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- No/no. I did about 7 grams of Syrian rue seeds last weekend. Never again. It
- did produce some interesting visuals, and a narcotic (yes, I know it's not
- really a narcotic, but it felt like it) effect. It also produced the worst
- nausea and vomiting I have ever experienced in my entire life. Awful is the
- only word to describe it. The next day I was still somewhat sick and very
- groggy. Has anyone had a GOOD experience from moderate/large dosages of Syrian
- Rue seeds? Was the nausea because of the harmaline, or due to other things in
- the seeds?
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- From: jah@clinet.fi (Jani Heinonen)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: harmala questions
- Date: 30 Jun 1993 20:18:45 +0300
- Message-ID: <20shtlINNsn6@clinet.fi>
-
- J writes:
-
- >Three grams of ground seeds has proved quite adequate. Less would
- >probably also work. <30 mg of harmaline should also do the trick.
- >I think a psychedelic dose of harmaline is around the 200 mg mark,
- >so maybe up to 20g of seeds could be eaten for the full effects
-
- A FOAF once chewed approximately 10 grams of harmala seeds. The full effects
- started within half an hour of ingestion, with occasional feelings of
- weightlessness and a peculiar enchanced and distorted perception of sound.
- He lay on his bed, eyes closed, and was immediately immersed in a visual
- fantasy starting with floating eyes (;-), one of which eventually swallowed the
- psychonaut and threw him into The World of Spirits(tm). The visionary and
- auditory quest continued for quite a while, during which our brave
- experimenter had an alarmingly high pulse and was seriously contemplating
- whether stroke or cerebral haemorrhage comes first.
-
- The body load was so horrible that he was unable to write down his experiment
- by any means, and any movement was extremely painful. He was nauseated but
- did not expel the contents of his stomach, although it probably would've been
- better if he had - the seeds don't digest too well. He was also completely
- unable to sleep during the whole night. The experiment started at around 8 pm.
- (post mortem?)
-
- As for the trip, it was very much like how Ayahuasca is often described.
- Perhaps this knowledge affected the course of our apprentice ayahuascero's
- voyage. Anyway, there were e.g. eyes-closed visions of the Amazonas, with
- sparkly fireworks in the sky. The statue of a hawk-headed deity, accompanied
- by a section of Revolution 9 (on the auditory side) appeared. No jaguars,
- however. ;-) There was very little, if no synesthesia and visual distortions
- were limited to a blurred vision and very strong tracers. Emotional effects
- were very profound and he encountered an extemely critical inner voice pointing
- out how he had neglected and mistreated the people around him. There was
- also a sensation that could be best described as "cognitive feedback" and which
- is often felt during high fever. He felt telepathic contact with the late(?)
- curandera Maria Sabina and some people, supposedly Americans, who had
- permanently crossed the river Styx as a result of Ayahuasca experiments.
- This was probably influenced by a net article describing a butane huffer who
- saw spirits of people who had died from said indulgence.
-
- Well, that's about it. It doesn't make much sense and there's no logical
- or chronological continuum, but considering the circumstances, it's an
- adequate sum-up of my friend's experience. He might have left something out
- or thrown in an after-fancy, as this happened almost a year ago.
-
- By the way, he had not eaten or drunk anything which could've interacted
- with the alkaloids, so they were fully responsible of the dangerous
- sympathomimetic side effects. I advise excercising some caution before
- chewing up a bloody ounce of the stuff. As to DMT, comparing my friend's
- experience with the Ayahuasca one, I'd say that the only difference is
- the level of visual effects and perhaps the combination being more "unreal".
- --
- Jani Heinonen Finger or mail for PGP 2.2 public key
- jah@clinet.fi
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- From: msclito@eskimo.com (Gary Bense)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.psychoactives
- Subject: P.harmala+P.cubensis
- Message-ID: <CnL924.8K2@eskimo.com>
- Date: 1 Apr 94 16:13:11 GMT
-
-
- I just saw this article in an old issue of the Entheogen Review and
- thought some would find it interesting...
