Alchemica
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Shruman,
The 5-AcO-DMT product is very clean, pleasant and doesn't seem to cause any nausea nor body load. It has only been taken to "antidepressant" levels (mood lift with a slight "dream-like" quality to it). The standard yopo caused strong nausea after a dose (750mg, that was after a solid feed, so if it was taken on an empty stomach, it might be better). The guy in South America will get some more opinions for us from more experienced bioassayers.
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Thanks for the correction Torsten. We chemists huffed too much ether and all that back in the day...
Hunab, The carbonated water was used to assist in converting the unreacted calcium hydroxide ("crap, my nasal cavities are dissolving") in the mix into the calcium carbonate (inert chalk). Probably not needed but anything to lessen the burn is good in the opinion of the South American guy.
Will get some TLC results off the guy one day.
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"Tropo-Yopo"
10gr of seeds (reported to be predominately 5-OH-DMT by someone who knows way more about plants than me, left whole) were gently roasted in a fry pan until ~70% popped open (like pop-corn) and the heat source removed. The seeds were then finely powdered in coffee-grinder to form a fine dust-like powder. 2.5gr of lime-paste was added to the seeds and the mixture ground in a mortar and pestle until homogenous, causing a slight amine (fishy) odour to be liberated. After 5min, the seed-paste was returned to the fry-pan and covered in 250ml of mineral soda water (carbonated water) and the suspension reduced to a goey-paste. The paste was then dried at 11O deg. C until dry and finely powdered to a snuff grade powder.
Active by bioassay.
5-AcO-Yopo
Edit: improvements to the procedure may involve treating a cold, basified (NaOH) bufotenine (as the Na salt) extract solution w. Ac2O.
A batch of the same "Tropo-Yopo" was prepared and covered in glacial acetic acid (AcOH). The excess AcOH was removed at 120 deg. C and 20ml of acet*ic an*hydride (Ac2O) was added. The paste was heated at 60 deg. C for 2hrs and the excess Ac2O removed at 1atm. The seed mass was extracted with 150ml of boiling methanol (twice), filtered and the methanolic solution evaporated to leave a resin.
Initial bioassay (smoking) has been positive.
Rue-Resin
Peganum harmala seeds (25g, whole) were heated to reflux in methanol (150ml) containing glacial acetic acid (25ml) for 2 hours. The seeds were removed by filtration and the red methanolic extract evaporated to a dry resin.
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"Since
No one can allow the game
To become bigger than
Hir concept of the Game
(what is not imprinted is not real to the primate brain)
Therefore
Let us define the game
as large
fast
intense
precise
as possible...
Unlimited Space
Unlimited Time
and
Unlimited Intelligence to enjoy same.
S.M.I^2.L.E."
While I'm at it - Anchoring, Activating and Actualizing the 22 Chakras http://www.iamuniversity.ch/Anchoring-Activating-and,957
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My biggest turning point was when I lost faith in mainstream pharmaceuticals (even though I'd devoted my highschool years and uni time to studying Molecular and Drug Design/pharmacology). Once I realised that there was indeed more to life than my chemical-minded brain had ever considered, thanks to the use of enthogens and other "supplements", things changed for the better. The highlight (to date, anyway) was my experience with "The Devil" and finding out that my life had basically followed "The Game of Life". After that, I was a convert. I'll admit that I'm slowly working my way through being diagnosed with every DSM-IV in the book by my team of shrinks, so think what you wish of my words.
The elixir for releasing a man's "inner devil"
...and continuing on with "The Game of Life"!
Special thanks go to Mr Griffin...
Note: to prevent anyone replicating this procedure, turning into The Devil and then being unable to rectify the situation, I have kept the Secret Potion Ingredients to myself (have to chase down my Toxicology Screening, or ask me in person)
Above: Me after the events...
(Picture credit goes to Little-Nicky, used under Terms of Fair Use Policy)
Don't diss extreme psychosis 'til you get to try it... for me it was like living in a cartoon with Gumby, Sponge-Bob and Aliens... quite entertaining!
