I bought and used the liquid 'tincture' I think it was called back in 2000 from Siebert. The directions for consumption required holding this stuff in your mouth as to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the muscara-whatevera under your tongue etc. The trip to that is that the tincture is so alchoholic it leaves your tongue and mouth all numb and 'burnt' like if you jump into a pizza thats too hot.

Aside from that if you can handle the taste and the extremely awkward absorbtion ritual (no talking for 20 minutes or whatever while you try not to swallow this crap) then what awaits after the end of it all can be extremely novel. I did it in both a group and a solo setting and both experiences were radically different. The visuals were not typical of other psychedelics I've done and I would be hard pressed to explain with any coherency what the experience is like except to say that, especially when you're not over stimulated by conversation or activity, like if you zone out and stare at a desk or something, you might find yourself experience being a desk-- what you observe you sort of recontextualize yourself into.

which of course makes looking in a mirror a kind of mindfuck in a totally different way.

There is one other problem and that is that it wont work for everyone the first time around. For me it took 2 or 3 attempts before I got it right. But for a patient enthusiast, its worth a go.

I never tried smoking it or chewing it. Maybe that would be easier?

Ass actually tastes better if it's clean and having had extract that burned my entire oral cavity I'd have to recommend against anything of the sort. Get or grow the real thing and you'll have a better time of it because you've put forth the engergy to make it happen.

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