JuliusCaesar

I've just read this study https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00692 It appears as if microdosing DMT is likely to be a useful tool in self development. Mostly because it reduces anxiety, which seems to be the most widespread problem 1st world humans encounter.

To expound more on my thesis. My position is this, that we as humans are God(who is of course Omnipotent) and when we took human form we removed like 99.99999% of our divine powers from ourselves, such that we have latent supernatural abilities which we can easily ignore/or even develop into incredible mechanisms for manipulating consensus reality. In my studies(first reading the accounts of others and then putting them to the test, acquiring firsthand knowledge of certain supernatural phenomena) I've found that we basically have a power level(that is the degree to which we are All-Powerful), and that power level can be manipulated as I've learned(increased or decreased by various methods. So it's basically like Leo's concept of Consciousness having a master knob, and if you for instance do a psychedelic the knob will be spun in the direction of infinity. But instead of consciousness, we're looking at the knob specifically for power(Omnipotence). Of the methods I've tried, I've found sucess in chanting HAM(the bija mantra for the throat chakra). And other than that I've been theorizing purely off third person experiences. Which is why I've determined that Tenskwatawah likely used Datura(please never do it yourself, too dangerous) to gain his power(or he may have been born with it). In any event, the answer to your question relative to the effectiveness of the magick. That would depend entirely on the person using it, if Tenskwatawah's power level were infinite for example, then yes Presidents Bush and Reagan would have died in office, and Biden would be next. However, consider that if he were that powerful(basically a literal god) then he would have assuredly made himself immortal and indestructible, and yet Tenskwatawah died in the battle of the Thames, so we know there are likely limits to his power(the only other alternative is he wanted to die at the hands of Harrison's men which is patently absurd). And since there are limits to it, his curse isn't guaranteed to work indefinitely, and could even be broken by another occultist(which is what I believe may have happened in the Reagan Administration). Or due to his finite power level, the curse lost enough of it's energy in 1980 to not kill Reagan fully(because it may be subject to the second law of thermodynamics, since Tenskwatawah didn't have infinite energy, the curse which came from him was finite and thus was bound to run out eventually, just as it's inevitable that a star will eventually run out of hydrogen from burning it's finite supply).

