[Vendor Review] Trips with Science - Liquid Psilocybin (1.5 Vial Trip Report)

I just placed my second order with Trips last night after a while off the darknet - he sent me (and likely many of his other prior customers) a message saying that he lost a lot of his reviews and feedback, so I wanted to take the opportunity to vouch for him.

About 5 months ago, after extensive research into the neuroscience behind classical psychedelics (read a lot from Franz Vollenweider, Carhartt-Harris, and the JHU studies), I engaged in my first psychedelic experience with 1.5 of Trips' vials.

Before getting to the actual report, it is worth noting that his stealth was excellent, and I would be beyond astounded if it were to ever be caught.

Back to the story - 1.5 vials is quite a bit, especially for the first timer, but I did pretty extensive research, and I prepared mentally and physically by eating a very bland diet, and meditating in a way where I would just allow myself to be comfortable with any emotions that came into awareness. Then, if they were strong, I tried to open to them even more and let that resonance in my solarplexus build more and more. While I've meditated for years on and off, I think this was a very appropriate practice because it allowed me to deal with emotions in a way that enabled me to accept anything that came up, rather than trying to selectively deal with positive ones. Also, everyday for a few minutes, I held the vials in my hands and just sent positive, loving emotions to them - on some level, I was trying to recreate the effects Masaru Emoto had on water. Now I don't necessarily know if I believe in all of this, but even if that didn't happen, I think that setting and resetting that intention was pretty big just in terms of priming my brain for the experience that was to come - similar to affirmations or what not.

I called someone who I've known for a while, and trusted highly to be my sitter. Setting-wise, I was to embark on my journey at a beautiful house on a lake, surrounded by forest, with some very pretty gardens. When the day came around, it was as if the universe heard my intentions - the weather was absolutely perfect.

My sitter is a pretty interesting person - he had studied with shamans in south america, the phillipines, and a few other places, and so he set the intention of the trip off with a little prayer and some smudge. I took 1.5 vials in orange juice (tasted a bit like a screwdriver), and embarked.

I noticed it kicking in about 10-15 minutes in, so we decided to go for a walk. As I walked, the sense of presence was amazing. In everyday life, I was typically so used to thinking a ton, with very little room for experiencing the present moment; under the influence of the psilocybin, it was quite the opposite. By about 20 minutes in, it was to the point where I had trouble forming cohesive sentences not because I was "fucked up" or anything, but rather because I was rooted so deep in the "now" that it was hard to come up with words because that required thinking in the future - something that became exceedingly hard to do. Thankfully, my sitter knew exactly what I was going through, and absolutely respected the fact that in that moment, silence was golden.

As we walked around the lake, I wasn't experiencing any real "hallucinations;" rather, it was as if I was seeing things through a completely different set of eyes. Nature took on a whole new life, especially bark. God, I fucking love bark now. Nothing more intricate than that. Rather than seeing things melding or breathing, it was as though I was able to fathom - even experience - the wonderful way in which nature works together as such a single unit.

In context of this trip, I had been going through a very stressful period in my life - all of the things that I had been working for had seemingly fallen apart, and more than anything, I was deeply ingrained into a variety of unhealthy thought patterns. It is key to note here, that I was not depressed; I did this trip because I had some existential things that I needed to resolve, and was having trouble doing so in traditional ways. Continuing the voyage around the lake, the experience of complete and utter in-the-moment presence was extraordinarily soothing. It was as though there was a part of my soul/experience/what have you that had gone absolutely dry, like a tropical plant trying to live in a desert. The experience I was having served to nourish that part of me back to vitality, and even 5 months later, this has continued to have a pretty profound impact on my everyday well-being. The experience of deep presence was something that I was able to feel fully, and to anchor as a tool in my arsenal - post trip, whenever I'm stressed, I still have that reference point that I can tune into, and problems tend to just fall away.

Anyways, once we finished the walk around the lake (t+1.5 hrs at this point), I sat down on his stone patio, warmed from the sun, and pondered how different my experience was from my expectations. I expected to be "out of this world" or "up in the clouds," but realistically, I don't think I've ever felt more grounded in my entire life. At this point, I thought "hmm, I haven't really seen much in the way of distinct visual effects." Just as I thought that, I looked down at the stone patio I was sitting on. The grains of the sandstone patio came alive! They started to move around as if they were ants! While they moved around, I began to see geometric patterns form into the sandstone in the most natural ways. It almost took me off guard at how natural the visual effects were - there was nothing "artificial" about them.

