Another Salvia Question?!
Question:
Another Salvia Question?
Other than smoking dry salvia leaves, what else can I do? Can I ingest them straight? Mix them with something for different effects? Just chew them?
Answers:
The Mazatec indians use Salvia orally only. As I understand it, they fast for 3 days prior, drinking only water and eating only small amounts of fruit. Then, in the night, in complete darkness and silence, they chew 7 rolled up "quids" of two fresh Salvia divinorum leaf (14 leaves total). They do this after their fasting and prayer. After chewing each quid for 3 minutes, swallowing the juices and saliva, they swallow the quid. This is the traditional method, as I understand it. I have not done it, but if I had Salvia divinorum leaf, I would do it this way. I stick to extract (10X, in my case) which only "lasts" for 5-10 minutes of total insanity. Oral Salvia experiences are said to be much longer in duration, but less intense.
For more information on Salvia divinorum I would look at www.erowid.org in their Salvia vault. You will find links to lots of other Salvia sites there.
Don't mix salvia with anything else. If you do ingest Salvia and have an experience, please put it on SalviaD Alliance (a Yahoo! group) as a post.
Please be safe, Salvia is no joke.