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The SALVIA Experiential Rating Scale

Level - 1 "S" stands for SUBTLE effects. A feeling that "something" is happening, although it is difficulty to say just what. Relaxation and increased sensual appreciation may be noted. This mild level is useful for meditation and may facilitate sexual pleasure.

Level - 2 "A" stands for ALTERED perception. Colors and textures are more pronounced. Appreciation of music may be enhanced. Space may appear of greater or lesser depth than is usual. But visions do not occur at this level. Thinking becomes less logical, and more playful; short-term memory difficulties may be noted.

Level - 3 "L" stands for LIGHT visionary state. Closed-eye visuals (clear imagery with eyes closed: fractal patterns, vine-like and geometric patterns, visions of objects and designs). The imagery is often two dimensional. If open-eyed visual effects occur, these are usually vague and fleeting. At this level, phenomena similar to the hypnagogic phenomena that some people experience at sleep onset occur. At this level, visions are experienced as "eye candy" but are not confused with reality.

Level - 4 "V" stands for VIVID visionary state. Complex three-dimensional realistic appearing scenes occur. Sometimes voices may be heard. With eyes open, contact with consensual reality will not be entirely lost, but when you close your eyes you may forget about consensus reality and enter completely into a dreamlike scene. Shamanistic journeying to other lands--foreign or imaginary; encounters with beings (entities, spirits) or travels to other ages may occur. You may even live the life of another person. At this level you have entered the shaman's world. Or if you prefer: you are in "dream time." With eyes closed, you experience fantasies (dream like happenings with a story line to them). So long as your eyes are closed you may believe they are really occurring. This differs from the "eye candy" closed-eye imagery, of level 3.

Level - 5 "I" stands for IMMATERIAL existence. At this level one may no longer be aware of having a body. Consciousness remains and some thought processes are still lucid, but one becomes completely involved in inner experience and looses all contact with consensual reality. Individuality may be lost; one experiences merging with God/dess, mind, universal consciousness, or bizarre fusions with other objects--real or imagined (e.g. experiences such as merging with a wall or piece of furniture). At this level it is impossible to function in consensual reality, but unfortunately some people do not remain still but move around in this befuddled state. For this reason a sitter is essential to ensure the safety of someone voyaging to these deep levels. To the person experiencing this the phenomenon may be terrifying or exceedingly pleasant; but to an outside observer the individual may appear confused or disoriented.

Level 6 - "A" stands for AMNESIC effects. At this stage, either consciousness is lost, or at least one is unable to later recall what one had experienced. The individual may fall, or remain immobile or thrash around; somnambulistic behavior may occur. Injuries can be sustained without pain being felt; on awakening, the individual will have no recollection of what he/she did, experienced, or said in level 6. People cannot recall what they experience in this very deep trance state. This is not a desirable level, because nothing can latter be recalled of the experience.

From http://www.sagewisdom.org/usersguide.html very informative and educational source. Level 5 is where I go when I use it.

Here's my description of what doing salvia is like.

The first time smoking, it was like I was being flattened out by a huge rolling pin from my legs upward. Not terribly pleasant.

The second time, the extreme physical effects are reduced but walking through a room was like walking through water. Everything happens just a bit slower. Still not very pleasant. The only good thing about it: the smoke smells nice.

I don't plan on doing it a third time. Choose weed. or shrooms.

Salvia is definitely an odd experience. It's just... indescribably odd.


I gave some fairly potent extract to a friend once. I wasn't around for his experimentation, but he was very experienced with other hallucinogens.

He later commented that it was definitely hallucinatory, but he otherwise couldn't describe it. He said "I decided to do it while I was cleaning my house and putting things away. I picked up a clothing iron and just stood there staring at it. I knew what it was, but I could not for the life of me figure out its purpose or what I should do with it. I probably stared at it for 10 solid minutes trying to decide where it should go."

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Saliva, Drive, Trip into space' to 'Salvia, Drive, Trip into space' - edited by atara

First we hold the Salvia in for about 20 seconds.

Captain, we've made the jump to light speed.

Sir, there's something wrong with the ODN Conduit above the helm.

OMFG! ALIEN ATTACKING FROM FORWARD QUARTER!!! SHIELDS!!!!

Eject the pod.

HAHAHA!!!!

>> ^nach0s:
from what i've seen of salvia effects, it would be really fucking irresponsible to trip on it while driving.


dude, did you watch the video.. the whole point is you can't ANYTHING.. he can't even keep hold of his keys. HTF could you drive while tripping!

Man, I can't tell you how much I laughed at this. Salvia is the strangest drug there is & def NOT a party drug!

from what i've seen of salvia effects, it would be really fucking irresponsible to trip on it while driving.

I'm into psychedelics, on Salvia I've experienced ego-death and seen visions like that painting of Alex Grey you see in the video. But I'm not into this psychedelic spirituality, I remain an atheist. I think why we experience these states on psychedelics says something about our brain, not about the universe. Psychedelics shed light on how we experience reality, not on reality itself.

Ha I bought my last batch of salvia from bouncing bear botanical

(all links are to Erowid, a very informative non-profit educational site on drugs)

The *drugs I use most are coffee, marijuana, alcohol, benzodiazepines (valium, xanax etc.), in frequency of use respectively.

The drugs that have given me the most profound experiences are:
Salvia (legal), LSD, MDMA (XTC), DPT, 2c-i/2c-e, psilocybin mushrooms. I have tried nitrous (N2O)(legal) in combination with all except for Salvia and DPT and let me tell you that nitrous boosts them to a whole new, though sadly very fleeting, level for a few minutes.

I really want to have a good mescaline experience. But my last attempts at consuming the most horrid, bitter, slimy, and vomit inducing cactus goop only yielded threshold experiences. I really need to do an extraction on cactus and get some crystal mescaline for a measured and less yucky dose.

Another drug I really want to try is DMT or ayahuasca. Ayahuasca, though also reportedly horribly disgusting, is easily made out of legal plants and DMT can be extracted from them.

Yes I consider myself quite a psychonaut. I do thoroughly research these drugs before use and consider myself a responsible drug user. I only use these psychedelics very infrequently, like once every 3 months or so. They are quite self limiting.

Wow, people on video smoking salvia and laughing out loud. My god, how do we stop this?

And people taking their kids to the emergency room? It lasts what, 5 minutes? Maybe 10 if you smoke a lot of highly refined extract. They're completely sober by the time they get to the hospital.

No one really knows the health implications so people probably shouldn't use a lot of it. Maybe it's harmless, or maybe it kills brain cells... I don't know of any studies on the subject. I couldn't find any report of Salvia killing anyone, though the suicide of one kid was blamed on his past experimentation with Savlia (by the parents). On a related note, alcohol is estimated to kill around 300 people per day in the USA.


I've tried it and I really can't understand why people would want to do it more than 2-3 times. Kids getting hooked on it? Maybe, but I don't see how. It's a very awkward experience... definitely hallucinogenic, but I wouldn't really call it "enjoyable".

Maybe it's just because I've only seen it on the Internet, and no one puts videos on the Internet unless some really dumb shit happens, but I can't say that a video of someone doing salvia has ever even remotely made me want to try it.

^I think they've been smoking it all along.

http://www.bouncingbearbotanicals.com/ethnobotanicals-salvia-divinorum-c-60_28.html

Why is the video so TINY?

Salvia is quite an experience, btw. Just don't do it alone.