Oh … this is a sign I am getting older … I never even heard about this stuff until just now.
Salvia divinorum can be chewed or smoked to produce experiences ranging from uncontrollable laughter to much more intense and profoundly altered states. Salvia divinorum remains legal in most countries and, within the United States, legal in the majority of states. However, some have called for its prohibition. Most proposed bills have not made it into law, with motions having been voted down in committee, failed, died, or otherwise stalled. Other more recent bills are as yet still at the early proposal stage. There have not been any publicised prosecutions of anti-salvia laws in the few countries and states where it has been made illegal. Source: Wikipedia
Here a documentary:
And here are 11 kids showing off their Salvia highs. Smoke on your own risk.
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Information Improvisation: Tobacco is now smoked with the help of hookahs in lots of towns as per traditional traditions. Now one can easily find hookah bar in big cities and it has become fashion in elite class same as salvia divinorum. These bars are selling flavored tobacco but the youngsters are not aware of the fact that they are harmful for the health same as cigarettes. The smoking health care centers should also look upon this matter and should apply quit smoking prescription on these bars.
brad wrote,
“this is gonna be the best video ever!”
am i that retarded when i’m stoned? i’m so quitting all drugs immediately.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
dizzy wrote,
You saved the best for last. “This is how a fucking man does this shit…”
“..you’re gonna start tripping…”
I seriously haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
RGS wrote,
Dizzy,
I am glad to bring some joy into your life
…
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
RGS wrote,
I just noticed that the video don’t really play … ach .. not sure why. They worked fine yesterday. Any input?
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
mdhatter wrote,
That last video proves one thing.
Drugs are only as good or bad as the people you do them with.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
agreed wrote,
Agreed - i feel so bad for these poor people who are terrified because they are being filled with the negativity and vindictiveness of their peers.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
ashley wrote,
Man, my hands were sweating just watching these kids. What kind of freaks videotape themselves high on anything?! That’s like, a nightmare (seeing yourself intoxicated). How long does the high last anyway? Looks tempting, but after watching these videos, I wouldn’t wanna risk looking so retarded in front of my peers!
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
shaman wrote,
Used in the right setting, it can be an awesome tool for self-knowledge. Future users, learn from these videos and be respectful of the power you will be unleashing within yourself.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
yoyo wrote,
Ashley/MDHatter/Agreed:
exactly right, salvia is GREAT! but the best experiences of it are in very controlled, comfortable, SAFE settings.
at the right dosage u are in an entirely different place, full-4d interactive hallucinations unlike ketamine or acid. (i don’t know about u, but even on mad acid i always ‘knew’ that the things i was seeing were a product of the drugs i was on, and they tend to change and pulsate in a completely psychedelic rather than ‘real’ way.
salvia (and DMT, which salvia is related to) can put u in a clear, explorable (& testable) reality for 7-10 minutes, after which u slowly come down over another 10 minutes.
i was once a train trundeling around loppypopland, past alive toys waving at me. this wasn’t an idea i had, i could actually ’see’ this shit, plain as day. especially this one big momma bear (a la goldilocks) in an apron, smiling and waving as i made my way down the tracks.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
hello dolly wrote,
Remind me to never get high with any of those kids.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
elliot wrote,
The first time I took salvia, everything in my apartment looked like it was made of legos and in primary colours.
The second time, I was transported to a full-on pow-wow that looked like it had been drawn by Dr. Seuss. I chatted a bit with the natives, then looked down at my arm, and saw that there was a line of syringes sticking out of it. When I came down, I realized that I imagined syringes in my arm because I was sitting next to an open window in the winter.
Honestly, best and most detailed trip I’ve ever had on anything, even though it was only for five minutes.
Link | January 25th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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Link | January 26th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Mike G wrote,
If you like this stuff, get it while you can and stock up. The government will see too many people having fun and outlaw this stuff.
Link | January 27th, 2008 at 5:44 am
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Link | January 28th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Joel wrote,
Salvia has given me some a lot of awesome times, as well as some scary ones. The worst ones where when I had a combo of bad peer vibes and inexperiences. I got massive “salvia gravity” and time distortion. Combine the the time distortion with salvia’s ability to boost your body temp (sweating) and heart rate, I seriously thought my heart was going to explode.
The best trips are the ones when I’m with only a few close friends, and we do it one at a time so we all have sitters. They usually only last about 5 minutes tops, sometimes as short as 30 seconds, but that’s only in real time, which is really no measure of a salvia trip at all. A second can feel like a lifetime.
