The guest on the Joe Rogan Experience shared their experiences with various psychedelics, including psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, and 5-MeO-DMT (a potent psychedelic extracted from the Sonoran Desert toad's venom). They described their 5-MeO-DMT experience as intense and terrifying, feeling like being "shot out of a cannon" and losing all sense of self, space, and time. They reported feeling immense gratitude upon returning to their body and the world as they knew it. The guest also discussed the differences between 5-MeO-DMT and regular DMT, noting that the former is more potent and visually stimulating, while the latter allows the user to maintain a sense of self. They also touched on the idea that these experiences can be difficult to put into words, as they transcend the limits of language.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker had six or seven psychedelic trips, including psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, and DMT.
2. The speaker had a guided LSD trip and a guided ayahuasca circle.
3. The speaker tried 5-MeO-DMT, which is the smoked venom of the Sonoran Desert toad.
4. The speaker found the 5-MeO-DMT experience to be very potent and short-acting.
5. The speaker's experience with 5-MeO-DMT was intense and overwhelming, with a sense of being "shot out of a cannon" and experiencing a "mental storm".
6. The speaker felt a sense of disorientation and loss of self during the experience, with no sense of space, time, or self.
7. The speaker eventually came down from the experience and felt a sense of gratitude for being alive and for the existence of the universe.
8. The speaker recorded their experiences and listened back to them afterwards, noticing that they tried to use words to describe the experience in a way that would impress others.
9. The speaker realized that words are inadequate for describing experiences in the DMT dimension.
10. The speaker believes that 5-MeO-DMT is different from regular DMT, and that it is not something you want to do very often.
11. The active ingredient in 5-MeO-DMT is also found in the venom of the Sonoran Desert toad.
12. The venom is collected by rubbing the toad on a glass and then scraping off the crystals that form.
13. The speaker notes that the experience of 5-MeO-DMT is not just about the visuals, but also about the sense of connection to the universe and the feeling of being part of something larger than oneself.
14. The speaker mentions that they did not experience "machine elves" during their 5-MeO-DMT experience, which is a phenomenon reported by some users.
15. The speaker saw complex geometric patterns made out of love and understanding during their experience.
16. The speaker believes that these patterns may be the "building blocks of the soul".
17. The speaker notes that the experience of 5-MeO-DMT is pre- or post-linguistic, and that words are not adequate for describing it.