Experiences - Blue lotus experiences

[Migs]

just sharing swim's blue lotus experience.


He got his 2 oz. extract, it was this thick liquid...sort of looks like honey...kinda sweet. He took two tablespoons of it and didn't mix it with anything else. the taste was okay.


Swim took it while watching Open Water (bad movie).it was mild, floaty and satisfying in a way. like listening to downtempo beats...smooth.

[panchovilla]

Blue lotus is very subtle.

[RoboCop]

17 grams? wow thats alot, how long did you let it soak? Swim used around 8-10 grams I believe and let it soak for about a week and a half and had very good effects.

[panchovilla]

Morning glories can be invasive in temperate regions.

[passitbobbie]

I find the best blue lotus experience to be an extract of stamens
rather than the flowers. I find the stamens to be waaay more
powerful than the flowers.

[Qish]

couldnt you just powder it, put it in water, and just chug it all?



does the alchohol have some effect on it?

[RoboCop]

Blue Lotus + Alcohol has alot of positive synergy. I think you would be dissapointed if you just ground it up added water and drank it. Waste of leaf.

[Alfa]

Please post your Blue Lotus experiences here. Please add dose, onset, peak andduration if possible.

[big_mac]

ive got 2 OZ of blue lotus foilage. I smoked 2 bowls once and nothing. another night i decided to pick out the "blue" pieces out of the flower foilage, i got about 4 small bowls worth. i smoked those plus another 2. I DIDNT FEEL ANYTHING. I looked on another website to see wut the stuff is supposed to look like, and it looked excatly like wut i got. I have yet to try taking it orally wich i hear is the proper method of doing it, but i heard ppl get effects from smoking it aswell, so y didnt i???, please note. when i take a hit from a pipe i hold em im, ive been blazing for over 3 years now, so i know how to take a hit. just incase u were wondering

[cuddleco]

I have always smoked or made tea out of blue lotus. I have found it to be quite relaxing and soothing. I usually smoke it at work durring my smoking break and it keeps me from strangling my customers. (I am waitor) It is just a nice, mellow, calm feeling. Many people say to mix it with other smokables but I think that would take away from the pure simplicity of the Blue Lotus High. Very synergistic with alcohol, very nice. In reply to big_mac, the tea is by far more powerful than smoking it. Look at erowid for a nice tea recipe.

[ecblunt]

i smoked 3 grams of white lotus 25:1 extract, was a mild mj opium, lightly faded feeling. euphoria was present. could be a mj alternative in large amounts but way more expensive.

[Thirdedge]

Swim reckons sprinkling a little 5X blue lotus in a Cannabis joint gives him a very relaxing high, in a similar but milder way adding opium does. He has also found it to mix nicely with kratom, kanna and wild dagga. He finds the standard flowers very nice to smoke but without much effect. He tried drinking a gram of 15X in alcohol without any effect.

[azrael2600]

siwm smoke some blue lotus foliage only to find out it was a waste of money.
swim found out the buzz only lasted 5-10 min.

[London_Bloke]

SWIM's SO finds BL to be an soothing, mellow, warm smoke. He loads the bowl with about 150mg of 25:1 extract milled into a microfine brown powder. He says that sets him on a very calm road for about 1 hour. Given the fact that it is not tested for, the reduced stress involved in partaking of this particular product makes it a good alternative to MJ.

SWIM is very anti-smoke and has tried steeping it into tea with honey, ginger and lemon. Didn't feel a thing but the tea was very tasty.

[hh339]

SWIM smoked about 15 grams of pure dried blue lotus in a 60 cm really good glass-bong these last couple of hours, and SWIM is actually feeling it quite heavily. Speedy and sedative at the same time. MPH was also ingested today so the individual effects of the drugs are hard to separate from each other. Anyway, it is more than the old familiar MPH high, this is something quite mellow but still relaxing and a bit euphoric. SWIM used to make tea with OK results, but this is better for sure. An excellent mood-lift! Tastes and smells nice too! If not for the effects, SWIM could still use this instead of tobacco when he mixes his cannabis. More will be smoked to see whatever may come out of it. Later / hh

[Mr.Nixon]

SWIM has had some decent exp with blue lotus

SWIM has added it to a fine merlot an let it sit for several days

with constant toying of the bottle

SWIM found it to be a nice more opiate feeling than when smoked

when SWIM smoked it in his 2 foot steamroller

SWIM smoke about 5 grams give or take

SWIM feels it was extremely similair to weed

but a whole lot lighter, maybe like a buzz you get off one hit of great weed

SWIM has also done a 50/50 mixture of weed and lotus

in a Grape Philly (in the tube of course) and found it highly more enjoyable

SWIM would rate this a 2/5 stars

for being so light yet highly flexible with an uplifting opiate feeling to it

defintatly neat to try nothing to rave about

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[waltz#2]

Haha, SWIM is smoking his pipe full of lotus right now, and SWIM's cat (literally, a kitty cat) has taken a bite of some that was sitting around. SWIM's cat is now acting weird and is sprawled out on his lap.

SWIM isn't feeling it that much though. Oh well.

