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Erowid Experience Vaults Report Id: 8970: The Green Fairy in Canada
Erowid Experience Vaults Report Id: 8970: The Green Fairy in Canada
Erowid Experience Vaults Report Id: 8970: The Green Fairy in Canada
by DoctorStrange
nd little things quite fascinating, the light refraction through ice cubes, the minute features of a candle ame, note progressions in the music. . . I was exploring the fractal patterns in the ice for a full 45 minutes before my observer (and partner in this endeavour) brought me back to real scale by asking what I found so enthralling. The overall eect was quite interesting, but not unlike ordinary alcohol intoxication. I found that the main dierences were that my mental faculties remained pretty much intact, even though my body was denitely impaired. I still possessed linear thought and could still think logically, and according to my observer I was very lucid for the duration. After the second glass my senses began to change - rst my hearing became heightened, almost crystal. My vision was what youd expect from alcohol, perhaps with more vivid colours. My sense of touch was greatly heightened, as if I had become aware of every last nerve ending and each last one of them was sending pleasant signals back. And nally, my sense of taste was incredible! If you try this, do yourself a favour and eat something, anything (well, preferably something you already enjoy), at the point where you notice your senses altering! About an hour after my last glass (at this point I had had 180mL, estimated 12mg of thujone in total), the unusual eects started to wear o, and all I was left with was alcohol numbness. I decided to take that opportunity to go to sleep. . . heh, the rumours are true. Historically, absinthe is said to produce dark, vivid, violent, and obscene dreams. . . I eventually ran through the entire range. I must stress that it was quite an active night, and Im not entirely sure I was actually asleep - at least, I dont remember waking up, just slowly transitioning from the dreams to real life over about two hours or so. I felt somewhat on edge and disquieted (and more paranoid than usual) for the entire day after waking up, with frequent recollections of my dreams for days. Overall, Im denitely trying this again, but next time with a tape recorder and/or notepad at hand. I spent several days trying to remember all the wonderful thoughts, ideas, and images Id had (or at least remembered having), with only limited success. Id also love to know if I said anything during my dreams. . . my observer/participant was unfortunately in a similar state.
Exp Year: 2001 Added to Database: Jun 7, 2004 Gender of reportee: male
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