Trip Report
Today I'm going to be eating 7 grams of psilocybe cubensis (that's a quarter ounce for the metrically impaired). This is the largest mushroom dose I've ever done and I think it qualifies as heroic. A two full grams more than what the great Terence Mckenna recommended. I've worked up to the dose, I've planned it out, and I meditated beforehand, so I feel that I'm ready. My plan is to stay inside and relax and enjoy it. I certainly have no business being outside on this dose. I have some nitrous oxide so I might take a hit of that I feel like it. Well, I guess that's it. Here we go!
11:40am – Eating 7 grams of mushrooms
12:00 – I just finished eating all of them. They were small and some were crushed. That combined with the amount and the taste made it take a while to finish. Honestly I think the onset has begin now. I'm getting slightly blurred vision and slight hallucinations.
12:16 – Comeup. I've been spoiled by 1A-LAD recently. It doesn't really have a comeup but mushrooms sure do. I'm feeling it right now. Some anxiety. Mushrooms always give me that.
Afterwards:
This was a powerful trip that I will remember for the rest of my life, most likely. It was my first time doing mushrooms in 10 weeks. It was nice to go back. It allowed me to contrast the tryptamines with lysergamides. Mushrooms are definitely for relaxing and sedating than lysergamides. I spent mush of this trip lying down feeling at one with the universe. I was filled with a sense of love and peace. Not the interpersonal love of MDMA but a universal love for everything and a sense of gratitude that I was alive and conscious. I had total ego death and felt like I had less control over things than on LSD. My set and setting were good so there was no problem, but I definitely had to surrender myself and let the mushroom take over. I tried getting up at one point and was very inebriated. I could barely walk around, kind of like alcohol. LSD allows me to have better motor control. I would stumble around for a while and then find myself lying back down on my bed again. At one point, I slipped off, knocked over some cloths, and laid on the floor with a jacket covering me. It took a lot of time an effort to get up. I was absolutely stoned out of my mind. I tried speaking out loud to see how well I could form words. I could only get a few word out and it was very difficult to form them. I sounded like I was drunk and had a speaking disability. This is why I took them inside. Without the ability to speak or walk, I had no business being in public.
The whole time I felt absolutely content. Psilocybin is such a peaceful and relaxing drug. LSD is more energizing. While I was lying down I closed my eyes and admired the closed eye visuals. I saw the soft, slower moving geometric visuals that characterize the tryptamines, level 8b geometry. Lysergamides are faster, more sharply defined visuals, level 8a. At the beginning of the trip, I saw a woman's face when I closed my eyes. I didn't know who it was, but I do know that people tend to find psychedelics to be more of a feminine drug and seeing things like that is common. I also saw mushrooms. I closed my eyes and saw a bunch of baby mushrooms pins coming out of the ground. Could this be related to death and rebirth? I ate the mature mushroom and then saw images of baby mushrooms in my head. Like the mushroom was spreading itself through me. I kept getting spontaneous fits of laughter. I was giggling like a madman. I had become what most people would call 'crazy'.
The open eye visuals were strong but not as much as I get on LSD. The room I was in was moving and warping around. A bright beam of light was coming through my window and shining on me. Colors were enhanced but not as much as LSD.
The trip gradually wore off and I felt my sense of self coming back. I still had that strong sense of calm. It is still here 24 hours later, although a bit diminished. I imagine it will remain for a few more days. That it one great thing about psychedelics is that they make you feel good for days after. The whole trip lasted about 5-6 hours. Usually mushrooms last 3-5 hours for me but I guess the higher dose lasted longer. Overall, I felt that this one a great trip for me. It makes a milestone in dosage and was a very peaceful, serene experience.