-
- Combing P. harmala with P. Cubensis
-
- You asked me to tell you when I knew the results of my proposed
- experiments with P. harmala and P. cubensis. I have since found that one
- gram of harmala extract more than doubled the effects of two grams of
- cubensis. That is, subjectively, the experience was at least as strong
- as previous five gram doses - a true example of "less is more!" The
- experience was qualitively different also - colors seemed not quite as
- vived, though more patterns were pronounced; I was physically almost
- unable to move for two or three hours (making shamanistic work all but
- impossible), and the trip lasted at least two hours longer than expected,
- with a long slow decline after the peak. Be careful, though - I
- unthinkingly drank a cup of coffee the next day and quickly developed a
- splitting headache. This was possibly the effect of MAO inhibition,
- since I practically never get headaches of any kind. Best luck with The
- Entheogen Review.
- -J.G. CA
-
- Does anyone have any info on Peganum harmala? I have a lot, but
- I think a FAQ is needed..... ANyone? ANyone?
-
-
- Mescalito Ted
-
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- From: murple@ukelele.gcr.com (Murple)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.psychoactives
- Subject: Re: P.harmala+P.cubensis
- Date: 4 Apr 1994 14:13:43 -0400
- Message-ID: <2nplcn$t8n@ukelele.gcr.com>
-
-
- Actually, its funny that I just saw Ted's post....as I was just about to
- make a post of my own concerning a harmala + psilocybin trip I took last
- night.
-
- I began by crushing up 2.5 grams of harmala seeds, and swallowing them -
- qui]it{ a disgusting taste... I waited about 30-45 minutes for them to
- digest (and to see if i would throw up) before eating my shrooms. I felt a
- slight queasiness in my stomach, but not desire to yack, so I ate the
- shrooms (about 30{45 mins after the harmala, like I said).
- After eating 1.5g of shrooms (from a previous trip out of the same bag, i
- knew them to be quitt({ potent shrooms), the trip began abo{t 20 minutes
- after taking them. It came on more gradually than a pure shroom trip. The
- trip itself was different than just plain shrooms. Its not really a
- describably difference...it seems to open a different (but similar) door
- in the mind. Physically, it felt different to. For example, although it
- was about 70 degrees outside, it felt to be about 40 d{grees.... When I
- walked, I felt somewhat drunk - I wasn't stumbling, my coordinatio{ seemed
- fine...but there was that same sense of vertigo that you feel when walking
- around drunk.{
- Hallucinations were quite different. I remember looking at Venus and not
- being able to decide if it was a star or a plane, because it kept moving.
- Inside, colors seemed different, but not in the intense way caused by
- plain shrooms - they seemed somewhat eartier, and I found myself attracted
- to browns, greys, black, and dark reds - quite different from the
- attraction to bright colors caused by pure psilocybin.
- As{far as MAO inhibition... I was drinking cocacola all night (caffeine)
- and ate a cheeseburger at mcdonalds (cheese & meat), but felt no{side
- effects...h{wev{r, I do not recommend {ating alot of{ no-n{ foods,{because
- althouh s{all quantities can be OK, chowing down on cheeses and alcohol or
- yeast or meats could cause problems. Keep it simple, if you decide to trip
- with harmala. (You probably wont feel very hungry anyways).
- About halfway through the trip, i ate another gram of harmala, to prolong
- the trip. It did seem to work...as the trip lasted about 6 hours total
- (other trips from the same bag of shrooms, but with no harmala, lasted
- only 3-4 hours). The come-down was very very slow, and the peak was quite
- long as well.
- My thought-patterns were also{different than they usually are while on
- shrooms or LSD. But like I said, th{ differences are very hard to
- describe...they are subtle, but they add up to produce a quite distinct trip.
- For one, it seemed like a less "freaky" trip. It was very intense, but
- there was no sense of panic at all. I would probably feel OK going out to
- dinner with my parents while being on this combination - the harmala
- really seemed to add a calming aspect to the trip. It also seemed to be
- less personal of a trip. Rather than a dive into the subconscious mind (as
- with LSD/shrooms), it seemed to be a dive {nto what Jung called the
- super-conscious Mind - th{ mind of humanity as{a whole. xDt(Alot of the
- things I usually end up thinking of while tripping never crossed my
- mind...and alot of things I have never thought about while tripping were
- quite prominent in my mind last night.
- Harmala is quite legal, and quite easy to get through various mail-order
- botanical companies...I highly recomme{d anyone who i]uses shrooms or DMT
- try mixing some harmala with the shrooms/DMT. It's incredible - like
- tripping for the first time. And I like the doors that it opened in my
- mind. I feel like this trip did a lot of good for me.
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