In 1811, the Shawnee Chieftan Tecumseh assembled a group of braves to oppose the Treaty of Fort Wayne. An agreement between the US and six different Indian tribes that would bring about the transfer of over 3 million acres of land to the US. William Henry Harrison brokered the treaty. When Tecumseh and his half-brother Tenskwatawah resisted the treaty, Harrison assembled a force of 1000 troops desiring to intimidate the Shawnee tribe into peace. This was unsuccessful, as Tecumseh responded by launching a surprise attack in Prophet's town next to the Wabash and Tippecanoe rivers. The battle went down in history as the Battle of Tippecanoe. After leading a successful defense, William Henry Harrison became venerated as a national hero with the name Old Tippecanoe. But, Tecumseh met his fate in the Battle of the Thames. His half brother Tenskwatawah, consumed with anger used his knowledge of the hidden technologies of life to destroy the future of Harrison saying "Harrison will die I tell you and after him every Great Chief chosen every 20 years thereafter will die. And when each one dies, let everyone remember the death of my people.". It's the year 1840, William Henry Harrison has been elected President of the United States. He opted out of the traditional carage to ride on horseback to his inauguration, as a prideful display of his virility. Harrison did this of course because he feared that at his age of 68 and frail as he was, that had he not flaunted what vitality he had left his reputation would suffer. He then orated 8445 words, the longest inaugural address to date. A grueling 2 hours in the freezing cold of winter. He immediately felt ill, 31 days after being sworn in, his cold took his life. The eight presidents before Harrison died after leaving Office, making William Henry Harrison the first President to die in the White House. It's now November 6th 1860, Abraham Lincoln defeats John C Breckenridge by 108 electoral votes where 152 votes were needed as there were only 303 electoral college members as opposed to the 538 we have today. It's now April 15 1865, Old Honest Abe has defeated the south fortifying the Union against it's domestic enemies, he's abolished slavery and modernized the US economy. Could he survive the curse of Tenskwatawah? One John Wilkes Booth entered into Lincoln's balcony at Ford's Theater, and when the crowd applauded he discharged his revolver into the back of Lincoln's head, afterwards the President soon died. November 2nd, 1880. James A Garfield is elected President. Four months after his inauguration President Garfield was at the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station in Washington DC meaning to attend his 26th college reunion. The President was shot in the back twice. Charles J Guiteau, a prominent American writer and lawyer immediately took the blame saying "I did it. I will go to jail for it. I am a Stalwart and Arthur will be President." Year 1899, Vice President Garet Hobart dies of heart disease and President McKinley replaces him with Theodore Roosevelt. Making Roosevelt America's youngest President at the time should his running mate perish. Six months after being inaugurated, President McKinley was attending the Pan American exposition in Buffalo New York, while shaking hands with attendees in the Temple of Music he was shot in the abdomen twice, 8 days later he died. Year 1920, Warren G Harding defeats James M Cox 404 to 127 a landslide victory. Three years into his term, he had medical complications in his cardiac plexus. Doctors had treated him with liquid caffeine and digitalis, he appeared to make a full recovery. Then, a few days later the curse finally took his life via a heart attack. Which was a great shock to the public. It's now year 1944, the Democrat candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins his 4th term in a row, and to this day is the only US President to have served more than two terms. April 12, 1945, 13 years into FDR's Presidency, he perishes shortly after complaining about a headache. His Cardiologist diagnosed it as a massive introcerebral hemorrhage. An interesting little fact is that William H Harrison died 31 days after being inaugurated, 31 and 13 are the same number flipped. It's now 1960, John F Kennedy defeats Richard M Nixon by a very narrow margin. Three years after his election on 22nd November 1963 the President was riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas in an open top car. JFK was shot in the head twice, 30 minutes later Kennedy died. President Kennedy was the sixth President to perish under Tenskwatah's curse. But would he be the last? 1980, Incumbent Jimmy Carter loses by a landslide to actor Ronald Reagan. Two months into Reagan's term, after giving a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel returning to his limousine. Reagan was shot in the chest. The President was rushed to George Washington University Hospital. The internal injuries nearly killed the President, it appeared as though the curse was taking hold. But doctors stabilized the President, and he managed to serve out his term. Becoming the first US President to survive under the terms of Tenskwatah's incantation. Nancy Reagan was aware of the curse of Tippecanoe, and believed in astrology and psychics. And consulted an Astrologer as many Roman Emperors, and Greek Kings had once done. Therefore it seems possible that by reverse causality the First Lady's actions may have affected the curse(as she's the first person close to a President scheduled to die who took the curse seriously), taking away it's lethality, but not having destroyed the evidence of it entirely. It's also possible that the curse had run out of juice so to speak, or some combination thereof. 