Quick encounters

DMT is an endogenous tryptamine found across the plant and animal kingdoms, producing one of the most intense and short-lived psychedelic states known, often described as a journey to another dimension.

DMT

Psychotria viridis

Psychedelic · 5-20 minutes (smoked) · Intense

Salvia is a mint-family plant from the cloud forests of Oaxaca that produces one of the most intense, short-lived altered states known, acting on kappa-opioid receptors rather than serotonin.

Salvia Divinorum

Salvia divinorum

Dissociative · 5-30 minutes (smoked) · Intense

5-MeO-DMT is a tryptamine found in the Sonoran Desert toad and several plants, producing an extremely brief but profound non-dual state often described as the dissolution of self into pure awareness.

5-MeO-DMT

Yopo is a South American tree whose seeds are ground into a powerful DMT and bufotenine-containing snuff, used in ceremony across the Orinoco basin for centuries.

Yopo

Anadenanthera peregrina

Psychedelic · 1-2 hours · Intense

Rape is a sacred tobacco-based snuff from Amazonian traditions, blown into the nostrils in ceremony for purifying, grounding effects, and used as a facilitator alongside other plant medicines.

Rapé

Nicotiana rustica

Grounding · 15-30 minutes · Moderate

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that at sub-anesthetic doses produces floating, dream-like states, and is now prescribed for treatment-resistant depression in clinical settings.

Ketamine

Ketamine hydrochloride

Dissociative · 1-2 hours · Moderate