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(I suggest you listen to Dj Zany - Science Religion or Qlimax - The Prophecy while you read this, just to make it even harder to get a grip on what I'm trying to say)
The words of a "Certified Insane Chemist", stated to the best of his knowledge, who lived in the Sound of Silence a few months ago:
"A 20 year old male, taking 80mg/day of paroxetine experienced manic-type symptoms under the influence of the medication, forcing a taper down to 40mg/day. Sleep was disturbed extensively for approximately two weeks and symptoms of agitation and anxiety increased. The patient, while manic, began inhalation of the volatile solvent, diethyl ether, for the period of approximately three days. Ether was highly sought by the individual because of the anxiolytic and sedative effects; reducing the manic-type symptoms he experienced.
After the use of ether for three days, myoclonus in a rather un-normal fashion was noted by the man, causing contraction of the ring/index fingers towards the palms and winking of one eye in sets of two winks/cycle. The patient began to recite "The Devil" persistently and made continual requests for more ether. Eventually, totally out of character, he began writing on the door with a white-board marker, listing all the "bad things" he had done in his life (nothing too bad, just chemistry related things, mind you). Freaked out by the events, he consumed 1000ug of "you know what" which caused a rapid reversal of "devil twitches" back into a manic phase where he experienced "psychotic like states of artificial intelligence and felt a need to use music to work out "WTF?!?". After a day or so, 10mg olanzapine, oral, was administered causing a rapid decline in mood and some suicidal idealation.
The patient was admitted to the RAH and rapid detoxification from paroxetine, 40mg - 0mg overnight, commenced. Lorazepam was also utilised for anxiety, muscle cramping and insomnia. Care was continued in a Loony Ward for a week.
Unusual and religious-type experiences w/ the ability to tune into wireless-internet electromagnetic fields, see the future? (or past) on TV, communicate with satellites/aliens and change radio stations remotely (I attempted to reality check all of them, except for the aliens -eg. extremely atypical psychosis) persisted for 4 weeks, after which the man regained semi-normal functioning. All these were totally out-of-character for the man, who normally thought all Spiritual "dimensions" were "lies" before the experience.
Residual myoclonus was resolved with clonazepam and piracetam, antipsychotics ceased (against all "professional" medical advice)"
Anyway, no one will believe a word that comes out of my mouth... but whatever - I though it was weird and interesting to say the least. In retrospect, it was both an educational experience and something funny to laugh at.
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Thanks for sharing, great article. I wonder if this guy was a former inhabitant of the infamous "The Hive"...
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Morg, I just added "the science isn't sound" so I could stay neutral in the debate... Being a blue eyed individual, I don't want to seem like I'm starting up any trouble... I have a passionate hate for any genetics (couldn't stay awake in the lectures); so I've retracted the statement and I'll leave it in the hands of a qualified person to give a verdict.
EDIT: I'll agree that some (definitely not all) of the most over-the-top and annoying females I've known (from a distance, never been up close and personal to any) have been blonde and blue eyed. Then again, I've also noticed that most of the blue eyed guys I know are introverted and rather shy... I can certainly confirm that for myself (although I'm working on it). I had the blonde hair until I was about three, then I went dark brown... Probably fluoridosis, or growing old.
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I just want an excuse to give to my psychiatrist to say I'm not psychotic after I tried to convince them I was an alien/ blue m&m. I've lost all faith in pure science and chemistry basically too (hence the switch to Alchemistry), so I think the safest option is to take any findings with a grain of pure crystal acid...
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We keep it movin' to the broad day light... Blue Guys and Girls of the world unite, alright!
Scientist: All Blue-Eyed People Are Related
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327070,00.html
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.
If you've got blue eyes, shake the hand of the nearest person who shares your azure irises: He or she may be a distant cousin.
Danish researchers have concluded that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor, presumably someone who lived 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
"Originally, we all had brown eyes," Professor Hans Eiberg of the University of Copenhagen said in a press release. "But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a 'switch,' which literally 'turned off' the ability to produce brown eyes."
That "switch" a simple change from "A," or adenine, to "G," or guanine, in the DNA actually sits next to the OCA2 gene, which regulates the pigmentation of our eyes, hair and skin, and hence has only a limiting effect on it.
If the mutation had completely deactivated OCA2, all blue-eyed people would be albinos.
Eiberg and his team analyzed 155 individuals in a large Danish family, plus several blue-eyed people born in Turkey and Jordan.
All blue-eyed subjects had the mutation, and there was very little variation on the genes neighboring it on the chromosome, indicating that the mutation first arose relatively recently.
