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Seconded. This is nothing to be fooled around with and I am not sure if mainstream articles such as these are helpful. Bufo (Toad/5Meo-DMT) is extremely stron
by astralnet 7y ago
Seconded.
This is nothing to be fooled around with and I am not sure if mainstream articles such as these are helpful.
Bufo (Toad/5Meo-DMT) is extremely strong. You smoke it and you are in. Then you typically just drop out of the experience again. For some people it is blissful - like described in the article - the most common experience people have told me about is more like ego death. This can be a great experience, it can feel like hell; but whatever you feel: Integration is key! If you don’t know how to do that or have somebody experienced around: don’t. Maybe you’ll get lucky (many people do) but you might also feel more lost after than ever before.
Personally I find smoking DMT a little hard on the system. It is very different to ingesting it orally and - at least for me - harder to integrate than drinking e.g. Ayahuasca (NN-DMT and/or 5MeO-DMT admixtures). This is coming from someone with a lot of experience.
Psilocybin in small doses with assistance seem way more appropriate to me for people with depressions or similar.
That being said, if you are experienced, feel ready and feel the call: by all means. As the article says, it can be a life changing experience. You should however be ready for that change. Be safe.
- agumonkey 7y ago> ego death this is also used by many about psilocybin (Micheal Pollan articles use that terminology)
- astralnet 7y agoTrue. Ego death can probably occur with any psychedelic compound. With most substances however it is a matter of dosage. Eating 8 grams of Cubensis might get you there. The dosages that e.g. the MAPS program works with will not (yes people have different responses, but that is why you start low and they have professionals attending). Going for a true Bufo experience automatically puts you in the realm of possible ego death. I have never heard of anyone trying to micro dose it. There are so many other substances that are easier to low dose that are more readily available too.
- thelittleone 7y agoWhile psilocybin is a potent and valuable medicine, it's effects in terms of ego death are truly dwarfed by 5-MeO-DMT. Within 2 minutes of smoking bufo it's as if every fragment of your being has been evenly distributed across the entire universe, time is infinite you have zero awareness, you are simply one with all. And then the re-assembly begins.
- collyw 7y agoIsn't it just a matter of dosage?
- thelittleone 7y agoThey work very differently. Each has its own vibration / frequency. The increased dosage might increase amplitude (or intensity) of the experience, but not that vibration / frequency. I don't know how else to describe it. We need more bards like Terence McKenna.
- 55555 7y agoIt's surprising that a secretion developed as an evolutionary advantage to keep predators away would be enjoyable.
- pg_is_a_butt 7y agoSeems like an obvious advantage to have your predator busy enjoying themselves.
- sk5t 7y agoDo you find it surprising that some humans enjoy eating very spicy peppers?
- jl2718 7y agoIt’s possible that they were farmed for hunting and then other things. (didn’t look it up)