A Beginner’s Guide To DMT Vaping
Foreword on DMT Vaping: This is a newbies
You must be registered for see links
to vaping freebase DMT. It is based on both the author's personal experience and hours spent reading the
You must be registered for see links
most important DMT university (DMT-Nexus). Huge thanks to that community. They helped me a big deal. I consider myself experienced enough to give advice and yet not so experienced that I would have forgotten the difficulties a newbie generally faces. We're going to cover some of the most important steps one must go through, prior to experimenting with DMT: basic knowledge, techniques, devices, mindset. DMT tripping is a very intense experience and it should be approached with utmost care. I sincerely hope this DMT Vaping guidewill help you find your way into the hyperspace.
What Should My DMT Look Like?
Provided you are not already extracting your own DMT, which can lead to more surprising colours, you are going to encounter a white-to-yellow crystallised powder, often nicknamed the “spice”. The difference of colour can be informative of the product itself but isn't necessarily. White is often seen as a sign of great purity but a yellow spice isn't always a lower grade crystal. There is a type of yellow-orange-red colour, called jungle spice, or jungle DMT, red spice, red DMT, dark spice that some psychonauts seem to enjoy. There is a big deal of ambiguity surrounding jungle spice, so I will not go further into details here, since this article is first and foremost addressed to newbies who want to try DMT Vaping.
How To Vape? What Device Should I Use For DMT Vaping?
Among the first things to cover is the device you're going to use. DMT freebase is a very capricious molecule. In order to experience the psychedelic effects of DMT after DMT Vaping, one has to:
1: Heat the crystal within a pretty narrow range of temperatures and
2: Inhale as much as he can in a rather short time-span.
Therefore, in order to achieve such a feat, a technical companion you trust and master is very much needed.
Here's a presentation of the most common ways one can choose to vape DMT:
1. The Sandwich Method
The sandwich is an ambivalent technique: on the one hand, it seems designated for the newbie, since it does not require any serious money investment. But on the other hand, it requires technique and experience to make it efficient. The Sandwich Method of DMT Vaping can be a very discouraging entry point since it is very easy to fail. But one shouldn't blame the method itself. Many experienced DMT-travelers have managed to visit the hyperspace thanks to it.
The principle is simple: use a bong or a pipe. Load the bowl with dry herbs (best not to use any psychoactive ones). Then lay the crystals on the bed of herbs, and put some more herbs on top of it. Get your lighter (a torch lighter would be better) above that sandwich. The goal is to heat the spice enough for it to melt and transform into vapour, but not so much that it would burn in which case, not only most of the effects would be lost, but a most atrocious taste will burn your throat. Begin with the flame an inch over the bowl and lower it progressively. Inhale as vapour forms.
Advantage
MT Vaping is convenient since most of us already own a pipe and/or a bong.Disadvantages: If not handled properly, it can lead to a massive waste of Spice. Also: it implies the use of a lighter which can be rather impractical in case one successfully intake the whole dose at once and is immediately propelled into the hyperspace, thus losing consciousness of the traditional reality.
Note:Most of the time, vaping or smoking DMT will leave a pretty strong and persistent smell. So you might want to have a dedicated tool for DMT Vaping.
2. The Machine
The Machine is the MacGyver DMT-pipe. Therefore, its efficiency pretty much depends on your ability to build things.
The Machine is essentially a glass vaporiser in which heat is meant to distribute through the pipe rather than across the glass. It utilises a metal mesh plug inside of the pipe, on which the product is to be placed, melted and vaporised. The mesh acts both as a screen and a heat-sink, simultaneously allowing for the even heating of the product, protection from the naked flame, and prevention from inhaling un-vaporised particulates. The manner of heating is likely to be conduction, as the product is known to run from the heat across the mesh until completely vaporised; however, most designs cause the product to simply run into more heat, resulting in continuous vaporisation.
Here is how you build it:
1: Obtain a glass piece with only two openings one smaller than the other accessing a single chamber (commonly by drilling or filing a hole in the bottom of a single-serving liquor bottle.)
2: Prepare a plug made of metal mesh by cutting a piece of an excess of the appropriate size to fit in the larger opening of the glass piece. (Stainless steel and copper of a coarse mesh are preferable, as they do not tend to burn at the temperatures needed for vaporisation.)