2000, George W Bush loses the popular vote by approximately half a million. It becomes official that Al Gore won the Electoral College and Popular vote. Afterward, it was determined officially that Bush won the tipping state of Florida by a meager 537 votes, making him the 43rd President of the United states with 271 electoral votes. In 2004, Bush is reelected. A year later, Bush is giving a speech in Freedom Square, Tbilisi Georgia. When he spoke, a soviet made RGD 5 hand grenade wrapped in a red tartan handkerchief was hurled at the podium. The grenade landed a mere 61 feet from the President. The pin was pulled, it was live it should have gone off and eviscerated President Bush, as the effective firing range maximum is 65 feet, 4 more than the grenade needs to be lethal. But the grenade failed to detonate because the handkerchief remained wrapped around the grenade and held the striker lever back from releasing. Vladimir Artyunian, the man who threw the grenade was captured, and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. So George W. Bush becomes the second US President to survive the Tippecanoe curse, and the 8th victim of it at the same time, just not to the point of death. Which engenders a certain higher level of certainty in Nancy Reagan's efforts. And supports the notion of reverse causality(as she intervened after her husband was shot). I have not taken the liberty to calculate the possibility that these events may be coincidental. Because my intuition tells me that the results would render the possibility of coincidence laughably unlikely. So my judgement is that Tenskwatawah, killed 7 US Presidents, severely injured President Reagan nearly to death, and almost blew up President Bush all in one sentence. And likely contributed to the now highly favorable circumstance Indian reservations find themselves in current day America(they're permitted to make their own laws, and collect their taxes independent of the Federal Government on what should be US soil if we were any traditional conquering country). Furthermore, I hope these historical events make it obvious to you, that Tenskwatawah, the Presidents he killed, and all the other people closely involved, as well as the decision to grant Native Americans their own micro countries in the US, that Tenskwatawah is the same as those Presidents, as the policy makers, as even the events themselves which I'm describing. Otherwise, how could he so precisely control such things? Unless you believe however improbably that it's all a giant cascade of coincidences. Due to my curiosity, I'm going to leave a poll on the above issue. And now to conclude I'll offer how I personally explain Tenskwatawah's exploit. Through empowerment of the Vishuddhi Chakra, it's possible to acquire something called Vak Siddhi. Which is basically something like Omnipotence, that seems to first manifest itself in the ability to control future events by describing the desired outcome. Now, I don't believe Tenskwatawah was some kind of Yogi who practiced a Sadhana for his Vishuddhi since he was an Indian. It seems more likely to me that either he was born with it, or he acquired it later in life by some other means. The most likely possibility(if he wasn't born significantly more powerful than ordinary mortals) in my speculation, would be that he likely obtained his power through ritual use of Datura, as that seems to be the only way Shamans from that part of the world development Omnipotence. However, and I say this now with the utmost seriousness, DO NOT EVER DO DATURA. These men have a highly specialized way of doing it, and oftentimes they've developed psychic abilities through other means beforehand(like remote viewing for example). And they use these abilities to determine exactly when to plant, and harvest, and also the exact time of administration, as well as which parts of the plant are to be administered. The Datura spirit is notoriously petty, and if you don't access her realms in precisely the way she wants you to. She'll destroy you, as her agenda is to kill her acolytes before they can learn anything from her. If you consume her seeds blindly as many foolish westerners have done. You'll only render yourself a paranoid schizophrenic at best, and at worst you'll somehow die(probably through suicide).

