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I've only used salvia a handful of times, but the effects were always a disturbing challenge to deal with. I consistently get this feeling of a wind blowing gale force inside my being. Probably this is my experience of the shift of the assemblage. I inevitably become aware of lots of beings around me. The first time I had the distinct impression of being plucked out of the ground by a giant hand. Then the floor fell away to an abyss. I'm typically of the opinion that sometimes the beings are fellow travellers who I don't know. The last time I felt as if dozens of sets of eyes suddenly opened perpendicular to my upright angle, as if in this reality I was laying down. I had the simultaneous sensation of being in some sort of cathedral setting. These beings seemed to have this how dare you, mortal attitude. That last time I just said, I belong here tending the incense and wax, and it caused a shift from that hostility. It seems important to assert your right to travel in these threads humbly. I think salvia could be useful for developing and practicing control in dream states, since it seems to be a parallel state, with the added bonus of being awake throughout the experience.