3: Using pliers to hold the cutting, use a torch to thoroughly burn off any machine oil or coatings found on the mesh. (Perform this step until no more smoke can be observed emanating from the cutting.)
4: Allow to cool and roll the cutting tight enough to fit in the larger opening of the glass piece. (The plug needs to be tight enough to suspend it in the opening but not so tight as to block air passage.)
5: Obtain an inhalation nozzle or mouthpiece of some kind if necessary to facilitate inhalation from the vapour chamber through the smaller opening in the piece. (A tube or straw of some kind is the most common method.)
(This construction guide was taken from TheNexian DMT Handbook, many thanks to them.)
Stay updated with the
You must be registered for see links
on
You must be registered for see links
. Visit
You must be registered for see links
. 3. The Glass Vapor Genie
The GVG is the king of the DMT-pipes helping massively in DMT Vaping. Certainly the most famous vaping-device among the DMT trippers. Simply put, it is a vaporising pipe that can be used to vaporise any kind of herb. To use the GVG, you will need a torch lighter, a ceramic flame filter and a stainless steel screen. As with The Sandwich Method, the goal is to heat the spice just enough so that it transforms into vapour. Begin with the flame an inch over the bowl and lower it progressively. The vapour should be dense enough, but not so much that it will make you cough.
Advantages of the GVG: It is made of glass so you can actually see the vapour forming and that allows you to time your inhalation that can be of great help since breathing techniques are not always easy to master (more on that later) ; very effective ; smooth vapour.
The disadvantages of the GVG are mainly its price, its fragility and its availability.
A little modification is needed to prevent the spice from melting into the VaporGenie itself: put a ceramic pad where the screen is supposed to be, and put the crystal on top of that. If you cant find the ceramic pad, you can use a Volcano liquid pad.
4. Electronic Vaporisers
Electronic vaporisers have become pretty popular among
You must be registered for see links
enthusiasts. Unsurprisingly, among said enthusiasts, a few also are DMT-explorers. And since DMT requires a very specific temperature to be consumed, it made sense to give the herb-vaporizer a shot... But the results are mixed. Some report great success with such and such vaporisers, others, and not only inexperienced travellers, report total failure. There is no definite answer. It probably means that it depends on many un-mastered factors. It could turn out to work for you or you could have a very underwhelming experience. The risk isn't big if you already have a vaporiser. But I wouldn't recommend to
You must be registered for see links
specifically for that one as opposed to legal drugs you can buy online.Here is my own personal experience on this technique: I own a Storz-and-Bickel Crafty, a very well respected vaporiser among stoners and yet was never able to smoke 25mg in less than four tokes and that is three too many (will cover that in the techniques section).
5. The E-mesh Technique
The e-mesh technique, or e-mesh method is a rather recent way of DMT vaping, which has proven itself to be extremely efficient as effective as the GVG, simple, reliable and, last but not least, it is a lighter-free way of reaching the-machine-elves (a nickname Mckenna gave to some of the entities one meets in the hyperspace). It is always better not having to deal with a heat source when you lose your sense of common reality.
Material needed:
1: An e-cigarette battery mod with temperature for Stainless Steel and manual TCR (such as the Geek Vape Solo Aegis).
2: An e-cigarette mesh RDA (such as the Vandy Vape Mesh (the V2 is not optimum for spice) or the Wotofo Profile).
3: Mesh Stainless Steel sheet or roll. 100 or 150 microns will do.
If you use the mesh roll, just cut 4cm of it. The mounting is pretty intuitive. Bend it so that the largest amount of mesh is flat, but no hard bends (a curve is better than straight angles). With the fitted mesh: cut is as you wish, as long as it doesn't touch the top cap from within.
The set up of the mod can be a bit tricky. It is a trial and error kind of process. One needs to find the sweet spot, where the mesh is perfectly heated. One can start on the wattage mode and set the power such that the mesh would glow faintly in a dark room. On the Solo Aegis, this would happen around 13-15w. If not, adjust till you reach that faint glow.
