So I tried truffles again yesterday, and I guess 3rd time is the charm! I brewed 15g of Psilocybe hollandia into a tea for myself, while the three others I was tripping with chose to chew them. Despite all my reading and research, this was my first breakthrough trip and I felt pretty unprepared for the visuals that played out in the world around me. Intitially, patterns and textures began to imprint/reflect on to plain surfaces, then patterns would erupt out of nowhere and dance across my vision. Unprecedented laughter burst forth. We sat outside and lay in the grass, and when I looked up I saw what appeared to be multicoloured hexagon tiles covering the clouds, glittering and shimmering. The clouds changed, moving into kaleidoscopic shapes and patterns. We had a kaleidoscope, but one of my friends refused it, stating 'My whole world is a kaleidoscope, I don't need it'. She also described seeing large ships moving through the clouds. I looked at my garden, and could see the plants growing before my eyes. Life was everywhere, I could feel the energy of each plant and insect as I sat and looked at my vegetables. Flowers appeared to open, close, and their petals spun.
My visuals intensified, everything I looked at had human facial features - I would look at my arm and my freckles would move, arranging themselves into eyes, nose, and a mouth. There were tendrils, random lines and spots that all seemed to move together like intertwined ropes. Wallpaper and pictures were three demensional, appearing to jump off the wall/page towards me while moving and shimmering. Philosophical thoughts encroached on my mind. I thought about death, and was calmed by the thought.
There were some rather uncomfortable moments, when I felt as though nothing would ever be normal again. I had to lie down and hug a pillow, taking deep breaths to calm my racing nerves. Overall though, I'm glad I finally had a breakthrough psychadelic trip and look forward to dabbling in more hallucinogens!
By the end of this summer I will hopefully try a higher dose of acid, MDMA, DMT, and perhaps some more shrooms!
