Amount: 500 mg via A/B extraction of stressed PC and bridgesii, washed to light tan crystals
Setting: Outdoors in the desert with shelter
Set: First time taking mescaline, previous trip experience with LSD (up to 150 ug) and mushrooms (up to 5 g), happy and open mindset
Administration: Dissolved in ginger tea, consumed in sips over 1 hour to limit nausea
30-40 minutes: First alerts of activity with increased visual perception of textures and colors, no headspace
1 hour: Mild waves of nausea accompanied by increasing sensations of physical energy with muscle twitches and tingling, still negligible mental effects, desire to move around
1 hour 30 minutes: Slight open eye visuals with mild morphing of intricate textures, increasing waves of mental psychedelic effects like time dilation with periods of relative sobriety, tolerable nausea diminishing
2 hours: More obvious waves of psychedelic effects with intensifying body high, lots of pleasurable physical energy, increased emotional openness, clear headspace, intense enjoyment of physical textures and tastes, no more nausea, increasing desire to sit/lay down
2 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours: Peak effects in multiple cresting and receding waves, multiple emotional breakthroughs with tears of joy/gratitude, physical and mental euphoria, music appreciation, tingling body high, extreme openness to others, beautiful open and closed eye visuals of flowing swirling colors and textures
4 hours 30 minutes to 6 hours: Plateau effects with ongoing clarity of mindset, mild visuals, desire to hike and walk in nature, random euphoric body tingles, deep conversations, deep nature appreciation
7 hours to 14 hours: Gradual and gentle offset of effects, sense of calmness and peace
16 hours: Sleep comes easily and deeply, woke up a little tired but near normal function
Summary/Thoughts: Simply wonderful and beautiful substance! Gentle and clear headspace but with more emotional and physical depth than other psychedelics I have tried. Body high was superior to LSD and headspace was less frenetic than mushrooms. Visuals were completely beautiful but less obvious/intrusive than either LSD or mushrooms. Gentle waves of effects on and off throughout the trip rather than a clear up and down made reintegrating into reality easier and this is the only psychedelic I have tried that allowed me to sleep deeply after.
Dose was perfect for me. No purge. Could probably do a bit more or a bit less with similar results. Felt significantly stronger at peak than 150 ug LSD (maybe like 200+ ug), but also felt less intense than the peak of 5 g of mushrooms, yet much more enjoyable. Very loving and therapeutic.
My favorite substance I have tried. Will likely try again at a slightly higher dose in the future.