I usually use at least a 5x but I like more of a 15x strength. Me and my friends always use a bong and a jet lighter. And yes, it’s true, if you exhale early, you lose soooo much potency. You have to hold it for a min of 30 seconds. Every second after that you feel your mind sinking further and further away from everything that your base of knowledge is grounded on, until you realize that you understand absolutely nothing. And then you laugh, hysterically.
If I’m lucky, my visuals are nothing short of otherworldly. Closed eye hallucinations are nice, very colorful with full figures and patterns, very dreamlike. But the best ones are the ones that peel back my immediate vision, as if everything I can see in front of me was a single 2D picture, and then I see a whole different universe behind it. Sometimes it’s kind of a 4-dimensional thing, sometimes it’s even weirder than that. I remember one time, I smoked a bowl of 20x in my room, and I just happened to be watching the Colbert Report, and the topic happened to switch to drugs just as I was inhaling. I don’t know if the next part was actually in the show(I’m pretty sure it was though) but he turns to the screen and says something to the effect of “I can only imagine how many of you are watching this show ON DRUGS!!!” (Stephen does his wide eye stare) The next part I knew wasn’t real, based on what I know about things that are not entirely fucked up, but Stephen Colbert, smiles, says my name, pulls himself out of the TV(like that girl in the movie The Ring, only much more gracefully) shakes my hand, and then jumps back in the TV and continues his show like nothing ever happened, at which point I was stone cold sober. It lasted a little less than 15 seconds, but was so intensely realistic that I almost had a hard time believing that it hadn’t happened.
So, if you haven’t tried salvia, I highly recommend it, but do it with close, caring friends. It’s pretty awesome.
Link | January 30th, 2008 at 7:50 am
overmedium wrote,
There’s an even better way to ingest salvia - VAPORIZE it like in a vapor brothers vaporizer. It is sooo smooth, almost minty fresh.
Salvia has brought me a state where I truly felt out=of-body, floating above the sofa and over a little. I have felt the out-of-body state many times WITHOUT any ethneogens (which truly is the best way to experience that kind of thing), so i have something to compare it to. I also have felt great understanding of my existence while under salvia (10x formula, big hit off the vaporizer), and at that moment of understanding i felt no pressures or limits of time itself (well, at least for the 3 minutes while i was blasted away and then gently floated back to realty).
In other words, I’ve had good experiences on it, but most of my friends who try it for the first time say something like, “WHOA, WTF was THAT!?!?!?”, freak out a bit, then never touch it again.
Hey, you gotta try it to experience it!
Link | January 31st, 2008 at 5:21 am
Mind manifesting wrote,
Just last night I used Salvia. using 20x I had the most intense full out hallucinations one could have. I see real potential for learning with Salvinorin-a, as it is such a powerful Drug. Be certain NOT to confuse the fact that it is powerful with the fact that it is dangerous, many other drugs (with Governement support)cause much more damage than does salvia. The Danger with Salvia is not presented as a psychological danger, although some visions can be distressing, but rather a physical danger, not from its toxicity but from falling and hitting their head, etc. driving on Salvia is foolish and dangerous. But remember, drinking alcohol and driving is foolish as well, many more cases of alcohol related death happen every year than do deaths from Salvanorin-a and yet alcohol is still acceptable.
I believe that if one is to decide to use ANY drug, they should do ample research into it beforehand. when used in a proper environment and for the right reasons drugs can be a powerful learning tool.
Link | February 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
c.t wrote,
When I tried salvia for the first time I opted for the 20x. The 20x gave me a weird feeling that something was going on, I just could’nt figure it out. I had no hallucinations, instead, half my body felt as if I was in a washing machine. I was uncapacle of finishing a sentence, I was on repeat mode. Just one side of my body churrning around in circles. Weird, but no spectacular. Same day, I tried the 40x, and whoa! WTF. I freaked out. I took a puff, and it kicked in before I even blew the smoke out. John Digweed, “Imagine” was playing in the background (for real), the song became the creepiest song ever. I felt like someone hit me in the back of the head with a sledge hammer. My face smacked down on the coffee table (I was sitting with my legs straight forward under the coffee table), I tried to pull myself up but I couldn’t. Evertime I tried to get up the table would start moving like a treadmill so I couldn’t grasp it. I started to feel like I was falling down into some vortex. Then, my face turned into legos and starts to fall off in pieces, I could feel the pain. I could’nt really breath either. Everything gets 3-d and I see myself floating above me, (I looked like a cartoon) and I see me sitting on the floor, and I see my friend on the couch. I get slammed back into my body, and I start morfing into the cofee table, I start suffocating, ecause I was unable to breath or control basic things like swallowing. I tried screaming for help but nothing would come out, It felt like I was fishing out. Finally I got a murmur out, my friend tries to help me, he’s trying to pull me up, but even though I was looking right in the direction were he was, I couldn’t see him, I keep calling his name, he keep saying “I’m right hear, can’t you see me.” I finally saw him and freaked, I started kicking him because I thought he was going to hurt me. I snapped back into reality for a second, then it came on again, my face body started morfing into whatever I touched. I was becoming one with objects. I almost pissed my pants. I was not okay a few minutes later, like I had read about Salvia. I mean, the who trip was a few minutes, but even after it wore of, my body and mind felt a little unstable, like a wet noodle…kinda how you feel sometimes after hard core rollin’ on E. This was def. too intense for me. I will never forget it. I’m sick of typing, but I’ll share the 2 part to the salvia story soon.