Thank you for you input, your perspective is appreciated. Though I can't say it's entirely logical. As Tenskwatawah dictated that William Henry Harrison and every President elected 20 years after him were to die in office(which has occurred 7/9 times, and the last 2 had failed assassination attempts). I see no reason that they should die by assasination(since it wasn't declared they would necessarily die in that way). He also commanded that "everyone remember the deaths of my people"(implying Americans would feel guilty about what early European settlers did to the Indians) whenever these Presidents would die which has certainly transpired also. Furthermore, Tenskwatawah issued the command in 1813 a whole 27 years prior to William Henry Harrison getting elected. Which clearly demonstrates that either Tenskwatawah foreknew that Harrison would become President or he made it to occur by implication(his command would have been impossible to fulfill if Harrison didn't get elected). I'm not trying to force you to believe anything, but certainly you can see why I suspect rather strongly that there was real magick involved.

Okay, I'm just 2 minutes in and already he's made so many false statements(that is things that are contrary my first hand experiences of sober reality) that I'm having a difficult time believing anyone could genuinely think such nonsense. I'll try to keep in mind his level of development, and to restrain myself from using ad hominem as much as possible(though some will slip through anyway). At 44 secs in, he demonstrates his ignorance of the arguments being presented(as well as more importantly the true nature of the universe). So, let me just be clearly in saying that there is nothing confusing about Quantum Physics(perhaps it appears so to knuckle dragging mortals, but not to us). So his number 1 statement is probably a caricature of the actual arguments(and perhaps some people oversimplify them into something similar to what Professor Dave appeared to be strawmanning). Furthermore, there isn't anything "magical" about magick/supernatural phenomena. Things like precognition, telekinesis etc all operate by natural laws just as the planets in your solar system move in accordance with universal gravitation. Dave also says that one must know the math to truly comprehend QM, and the power lies exclusively in it. This is illogical however, as any physicist who actually knows the math will tell it's impossible to understand QM. For example, Richard Feynman once stated in a interview, "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics". And to paraphrase Niels Bohr "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it." If you listen to the real experts on this matter, they will all tell you that QM is essentially inherently magical and humanly incomprehensible. There is a nugget a truth in this notion, as QM blatantly exposes the paradoxical nature of reality. And paradoxical logic is something elusive to the human mind, because it appears to be self-contradictory. And if it contradicts itself surely it can't be true humans think. But overwhelming experimental data shows clearly that reality doesn't operate under the same limitations as with which the human mind is comfortable. Now referring back to his original two statements. There's some delicious irony in his number 2. "If magic can be framed using the terminology of quantum mechanics, that magic is real." First of all, it isn't just framed using the terminology of QM, but literally using correct understanding of the principles of QM's laws that leads to the notion that magic is real. Secondly, Professor Dave has got it backwards. Because it's vastly easier to test magickal phenomena yourself than to test QM. Unless you've got a particle accelerator in your backyard, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of verifying the validity of the experiments which substantiate QM. With magick however, you could read books on magickal subjects taken off the internet. Let's say in the field of Conjuration Magick(manipulating reality by appealing to non corporeal beings from higher dimensions to do your bidding) for example. You could just within 40 hours of study gain a rather wide perspective on the topic(that is relative to rituals and how they are purportedly done correctly). And then test a dozen different rituals/ways of doing conjuration and measure the results. If you've found a genuine ritual and assuming you've done it correctly, then you'd know you did real magick due to the unbelievable results that arose. Now mind you, I've never done any conjuring myself, I've only used this as an example because I'm going to discuss one of my own experiences in the next paragraph. Now you may be wondering, "But Caesar, why do you believe in QM at all if you haven't directly verified the experiments done at the subatomic level?" Because it's laws comport with my direct experience of reality(that is of things you would call supernatural/paranormal). And they explain what I've experienced better than any other model of physics(Newtonian Cartesian dynamics for example totally fails to account for these things). One such example, is one day a few months ago I had chanted HAM(the a sounds like the a in father but other than that it's the same as the English word for the upper leg meat of a pig) for 90 minutes. I was in my parents house at the time, and they had lost the remote to the television. There was tremendous commotion around that, and we seemed to search every logical place it could be. Then my dad decided to buy a new remote, and I had a most unusual response to this. Feeling some kind of energy that I can only describe as being like pure power or even emptiness, I made a decree "You will buy a new remote, and before it arrives you will find the old one". Sure enough, the next day he comes into the house from outside and sees a vision of the remote lying on top of the couch(a place we had searched very thoroughly) and then he goes straight to it and finds the remote in one of it's crevasses(which is one of the areas he had searched the day prior). When he told me what had happened to him, he felt distraught saying that I wouldn't believe him. And I laughed within myself having realized that I had essentially performed mind control on him via sooth saying. How is the above relevant to QM? To understand this, you must know that my dad had tried in a rather unsuccessful way(probably because he lacked the serious desire to work) to gain psychic abilities for many months prior. On the one hand there's a chain of causality involved there(my command might have been fulfilled differently had he not attempted to become psychic). On the other however, is the fact that his magickal workings no matter how impotent, and mine were intertwined. Such that my magick can't be referred to independently of his. This is precisely the same kind of entanglement which occurs on the quantum level. Which is called Quantum Entanglement. Now you might accuse me of making a leap in logic. And to some extent you might be correct, I don't truly know that the microscopic universe behaves the same way magick does on the level of the macroscopic. Because I simply don't have direct knowledge of how exactly Quantum Entanglement occurs in the lab, if it does at all. But my intuition tells me that the similarity of phenomena cannot be reasonably ignored. So I accept Quantum Entanglement because I assume it's the same entanglement I've experienced doing magick. As always, I must now cite a third person experience of the same phenomena. This message is getting long, and I feel it would be better to make a separate thread to make my citation. As the phenomenon is 1. Publicly verifiable and 2. Too detailed to cover here. Quantum Entanglement points to the law of oneness. Which is essentially that the multiplicity of beings/objects in the universe is an illusion. Objectively it's all the same thing in an absolute sense. Or at least, the magickal form of entanglement I've experienced does this. Referring back to my first person experience example. If I were somehow truly separate from a, my dad and b, the future occurrence in which he fulfilled my command. Then it should be impossible that my command be fulfilled, or at least it would need to occur in a way which is irrelative of me(which is unlikely given the nature of my experiences). The only way such phenomena is logically possible is if I'm in fact the same thing as my dad, and the event that transpired, as well him trying fruitlessly to gain certain psychic abilities. In the same way that I am my body, and I am the same as my body, therefore I can command it's nerves to move at will, simply by thinking about it. In conclusion, I don't believe I can watch the whole video without writing a book about why Professor Dave is wrong, which I believe would be reminiscent of Galileo's book where he insulted the Pope's intelligence for not buying into Heliocentric Theory. As I've written all of this and also started an entirely separate thread just in response to the first two minutes.

