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Around noon I decide to try "kougoed"(sceletium tortuosum) today. It was called "kougoed" by the Dutch when they arrived in Africa. I allready have this herb for a few days now. It's in capsules of 0.5 grams from Botanic-Art. Anneke decides to join me, so we agree on what we'll do. We decide to take 1 capsule each as a starting-dose. This way we can slowly get to know the effect of "kougoed". If, after a while, we would like some more, we could always do so. That appears to be the case, as we decide, after an hour, to take another half capsule each. So I split up the contents of 1 capsule in put it in 2 capsules, wich used to contain Guarana and they are perfect for this purpose. Approximately after 20 minutes I feel something. Now you never know if this is caused by the plant or your own psyche. It is very well possible that the expectations you have, during the consuming of a plant, alone can cause this effect. This is called a placebo-effect. Because you expect something, your own mind causes the effect. It slowly starts working now, until I, after 45 minutes, become real stoned. Now it's not a placebo-effect or illusion, I'm getting more and more stoned until I can say, without a doubt, that it's not suggestion, but clearly the effect of "kougoed". A nice, warm feeling is flowing through my body. A calming effect, with obvious increasing sympathetic feelings for other creatures; people, animals, plants. Just as with mushrooms or cacti, I feel a light euforic feeling coming over me. This all is not as strong as with mushrooms, more a strong marihuana-high. And I mean from Sativa-marihuana plants, these species have the advantage that you don't get stoned, but more high. It's a more spiritual high, with psychedelic effects. Or maybe I can make it clear when I say that being stoned is more like a sedative feeling, and high is mostly in the head. So pure Indica plants make you physically heavy, a nice slow feeling. Perfect for an evening for the TV with a great, but dumb, comedy. No political bullshit, mindless watching to nothing more or nothing less than entertainment. Sativa plants make you higher, it has less effect on your body, but more in the head. It has a somewhat psychedelic effect and it gives you more energy, so if you have to do things or if you don't want to get heavy stoned, this is a better choise. The "kougoed" was, just as a hybrid marihuana plant( a mixture of Sativa and Indica), something in between. A wonderfull warm feeling comes in my body, but it's very subtle, not very strong. After an hour we both decide to take the other half capsule. After like 1.5 hour I decide to smoke a waterpipe with marihuana. It's gonna be a pipe with Northern Light, a hybrid, a mix of Indica and Sativa, that was developed in the 80's in Holland. After smoking it, it becomes clear to me that I will get higher than usual. Maybe this one pipe is comparable with 3 pipes in my normal condition. The combination of "kougoed" and a waterpipe marihuana gets me as high as I have never been from a pipe in my normal state. It combines really good with eachother, it feels good. The effects of "kougoed" are enhanced by the pipe marihuana. Now that we know how the "kougoed" becomes us, we decide to go to 't Trefpunt. We wonder how it will feel like in a public place. The bicycle-ride to 't Trefpunt is quite an event. Not that it's hard to do, I even have the feeling that I have more energy. Everything looks beautiful and interesting. It's a wonderful ride through the city. The clouds appear very meaningfull and the busyness in the city is a good feeling, not annoying, lively is a better word. First we buy some groceries at Gimsel, a health-food store, where they sell unsprayed food. They have very funny tiles on the floor. I had noticed before that those tiles can have a very psychedelic effect. The floor allready starts moving with a very small dose of mushrooms. This time nothing is moving, but still the tiles have something extra to look at, what, I absolutely can not express in words. It's also not something life-changing, but it is a very nice effect. The people in the store all look a lot more interesting than normal. Here I have to say that I always love to look at people. The crazier, the better. As long as it doesn't bother them or others, I think it makes the world more colourfull. The effect of the "kougoed" makes all this stronger, so it is very nice to look at people. When we arrive in' t Trefpunt, Anneke buys something to drink and while I take off my coat, I become so stoned, that a wave of nausea goes through me. This startles me a little, because I don't feel like throwing up in the toilet here. But luckely it is just a little wave. It is gone before I know it and before I can take my drink, I am gloriously stoned again. Maybe this wave of nausea is not to blame on the "kougoed". I shall pay attention to that when I take some more the next time. My drink, a fruitdrink, tastes totally different, much more tastefull. It gives an extra pleasure to drink it. Pretty soon someone asks me to play table-soccer, and I usually always want to, so a little later I'm standing at the table. Here I get the thought that if I would mix ephedrin with "kougoed", that could be a nice, natural substitute for XTC. The ephedrin supplies the energy and the "kougoed" the empathic feelings. Of course there will not be a good herbal substitute for MDMA soon, allthough the elements for MDMA exist in nature. But I do think that the combination of "kougoed" and ephedrin will make a good sustitute. It had been a great day in 't Trefpunt, for me 1.5 capsule "kougoed" was comparable with 1 gram of mushrooms, without the visual effects of mushrooms. It gave me a trippy feeling without strange effects in my perception. Maybe that will change when I take a higher dose, which is something I still have to try. Anyway, it's a plant that belongs in my collection. It was a great day, that went on without any unpleasent side-effects. Also the next day I didn't have any feelings of a hangover. Nothing pointed to the fact that I had used something that would have harmed my body in any way. The next day we stayed home all day, which we usually do on a Sunday, unless we have nothing to do at home or when the weather is very beautiful. Then we go to the park or make a bicycle ride. Usually without a goal, just where our nose is taking us. So that Sunday was just an ordinairy Sunday and again without any hangover feelings. I will repeat this experiment soon, but then with a higher dose. Greetz Humito |