In contrast, most mammals share the "normal" form of the gene. The six-letter sequence is exactly the same among mice, horses, cows, rats, dogs, cats, monkeys, chimpanzees and humans with brown eyes. (No word on what gives Siberian huskies and Siamese cats blue eyes.)
Above: "My grandma's second great, great cousin... "
Eiberg figures the mutation took place on the northern of the Black Sea, but that's an educated guess, assuming the first blue-eyed humans were among the proto-Indo-Europeans who subsequently spread agriculture into western Europe and later rode horses into Iran and India.
Ironically, neither the first person to have the mutation, nor his or her children, would have had blue eyes themselves.
Blue eyes are a recessive trait, and the gene must be inherited from both parents. (Green eyes involve a related but different gene, one that is recessive to brown but dominant to blue.)
It wasn't until the original mutant's grandchildren or great-grandchildren hooked up cousin marriage is the norm through most of human history that the first blue-eyed person appeared. He or she must have looked pretty odd for the Neolithic era.
Eiberg stresses that the genetic variation, as the press release puts it, is "neither a positive nor a negative mutation."
That's a bit disingenuous, as the mutation also produces greater instance of blond hair (sexually selected for even today) and fair skin, which confers a survival advantage by stimulating greater production of vitamin D in sun-starved northern European countries exactly where blue eyes are still most prevalent.
"Nothing like a few Blue m&m's to celebrate our heritage..."
and in other breaking news...
Blue MM's Better than Green for Sex Drive?
Taken directly, without modification from http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i43615
In an unscientific but documented study of colored MM candies on human sex drive, British Pharmacist Dr. Benjamin Licken discovered what was described as a definite connection between the ingestion of blue MM's and positive effects on the male libido.
Testing the widespread belief that the green colored MM's were a natural aphrodisiac, Licken found quite the opposite was true for males tested in his six month study. "None of the other colors including green had any noticeable effect on the male sex drive, but the blue candies had an immediate impact" Licken said. "The results varied of course but for the most part, you could use my wiener as a coat rack, and I mean full length, heavy wool winter coats. Three to four of them, actually".
The pharmacist's wife and assistant in the study, Anita Licken says, "We plan to do a similar study on women and green MM's, but any chocolate seems to work for me. As for the male study, we hope to secure additional funding for years and years of further research". Mrs. Licken was seen smiling at her own comment.
Sensing more to the story, reporters asked Dr. Licken if the MM samples were tested for consistency of ingredients between tests, to which he replied, "My wife was responsible for setting out the samples and come to think of it, some of the blue MM's were crunchier and had a bitter aftertaste. Shortly after that, I found reason to give Mrs. Licken a good rogering."
Licken's hypothesis was later debunked by Oxford University Chemistry experts, when one test sample was found to contain blue MM's of the diamond-shaped, "Pfizer" stamped pill variety. "Apparently Mrs. Licken had been tampering with the samples in order to achieve the results she found to be in her best interest", one professor said. "I think she preferred test results that did NOT melt in her mouth or her hand".
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Good idea with the "Items Sent" - I must confess that I'm really bad with organisational skills at the moment (I blame the fact that I'm Born Slippy - born blonde, high-intensity, blue eyes, remembering nothing...Sending mum on her way to a new age tension headache...) so if anyone is waiting on things from me, yes they are on the "to do soon" list, I just have to find time between shrinks, GP's, fighting CTO's, maintaining sanity and trying to learn how to socialise...
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A tough question and one that I like to constantly reconsider.
I like to think that happiness is taking the time to look at life and think "what? how? when? where? why? and who?" (probably forgot one of them) after something has happened, then do your best to rectify/band-aid the situation. Then you take the time to teach/share your story and experiences, without any regard for a profit nor credentials, to others who might have (or had) similar experiences.
I also think it's something you can't chase... you just have to accept the little things you are given in life and do what you can to appreciate them for what they are. I admit that there have been times where my sole intention was to persue self-driven happiness, but we all like to indulge at one time or another...
Then again, I'm not taking my anti-crazy drugs... so whatever I say must clearly be the words of a mad-man in the midst of a "psychotic episode".
Good to see the topic being discussed, Hunab!