CT
Link | February 11th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Kaleb wrote,
Watching these videos pisses me off so much…
Salvia Divinorum is a deeper personal and spiritual experience, turned into an elaborate joke by these ignorant immature children.
These are the brain dead assholes that will get this powerful and fulfilling sacrament banned, just like the miraculous psychiatric medication LSD.
This is a NON-RECREATIONAL drug! For use by experienced, well-informed, and mature people willing and open to it’s full consciousness-revealing potential.
Link | February 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Chuck Steezy wrote,
Ok Salvia is definitely comparable to Acid and Mushrooms.This shit is fucking gnarly! I dont fuck with it anymore after my first experience smoking that shit. This shit is legal, but weed isnt? if you like trippin on this shit ur a fucking wierdo. IF YOU THINK SALVIA IS LIKE WEED ITS NOT! Fuck our government for allowing young kids to legaly purchase this but in some states, [ARIZONA] its a felony to have a weed seed! Salvia is a gateway into another dimension that we dont belong in. How much is to much to smoke and Can You overdose, yes!you can. FUCK SALVIA!
Link | February 20th, 2008 at 8:34 am
mr woodcock wrote,
Chucky Steezy, I can tell you are an inmature little turd. As stated above, this is NOT a recreational drug for kids to compare to weed. This has been used for a very long time by people who want to expand their horizons - who want to get to know their spiritual side. Kids like you need to leave it alone and go play on your skateboard with your pants pulled down around your crack.
Link | March 16th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
mrLongoria wrote,
I have tried the salvia. Its like a gun learn how to use it respect it from C.A 80.X
Link | March 26th, 2008 at 5:56 am
will wrote,
I agree with Kaleb, this is not for recreational use. Salvia has a long history of use by the Mazatec indians of Mexico. Just like every sacred plant used by people who have an unbroken (non-boundary) relationship with nature, salvia has a spirit associated with it which the shaman has learned to communicate with to divine causes of illness in the tribe. This path is not for the faint hearted because it usually requires and experience of ego death (that little bugger inside of all of us who likes to call the shots, set up boundaries, judge and basically cause us to be selfish and unloveing. The only thing the ego cares about is its own self preservation, to the exclusion to the other parts of the psyche which must be integrated for the self to be whole.) When the ego begins to slip, a very intense panic can result which the shaman, who is the gadfly between different states of the psyche and our relationship to nature, helps to integrate back to our true nature. The spirit associated with Salvia is known to the Mazatecs as Ska Pastora or the sheppardess. She is the guide who shows the Salvia user aspects of his, or her self and also the persons relationship to life, wether balanced or unbalanced. But she only shows so much. How many people who have used Salvia feel a feminine energy subtly pushing from the side? People who are ignorant of the power of these substances, especially Salvia are actually missing out on learning and healing. Another thing to remember is that traditionally the shamans chewed quids, or clumps of leaves with the patient which would have created a more gradual experience, probably easer to digest that the immediate catapult of smoking 20x salvia A extract. I urge all who wish to experience these sacred plants to research how they are traditionally used and employ the upmost respect when using them. Because without the right intention and attention to set and setting and also ritual (I know that term is a little unsettling for us “modern western” folk but when opening up the unconsciousness one ought not take it lightly) one is bound to get into trouble and risk getting owned by our ego’s fear of letting go. In this modern world plants may be the teachers that we have been waiting for. I like how Terence McKenna called this process the “archaic revival”. Much love to all and keep a strong heart intrepid psychonaughts.
Link | April 28th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
puttputt wrote,
People waisting their lives. DON’T DO DRUGS FOOLS!