[Panacee]

Swim hasn't tried the Blue Lotus yet. But has tried the white variant (Nymphaea alba) about 8 times now, each dose was appr. 5 - 7g. Prepared by putting the Lotus in a French Press, add mug of boiling water and let it sit for about 10 - 15 minutes, then strain the herbmaterial with the siphon and decant the tea in a mug.

Everytime Swim found the effect to be mildly sedating and kind of hypnotic, and helped him falling asleep. Each time Swim went to bed within 2 hours after ingestion and fell asleep quicker then normal.

What Swim found to be the most interesting effect was that his dreams seem to be extended in time, like in the dream he was experiencing a couple of years. After Swim woke up, he had the feeling that he had a lot of dreams that night. This effect of altered time experience during the dream happened every time he ingested the Lotus, so it does not look like coincidence or Placebo effect.

Swim is planning on more experiments with Blue Lotus and the combination of Lotus with Kratom.

[splish6]

SWIM tried Blue Lotus yesterday. He put about half a Dixie cup of the stuff (flower pieces, not powder) in a mug of hot water and let it sit for 20-25 minutes, stirring often. After it was done, he put a couple spoonfuls of sugar in, and it actually tasted good!
Here are some effects he got:

Time dilation - Time seemed to go by fast, not as fast as an opiate, but still fast.

Frequent Urination - SWIM is pretty sure this wasn't the time dilation tricking him. He also remembers urination being slightly painful at times...

"Altered Mind" - SWIM can't really put his finger on it, but the way he thought was different. It felt like his mind wasn't all there (not dissociation or anything though). Hard to describe.

Louder Noises/Enhanced Music- He remembers eating some cookies and milk and watching TV. The chewing noises filled his head and the TV seemed loud on a lower volume setting. He later listened to some music, and it all seemed louder. He especially loved the bass (SWIM listens to rap), it was really loud but didn't hurt his ears. He also remembers that at some point he just laughed at two words being rhymed. It wasn't a funny verse, he just laughed at the act of rhyming words. Weird.

Better Sleep - SWIM definitely got good sleep last night. He remembers getting up to pee, then falling back asleep pretty fast, possibly getting some CEVs right before drifting off (might have been part of a dream, but then again it was very lucid). And his dreams seemed slightly different. SWIM is going through Prozac withdrawl (it's almost gone), so he has a lot of dreams, but last night they seemed to have a different feel.


SWIM is amazed at how many effects he got. He'll definitely try a higher dose sooner or later.

[suchajealoussound]

age/sex/weight/height/other
21/f/160/5'5/type 1 diabetic

Swim often smokes/vaporizes blue lotus with MJ. Swim finds it adds A LOT to the overall high. Swim has a few experiences they would like to share.


EXPERIENCE #1 - VAPORIZING BLUE LOTUS AND MJ
(days prior to this Swim vaporized just MJ, so they could compare the effects)

10:00 Swim vaporized 1 bowl of MJ. didn't really feel much yet, but only a few minutes had passed, so that is expected.

10:05 Swim loads second bowl of MJ with Blue Lotus this time, and begins to vaporize. while holding and exhaling Swim feels a body and head rush which does NOT usually occur when smoking MJ alone.

10:10 Swim repeats this with another bowl of the same. Probably in total Swim used 1/3 gram of MJ and 1/8 gram of Blue Lotus. Swim used a grinder to mix the substances.

10:20 Swim lays on bed and feels like they are falling further into the high. Swim listens to music and just relaxes. this feeling typically lasts 2 - 5 hours.

Blue Lotus (when mixed with MJ)...
- makes you feel effects faster
- extends the high
- makes you feel less tired
- gives more of a tingly body feeling
- makes you hear sounds much more clearly
- makes you more happy
- in general you feel MORE HIGH

Swim would recommend trying this!



EXPERIENCE #2 - VAPORIZING BLUE LOTUS
(on a seperate occasion then first experience)

12:00 Swim vaporized 2 bowls of blue lotus, probably 1/3 gram. doesnt really feel anything.

12:15 - 1:00 Swim feels a bit happier, and a bit more clear headed. Swim thinks space and distance seems a bit different. like the amount of space between a cabinet and wall is very large, even through Swim knows its much smaller. Swim thinks the room seems bigger. Swim notices a tingly feeling in the sides of stomach and back. its not uncomfotable, Swim always thought this was associated with MJ (because they mix MJ and Blue Lotus often), but now that they did Blue Lotus on its own, they know this is the Blue Lotus.

1:00 - 3:00 Swim tries to go to sleep. they listen to music, and think its too loud and get up about 4 or 5 times in the dark to adjust the volume. Swim listens to a certain cd that they know they like sober. at this moment they dont like it at all, and certain sounds are making Swim quite anxious/uncomfortable so they switch the cd. Swim also hears a cricket outside of their window that is VERY loud. they cant stand it and have to shut the window. Swim concludes that sound seems amplified. This lasts for a couple hours and Swim finally falls asleep.

Swim should try this again sometime, without sleeping right after to get an accurate length of time for the effects, but Swim would estimate 2 - 4 hours in total. also, Swim thinks that the audio was especially noticable because of the dark room, and the dead silence in the rest of the house.



