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I want to thank everyone who replied to my post a couple
of days ago. So to pay you back, here's a summary of what people said:
My reactions to the suggestions are in []'s
(The second part of this post looks like it could be the beginning of
an interesting FAQ)
I asked two questions. One:
1) One person in this group wants to take two hits, and has only taken
one weak hit before. He didn't show an incredible sensitivity to it, and I've
known him for years and can attest that he has no deep-seated psychoses that
would well up. Is it harmful for a "newbie" like that to take two? He wants
to get visuals, he says....
Here are various replies (no names attached)
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that would be a big no! especially if this stuff lasts over 12 hours! gads..
give him one....if he whines, give him maybe 1 1/4...but don't give into him..
he'll regret it and so will you...you may not think that there is that much
difference between batches or that 1/4 a hit isn't that much a difference, but
it is! unless you want your friend to be terrified, don't do it...it will be
much more happy for all of you if he just takes 1
[Turned out alright - he still didn't see anything unless he closed his eyes
and put them right next to a light. He did feel a little edgy, too, but he
didn't freak out or anything.]
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Not harmful, but he needs to be sure of a good mindset, and a good environment.
I've had a fair amount of variation on my trips, but generally have "tight
grips" on reality, so it takes more to make me see the light show. I took
two hits a few weeks ago for just that reason, and it was pretty extreme.
I was a bit tense about it at times, but it was a good trip overall. I
did have a very attentive babysitter in my girlfriend, but even without
her I think I would have been ok.
[Yes, the environment was a problem. Half of our group decided they couldn't
attend at the last minute, creating a big damper on the fun... he and I
both have "tight grips" on reality too...]
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I never understood this. I have always had visuals, no matter
what the dosage. Tracers, phosphenes, breathing walls, and
symmetric patterns at low doses; people spontaneously growing
hair & turning into people-cats & things going into motion at
higher dosages. But I found, though, that with experience I
learned what to look for. I have probably learned to coax out
the visuals.
[yeah, that's probably most of it there - learning to coax it out]
If the guy has some experience, and had a good time with it, he
can probably handle two. Just keep a kind eye on him, and prime
him for having an awesome wild time. Keep the lights low and
encourage him to spend some time watching the inside of his
eyelids.
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giv him 1 1/2...it's not that he'll have a bad trip...but it;s like
having your feet swept out from underyou...it can be a big shock..trust
me, my boyfriend has a very tight grip on reality and kept wanting
to get back to the level of his first trip,..so he took 1, 1 1/4,
and then one night 2 1/4.....he spent most of the night in panic,
not knowing what was going on, how to deal with it,e tc....it can
be a big shock
[No real panic ensued, but he was starting to sketch when a friend who
had dropped by for a while took him to the supermarket at three in the
morning (over my objections!). Not a good thing...]
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Will you be doing this in the evening? Do you have a quiet, dark
closet somewhere? Suggest to your friend that he check in to such a space
for a few minutes and enjoy the show on the inside of his eyelids. One hit
of the strength you describe should be adequate.
[We were inside most of the time, at night, mainly because there wasn't
much "outside" where we live, and it was a very dark night]
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If your acid is not strong enough to induce visuals 2 hits should
not be too much. You caould also have your 4 friends take 1 and 1/2
each at the start. I use to do this sort of thing. And then if it's
not enough after and hour and a 1/2 take another 1/4 or 1/2. But make
sure you wait at least that long, 'cause the lag time is considerable.
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Now, my other question:
2) Speaking from experience, I know that while tripping even looking at
a piece of graph paper can entertain for hours, but I was hoping I could
help create a mood at this Acid-Test that would help heighten the experience.
I already have the music - the Orb, possibly Pink Floyd, maybe some techno
if we feel really energetic... but I was wondering what sort of visuals and
toys would be great (and really cheap, too). I already have Fractint as a
possibility, as well as a number of computer screen-drawers such as
O-My-God. I also know from experience that TV can be a really jarring
experience, but I was thinking maybe there might be something that I
could rent that would flip some lids, like a David Lynch film or something.
Remember, the keyword is cheap, household, etc....
Replies:
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cheap toys? we got a whole closet of them...k-mart is a mecca of fun..
here's just a quick list--
64 box of crayons and big sheets of paper
finger paitns
slime
kaledioscopes
dragon lenses
pinwheels
bubbles
tinfoil (crinkle it up and see what the wrinkles form)
sponge cubes painted with fluorescent paint
books of optical illusions
a ball of yarn unravelled (fun to get tangeld up in)
whipped cream (fun to stick your fingers in)
shiny junk jewelry
patterned clothing (paisely, tie dye, etc)
black light bulb
[bubbles worked well, so did crayons. We got flourescent markers and
crayons and went nuts (he had brought a flourescent lamp)]
food is important too....you get the munchies and it's fun to play with--
[One of my friends couldn't taste a thing, while the other was going nuts
over the bubbles in a glass of Sprite.]
music--
the orb is good [YES YES YES YES!!!]
klf-- chill out [Not bad, it's good when you're coming down]
anything by negativeland [A little rough for us; too choppy]
soundtrack to the last temptation of christ (passion by peter gabriel)
childhood records- mr rogers, sesame street,e tc
movies-- depending on your attention span...this weekend i nearly went
edgyand whiny because fantasia was sooooo long
the grinch who stole x-mas
the mind's eye-- a video availiable at raedio shack and blockbuster taht
is computer generated graphics
[Mind's Eye was GREAT!!! It's a nonstop medley of computer video images;
not talking heads going on and on about their new piece of SGI equipment.