It's the practical utility humans that can find in psychedelics which make them marketable. Because at our current stage of development, the species is too selfish to consider anything else as useful. Now, there are publicly traded companies here in America administering psilocybin to subjects with anxiety and depression. And with great clinical results thus far. I believe we're on just now encroaching on the frontier of globally normalized psychedelics. We're likely only decades perhaps even just years away from seeing serious moves to decriminalize and then finally legalize various hallucinogens, starting with psilocybin of course.

It seems to be as I hypothesized. 5-MeO induces a higher sensitivity to psychedelics probably due to it's reverse tolerance effect. I think if you did DMT first you'd have a more ordinary experience with it. But since you did 5-MeO first and did it so many times, DMT just takes you a similar place that 5-MeO would.

@Leo Gura Did you do 5 MEO DMT prior to doing DMT or the other way around? And if you did 5 MEO first, did you do the nearly 30 days straight experiment prior to doing DMT?

You're assuming it's impossible to travel back in time to meet Jesus. If you became omnipotent this would be easy for you. Furthermore, you're assuming there aren't indirect ways of verifying/falsifying these kinds of claims. Relative to the latter, I suggest you read the works of Ivan Panin and verify the math(I've done so personally). There are also other ways of testing these notions(like remote viewing/omniscience) but of course, you would have to reach a level of competency(in remote viewing for instance) where you know that your intuitions are correct and not merely egoically generated noise. Which you would determine by well, using it to predict the future for example. You'd probably have difficulty infallibly knowing things at first(especially if you just up and tried to remote view without any training). But there are ways for you to improve(and of course, you would need to verify that you've actually improved). There isn't anything woo woo or even unscientific to magick. And naturally I'm referring to real magick not the stage magic of illusionists, or the pretend magick of phony or even just incompetent sorcerers. Furthermore it's also possible to test the veracity of biblical texts through statistical analysis of the relations it's gematria has to natural law for example(I'm referring back to the work of Ivan Panin here). Obviously in some sense it's easier to measure things in the present than in the past. He's trying to articulate a certain existential truth about reality that you're likely not prepared for(the only way to do that would be to become the thing in question). Namely, the paradoxical nature of reality. Even logic will wind up contradicting itself if you take it far enough. An example Leo loves to cite is the following. "This statement is false". In order for the statement to be false, it must be true that the statement is false. However, if it's true that the statement is false, then the statement must be true as it's our only source here(from which the truth of the statement's falseness can be derived). And the statement obviously can't be true because it proclaims itself to be a false(so in that instance it would be true and false simultaneously as well). So the only alternative is that it's actually in fact true. And in that case, all falsehood is true(because in order to exist it has to be true, as truth is all there is). Now of course, we all use logic to understand reality, and if we didn't we don't know how we would be. As it would likely undermine our capacity to survive, we might even cease to be(as a species). So we use logic for the same reason that Newtonian Mechanics are still used in physics. Not because there's some kind of absolute truth to Newton's laws(QM and GR are both better substantiated but contradict Newton), but because they work where we use them, in the same way logic applies to our experiences(that even includes things which seem to be completely illogical to us).

Thank you for answering candidly. I was expecting either that you'd give me an inaccurate answer or that I'd discover you have a fully omniscient servitor. Don't ask me why I didn't anticipate the possibility that you might have some occult competency but not yet a high level of it(which is actually similar to where I am currently).

@Danioover9000 A question for her, is she aware of what I'm doing now? Like my main objective in life. And if so, does she have any advise to give me?

Hahaha "just a trip" he says.

5 MEO DMT definitely has reverse tolerance(when you do it, you become more sensitive to it as opposed to less). So if you do back to back sessions the experience will become potentiated. The same is true of NM-DMT, and Salvia as well. Other psychedelics like LSD and Psilocin however create tolerance so you definitely want to wait until you reach baseline(which takes something like two weeks) before you do them again. As otherwise you'll need to take exponentially larger doses to trip with the same intensity as the first time(which gets expensive quickly).

I agree, what I meant was you could or perhaps should verify that the mushrooms you've bought have the appropriate taxonomy. That's what I had in mind basically for basic analysis(not lab work).