EXPERIENCE #3 - SMOKING BLUE LOTUS AND MJ
(on a seperate occasion than the others)

Swim smokes Blue Lotus for the FIRST TIME. Swim knows the feeling of MJ and Salvia 5x (they used to smoke that often), and decides to add Blue Lotus.

11:00 Swim smokes a bowl of MJ. doesnt really feel anything yet.

11:10 Swim smokes a bowl of Blue Lotus. swim starts to feel a bit high, but this is probably from the MJ before.

11:20 Swim smokes a bowl of MJ/Blue Lotus/Salvia 5x. when holding smoke, and exhaling Swim feels a strong head rush, but is pretty sure this is mostly the Salvia.

11:30 - 2:00 Swim feels pretty high and goes inside and watches tv. while sitting on the couch Swim realizes, for the first time, that sound seems different. its like you can hear every little movement of the house, and things far off in the distance. Swim attributes this to the Blue Lotus since that was the only new thing added to the mix. Swim also notices this when smoking Blue Lotus mixed with MJ.

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[BigB-Baby]

Swim tried making Blue lotus into a tea...just tasted like drinking a flower. He tried making it into a tea with Kratom....it took away from the fun floating like feeling on kratom.

Swim really enjoys the act of smoking, and because of certain archaic laws he has difficulty enjoying cannabis very often....so his tolerance is near nill for anything but alcohol. Out of boredom swim and his girlfriend (who is so sensitive to weed she freaks out with anything more than mids) rolled the blue lotus into a regular sized zig-zag and smoked it together, not expecting to feel anything but a burnt throat. The smoke was easy, and if inhaled across the tip of the tongue taste sweet, almost like blueberries. The feeling for SWIM was comparable to when he would smoke weed when he was depressed and it would bring him up to normal, a bit more focused, hungry, and a general good feeling. For swim's girlfriend though it was more of how normal people feel on marijuana. She was giggling, she was disoriented, visual perception was a bit enhanced, etc. One thing that was interesting is that we both enjoyed each other's touch a lot more. Not anything sexual but like just holding hands or caressing.

Conclusion
Be careful which supplier people buy from, swim bought locally (well hundred miles away, but same state) for quick shipping from a no name botanical online shop. It was inexpensive and blue lotus does have effects, although short (15 minutes tops) and a feeling of tiredness afterwards. SWIM assumes that people who did not feel anything either received poor quality lotus or are able to enjoy marijuana, since the blue lotus is more mild than mj chances are they are expecting a much more powerful high.

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[sam8perry]

My gran's chinchilla has had some experiences with both dried blue (Nymphaea Caerulea) and dried white (Nymphaea alba) lotus . All his experiences, except smoking have been near his bedtime.

Blue Lotus

At first on a couple of occasions he tried making the tea at night with the blue lotus, using around 6.25grams (half bag) each time. Brewing a bit like a normal tea bag to begin with and then the second time boiling for around 20mins and straining. However he wasn't certain if he was noticing anything at all. The taste wasn't lovely but a generous addition of honey made it fine.

In Red Wine

Almost 25grams of dried blue lotus steeped in red wine for around a week. He found that while the wine was very bitter, this wasn't the worst thing about it, which was the smell. However this gradually faded after he removed the flowers and left the wine for a few days. After this he was able to finally neck it.

This experience was hard to pin down as he went to bed pretty quickly and was pretty knackered that day anyway. However it certainly wasn't memorable and this was surprising.

White Lotus

Nonetheless he ordered some more just to double check, this time white lotus (as it was cheaper).

He realised that possibly he shouldn't have been boiling it with the lid of the pan off, which might have lost him some of the beneficial effects and kept it on in future and also (out of laziness more than anything) extended the simmering time to about half an hour. He stuck at half bags of white lotus and finally begun seeing some contrasts. Firstly his attention was held by the fact that not only did his sleep seem a little more restful, but also that he was having some quite vivid dreams (none at all normally). Further he began to notice the slightly stimulated and elevated mood (initially) and then the calm and relaxation (later) he experienced before getting into bed.

The taste of the white lotus is lighter than the blue, so much easier to drink. In fact he's got a bit of a taste for it! Just needs a little sugar or honey, though this isn't essential. He is not really sure whether simmering is overkill and a good brewing in a teapot would do the trick.

He is pretty sure that he didnt pick up properly on the effects at first as they are very subtle indeed. Despite trying this primarily for it's purported sedative effects, he was still waiting for the bam! Also he is still a little curious at other people's reports of very deep or intense experiences and is wondering if this would down to suppliers, method of preparation or whether fresh flowers are perhaps more potent?

Smoking Both Blue and White Lotus

His experiences with smoking the blue lotus alone is that it is a very light smoke and he has not noticed much effects from this method. Nonetheless it makes a remarkably lovely mix in his rollies (maybe 30-40%), kind of tasty?! White lotus less so.

Overall

So far, apart from worrying that he's "doing it right" and perhaps missing something important, his experiences have been positive. The only downside is that the cost of making a 6.25gram bag of tea every night is becoming astronomical.