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  1. Posted

    Here this might help:

    s.......as in this not as in those

    u.......short as in full,long as in shoot,never like tub.

    ae.....as in mite

    g.......always hard as in gate

    i.........as in in

    a.......short as in cat,long as in in rather,never like cage.

    Which comes out as:

    soo-bye-roo-gin-ohsa

    This is how I pronounce it, but only because I've taught myself a little classical latin in the past (ecclesiastical latin has an italian pronunciation). Latin names are however generally pronounced differently in English. Take convolvulaceae. In English:

    kon-VOL-view-lace-e-e

    ...and in latin:

    kon-wol-wool-ah-key-eye

    ipomoea in English:

    EYE-poe-MIA, or

    eye-POE-mia, or

    I-poe-MIA

    In Latin:

    i-po-MOY-ah

    Is there any way to type in phonetics on here? It's just a lot less ambiguous. Anyway, the point I'm making is that it's not necessarily correct to use classical latin pronunciation in modern English, even when the word comes from latin.

  2. Posted

    Hmmm....My interest in mind altering substances started at a very young age. I was alway one to experiment with things. I asked Mum for a drag of her cigarette a couple of times when I was about four years old (Little did I know that also contained within that cigarette was an illegal drug :wink:). She gave me a drag saying that it was only because I wouldn't like it and it would discourage me from taking up smoking later in life :lol:. At about the age of eight I discovered that not only did I like the smell of glue and spray cans, but it also made me feel kinda funny. In fact, I found that if I inhaled the contents of a spraycan for long enough, I could go to a place that felt like nothing else on earth, and see things that weren't there. I continued using inhalants from time to time until about the age of thirteen when I began to realise that what I was doing was really damaging to the body and quite frankly dangerous. It was around that same time that I discovered LSD and I started tripping all the time because it is fairly safe and I always had enjoyable and enlightening experiences. I was lucky in that when I began to take an interest in the idea of hallucinogens, I also coincidently met someone who had a steady supply. I also started smoking marijuana because I liked the effects (this was a year or two before discovering LSD), but the magic had gone by about the age of fifteen and I was addicted. My LSD supply dried up, and I had a few trips from time to time when I came across them, and I also tried mushies, but did not know enough about them to be able to find them myself. I had heard that there were plants out there that you can trip off, but I knew how dangerous the tropanes were, and didn't really take the idea of morning glory seriously. I started having Es as a terribly poor substitute for LSD, but not very often as I find them quite boring. Anyway, over the past couple of years I started getting interested in other drugs from trip reports on Erowid, and started realising that maybe LSD isn't the only substance I can fall in love with. Recently I decided that the internet might be a good place to find out how to find and identify mushrooms. After a while researching, but finding very little info specific to mushrooming in australia, I noticed a link on shroomery for this site. Once I came here I realised how well this kind of thing fits with me. Most plants that contain mind altering substances are perfectly legal and I also believe that growing the plants oneself helps one gain a lot of respect for the drugs contained therein and encourages one to use them responsibly. Also, a couple of my close friends are into botany in general so it's something that I've always felt close to. After finding this site I started my own garden and I must say that I feel indebted to this community for the invaluble information and help I've recieved being a member of this site :rolleyes:. Well, that's MY life story :) .

    -Zac

  7. Posted

    I think that's a good way of putting it.

    I'll try to describe a specific DXM hallucination/delusion (if it's possible)...

    There is a road going around and up a mountain. Along this road there are caves, one for each person I know and some empty ones/ones that contain the void. Inside the caves are a lifeforce that is like the vitality bar on mortal kombat or other fighting games. It can travel along the road too, and communicate with other lifeforces, but if it goes too far into an empty cave (no lifeforce, just the void) it is eaten up and dissappears. If that happens, you are dead. I am one of those lifeforces and I am scared as I try to navigate communication with other lifeforces so as to not feel lonely, without going into the wrong cave and dying. Maybe it's a good analogy for the way life really is. I know this is all totally delusional, but some people who have been to the fourth plateau might understand it.

    "Monsters from the id." - Forbidden Planet

  9. Posted

    When I was in my early teens, I would have a couple of experiences a week, usually two or three trips at a time. After about six months of this, I found that I was seeing trails and warping (that is, flag in the wind effect) when I wasn't on anything, but particularly when I was tired. There were no good feelings associated with this as there are when I was on the drug, and very little change in thought processes. It was rarely a problem in most things, but I found it difficult to read, because the letters on the page would turn into alphabet soup. It took probably five years since I stopped the acid binging for it to go away almost completely, and I still see stuff now, about ten years later. The only people I know who have had this happen to them, had a lot of acid too. I definately agree with the comments on moderation.

    -Zac

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  10. Posted

    how did the Buddha deal with the void?

    please read about "dependent origination" (sometimes "inter-dependent-arising")

    it is this truth that underlies the 4 noble truth's of buddhism, and is closely intertwined with the the notion of anatta (not-self).

    however, it is very hard to get to the 'essence' of dependent origination as the buddha saw it, primarily beacuse of scholastic reasons obfuscating the issue. My take is that the whole issue centres around denying language any function of "existential import", thereby excluding the ground of any metaphysicalization.

    I never thought of dependant origination having much to do directly with the void (probably because I know very little about it), but I s'pose if it is true that desires are there as a way to 'avoid the void', and desire causes suffering, then we suffer as a result of our fear of the void. Embrace the void, let go of the desire to be freed from its presence, and the suffering ends.