Link | April 29th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Mesila wrote,
Puttputt:
People have varying ideas about what constitutes value in their lives. I realise you and countless others are likely to react to anything involving psychedelic substances with knee-jerk “just say no” responses. We all get this drummed into our heads from a very young age, and unless the right circumstances lead us to examine why we think this way, chances are that programming sticks around for our whole lives. I remember I used to say much the same thing, until I had my life changed by these miracle substances.
Chances are, you yourself have used coffee, chocolate, or alcohol. Chances are, you’ve had strange dreams while sleeping! These experiences are legal so we think nothing of them. After all, there’s no TV commercials drumming into your head that any of these things are bad for you. But even SLEEP can be bad for a person out of moderation.
When the author of this blog said “keep a strong heart” s/he said exactly what people who are ‘drug-positive’ need to keep in mind. There’s always going to be someone telling them to ‘just say no’. It can be frustrating, but let’s remember that this sort of ignorance can only be faced with love and understanding if it is ever to be conquered.
Though it would be nice if folks like Puttputt could remember we all have authority to do with our lives what we see fit to do with them, so long as we’re not infringing upon others’ rights to do the same. We only have so many days to live and I want to spend mine doing and seeing intense things, not cringing back in fear. I’ve had many experiences with Salvia and it’s certainly not crack. No one’s going to go around robbing people to get high on it. It is its own limitation.
Link | April 30th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Mesila wrote,
When I said “the author of this blog” I was referring to another commenter. Apologies.
Link | April 30th, 2008 at 4:16 am
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Link | May 15th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Charlie wrote,
I have never done any drugs before nor do I drink alcohol. But, I really would like to try Salvia. I have done a lot of research on it and I would like to experience its’ powerful effects. Can someone please give me some advice? I planned on smoking it with my two best friends but I would like some input. Thanks
Link | May 29th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Ordinary Mystic wrote,
Charlie -
1. Approach it in a serious manner.
2. Limit noise and other distractions.
3. Be in a relaxed state of mind.
4. Start with lower extracts (5x or 10x)
5. And … be prepared to have the feeling of certainty that all you’ve known (and loved) was just an illusion.
6. Realize that the feeling in number 5 does go away.
Link | May 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
crissy.gee wrote,
hehe I tried it for my first time last night with my boyfriend, and I was kinda dissapointed cuz his high- he went first while I supervised him (it was his first time too)- we were doing 10X; his high seemed much more intense and bigger than mine, he hallucinated. After he came back to the “real world” , I went ahead and did a bowl. the only thing I felt though- after exhaling it 30 seconds kept in, all I got was just uncontrollable laughter….like I was laughing for no good reason, like a madwoman, but there were no hallucinations or anything else… In a strange way though, it felt soo good to laugh lol,but I really wanted to have an intense one like he did…anyways we got a whole gram of 10X so I can’t wait to try it again!:P
Link | July 19th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Chris wrote,
I tried Saliva back in college and remember it making me black out for a moment… but nothing major. I think it was 5x. Also I remember inhaling lightly and only holding it in for 10 seconds or so.
So fastforward 6 years later and my friend hooks me up with some 20x. I tried it with my wife last night and wow, WTF… I went off into another dimension! This stuff is potent and for REAL.
I think I had a slightly bad trip b/c I tried to fight it… I should have read the online instructions first… lol. But anyway, I inhaled and held it in for about 20 seconds. Within about 5 seconds from exhaling my body began to melt deep into the couch. I lost all touch from reality within about 10 seconds. Then I began to laugh uncontrollably with my wife and remember telling her to “not fight it”. This was b/c deep down I had an anxiety attack and wanted to fight it. I stood up, only to be pulled down by a strong vortex. I had a feeling that higher powers were surrounding us both and they knew the meaning of life while I DID NOT. I felt like I was in a place that I would never escape from… a slight feeling of retardation (permanent).
Overall, it made me feel like there is much more to the meaning of life… and I was close to figuring it out, yet so far. I wish I could explain it all, but much of the trip is a blur.
DO NOT try this unless you are ready to have a complete out of body experience. Do it when you are in a good mood and completely relaxed. I also highly advise having someone sober watch over you while you experiment. I did not do this and wish I had!
As of today I really want to try it again…. but this time I have a huge respect for it and will submit to it’s power. If you try to fight it, you will get cold sweats, anxiety, and an overall bad trip. Mine was somewhere in between…
Link | August 11th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Mark wrote,
Not going to debate whether it should or should not be legal– suffice it to say that with the current US attitude towards drugs in general and the idiots posting their irresponsible antics on Youtube– it will be illegal in no time.
