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The Mescaline (Peyote Experience)
The Mescaline (Peyote Experience) 11:05: Took 380 mg. Mescaline sulfate in half glass water. 11:20: First signs of effect. Nausea beginning. 11:45: Very marked nausea. Had to lie down to suppress feeling. Great depression and feeling of regret at having taken drug. 12:00: First sign of brightening emotions. Regret passed. 12:10: Can dream vividly with eyes shut. No hallucinations, as yet. Colors in room clear, serene and pure. Harmonious feeling. Nausea subsiding. Erotic dreams. 12:45: Begin to experience slight withdrawal. Colors bright, fresh, vivid. Hunger sensations. Nausea almost completely gone. 12:50: Ate lunch. Hyperreflexia, muscular tension, drunken feeling, almost catatonic state of withdrawal when I retire. 1:00: Very drunk feeling, but sense of reality very little altered. No visual hallucinations, except for reflected extension of colors across lower field of vision. Feeling of warmth and flush, perspiration. 1:15: Gorgeous colors in vision; spar...
Notes Taken during Experiments with Psychotropic Drugs
10:45 AM: Took .330 grams Mescaline Sulfate. 11:20: First very slight signs of visual disturbance. Slight dizziness. Nervousness 11:35: Very slight nausea, as if on board ship. Slight numbness. 12:00 PM: Extremities slightly numb. Mouth dry. Hot feeling. Tongue hard to move freely. 12:20: First brightening of colors? More nausea, but very bearable yet. 12:45: Ate dinner. Ham, potatoes, peas. 1:00: First sense of slight euphoria. Great length of time gone by. 1:05: Stroboscopic-like light fluttering. Slight nausea still apparent. 1:10: “Effects” finally starting. Room moves; center of vision narrowed. Shirt looks green from time to time. Nausea begins to subside. 1:15: Hard to move arms, fingers; hard to write or swallow. Withdrawn feeling. Things far away. Definite effects; begin to not care about nausea, which is still slight. Want to jump out of skin. Strong reflexes. 1:25: Nearly convulse at intensity of pleasurable sensations; erotic feelings. 1:27: Paraesthesias. Euphoria beginni...