No_Manny

The more I learn about Theravada Buddhism, the more I want to believe it! I would like to hear objections to or problems/difficulties you have with Theravada Buddhism. Thanks in advance.

I found another list. There is some overlap between the categories. https://www.plantmedicinepeople.com/blog/psychedelic-classifications PSYCHEDELICS: -Cannabis -DMT -Psilocybin -Ayahuasca/Changa -LSD -Salvia Divinorum -LSA -Iboga -Amanita DISSOCIATIVES -Ketamine DELIRIANTS -Datura/Toé/Angel’s Trumpet/Brugmansia, Belladonna, Henbane, Mandrake, Fly Agaric EMPATHOGENS -MDMA -San Pedro/Huachuma/Peyote/Peruvian Torch -Kanna ONEIROGENS -Examples include Blue Lotus/Water Lily, Damiana, Amanita Muscaria, Mugwort, Iboga (also a psychedelic), and Valerian PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICINES THAT ARE NOT PSYCHEDELIC -Sacred Tobacco / Mapacho / Rapéh -Kambo -Coca

@halfknots They were stated explicitly. I don't have the podcast/episode. Also, i have no experience with, but would tobacco provide insight or be depth inducing? Would any of the ones listed under category of hallucinogens have insight/depth inducing effects? Maybe some can be under more than one category.

@halfknots I have only started to work with psilocybin mushrooms. Just based on trip reports, I assume those three categories are accurate. I think it is very useful for one to know what to expect and how to work with different categories. I hope someone with extensive experience can weigh in.

I took notes from a podcast a few years ago. The speaker mentioned 3 categories/types of Psychedelics. They are: 1) HALLUCINOGENS ---ayahuasca [for information] --- toway (which is brugmansia scopolamine) ---nicotine (for power) ---mapacho (tobacco) (for protection) 2) EMPATHOGENS (heart-opening) ---peyote ---san pedro/huachuma 3) INSIGHT/DEPTH INDUCING ---psilocybin ***** I wanted to ask where would 5-MEO-DMT, LSD, or Salvia Divinorum fit in these categories? Or would it be a different category? Would there be more categories? If so, which psychedelics/entheogens would fall under those categories?

Are there diets that are better for tripping? I am interested in most common psychedelics (dmt, 5-meo-dmt, LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, etc.). In my case, I will be doing mushroom trip soon and will be on a ketogenic diet. I was wondering how that diet would affect my trip. And also in general how diets would affect each psychedelic.

@pluto To clarify the question, I am asking for a procedure which will result in a trip experience (at least mild) by a subsequent release of endogenous DMT. I understand consistent diligent practice may result in such an experience. I am looking for a technique which will more definitively provide said experience, e.g., with a high degree of probability. Coincidentally, I just heard episode 712 of Joe Rogan Experience, where Wim Hof mentions his breathing/techniques may control the endocrine system and DMT. Does anyone have any experience with his techniques?

I stumbled across various claims of endogenous production of DMT by meditation or breathing technique(s). Has anybody had any experience with this? Or any research that shows this is even possible? What about with Binaural beats? https://dmtmeditation.wordpress.com/ https://sacredgeometry.com/meditation-station https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14417385 https://dmtlight.com/ BTW I know Leo previously mentioned dark room retreats. I was looking for something more like meditation, breathing, or binaural methods.