As I walked up the stair to go get a bite of fruit salad that I had preprepared (guava, passionfruit, nectarine, plum, apple and mango!), I looked into one of the quartz crystals that was outside. I SAW THE LORD OF THE RINGS WRITING!!!!! It was incredible to look at. Eating the fruit salad was quite an experience in itself. The pinks and greens and oranges were phenomenal and as I ate it, it felt as though I was eating something that really gave energy and nourishment.

After eating, I wanted to take some time to have an internal experience as described in the JHU studies - I laid down on a massage table, turned on some Enya, and put on a blindfold. The inner experience was incredible as my sitter ran energy through me. While I don't necessarily "believe" in reiki, I was open to it, and it was a really cool experience. Out of nowhere, he put a crystal in my hand (again, I was blindfolded), and it was as if the frequency my entire body was existing on was drastically powered up. Seriously, intense to the point where it was almost a little much - interesting!

I finished off the day with an outdoor epsom salt bath. Yes, I took a bath outside, on a beautiful sunny day, overlooking a beautiful lake, and blasting Enya. It was surreal - the movement of nature put me in awe.

Before this experience, I couldn't really remember the last time I felt deeply in awe of anything; that's kind of a shame! When the time came to go home (I had a ride lined up), I felt as though I had just opened so many doors in a mental sense. I really think that my preparation benefited the experience a lot - if even just to build a strong intention. I left the experience with a new, strong reference point in my arsenal for dealing with whatever life has to throw at me. I embarked on this with the intention of using the psilocybin as medicine, and it worked very well as such.

Thanks to Trips for giving me the means for such an experience, and for the advice you gave me that first time around! I look forward to passing the love on to some others who plan on having a similar experience.

TL;DR: I planned my first psychedelic trip with great detail, and used TripswithScience's psilocybin as my means. I had an incredible experience and my well-being has been profoundly impacted months later.


Comments


[14 Points] twigburst:

Its either O-Acetylpsilocin or some other similar analogue. No one is going to grow mushrooms to extract the alkaloids out of them to sell large scale and no one is going to synthesis it either as its too many steps. Glad you liked it, but it wasn't what he said it was. Your body converts 4-AcO-DMT into psilocin soon after consuming it anyway so the only way you would be able to tell is either if you had a lot of experience with both or you sent it to a lab. Don't trust people on the internet selling random shit that doesn't make sense unless you are proven otherwise. Grams of 4-AcO-DMT are cheap as shit and almost no one would be able to tell you one way or the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Acetylpsilocin


[12 Points] SacredGeometry25:

By about 20 minutes in, it was to the point where I had trouble forming cohesive sentences not because I was "fucked up" or anything, but rather because I was rooted so deep in the "now" that it was hard to come up with words because that required thinking in the future - something that became exceedingly hard to do.

SO well put....


[3 Points] shadowofashadow:

Thank you. So many of the things you said here resonated with me. Thank you for sharing.


[2 Points] Xx-DeepBlueC-xX:

Did you hallucinate a second trip sitter? At the beginning of your story it was "he" and towards the end of your story you refer to the sitter as "she".


[2 Points] AdrianBeatyoursons:

you are a righteous dude..you have the proper approach, knowledge and responsibility needed to do this...I have immense respect for you brother, I wish there were more people like you


[1 Points] None:

Im glad you posted this, i was just looking at his product yesterday and was determining whether or not to try it. Now im more sure i want to try it. Ive tried shrooms many of times but it takes a long time for it to hit me. Ive been looking to try something new, thanks!


[1 Points] None:

I tried his stuff about 3 months ago. First timer, the 1 vial didn't give visuals but more of a happy floating around enjoyment feeling. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much.


[1 Points] spaceykayce:

I'm still trying to get my head around the whole liquid mushroom thing. Is this just some 4-ho-met suspended in alcohol?


[1 Points] None:

Do you need a sitter? Cause I have no friends and I want to trip.


[1 Points] Idonu:

TWS is a great vendor and my last TWS vial trip was really really really REALLY peaceful. The most peaceful I've ever been in my life. The peak was pretty crazy though, I saw a black 3-dimensional spherical object hovering on top of me with lots of rope like "chains" and it was glowing colors too. Idk, my peak with this has crazier visuals than when I peak on a BV tab (although his tabs are pretty solid). Idk if my body just has a stronger reaction to Psilocin or what. The trip also lasted around 6 hrs.


[1 Points] Luckisreal:

Are you supposed to have OEVs on shrooms? I had 1 vial of this, no OEV trip..


[1 Points] fatfartpoop:

wow -- thank you for sharing...


[1 Points] cosmiccharlie33:

I had an OK experience with them. It was nice to got a bellyache which I usually do with shrooms. On the other hand both me and my friend agreed they were pretty weak for the money. One did very little for us. We ended up doing three each the second time and had a decent, but expensive trip.