I tried salvia for the first time yesterday. I have not done any type of drugs for 20+ years, but back in the day I did more than my share of LSD, mushrooms– all of that stuff. Salvia is completely unlike any of those hallucinogens. The experience is completely dissociative. Even on the most intense LSD trips I was always aware that I was high and still in this reality, albeit profoundly altered. Salvia is different– when I took it, within seconds I was in a different world– did not think I was high and still “here”– but instead I had entered a different and very real dimension. This is an incredibly powerful drug.
As to “anti-addiction”– from my experience I would agree. As I said it had been 20 years since I took a drug– from my experience yesterday it will be another 20 years before I do so again.
Do not make the mistake I did. Here was my thinking: “it is cheap and legal and I’ve done powerful mind altering drugs before, therefore I will try salvia and probably be disappointed with the minimal, overly hyped effects” I could not have been more wrong.
If you are considering trying salvia–pay attention now–
1) RESEARCH! — explore sites and posts such as these, look for the rational and well thought out comments and take them seriously. I hope this is one of them.
2) Do not do this drug alone– have someone who is sober with you. There are physical effects– I was sitting in a chair and came to face down on my patio floor just in front of a large glass table– I truly could have hurt myself quite badly.
3 )Research some more
4) Quote from Archaic Revival in another posting on a different website “…anyone thinking it’s some kind of legal high or marijuana substitute is going to have one hell of an interesting few minutes and hopefully they don’t wander into traffic…” Absolutely correct.
5) Read points 1-4 again and really pay attention this time.
Be careful folks, this is not your father’s Oldsmobile!
Link | August 16th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Divinorum wrote,
Salvia Divinorum is not a drug! It is an Entheogenic, it is a tool of consciousness exploration and of spiritual exercise. If you want to get a buzz use alcohol or smoke weed. If you are happy living this numb life being told what to buy, being told what to wear, what to eat, how to behave, when to have sex, how big your tits have to be, and the list goes on forever and you simply think it’s all good, it’s how things are and you never stopped to question what are you doing here in this life, then Salvia is not for you. Or maybe not just yet!
How do you explain to a teenager, educated mostly by the TV these days and the cultural standards of the “modern world” which are absolutely alienated to the very core of what being human means what is Salvia Divinorum is all about?
Think about how many people and I shouldn’t focus only on the teenagers but most people in the “modern world” have completely lost their ability to engage themselves with they really are? How many people these days are living their bliss? How many people even know what that means? If you don’t you have some work to do before you even think of trying Salvia.
How do you explain to the MTV generation that what they think is reality is a simulation invented by their consciousness without talking about Quantum Physics, without talking about transcendental traditions, neuroscience, philosophy, shamanism, and basic human spirituality when this generation is so far removed from engaging in any profound intellectual activity and also to their very own mythological nature? In a culture where being intellectualized is to be classified or dismissed as a “nerd” and the cool kids are the ones that simply were better at fitting the “ideal models” imposed on them ever since they were born how could you explain what Salvia Divinorum is all about? We live in a world made of walking wrapping packages. Most people are just the outside, with their gym pumped muscles, their rubber tits, their bleached hair, designer clothes, and tv shows mocked atitudes…..And that’s all there is to them, in so many millions of cases….So again how do you explain consciousness experiments, and why or how Salvia Dininorum is about a spiritual exercise?
My answer will be, if you really want to have the most from it get some info down first
and I will recomend a few DVDS(to make it really easy) that you can watch first:
-What the Bleep do We Know?
-Consciousness
-The power of Myth (Joseph Campbell)
-The Heroe’s Journey (Joseph Campbell)
-Sukhavati (Joseph Campbell)
There are many more ways to get to the same ideas and probably a bunch of stuff out there that I don’t even know about it, but I would say that if the first title and the Power of Myth alone don’t sparkle something on you just forget about it. You are not ready yet!
Hey alcohol is a lot of fun, and doesn’t require any intellectual effort!
ps: you might think I am a tree hugger hippie that hates the world and that thinks I am so much better than most people for being “spiritualized”. I am not at all. In fact I am working on awakening myself up and trying to figure it out myself as well. I work in the fashion industry (believe it or not) and the more I do the more I see how this world is fucked up by pure lack of understanding, or I should say pure lack of focus in what really matters in life…and it has nothing to do with what you have, buy, or look like….I am just trying to work my way out!
Peace!
Link | September 4th, 2008 at 11:52 pm