elfspice

erm... it says on the side of 'methylated spirits' bottles: 95% ethanol. I would guess there might be .5% or less methanol and other alcohols in there too (man, man maaan did anyone know that there's a whole range of alcohols in brewed and even single distilled spirits ie pot still type stuff) anyways, if the idea is to extract and evaporate and cap the tarry gunk up, metho works fine. you can't use this kind of alky for tinctures tho, i'm not sure about the other alcohols thing, and it has stuff in it which makes ethanol itself taste sweet... (fluorescin) if you want to find 95% alky sans bittering agent, there's a 'essential oil' extraction liquid that can be bought commonly from hydro shops which only has bitter almond oil and something else in it as denaturants. that might be more suitable. ipa could be used, but it's bloody expensive. methanol would be good too, and a lot cheaper than virtually any other option, but be careful with it (ie don't drink, 15ml can be lethal)

maybe put it in the refrigerator? make sure it's sealed though, you want maximum humidity (of course ventilate it daily)

wow, this stuff really blew me away, it has to be the cleanest antidepressant/antipsychotic drug i have ever encountered... it seemed to have a peculiar interaction with dmt and i'm fairly sure salvinorin (it seemed to block the effects almost entirely) anyways i did a dry a/b on about 5-10g of it recently, probably got about 30-50mg total yield out of it, and a smidgeon of the material (buggers me how much) produced by the extraction showed strong activity, i suspect I may have been on the high side dose wise. if anyone puts a goodly amount through an extraction, i'm sure i speak for all when i say 'show us some pictures of crystals' I personally found no ill effects from smoking unfermented material, but there's no way i would eat it or use as a tea - the stems remind me of spinach, and do share common properties with spinach stems chemically. it is truly amazing how potent the alkaloids are too... anyway, acid/base extraction by the standard method, making extra sure to do water washing (it seems to barely need defatting at all btw) will remove the undesirable oxalates.

Yeah, the whole idea is not about setting up a lobby. I have looked into the subject of non-profit organisations in general, and I settled upon forming a 'religious' group because it is about forming an active - as mesq says 'boots on the ground' organisation, actively pursuing on-the-ground activities which we all believe in that can be made more productive and useful if good environments and long periods of research are done into practicalities of the forms of medicine that we will be practising. The problem with lobbies is that they have nothing to do with everyday life, though they can help things change, ultimately the greatest improvements will come from people working together on the ground. From a practical financial perspective also, a lobby cannot be income tax exempt or an income tax deductable gift recipient. Also, a community organisation engenders more activity in smaller ways which affect our personal lives more than a lobby can, not that I discount the value of lobbying and so forth, these things are important too.

Philosophers are always welcome, no dogma is required to be followed, the main thing is to get people together. I'm sure that the group will be dismissed as a bunch of nutters like most cult-type groups are dismissed. It is my feeling that the time is ripe for a gathering of people under an alternative organisation for the purpose of allowing the members to pool their resources towards common goals. The establisment is afraid of people getting together, but they are not omniscient or omnipotent enough to be able to chase everyone, and it is unlikely that we will present a large threat to anyone for quite some time yet. Besides which, the main purpose is to establish a community, and hence we will discourage people going out on a limb for a cause in the name of the order if it puts the group at risk. We don't want to ruffle feathers, we just want to take advantage of the freedoms given to religious organisations. This is not a survivalist cult or any such nutty thing, it is about creating a sustainable community of free spirits which can act as a showcase for the potential of humans to get along with each other and all life on the planet - Without forcing the members of the group into a specific mould. It is a great challenge indeed, with mammalian politics generally irrepresible in groups, but we will strive to transcend these problems.

d'oh I went and signed myself up for a new username, and then just now I logged in under my usual name which I use elsewhere, and it worked! so anyway, soma8 is also elfspice, in case people wonder where he went when he doesn't post anymore :D

Is 5 meo dmt legal in australia?

wtf? what's shiva, generally speaking? I would have thought it was the resinous extract, but why with rue? Must be a trypto no? which?

I am quite interested in this too - I understand that ololiuqui is the mexican name for morning glory - I have looked at the 'pods' that form after the flower dies and I can't work out where the seeds are. Does anyone know how to get the seeds, because the plant is everywhere and I'm in a desert entheogenically at the moment.