Very flowing, lots of movement, which was great.]
tapes of collected very old cartoons (ones from the 50s are great)
[Ren and Stimpy was SCARY.] [As usual.]
children's movies
don't get the wall or anything depressing or that has death...everyone will
be very upset
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My advice: Avoid Pink Floyd
No, I'm not flaming the music. I like the music.
However, I find much of it to be quite depressing.
Not the type of thing to screw with on acid.
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My main advice would be to make it less a pre-planned, psych. lab
type of experience. If they feel like going outside, get 'em up to
Tilden Park to look at the stars. Or just turn the lights off and
let them focus on their own thoughts; if you're bombarded with
sensory input, you often don't have the focus to make the kind of
intellectual insights that are the real value of an acid trip.
Also, don't make it too serious. The oddest things can be
deleriously funny on acid. I once spent a half an hour dosed with
friends listening to a muzak station on the radio and cackling
hilariously. All those saccharine trivializations of rock songs
(Stairway to Heaven) seem so much more absurd.
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Toys: K-Mart has, in the party section, six packs of various fun things
for kids. Most of them make good trip toys as well. My favorite is
a set of different lenses that look like dragonfly eyes etc, and make
multiple images. Another fun thing is diffraction glasses. You look
goofy, but there are neat effects you can see with them while tripping.
Rentals: Two recommendations, _The Mind's Eye_ (should be able to get from
blockbuster) and _Fantasia_. I also have some Psychic TV videos, but they
are hard to find and expensive.
Computer stuff: Fractint is good, but can get boring, because it's so
complex and you have to do lots of stuff to make it look interesting.
Something simpler, like the Satori portion of After Dark (a screen saver)
would be better.
Music: the KLF is excellent, especially things like _Chill Out_. Other
ambient house (like the Orb) would be good. The newest Orb single is
excellent trip music, but will run you over $20, since it's an import.
[The Blue Room is BEAUTIFUL. Towers of Dub seemed as little too choppy for
us. Acid house and more creative Techno (Orbital, Give Peace a Dance Vol.
2 and 3, Hypnotone's album) worked great.]
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A cheap toy that's a guaranteed winner:
Get a bowl, fill it half full or so with corn starch or
potato starch; add water until the starch is all wet, but
don't make it too watery. This makes a VERY weird
substance that will freak you out cold sober. Give it
to your pals when they start to peak, and they won't
believe it.
[Didn't get to try this.]
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Let me see... _The Mind's Eye_ is a computer animation video that you can
get at Radio Shack (ack!), which a lot of my friends tripped to last
semester. I was high on life at the time (:-) but it was really cool.
Other toys that I like: candles, mini-maglights (a type of flashlight,
indispensible), kaleidoscopes, koosh-balls, any sort of stone with intricate
patterns, Fractint (now that you mentioned it, it is great, but have the
.gifs ready, generating on the fly is too slow for me), bubbles, especially
the huge ones.
Of course, you never know what some people will like. That same night, I
had people feeling my hair, and going nuts over a cafeteria style cup.
HMMMM...
My personal favorite though, is nature. Trees, shrubs, the sky, stars,
flowers... get outside if there is a nice (harmless) environment to wander
though. School is great for me, we have 6 campuses together, and a few of
them are beautiful.
Write back with any other responses you get, or the results of your friends'
trips. Oh, one awesome piece of listening - Negativeland! Truly bizarre,
take my word on it. Designed with LSD in mind I would believe. Not really
music, just sound effects with weird dialogs, if I remember right. Check it
out!
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Have yet to try LSD, but if you're looking for mind-fucking movies, then
definitely Lynch's Eraserhead is a major idea. Or Jacob's LAdder.
[I wasn't EVEN going to try this. I've seen Jacob's Ladder. You don't
need to be on anything to get the wind knocked out of you by this film.]
[Thumbs down!]
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Don't rent a David Lynch film. While I am a D.L. fan, I do not
reccomend him on acid. I watched Wild at Heart while coming down, and
the violence really bothered me.
[Agreed. And basically trying to follow ANY plot becomes difficult.]
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Set and setting. Your main job, I think, will be taking care of
all the details that your friends will be too preoccupied to
think about. Or rather, you don't want them thinking about the
grand plan behind the stereo wiring... Keep the atmosphere safe.
Turn the phone off, or the answering machine on "destroy" mode.
Clean the bathroom. Don't turn on bright lights-- candles are
good.
Choose music that your trippers like, first of all. I would
tend to choose calmer, more "textural" music-- Eno instead of
the Buzzcocks, the Orb instead of whistley techno. Be careful
about the emotional tone of the music. Your friends are going
to be very suggestible & emotionally open.
Some fun cheap toys:
a black light and fluorescent crayons
marbles, especially the big clear kind
glow-sticks
kaleidoscopes
Fischer-Price letter magnets
a Scrabble set... try playing in the early stages
Expensive toys:
plasma globe
Visual stuff:
Max Ernst's "Frottages"
spirals
op-art patterns
We have a book of 3D mazes which is also fun.
Animals are fun. Definitely coax the cat in to get fussed over,
if a cat lives in the house you'll be using. Some friends with
snakes & lizards once trotted them out to get looked at. If
lizards don't make your friends nervous, they might enjoy the
patterns on the skin.
[My animals were afraid of _us_. Oh well :]
If the neighbors aren't going to get annoyed, and you have
access to musical instruments, let them bang around on them.
A guitar with a phaser or flanger is fun.
Fractint is probably a good idea. If you have access to a
color Macintosh, the After Dark module "Satori" is astounding.
I'm told that Sonic the Hedgehog is also a lot of fun.
[Fractint was amazing. Color-cycling for an hour.]
Video/TV/movies: I've never been interested in watching tv,
though people tell me that they get into MTV. Fractal videos