 FIRST TIME SALVIA USERS INSTRUCTIONS -- PLEASE READ! Pay close attention especially to CAPITALIZED WORDS. Proper TECHNIQUE is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL for best results. Clear your mind, RELAX, breathe deep, exhale, then GO FOR IT... Remember -- Salvia IS NOT A PARTY DRUG. That means THREE PEOPLE PRESENT IS ONE TOO MANY.  1. Plan to have a helper/sitter present. Someone you TRUST... who will NOT be smoking (at the same time you are) should be around to keep a straight eye out for you. Try to set aside NO LESS than a half hour for this first time. Eliminate potential distractions (if possible) by taking the phone off hook, turning off the TV and radio, putting pets out, etc. Music might be manageable during subsequent outings... but for this first time, TOTAL SILENCE (as much can be made possible) in the late evening will work best. 2. Get comfortable. Quietly meditate/relax for a few minutes. Review these techniques in your mind, ONE MORE TIME. RECLINE comfortably on a bed or couch in a SEMI-DARKENED (candle-lit is ideal) room. As a preparatory measure, lay out a few (3-4 is plenty) SINGLE PINCH-HITS worth of sifted Salvia leaf, each about the size of a small pea. You'll need to have a BUTANE LIGHTER with a GOOD LONG FLAME. I would STRONGLY SUGGEST a 'TORCH' LIGHTER. Check your local Dollar Store or tobacco shop. They work SWELL. DON'T USE MATCHES! Use a fine screened WATERPIPE or BONG (check out the diagram further down this page if you don't already have one) with a small/one bonghit bowl. If necessary, use tinfoil to make a screen for whatever you're using -- but DON'T EVEN try packing a bunch of Salvia in a regular stem-type pipe bowl or rolling it into a joint. Fill the waterpipe with cold water, ice chips optional. The sitter can assist here by loading, lighting, and emptying the bowls. Use ONLY enough Salvia per bowl that you figure you can TOTALLY consume in ONE BIG HIT AT A TIME. 3. While sucking on the pipe, KEEP THE FIRE GOING ON THE SALVIA FOR THE -ENTIRE- DURATION OF THE HIT. It MUST be VAPORIZED in order to work! Be sure to try and HOLD THIS FIRST HIT DEEPLY FOR AT LEAST 20-30 SECONDS. Exhale fully, then immediately take a SECOND BIG HIT and hold for AS LONG AS YOU CAN. Exhale, take a QUICK THIRD BIG hit, THEN LAY FLAT ON YOUR BACK, CLOSE YOUR EYES and hold it for as long as you can, exhaling slowly. Your goal is to SMOKE ALL THESE HITS IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES OR LESS - taking only a couple quick deep breaths between hits. Now... JUST LAY THERE! DON'T TALK/MOVE AROUND. Unless you seem to be having some OBVIOUS PROBLEM, the sitter should stay nearby and instructed to simply SIT STILL AND BE QUIET FOR AT LEAST TEN MINUTES. The WORST thing they can do is ask "How are you feeling?" or do anything else distracting... because BY THE TIME you're done smoking (if not before) the Salvia will have metabolized in your system and the effects may very well HIT YOU LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. Suddenly... BEFORE you've even had a chance to wonder (?) if you're 'getting off', YOU MAY ALREADY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE!! At this point, you might not know for SURE if your physical eyes are WIDE OPEN -or- CLENCHED SHUT... this is one of the most amazing things I discovered the first time I tried Salvia. The trick is to get a high enough concentration of the Salvia in your system in a SHORT ENOUGH TIME for it to bring on the desired effects. 4. As you notice things beginning to change... BE SURE TO STAY LAYING ON YOUR BACK and KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. Just close them, hold still, and relax. A peculiar dreamlandscape, your favorite movie, flying through space, strange people, or just about anything else may come to mind (and/or mind's eye) BEFORE YOU REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENED (or IS happening). SURRENDER TO IT... relax and enjoy. The experience may not last long in 'real' time, but that 'time' while in SalviaSpace can seem like hours. Your mileage may vary greatly in regards to setting and mindset, technique, tolerance, etc... so FOLLOW THESE TIPS CLOSELY and you'll have the BEST chance of seeing for yourself what IT'S all about. |
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WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO SEE (MAYBE)
 The Salvia effect and experience is unlike any 'trip' you've been on before. My prior use of 'recreational hallucinogens' such as acid, mushrooms, morning glory seeds and various illegal street drugs provided only a few points of similarity. Imagine: Taking a journey, not knowing where you're going... but once you're there its already been happening. Hmmm! You're suddenly somewhere very much else-wise than what/where you may have 'expected' (or WERE, only moments ago). And so onward you go with the Lady Salvia, the Shepherdress. Are your eyes open very wide or are they sqinted tightly shut? 'How did I get HERE??!' you may think. That's SalviaSpace for you! Vividly seen, occasionally with screaming bright colors peeling away at the edges of your sense of reality... a spiraling, twisty sensation of envelopment etches its web over you and.. and rips away where ever you were to where-ever She's taking you. The immediate surroundings as well as your body itself may shred away... leaving whatever you are (or what's left) to plunge into a whole new and different order of dimension. Expect only to be amazed. Within 10-20 minutes you'll be 'Back On The Farm', feeling alert and like you've just returned from Outer Space. Don't forget to re-open your eyes after a while... it's like POOF! At this point saying "WOW!" is beside the point, because you've BEEN THERE and words just aren't enough.  TURN YOUR FRIENDS ON TO THIS SITE |
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