Just the other day I was thinking about the interactions I've had with animals, both living and in spirit, while on a psychedelic adventure. The funniest experience that comes to mind happened abojt 12 or 13 years ago on the way home from a rave party on the beach in Galveston, TX. I was with a few friends riding in the back of a truck after most of us had taken a large dose of LSD. The ride was pretty quiet in the back of the truck with myself and 2 or 3 friends and out of nowhere we see about 5 cop cars going slowly down the feeder road in the wrong direction with sirens and lights full blast. This alone was quite crazy, but when we followed the line of cars we noticed 2 huge ostriches running down the road trying to get away from the cop cars. Haha that was nuts! I've also had some great non-physical experiences with animals and these are the ones I am most interested in hearing. I'd like to hear peoples' stories of meeting spirit or power animals or strange encounters with an animal(s) while on a psychedelic. Brandon
i've "felt like i was a cat" on 2ce. i pretty much only remember thinking that and talking about it after the fact. i can't really recall what it felt like at the time.. my brother was thinking that we might see a lion when we were on LSD. another member here watched her boyfriend transform into a lion on the same doses. a few months later, i took (physically) 4 hits of this L with me camping - 2 for each of us, and my brother noticed that i had put them in a dime baggie...with lions on it! i def didn't do it on purpose. i also had this one LSD trip like 5 years ago where a person's cat was getting pet by me in the most 'sexual' way almost. it was NOT sexual, but i can't think of a good word. u know how cats will rub themselves up on u if they really want pet? this cat was THE most into it i had ever seen. i love watching birds while tripping (or sober) flocks appear to move as one. my fiance noticed the beauty of a singing robin the one time she tried 2cb. said she would never forget it. funny ostrich story. got any of the "spirit" type stories yourself?
Wow thanks for the awesome reply...I miss the 2c's SO much! For a good while I had a reliable source and it was excellent. About the "cat" thing...when I am on psychedelics I ALWAYS notice that if I am around a cat it will seemingly mess with me. The over-insistent rubbing, purring, and, best of all, that cat stare! About the ostriches...we later found out they has escaped from Moody Gardens in Galveston lol. My own animal spirit stories are many! The first one that comes to mind at the moment is the first time I ever consciously crossed over and it was on LSD sweet tarts by a small lake that had a sandy beach and was surrounded by woods. I was 18 or 19 with 2 friends and it hit us hard and fast! As it first crept up on us it went from dusk to dark and all of the sudden bats were dive bombing us. When I say dive bombing I mean they were smacking into our heads and bodies repeatedly. This wasn't just me trippin', this was a shared experience by 2 other people. When I "left" the beach, one of the two people went with me and I was aware of his presence with me. I perceived myself as being on a moon-like surface...very rocky and all grey with a black horizon. About this time, a GIANT bat swoops in and lands in front of me and tells me that he is "the guardian". This is when I noticed I could no longer feel my friend with me (found out later that he had perceived almost exactly what I had, freaked out severely and caused himself to re-enter everyday reality and pass out). I remember feeling apprehensive, but not really feeling any true fear, and I asked the bat what it was guarding. It took off and flew out of site then and that's the last I really clearly remember of that part of the experience.
Two come to mind for me. One was one of my first ever lsd experiences at a beach (that I hope will be where I trip next) and coming across a group of seals nested down for the night. It was quite intimidating when some of them got a little defensive, apparently there were a few pups with them and so mom's got a little upset. It had nothing to do with us tripping, they were just doing their thing. I suppose I'd be upset if someone came wandering into my bedroom in the middle of sleep time. Tripping with my cat's has taught me alot about them. They don't care for it when I do, and I'm certain they can tell. One thing they don't like is loud music but they hear that all the time. They get a little anxious when Im tripping though, the girl just finds someplace to hang and politely avoids me. The first time tripping around them I had on Baraka, fairly loud and just lost in the imagery. Both of them would look around the room startled like, (with the 7.1 surround sound) and would leave, come back, try to chill, leave, etc. Quite agitated they were. Finally at one point Bob (the male) came over, jumped up on the chair and proceeded to wrap himself around me. Literally, around my neck, rubbing all over, pressing hard against me. I was laughing histerically as he'd look at me like... "what?" I began to feel I could see and understand (somewhat) his always unpredictable and sometimes bizarre behavior and dubbed him "bad-trip Bob". I still call him that. Looking at him as someone on a perpetual bad trip, his personality makes total sense. Since then I try to interact with him as I would someone having a bad experience and we get along better every day. He's quite a trip. To me, cats are a bit like a trip, in their hyper-awareness and sensitivity.
Petting cats on Ecstasy is always amazing and I always perceive them as being really affectionate on it. I had a mushroom trip where I had a stare down with a deer and normally deers just run away but we sort of sized each other up for a good few minutes. I had a serious moment of connection with ants on San Pedro once. Yesterday I was coming off a 2cp trip and this little dog I sometimes see around that is normally very friendly, got up and ran away when I tried to pet it and started barking, I think it was trying to tell me to get on better drugs. As far as the spirit goes, I've had the cat like feeling on 2ce similar to Porkstock but I was staring at a lion head statue and sort of relating it to myself. I've seen like this horse-ish entity on a Salvia trip once but I didn't really feel a connection to it or anything, in fact it was slightly unsettling. I've perceived worms crawling on my skin on mushrooms and I saw a tiger with the face of a girl I knew crawl up my arm on some Ecstasy pills.
Wow you guys are lucky to know where to find 2c's...I love me some phenethylamines!...I love all the 2c's I have ever tried...2ce, 2ci, 2ct2, and 2ct7, and, of course, mescaline...the archetypal phenethylamine! I dont expect people to give up any vendor info yet as I am still new around here, but I'm hopin someone may trust me enough after awhile to help me out in that area!
