If you have never tried Salvia Divinorum you may find it difficult to choose what extract or leaves you should get... In this section you'll find some ideas about the common Salvia Divinorum extracts available and its uses...
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The most typical and effective method to experience Salvia Divinorum is to smoke it in an extract form: Salvinorin A is extracted from the Salvia plant and then redeposited onto dried leaves, making that leaf much stronger than the plain leaf.
...The most common Salvia extracts are 5x, 10x, 20x and, to a lesser degree, the 40x extract; supposedly one hit of a 20x extract will be like 20 hits of the normal leaf and so on.
Here are some guidelines on what to expect from each extract, you should consider getting one which potency corresponds to your purpose (you don't necessarily have to smoke a 40x extract to have a strong experience):
- 5x extract:
This is the least strong of the extracts, but that doesn't mean its effects will be weak, this just means that you'll have an intense trip in this reality... Here and now.
I use the 5x extract in my "relax time" at the middle of my day to light myself up and meditate about my interests, daily activities and goals.
As its potency makes it perfect to control your thoughts, it is great for a "trip with a purpose", the insight and self inspection/discovery that this extract provides is impressive.
- 10x extract:
This extract is twice as potent as the 5x, so the mind gets pushed away a little further away from this dimension, yet somehow controllable.
For me, it is the perfect night-dose before going to sleep. As long as I focus on staying aware, I enter a deep trance between asleep and awake where I have some degree of control over the visions and sounds around me.
Just the last time I did this I was unconsciously listening to some type of orchestra and as soon as I became aware of it I also became able to direct that orchestra, just by thinking of an object and its sound, so I played the richest music I've ever heard in my head by thinking about bells, cows, violins, drums, thunder, rain, birds, etc. The amazing thing is that I was able to listen and distinguish among every single sound and they all played along rhythmically... simply amazing.
So for strong, unexpected effects and visuals (by the way, it's always closed-eyes visuals, open eyed ones aren't as interesting with a Salvia extract of any kind) but still a good degree of control as to where you want to go with your trip, a 10x extract is the one.
- 20x extract:
Now we tap into a purely spiritual realm, where the body and place lose importance and focus turns entirely inwards.
I use this when I want an out-of-body experience, to remind myself that the here and now is just some kind of illusion and that there is so much more than we can normally see and appreciate... and in turn I find new "life streams" to love, enjoy and appreciate.
- 40x extract:
This is when your body and you surroundings get lost as you float up, down, and around nowhere and everywhere.
With an extract so strong, the effects are totally unpredictable: you may suddenly appear in a place you frequented as a child or you may find yourself in the presence of a Divine Lady.
The unknown fascinating effects you get will depend on Lady Sages will and your own twisted psyche...
It is always best to start experiencing Salvia extracts step by step, if it's your first time, consider trying plain Salvia leaves first or a 5x extract, get your body used to feel and welcome Salvia Divinorum and when you have a couple of satisfactory experiences with those, then you can move on to a stronger extract...
An interesting thing about Salvia is that the more you use it, the more you'll feel and appreciate its effects, so if you are too eager to try a strong extract, one of two things could happen: you'll have an unpleasant, uncontrollable trip, or you won't appreciate Salvias full effects... it is probably best that you start with a less potent Salvia extract.
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