For starters, I'd usually trust a supermarket on the basis that it's unlikely they're selling falsified or dangerous products. As hundreds and thousands and even tens and hundreds of thousands of people usually have shopped there. And if they had consumed poisonous mushrooms and died, then in the highly litigious environment we have in the US, the supermarket would have suffered financial and reputational repercussions, and consequently would remove the dangerous products from their shelves. Of course, that's not an infallible standard, because for instance consider the widespread use of DDT in the forties and fifties. A period where no one knew of it's deleterious impact on mobility(in humans exposed to significant quantities of the pesticide). But generally speaking, it works most of the time, thus the common sense notion that you can trust your local Walmart or Costco generally holds true. Also, you're referring to Agaricus Bisporus? You can distinguish them from similar mushrooms with a different taxonomy that are poisonous. For instance, some mushrooms of the Amanita species are lethal but appear incredibly similar to A. bisporus. Because the former may be distinguished by their volva or cup at the base of the mushroom and pure white gills (as opposed to pinkish or brown of A. bisporus). Naturally, you could kill yourself consuming the wrong mushrooms. It isn't that the mushrooms are somehow fake. Just that Psilocybin bearing mushrooms oftentimes bear great similarity to other mushrooms which are deadly poisonous. Therefore, it's possible to acquire a lethal variant from a source which doesn't know how to determine the difference between certain species. If you bought the whole mushroom, then you can analyze it yourself. If you bought crushed powder, you can subject it to either a home test kit such as the Ehrlich reagent. Or if you're more rigorous, you could send it into a lab for GC/MS as that's a non specific test which would give you a complete and accurate report on all the constituents contained in the powder.

How are you verifying that your mushrooms are legitimate? Have you done them yourself or verified their species by firsthand analysis? Or if they arrive in a powder form, have you subjected them to some kind of chemical test?

I've been practicing lucid dreaming for most of the past three years. And yeah it's difficult to gain any proficiency. The most sucess I've had is with listening to a binaural track created by the Monroe Institute(while sleeping). I've mostly avoided using it again because of noise but I've recently returned to using it.

Causality is imaginary. Just like everything else in the dream.

Precisely. Well, it is different from religious faith in a sense. But not because theology/religion is necessarily outside the realm of all possible science. Religious/theological claims can be tested scientifically. It's just the kind of testing necessary would likely be considered balderdash by most of today's scientists and thus religions are unlikely to actually to see any observational scrutiny(at least, from the majority of mainstream researchers). Instead what usually occurs is either the researchers take things on blind faith(because they belong to that specific religion) or they write it all off as nonsense without bothering to even conceive of ways to verify/falsify the claims being made.

For LSD the Hofmann reagent would usually be a secondary test you'd use after testing with Ehrlich. Mind you the Ehrlich alone should be sufficient, you'd use the Hofmann test after just to be thorough. And yes, Hofmann has a specific reaction to DMT, but so does the Ehrlich reagent so I'm not entirely certain if one is superior to the other. But to answer your question in a simple way, no you don't really need to test the substance with more than one reagent. At his age his brainwaves throughout the day predominate mostly at the mid beta range(they tend to correlate to age on a 1hz to 1 year ratio). So his ego is fairly concrete, almost as much as a 20 year old. If he were very young, like say 6 years old. Then his ordinary state of consciousness would predominately fall in mid to upper Theta(about 6hz). And because of the highly suggestive state of awareness of Theta, it seems logical to anticipate that such an individual would be at greater risk of developing HPPD. Therefore I'll stipulate that what you're saying is hypothetically possible if unlikely. And yes, ideally he should probably wait until he's older just to ere on the side of caution. But frankly I fail to see any significant difference between him and say an 18 year old that would warrant such precautions. And perhaps more importantly, he's already endeavored to study these matters to have become knowledgeable about the substances and home test kits commonly used. And he's even acquired the substances themselves. The point I'm making is his actions are consistent with someone who is determined to do these substances regardless of what you or anyone else tells him. So if you want to dissuade him, at the very least you'll need as much assistance as possible. The problem is(for you), that you haven't yet convinced me your argument is solid enough to warrant such behaviour from me. I don't mean to pry, but I'd like to hear you expound on this. Because without specifics I'm forced to speculate that you did LSD at his age(or at an age comparable to his) and it caused HPPD in you. The issue with this is I don't know what dose you took, or if the substance you did even truly was LSD unless you give me details. And so I can't hardly draw conclusions on the basis of such speculations. And so the only thing I can say that's of value here is that HPPD is a risk an individual at any age is taking whenever they do hallucinogens which modify visual perception greatly(LSD and DMT are in that basket of drugs). And the degree of risk is directly proportional to dose size. At a microdose it's nearly impossible. But at a mega dose in the range of around 1000 micrograms plus it becomes very likely to occur. Even in individuals not predisposed to the condition. I advise you not to motherhen him to death, it's very likely to backfire. That last paragraph is logically sound, but I'm uncertain if it'll do any good.