That wattage becomes a referential point that you will try to reach on the Temp mode, either SS or TCR. Find the temperature at which it settles at that specific wattage. It could be around 190-210C. For the Mesh Roll: Max wattage should be 35w then choose the SS mode. For the Fitted mesh: Max wattage is 60w. Choose the TCR mode and set TCR to 130-190.
Once you find your set up, lower the temperature to around 150C.
Lay down the freebase on the mesh. Be as gentle as possible: it is very volatile and it will fall around the mesh at the slightest movement. Press lightly on the fire button to melt the freebase softly on the mesh. Once it's all melted, set the temperature as planned. Always keep the device horizontal: the melted DMT could drip from the mesh. Fire and inhale.
If you have smoked DMT, tried DMT vaping before but have never tried this technique, please start at 10mg. It is a very effective way of vaping and you might be surprised how strong your habitual dose actually is. Big thanks to Propello for that technique! It is personally my go-to technique.
How Much Should I Take?
It is very important that the DMT vaping technique has been at least partially covered before talking dosage. Improperly heated, the DMT would burn and lose potency. So people can very well load 80mg of freebase DMT and really smoke only 15mg. This is dangerous as one might think they need 80mg when they would actually lose their mind if they were to inhale so much.
As I said, DMT tripping is a very intense experience and it should be approached very carefully. One should want to know as precisely as possible how much they have effectively taken, in order to set a spiritual path with the spice. Knowing what 30mg means for you, and how different it is from 15mg or 25mg is both a very beautiful aspect of the relationship one can grow with this sacred medicine and a very practical knowledge. So be patient, start low, walk your way up progressively.
In many cases, as I was trying very hard to break through (and failed), the spice would talk to me and let me know I wasn't in charge of anything anyway: I was inhaling what the spice allowed me to inhale. I was experiencing what The Other wanted me to experience. So don't overdo it, don't spook yourself! A very intense experience could be scary and keep you away from the spice, missing out on something that could have so much to offer. Be gentle with yourself. Respect the medicine.
A little dosage referential:
- 2mg: Is reported to be the threshold dose.
- 2-5mg: Is a very light dose and would probably only offer a subtle feeling.
- 5-10mg: None to very slight CEVs & OEVs psychedelic thought patterns.
- 10-15mg: Would be a sub-breakthrough dose: light OEV, very light CEV.
- 15-30mg: Would be the traditional breakthrough dose: very strong OEV and CEV, change of reality, ego-loss.
- 30-50mg: Would be a strong breakthrough: it gets pretty crazy, the trip is a little longer, a little deeper. Can be hard to handle.
- 50mg+: Would be over-doing it. Whereas intramuscular dosage can go a lot higher, smoking dosage seems to reach an end around these numbers. Whether because some find it impossible to inhale that much in one toke (and if you intend to split it in two, the first one takes you away before you can try for a second one), or because others say it leads to an overly intense and unpleasant experience.
All that logically implies that one who intends to start the DMT journey should own a good/reliable precision scale (in the 0.001g range).
Vaping And Breathing Techniques
It can be very hard to inhale the intended dosage at once, especially if we are nervous/tensed/anxious before tripping. Even after years of experience, many travellers report experimenting with an intense and crippling fear when about to vape. It is the most primitive part of our ego that panics at the idea of its upcoming dissolution. In that sense, it is a good fear: that fear is in itself a good reason to face the DMT-world.
We need to dissolve our egos from time to time. If only for that reason, DMT is a sacred medicine. That feeling of fear should not be rejected or seen as a mark of weakness or of lack of wisdom. On the contrary, it should be embraced, as the expression of the thrilling dance with our-self that
You must be registered for see links
allow each one of us to take part in.The goal is to inhale as much as you can at once. Some can do it in two tokes. I personally don't. Once I have inhaled a proper amount, I'm gone. I can't focus on anything else. So I believe it is a good idea to go for one big toke. Don't be in a rush, it is easier if you intake slowly, progressively. You'll also have to keep the vapour inside your lungs as long as possible. One good sign is when you exhale and no vapour is visible. It means you really absorbed it completely. That also means you need to stop the inhalation a little before reaching the maximum volume your lungs can hold, unless, it will be impossible to hold your breath.
