Shaman Tools

Ayhauasca, DMT.

If you haven't heard of DMT you probably don't want to, so stop reading... :)

Shamans use drugs as tools to communicate with the spirits of the world, they have done for as long as people have existed. Some of the reasons they do this are, for healing, for vision quests to see how the world works, to see when something is wrong with the world, to see how to fix it, to see inside of people and fix them, to communicate with entities from this and other worlds, other dimensions and to see the relationships between all of it.

Ok, that's not a very good description, but it'll do.

Well, what's DMT and Ayhauasca?

DMT is a chemical found within Ayhuasca root, a plant that grows in the Amazon.

What do they do?

These drugs, very different from each other, do the same thing, they unlock you from your body, throw you into a spirit dimension and allow you to interact from this basis with other spirit entities and with the world, when conscious enough of it.

What's the difference between them?

Well, I won't go into chemical formulas, but the differences are.

DMT is a crystal powder which is smoked. When it is smoked the user instantly gets thrown into an alien world, completely free of the body they find themselves in a place full of colourful moving geometric shapes, entities appear, often round in form, and communicate things to these people. The things they communicate are not necessarily related to this world in any way. The whole experience lasts about 15 minutes to half an hour, and it can only be done once a day as the body will not react to a second smoke within a 24 hour timeframe. Once the trip is over the user is back to normal (with a lifetime of experiences gained).

Ayhauasca is a liquid, it is drunk and shamans or experienced users watch over the person who tries it for the first time to guide them into the experience. The trip is slightly less intense, the visual experiences are very similar but one can often remain aware of this world and even of their own bodies while at the same time have the trip of a lifetime and experience the spirit world in all its variety. The trip lasts about 6 hours, certain foods and chemicals are not to be taken before, during or after the experience for around 12 hours on either side, so people who try Ayhauasca should do some research into this prior to getting involved with it.

The benefit of Ayhauasca is that the experience lasts a long time, so more 'work' can be done than if one were to smoke it, but for a more intense experience extracted DMT is the way to go.

Where can I find this?

Everywhere... DMT is found within most of the living organisms on this planet. When you dream DMT is released from the pineal gland, also when people die. It is found in most Acacia plants and in quite a few grasses and reeds around the planet, from which it is more easily extracted into smokeable form.

Why would I want to do this?

Well, personally, I have wanted to do this my whole life, ever since I found out what a shaman was. I want to do this to experience firsthand the spirit world that the shamans talk about, and to talk to the entities I find there. From a more long term look, I want to do DMT a few times, just to gague my experiences against each other and to validify everything I experience there. If possible, I hope to bring my experiences back with me and use them here, to become a shaman in my own right. (Also, I have had experience with a lot of different substances over the years, none recently though, been about 2 years since I last had anything, so I can honestly say, I might not be prepared for the full experience this will offer, but I am better equipped than a lot of people.)

Now, why would I post something like that here?

I would simply like to raise awareness.