OK OK. So Swim has been around for a long time. Done just about anything one could since the early 1970s. Swim does not even do drugs or drink anymore. Not for years. But anyway Swim decided to try Salvia. He bought an ounce of dried leaves from a vender that is known to be reputable.
So Swim realized that it would be very different than anything else. Remember Swim has been around. Swim could tell you the difference between many molecules blindfolded. So anyway Swim gets the Salvia and decides that he is going to use the quid method like the Shamans. So he takes a few grams and puts it in water and it reconstitutes. Then Swim does what he has read from a reputable source. Chews it for like 30 minutes. He felt very little. maybe a slight non definable reality shift. No dice..
So then Swim takes a larger amount and does the same thing a few hours later. In about 20 minutes...Bingo. Now Swim understands this plant. This was WEIRD. I mean Swim did suspect that it would be like this. Swim was not at a point of having visions at all. However Swim could stretch his awareness well outside his body and project out though still attached. Swim was really afraid to walk. Gradually Swim came down but not fully.
Now the this was like 3 days ago and up until last night Swim's perceptions were still markedly altered. Like he hiked in the woods and things were very different. This morning Swim is more like before the salvia but he is still somewhat shifted. His point of perceptual assembly was markedly different 48 hours after and now 72 hours later it is slightly different than before he started.
Swim will tell you that this shit is powerful. Swim would have no desire to use the extracts. He does not need to. And Swim thinks that one could go very much higher levels with the straight leaf and the quid method. After all the shamans should know what the fuck they are doing. The quid method is said to last longer than the extracts. Swim means smoking the leaf as well.
Swim does not know based on his personal experience of feeling the spirit of the salvia if it is wise to use the extracts. Swim is not judging anyone at all. However Swim thinks that the straight leaf has infinite possibilities. Yes Swim says this is very powerful and certainly is NOT a recreational substance.