He got two different kinds of Salvia from a random website, 5x and 10x, which are measures of their strength. He wasn't sure which would work best so he figured he would get both, start out slow with the 5x and if necessary try the 10x.
I cleared a spot on the floor where he wanted to sit when he smoked, and I moved away things he could bump into like the coffee table. I also turned off most of the lights in the room and turned off the TV so that it was completely silent. I didn't want to interfere with his experience unless he got up and started running for the door or something.
He sat down on the floor and took a hit of the 5x, inhaled for close to 30 seconds then exhaled. He told me that he sort of felt pins and needles throughout his body (like when your arm falls asleep.) He also noted that it felt as though a wave of 'tingles' were flowing through him, pushing and pulling him and trying to lift him. He told me that he wanted them to lift him, but they didn't. At this, he figured he didn't take enough, so he went in for another hit.
His next hit was much larger and he tried to hold it in even longer too, as far as I could tell it worked. After he exhaled, he laid down on his back and stayed there for about 4 minutes, barely moving, occasionally he would silently mumble and then suddenly he opened his eyes, looked around and just kept exclaiming, "Wow... I understand it now, Holy Shit!" He had a huge smile on his face and he kept looking around trying to gather himself. "I understand, I get it now." He also started humming some sort of melody that I didn't recognize.
Once he gathered himself a bit more he told me that he heard the melody play and then heard someone say 'come right there' or 'get right there' over and over again. He also said there weren't many visuals but he remembers something like staring at the top of a red umbrella as it spun. For some reason he said it felt like a Disney ride somehow, going around and around.
He went outside and smoked a ciggarette as he tried to gather himself further.
When he came back in, he told me that he felt like he was right on the edge and although he definitely heard things, saw things and had the feeling that he was on a Disney ride of some sort, he wanted to try out the 10x strength Salvia to become fully emerged.
Swim loaded up the water-bong with the 10x strength substance, took a big hit and held it in as long as he could. When he exhaled, he laid back down on the floor and stayed there for about 4 minutes again, pretty motionless. He suddenly sat up and I figured he was coming out of it. Without me saying a thing he said, "Yea." and he was looking around, totally out of it, kind of like a blind zombie. He mumbled a few other things but just kept looking around the room. I asked him if he was OK, he mumbled something else incoherently, picked up a water bottle, put it down, picked it up again and put it down. Then he laid back down on the floor. A few times he shifted his legs and a couple times he moved his arms around, just reaching into air.
About 3 minutes later he starting rolling around and going "Whew" and "Wow." He sat up again, looked around and this time I could tell he was taking in his surroundings and trying to figure out what just happened. He asked me how long he was out and I said that it was about 7 minutes since he took the hit. He seemed shocked at this, "Wow," he said again.
He was still smiling like a fool and seemed overwhelmed, but overjoyed. Later he told me that it was like a dream, he said that he definitely was gone and not in this reality. He related the experience to a Disney ride again, he just said he had the feeling of being on an amusement park ride but couldn't really explain how it felt and that it was like nothing he ever experienced before.
He definitely felt the presence of other people in his 'vision', and it wasn't fearful but the feeling of acceptance. He remembers that he was trying to open a door of some sort (not like a door in a house, but like a door on the side of an amusement park ride.) He remembers the 'other people' telling him that he just had to pull it up (the door) and they told him over and over how to pull the door open. Swim aknowledged that he knew how to open it up and just when he went to open it up, that's when he came back to reality and found himself back in my living room.
It took him another couple of minutes to fully come back to his senses. He told me that he had no recollection of those 7 minutes, he didn't remember sitting up, mumbling and grabbing the water bottle twice. He couldn't recall exactly everything he experienced in his vision, but remembered clearly the part about opening the door right before he came back to reality. He said it was a lot like waking up from a dream and you can only remember the last couple of seconds of the dream.
Overall, he told me that it wasn't a bad 'trip' and he will do it again. He said that he wants to try it out with music on the next time, or maybe the lights on and try to stay conscious throughout the trip. He was glad that he did so much research about Salvia and knew what he was getting into before he did it. He wouldn't recommend it for anyone trying to replace marijuana, or anyone who just wants a quick 'high.'
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