up smoking four, feeling like I was living a different life with each hit I took. Its 10 now. I go back inside and manage to make it to my room and get myself ready for the real trip.

I put my headphones around my ears, volume set to max, then press play. The first track "...And the Gods Made Love" sent me to outerspace. It got me right into the psychedelic state of mind. Then the party really started when"1983..(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" came on. A myriad of emotions flooded through me, happiness, sadness, anger, anguish, and finally, at 7:55 into the song, there's a section where the guitar effects sound like an audience shouting in joy. I was filled with LOVE, I finally found what it really meant. My Family, and my friends, and even my fellow man, I realized how much I loved them. Tears poured down my face. I imagine Heaven should feel similar to that moment.

From there on the trip flowed, most of it trippy joy, but the two most life changing (for me personally at least) realizations came to me. The first came about as I was pondering how I relate to society, a common topic for my trips. I cried as I thought about the unnecessary deaths that take place every day. If only we could as a collective realize how similar we truly are, instead of focusing on the differences. Then I was in blackness. Perhaps "I" isn't the correct term, a person existed there, whom I identified with upon sobriety. But above this person in the blackness was a sea of ghostly white hands, all reaching down to help him up, and as he look below, there lie another sea of ghostly hands, each needing to be helped up as he had been. The purpose of existence, I felt, was to help my fellow man. That's all one truly needs.

From this realization I flowed into an introspective period. I realized in order to help others in the most effective manner, I first had to help myself. That meant that I had to strive to do my best in all my endeavors. From then on the trip preceded normally. A very positive vibe, no doubt enhanced by Jimi's great music.

Since then I've worked hard on incorporating this into my daily life, which has been a difficult road, due to my narcissistic nature, but I have made progress, and my quality of life has definitely improved and I'm alot less self centered than I was, but its still a work in progress. Jimi Hendrix has since become my favorite musician, and should I ever feel I'm lapsing into my old habits, a few of his songs put me back on track. Hope you enjoyed

 

sounds good bro

 

damn that sounds like an awesome and powerful trip my dude, im glad you shared. i want to try that

 

sounds amazing, glad you has such a positive experience!