A too rapid intake could lead to a racing heart which generally means a rather unpleasant beginning of a trip. Do not hesitate to empty your lungs before. Take deep, slow, long breath. Inhale and exhale from your lungs and belly. You do not want to end up out of breath. Believe me: this almost inevitably leads to a kind of panic. Take your time, wait till you feel calm enough. Remember: eventually, you will be fine. You can trust me on this, the spice itself told me so
Effects, Set And Setting
The best setting for DMT vaping is lying down on your bed. Although it can be (very) interesting to be sitting up, eyes open and to contemplate your surroundings (on sub-breakthrough dosage), especially if sitting in nature, if one goes for a full breakthrough, they will want to be able to lie down. The more comfortable, the better. They will most probably close their eyes as they drift away, through the vortex, in the other worlds. Some even choose to wear a face mask to limit external disruptions. A good idea would be to clean your place/room before. Make your direct environment feel friendly, clean, homey.
If you feel like it, do not hesitate to ritualised the thing; burn some incense, put on a soft and calm music that speaks to your soul, take a shower, meditate, maybe thank the spice and ask The Other for something.
Do not drink alcohol beforehand. Do not smoke
You must be registered for see links
. Don't eat: having a full stomach can alter the experience in a not so pleasant way.Depending on the dosage, a trip should last from 5 to 40 Mins. The onset is VERY quick, almost certainly less than a minute. The come up is just as quick: 30 seconds top. The plateau can last from 3 to 15 minutes. The come down generally lasts 3 to 5 minutes. After effects are often very strong and pleasant, either because they come with a beautiful, almost orgasmic body high, or because one is filled with emotion and wonder.
The quickness and the intensity of the onset can lead to problems if not properly prepared (dropping the pipe, falling, knocking stuff over). That is another reason why lying down on one's bed seems to be the better choice.
I have used the word breakthrough a few times so far. What is it? DMT vaping allows you to encounter what Terence McKenna named The Other. At low dosage, you can feel the presence of another reality and of the entities who populate it and enjoy some beautiful visuals. When you manage to take enough in a short time-span, you may then breakthrough: you are entirely propelled in this other reality and you lose consciousness of your common reality. You may lose all memory regarding who you are, or what reality usually is. That is all I will say. I do not wish to describe it more thoroughly. I would actually advise against reading too many trip reports: they will definitely define your expectations and that will alter your experience.
One should trust that the spice will give them the experience they need. A breakthrough is a very intense experience and, more often than not, one does not come back the same. Most of the time, a breakthrough is welcomed with gratefulness and profound joy. What the breakthrough will be like to you is for you to experience only. Being overly conscious of what others experience or have experienced might lead to a need for comparison which is not healthy when talking about psychedelics. Embrace what happens, do not overthink it, do not judge the experience, do not wonder how interesting it was compared to others.
Since sub-breakthrough experiences are intense in themselves, you might wonder have I broken-through?. To breakthrough is like to have an orgasm: there will be no doubt, you will know.
Give yourself some time to integrate the experience. Sometimes an intuition pops up at the very end of a trip. Sometime days after. Each experience has something to teach you. Do not underestimate how rich a low-dose experience can be. Even at 10mg can one have profound realisations.
What If I Can’t Break Through?
Take a break. At least 6 days. No psychedelics, no
You must be registered for see links
, no alcohol. Try using less heat. It is very easy to burn the spice. Carefully and progressively up the dosage. Maybe add a harmala alkaloid, such as rue tea, rue extract, Caapi leaves or bark as a tea. If you're a cannabis user, maybe try Changa in a water bong.As much as I understand that breaking through becomes a goal, I wish to underline that lower-dosage can lead to very interesting and profound experiences. One shouldn't overlook those.
In a different article, we have also explained
You must be registered for see links
. This is a must read if you are going to vape DMT.So What About Changa?
You must be registered for see links
is another way of administrating DMT, this time by smoking leaves. It is very effective and should be treated with its own article.Dangerous Interactions
[r]Avoid at all costs:[/r]
- Lithium
- Stimulants (amphetamines, cocaine)
- Tramadol
Love to you all. Happy DMT Vaping!
Disclaimer: Read the complete disclaimer
You must be registered for see links
.