I went on a long-winded rant about psychedelics last night, describing personal experiences (not in too much detail), and how I am supportive of them to an extent but have seen the bad sides of them as well. I deleted that, and now I wish I hadn't have, so I'd have some basis to form a similar point now. I'll just leave it at the point where I'll say that I'm very knowledgeable of the modern day psychedelics, have experiment with most of them, and have had some beautiful experiences, but the horrific experiences that kept me from ever touching them again were life-defining. Everyone's different, and stimuli and environment matter a lot, so take that as you will...
Is erowid no longer the go-to? That was my bible in high school/early college life.
In terms of the "visual component," check this video out. I'm really fucking surprised that not only is it still up, but it now has more than 2+ million views. I watched this back when the dude first posted it, after having tripped that week, back when I really enjoyed doing it, and I don't think I've seen a more accurate portrayal of mirror time on acid than this... the mirror can become a really interesting part of a casual trip -
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