ya, I only did them again so soon because my friend had a bad trip last time. He hadn't eaten much that day, and it was at night and they first started to kick in a clubby type of bar. I had a good time, but he wanted to do them again with a little more preparation.
Speaking of which, I was reading erowid, and while skimming through some of the mushroom content I found some advice that I thought was good. It pretty much used traveling as a metaphor and the step that stood out the most to me was "packing your bags." And what they meant by packing, was to read/watch/listen to some thought provoking/interesting/trippy/whatever books/movies/podcasts in the days leading up to your trip. So you're kinda preemptively guiding your trip. My friend took more stock in this than I since I had a perfectly fine trip last time. He got a bunch of podcasts from howstuffworks.com. We listened to these in the car on the drive out of the city. Even if you aren't going to consume psychedelics, I recommend these podcasts. Very cool stuff, esp the history ones that delve into subjects that are only lightly touched upon in your average high school and even college level curriculum.
As for the rest of the metaphor, from which the packing your bags advice came from, it was pretty lame. It advised you to pretty much stay at home. Fuck that. That seems like possibly the worst plan. I ended up at home for the remainder of my trip the first time, and it wasn't awful, but I'm glad I didn't spend the entirety of the trip in a complete safe and confined place. I'm pretty sure the clubby bar was one of the worst places possible, and out in nature is one of the best places possible.
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