That's a valid point, not specifically for young individuals but anyone considering doing the drug. It holds less water the lower the dose however. And in general it should be overall beneficial unless he does an excessive dose.

No he did it in college. However, this doesn't detract from my statement in any way. Much of the relevant observational data would lead us to believe that LSD is highly beneficial to the human brain. Naturally, it needs to done in appropriate dosage, but I fail to comprehend this bias towards individuals with "underdeveloped brains" using the substance. And furthermore, why anyone would suggest he do cannabis when there are studies clearly demonstrating that it may curb neural development is beyond me. It seems they've over-prioritized the subjective safety element of things. It's clear you've done your homework. Yes it's good that you've used them, as they will at least indicate whether the substance is likely to be dangerous(25-iNbome reacts very differently to these reagents than LSD does for example). I would still GC/MS them to be absolutely certain there aren't any contaminants. But, you're drastically safer taking LSD you've tested with the aforementioned reagents then otherwise.

@Insightful27 Don't allow the irrational fearmongering influence you. LSD has powerful cognition enhancing properties such as neuroprotection. If you give a 100 micrograms to a drunk he becomes sober with minutes. Of course, this is assuming the substance you have truly is LSD. I know you've been careful in utilizing home test kits, but if I were you I'd still subject my substances to GC/MS before administration. You can never be too rigorous in validating chemicals originating from potentially unscrupulous sources. Relative to dosing, start small. Do maybe 100 mics or even less, the state of consciousness it creates does in some ways will inhibit your basic survival capacity. But remember, that enhancing yourself isn't totally inconsistent with survival. Steve Jobs was an avid user of LSD for example, and he did an incredible job of prospering financially. All that is necessary is that you find some productive way to serve society, you need not challenge yourself to do it purely from a human state of consciousness. As for DMT, don't even consider it until you've familiarized yourself with LSD through direct experience. It's on an entirely different level of potency, and can potentially induce some mild psychosis.

This is precisely the basis upon which the scientific community rejected heliocentric theory for so many centuries. Stellar parallax had never demonstrated to exist because it's so subtle that no one had the means to discover it until the advent of powerful telescopes. Think about it like this, if we sent you back 500 years in time and tried to explain the wonders of the modern world(modern technology) to people. They would think you're some kind of dystopian dreamer and likely label you a warlock and burn you at the stake. So appealing to popular opinion is far from rational, and appealing to empiricism is also irrational(see my first post). At the end of the day, you'll need to verify things firsthand to truly know their validity. This is reasonable, though you have to keep in mind that absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. In my direct experience this is so. I would have to mention more of my experiences with it. And I don't believe it would be beneficial to you to hear them as you'd still need firsthand experience of these things in order to determine their validity anyway. And me telling you accounts of my experiences is no different to you than listening for example to the experience of Dr. Dispenza's daughter, or anyone else for that matter. At the time I probably would have drawn the same conclusion had I not had a dream beforehand which predicted the event in advance(albeit in a highly cryptic way, which at the time of waking up I didn't fully comprehend). It's good that you're open minded enough to entertain the possibility that you might be wrong. In ancient times this was more difficult. But because we have access to modern transportation, this doesn't really hold for us. If you want to know how the Sun travels through the sky from the Equator, you just buy a plane ticket to Ecuador or a country which is similarly proximate. And if you want to know how it appears from Alaska in December, you just fly to Alaska etc etc. If you did this experiment, you'd find angular deviation in the Sun's diurnal arc between the two locations. Which should be impossible on a flat earth(you'd see the objects in the sky travelling at the same angle from every point on the Earth, as there's no curvature to tilt one point away from the other). I hope I've sort of simplified my argument a bit, though there was more to it than just what I have articulated here.

The only reason psychedelics are illegal is because the existing power structures are scared shitless of them.