AO's First Mushroom Trip
Smeared Across Infinity


Dosage : Approx. 3g Cubensis Mushrooms with N20 (!)

Recently my wife and I were given the opportunity to try some psilocybin
mushrooms. Both of us had previous experiences with larger doses of LSD, and
we were both anxious to learn more about this sacred chemical
first-handedly.

At approximately 10:30 P.M., we began ingesting two grams of powdered
mushrooms apiece. At first, I tried to eat a teaspoon of it and wash it down
with water, but it was extremely difficult to swallow because my mind did
not recognize the shrooms as food, and insisted on keeping my throat closed.
After struggling with my first swallow, my wife suggested that we drink the
mushrooms in V8. We decided this was probably our best option, so we mixed
our shrooms in with the V8 and finished the remaining dose with relative
ease.

We sat with our friend who was there to observe our first Psilocybin
encounter and talked for about an hour, and decided to take one more gram of
mushrooms apiece (again with V8). After I had completed the very last
swallow of my dose, I became nauseous and vomited. While I was retching V8
and powdered shroom clumps into the kitchen sink (which, despite the vivid
imagery provided, was not an entirely unpleasant experience), I noticed that
the lights in the room were beginning to seem to pulse in intensity. I felt
a wave of wonderment come over me, and felt great- the brick in my stomach
was gone and I was alive with energy.

Gradually, my wife and I entered into a series of trance states, something
that I have felt difficult to do on LSD. I experienced a series of visions
in which I saw neon mushrooms, mushroom clouds, and other assorted
mushroom-related animations. It was as if I had stumbled upon the great
genetic library of Psilocybin-containing fungus everywhere. The effects of
the mushroom continued to accelerate, and I was seeing patterns on the
walls, ceiling, and carpet, similar to LSD patterns but more delicate. It
was then that I was introduced to the wonderful world of
Nitrous-with-a-Psychedelic.

My friend inflated a balloon, and instructed me to hold it in as long as
possible. I was already tripping fairly hard (I hadn't tripped in about 4
months, my wife: one year!), and was curious and unsure as to how the
nitrous oxide (which I had only had at the dentist, and was not too
impressed with the effects at the time) would interact with the Psilocybin.
I took a deep inhalation of N2O, and held it in...

Nothing in the world can prepare one's consciousness for the experience of
being smeared across infinity in a nanosecond. My ego was instantly
dissolved, and the effects of the Psilocybin seemed to be growing in
intensity, in orders of magnitude. For what felt like a lifetime and more,
but was probably only ten seconds, I felt like I must have been tripping on
a hundred billion hits of LSD. I only opened my eyes a few times, only to
discover that my wife and our friend were staring at me, and that I was
ginning like a ninny and laughing like a psychotic cat-killer. I was able to
utter the phrase, "I see why they call this laughing gas". For an instant,
every essence of my being was completely disintegrated and annihilated, and
I could hear what I can only describe as a "rapid, flapping, sputtering"
noise accompanied by a high pitch. I thought that this was probably about as
close as one could get to Nirvana while still alive. Complete, temporary ego
death combined with a momentary link to Shiva and Kali's eternal orgasm.

I gradually re-materialized into this Universe and looked over at my wife,
who had yet to experience this. Even after I told her what had just happened
to me- that every part of my being had just been ripped apart by shockwaves
of a giant, cosmic orgasm, she said she was content with the effects of the
mushrooms and would try it later.

I did a second and third balloon, each one more intense than the previous.
After I had come down (mostly) from the final balloon, I sat in silent
meditation for a while, contemplating these ego-flattening experiences, as
the peak of the trip rode off into the sunset and the patterns slowly
dissipated. I smoked some marijuana to ride the rest of the trip out on, and
sat in a trance, occasionally snapping out due to the music or someone
talking.

The trance state, for me anyway, was almost impossible _not_ to attain
during the duration of the trip. Psilocybin left me much more clear-headed
than I am on LSD, and it, in a way, kind of forces you to really think about
what's happening. Although the dose was relatively small (I would estimate
the effects to be similar to 1-2 hits of average blotter acid), I felt
completely overwhelmed by the trip, and can barely imagine the potential for
neuro-exploration that this drug has to offer. This trip has definitely
given me a new respect for the mushroom, having felt their power
firsthandedly, and I look forward to taking larger doses soon. My wife
seemed to have had a more intense trip than I did, and I suspect this is
because I vomited much of my dose- she said she would estimate her trip at
3-4 hits of blotter acid.

I would recommend the combination of N20 and Psilocybin (or, from what I
understand, just about any psychedelic compound) to anyone seeking a truly
psychedelic experience. The N20 seems to "flip a switch" in your mind,
making you, temporarily, significantly less tolerant to the effects of the
psychedelic. Words can not begin to describe the essence of this experience.
The nitrous sends you flying, light speed, into oblivion, and then yanks you
back and sets you down gently in your chair, as you gradually remember that
you have a body.