Psychedelic Bump XX

Seasonal affective effects have nothing to do with your opinion about winter It's a very mechanical process involving simply the amount and quality of sunlight that is hitting your skin. Days are shorter, more overcast days, and thicker clothing mean less sunlight hits your skin, coupled with typically less exercise and diet changes which triggers biochemical changes in your brain, affecting mood, regardless of what your aesthetic views on winter are.

SinisterBotanist, have fun with the bee! That is a bit of a low dose but it's a fine first time dose, I would have said 20mg. At that range it's basically a lot of euphoria and tactile pleasure I agree with your sentiment, it's a hell of a molecule. I can tell you that when you're ready to increase dose to 40-50mg you will be shocked at how deep it can take you, and the strength of the visuals. Mmm mmm can't wait for my next bee date

 

Tragic Elementary School Shooting.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-connecticut-school-shooting-20121214,0,4678476.story

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0A9urb8xM"]Stand Up Comedy... On Acid! - YouTube

I've had this tab open for a few days, but not found time to watch it. Probably will later today.

Anyway, looks like an even worse idea than most of the vice videos. (which are mostly very good, by the way. They're bad ideas in the good sense)

 

I love vice so much. A lot of their stuff is pointless, but the vice guide to travel stuff is so incredible.

 

I've watched most of that series. I felt SO bad for that guy. Once he's up on stage it's so uncomfortable to watch because he's so tensed up. I was introduced to Vice by Hamilton's Pharmacopeia back when he interviewed Sasha Shulgin.

 

Haven't seen this one yet, but the "dog show on acid" article was hilarious!

 

I once went to a cat circus while tripping.

 

Hahahaha! That must have been.....scary!

 

A bit intimidating at times, but I got to sit right up next to the stage and one of the cats came over to me at one point. It was really interesting to watch cats follow commands. It's sort of unnatural, but the show was really impressive. There was a cat band complete with a chicken playing a snare drum.

 

Bump for shared consciousness... holy crap!

 

Bwahahaha :rofl:

 

wow...cat circus sounds crazy!

i know what seasonal affective "disorder" is. i was trying to say that i'm pretty sure my mood slump was attributed to stress at work and from life in general, and not seasonal effects.
you're probably right though, that it can play a role, and make work stress and life stress easier to bum me out. but i don't think i'm affected to badly by it. i can't think of many diet changes i undergo for winter, and i ride my bike to work everyday, winter or summer.

but i'm back to being happy as a pig in mud.

 

Same here.

Someone on HF linked it, in fact. (a few times) Someone in this thread, I expect, might have been GB?

But I just recently re-discovered them on youtube, and how they upload original youtube stuff themselves, so it's not shitty and cut up like if a fan does.

And yes, vice travel is amazing too. They've got balls of steel.

*edit* watched stand-up on acid, it looks like he had a worthwhile trip, though slightly il-managed in several respects. I wonder if it's his first. The other guy was considerably less likable, though you must recall that they had already agreed that he was there to guide (and push) the tripper through with the plan -- and he DID give him a chance to back out. Gotta enjoy the footage of him looking totally normal, if a bit happy, and saying he's totally fucked and can't light a cigarette, and then lighting it perfectly....

 

My friend who is a physician's assistant gave me "PiHKAL" for Christmas! I was so unbelievably stoked! She heard about it at a medical seminar on drug abuse...she thought it was a specialty medical book and she was surprised I knew what it was!! I was overjoyed though...undoubtedly the best gift I will get this year, impossible to top (unless somebody buys me some actual phenethylamines!)

Came across this sentence in the Introduction:

"Psychedelics might best be defined as physically non-addictive compounds which temporarily alter the state of one's consciousness,"

Doesn't that seem like a pretty lacking definition to anyone else?

 

Mind-manifesting....

Sounds fine to me.

The only tweak I can see would be te expand it.... and I don't know about you, but I don't think alcohol, opiates, etc, are psychedelics.

The idea is that they effect your thoughts, without effecting chemical balances in a long-term sense, like opiates do.

 

No I agree: alcohol, opiates, etc are NOT psychedelics...they fall outside Shulgin's definition as well as my own for the sole reason that they are addictive.

I was suggesting that the definition was not limiting enough. Surely there are psychoactive yet non-addicting substances which we would not consider to be psychedelic. Surely a particular type or family of effects (more specific than simply altering one's state of consciousness) is the hallmark of psychedelics as a class, no?

 

Bump for watching Life of Pi, possibly the most psychedelic movie ever made. The rumors about it's visual prowess are not exaggerated, it's definitely Avatar level, and it deals with a myriad of spiritual, philosophical, existential issues.

I read the book many years ago and fell in love with it instantly, and spent most of the movie like this i felt this was a pretty successful book -> movie adaptation.

HIGHLY recommended

 

What about weed?

I would define a psychedelic drug as a drug that radically alters the senses and greatly enlivens consciousness and mind.


I think regardless of definition(s) there is going to be a level of ambiguity and openness to interpretation. From a pharmalogical standpoint, I guess you could point to 5ht2a agonist which would cover a ton of Psychedelics, However it would exclude cannabis, salvia Divinorum, ketamine and a few other drugs that are generally considered to produce psychedelic effects. It seems to be in our nature or at least culturally engrained in the Western mindset to attempt to overly categorize things and put them in neat little boxes, Psychedelics promote thinking outside the box.

A term that makes me cringe when reading about classes of Psychedelics is 'Classical Psychedelics.' It prompts this idea of like antiquated or old fashioned drugs or something. There is nothing about a mescaline or acid experience that seems antiquated when im in the grasp of it.

 

:2thumbsup:

When saying "classical" maybe people mean it like I take classic. Older and famous due to widespread appreciation and a history to go with.

But that first quote above should be a classic.

 

I'm looking forward to this one. Thanks for your glowing review.

Don't know where I got turned on to this one, maybe it was posted here. Have you seen this one Writer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4EfdaxUiO0"]1 Giant Leap - Trailer - YouTube