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"My life seems unreal, my crime an illusion. A scene badly written in which I must play." Wednesday Morning 3 A.M (Simon and Garfunkel).
Plenty of other "excuses" out there, too, like the great ones already mentioned.
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Alchemuus is an "imaginary" tale, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with finding a peaceful and content mental state. After the failed use of prescription antidepressants and anxiolytics, the young man utilises psychoactive substances in an attempt to develop a healthy mental state, while fighting against a corrupt team of Governmental mental health "professionals" which do all that is in their power to resist the movement by the man; imprisoning him against his will and forcing the administration of contraindicated antipsychotics to "silence" him.
In the man's mind, there is no doubt that he is being unfairly and unethically treated by an Orwellian type movement who intend to supress his rights to religious Sacraments (of the endogenous and natural type), free thought, artistic expression and scientific experimentation.
(To be continued)
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The craftsman
The dancer
The artist
Mysterious
Light
Relational
Intuitive
Oblivious to time and space
Passion
Artistic endeavor
Spatial awareness
Balance
Non-linear, non-analytical
Awareness of one's body
Musical ability
The "dark" side
The dreamer
Passive
Recognition of faces
Holistic mentation
Language tone and accent
etc.
(Psychedelics Encyclopedia by Peter Strafford)
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Good to have you with us - enjoy your time on the forums.
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Thanks spacemonk. Of course, that was ingited on a private South Pacific Atoll... We watched it from Australian soil.
Cheers for the musical suggestions - been very good so far!
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Thanks for putting in the time to put this survey together. Great idea.
Personally, I'm going to maintain that we Shaman-Australisers all just are genetically predispositioned to "whatever" in the first place. It's the only logical explanation... or something like that. Any chance of including an "eye-colour" question to verify my "atypicalness" theory?
Keep up the good work.
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Good topic - my deepest sympathy goes to all who have been unfairly treated by the Australian Laws of Idioticity.
A friend's story involved a disco biscuit, anxiolytic fluid, half a tablet of a neuroprotective SSRI, glowsticks, loads of miscellaneous supplementary antioxdants and neuroprotectants...
Outcome: 6 months of hell and facing a Major Indictable Charge, loss of all his money he had ever earned to get a lawyer (and he was refused legal aid, 'cause he saved all the money he ever earnt doing Night-Shift to try and cover Uni...). Result: 1 x pissed off member of Society...
Imagine the looks of the Boys and Girls in Blue when the friend started to say "It's Vitamin C, S-adenosyl L-methionine disulfate tosylate, 5-hydroxytryptophan etc..." (...and it was - Radelaidian Fuzz are really messed in the Head). Unfortunately the anxiolytic and oxytocin release prevented him from shutting his mouth, so he spontaneously obliged to questioning...
Luckily, he had consumed enough Vit. XTC before interception to make the stay in the cell overnight "entertaining"... If only he got to keep his glowies!
I think the friend ended up losing the plot, or joining some hippy commune along with some weird forum site... not totally sure anymore!
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They called it "Mellow Yellow"... we'll call it Sponge-Bob...
EDIT: I've always wanted to see a Shaman-Australis peer-review journal system for reporting hypothetical experimental accidents, which of course, were always occuring in the third person who has "got absolutely no idea" anymore ... Can we establish the "Journal of Australian Amateur Hypothetical Neuropsychopharmacology" into this forum?
...and to keep everyone happy how about the "Journal of Amateur *Oh My God*, that's some Funky Sh*t", too!
Then we can all responsibly incinerate the verbose and monotonous Loser Journals of J. Med. Chem and The Lancet... They were so back in the year 1999...
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How many other pyrotechnicians do we have on this site?
Back in the day (...in highschool or something), The Alchemist had some fun mixing earth, wind and fire to make some pyrotechnical entertainment from Salt Petre, Brimstone, Charcoal and Miscellanous Dangerous Goods... Here's one of the outcomes:
So what did other fellow "pyro's" make in the Dark Ages?
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Thanks for putting that up for everyone to see! Very cool!
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Corrupt!
Make some noise...
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This is one for printing out and grabbing a Highlighter... I'll get back to you when I can get a good answer! Interesting ideas and definitely worth some consideration.
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The Bin!?! How dare you even talk such nonsense!
I'll catch all you excellent people in a little while.