  11. Posted

    I think the void represents fear

    Fear is necessary for learning

    Fear imho is the catalyst for our evolution and any animals evolution.

    It is per chance that our fears have developed far beyond that of any other animal and that it what drives us

    We Love for fear of lonelyness

    We hate for fear of hurt

    We anger for fear of being wronged

    We scare for fear of the unknown

    We live for fear of dying

    All of our emotions are based on our fears

    When you find the void you are facing your fears, embrace them or push them aside, they are what makes you, you

    The void is not emptyness or nothingness but masses of information that you know, but are too scared to realise

    I think the void has a strong relationship with fear, but I don't think it directly represents it. Everything you say about our life and emotions being triggered or based on fear is true, but I don't agree with the conclusion that the void is not nothingness. I DO believe that the void is SOMETHING, but only in the same way that darkness is something: the absense of light.

    I asked a mate what he thought the void is, and he concluded that it is the opposite of thought. It is to thought, as black is to white, Yin is to Yang.

  16. Posted

    You guys know what I'm talking about. Siddhartha Gautama spoke of the void millenia ago. I see it when I trip hard, do you? If you do, do you embrace it or shun it? I find the void very confronting. All of my dxm experiences have been intertwined with the void, and I'm sure that my original experiences with lsd and the like have had the void in its wake.

    I s'pose it's here to stay, and accepting it is the only way to have a good trip, but it kinda brings me down. It makes me think about death and stuff, because the void is the only sample we can ever have of nothing at all. Death is (IMHO) the final nothing at all. BTW, I consider myself to be an agnostic.

    I don't know enoough about buddhism to know how Buddha delt with the void. I s'pose I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions on the void, whether it relates to tripping or buddhism or any other philosophy.

    I probably should mention that I'm coming down from a fourth/fifth cusp plateau trip as I type this.

    Have a nice day!

  17. Posted

    As far as I know, there are no laws in Australia protecting people from prosecution for religious purposes like there are in the US. In the US you are safe if you can prove that you take mescaline as a member of the Church of Peyote, and I think that Rastafarians are probably reasonably well protected if they can prove that their marijuana use is solely a part of their religious practice.

    Much as I like the idea of any laws that make these substances less prohibited, I feel that these laws kinda look down upon personal spirituality. I think most people who participate in this forum have an interest in these substances for a largely spiritual reason, yet this kind of personal philosophy is not protected even in countries where members of organised religion are protected. I can't help feeling that the laws with regards to Peyote in the US are an attempt not to be seen to oppress the customs of the native population any more than already has been done.

    -Zac

  21. Posted

    ballzac. i'd love to do some remix work, or have some one remix my stuff if anyone is interested. Do a swap of sounds and midi files or something along those lines.

    I tell you what. I'll work on some individual basslines and synth lines etc, upload them, and see what you or other people do with them.

  22. Posted

    It's the same with children being abused. The body and the mind can get confused. It is the person's mind's wishes that need to be respected.

    Here is a theoretical situation that might illustrate it better for people who still don't understand. Suppose I work with a girl I find attractive. I might get an erection just from talking to her. If she pulled down my pants and started playing with my cock, there is no way I could AVOID this reaction. I would tell her to stop, because I have a girlfriend and am faithful, yet this girl might be being forceful and I'd struggle to stop her pinning me down. I'd be afraid of hurting her because of what I think she might say I have done to HER, and also because I have been conditioned all my life to believe that it is ALWAYS wrong to hurt a woman. Just like the 'Violence Against Women: Australia Says No' (Violence Against Men: Australia Says Yes?) campaign states: It is NEVER the woman's fault!

    Does this make sense? The body can respond to sex even when the brain doesn't want it to.

  24. Posted

    This is obviously just a theoretical question...

    If I were to try to order some marijuana from Amsterdam, they would not deliver it. If they DID, it would get stopped by customs and I would probably have feds knocking on my door. What about other, less known illegals? Salvia Divinorum for example. It is legal in EVERY country but Australia. Would the companies deliver it? If they did, would it get through customs? If it got stopped, would either the buyer or the seller be in hot water? There are even less recognised illegal substances. I'm not asking if anyone has had success with this, as I wouldn't want anyone to incriminate themselves, but I was just wondering what people thought would be the most likely products to get through. Would seeds be more likely to make it through than extracts or dried herbs? I am not planning on using this information to break the law. All of this is just curiosity. Cheers.

    -Zac

  25. Posted

    I think the whole matter regarding 'legal age' is too black and white. I know a few 15yr old who are far more mentally mature then my crazy mates.

    When it comes down to incidents such as the ones mentioned above, a guilty verdict should not lie soley on the age of the offender/victim, but rather through psychological evaluations, etc.

    True, but it makes it much clearer whether one is breaking the law or not. Much as I believe that there are many fifteen - and maybe even fourteen - year olds who are mature enough to be making their own decisions about sex, I am quite happy with the laws the way they are, because it removes any ambiguities. There is a simple solution: Don't fuck fifteen year olds! That way you won't go to jail. If she's mature enough to have sex, she's mature enough to wait for it. This is one of the rare instances that I believe the laws can govern the ethics (similar to road rules, but unlike drug laws). If the age increased to seventeen as it is in america, I believe it would become unethical (to a degree) to have sex with a sixteen year old, just like it would be unethical to drive on the left hand side of the road if they changed THAT to the American way too.

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