P. caerulea covers my fence in my back yard. I was kinda stoked to try it when I found out that I had a potential 'marijuana' replacement as i read on a website. I heard it was a sedative, and found out that the species i have contains small amounts of cyanide gas in them, and can be deadly when smoked in HEAVY amounts. I read experiences using the exact species, and found that you probably would have to have an extraction, then have THAT smoked heavily for anything bad to happen. I started experimenting with the plant by placing chopped up vines and leaves in hot water, and made a tea. The tea looked exactly like green tea only darker. I noticed dead nats floating in the tea (about 2). Ew. Oh well, more protein 
I drank the bitter tea, and kind of downed it quickly. No stomach ache or any bad feelings. I sat down on my couch about 10 minutes later. I started watching TV and decided i didnt want to do that anymore and was about to get up...UHHHHH i dont wanna get up lol. I felt like lead. I sat there just thinking about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for a good amount of time (maybe 20 minutes) then realized that i felt normal again. Was that all in my head? I dunno...
Made teas after that with NO success getting the same feeling. I started thinking the first time it must have been all in my head. Just recently i remembered I plucked MANY leaves to dry in an oven at about 200*F. They became hard and crunchy, so i broke them up into itty bitty pieces to save. I found my container i kept it in, and packed a bowl of it to smoke out of a pipe. The passion leaves smell SO good, its crazy. I, thinking it smells good thought the smoke would taste good....WRONG. The smoke is as thick as burning dead leaves youd throw in the firepit when you are camping. Inhaling the still hot and thick smoke was nasty, and i could only imagine what it was doing to my lungs. I only got a hit, and blew it all out of my pipe after the first. Gross.
Some more time passed, and i thought about hitting it out of a bong to cool the smoke down. I tried smoking out of a bong, and it was WAY easier and more natural smoking the cooled smoke. It felt quite nice, and id hold the hits in as long as i could. 1 hit, no sign of change, 2, nah, 3..., somethings crawlin up, 4, feel same as last hit, 5, a little more of something there, 6, woah...everything i look at is 'there', its kinda hard to explain, 7, wow, 8, wow, 9, wow, 10, WOW. Something was there and i cant even describe it because i dont really know what it was. When i looked at something, i was thinking 'Wow...that cup is there...sitting...just there...life is real...its existing...' I went into my room to further explore the feeling. I sat on my computer and i just thought about nothing except stare at everything in my room. It was like i had sight for the first time, and i was kinda creeped out about everything existing. The feeling lasted for about 10 minutes and then it went away quickly. It was weird that's all i have to say!
By the way, i havnt smoked an actual flower due to the flowers not on the vine yet, i just gotta wait a little further into spring. Anyhow, the feeling was very light, and i often thought, is this in my head? But there was something definitely there.
I drank the bitter tea, and kind of downed it quickly. No stomach ache or any bad feelings. I sat down on my couch about 10 minutes later. I started watching TV and decided i didnt want to do that anymore and was about to get up...UHHHHH i dont wanna get up lol. I felt like lead. I sat there just thinking about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for a good amount of time (maybe 20 minutes) then realized that i felt normal again. Was that all in my head? I dunno...
Made teas after that with NO success getting the same feeling. I started thinking the first time it must have been all in my head. Just recently i remembered I plucked MANY leaves to dry in an oven at about 200*F. They became hard and crunchy, so i broke them up into itty bitty pieces to save. I found my container i kept it in, and packed a bowl of it to smoke out of a pipe. The passion leaves smell SO good, its crazy. I, thinking it smells good thought the smoke would taste good....WRONG. The smoke is as thick as burning dead leaves youd throw in the firepit when you are camping. Inhaling the still hot and thick smoke was nasty, and i could only imagine what it was doing to my lungs. I only got a hit, and blew it all out of my pipe after the first. Gross.
Some more time passed, and i thought about hitting it out of a bong to cool the smoke down. I tried smoking out of a bong, and it was WAY easier and more natural smoking the cooled smoke. It felt quite nice, and id hold the hits in as long as i could. 1 hit, no sign of change, 2, nah, 3..., somethings crawlin up, 4, feel same as last hit, 5, a little more of something there, 6, woah...everything i look at is 'there', its kinda hard to explain, 7, wow, 8, wow, 9, wow, 10, WOW. Something was there and i cant even describe it because i dont really know what it was. When i looked at something, i was thinking 'Wow...that cup is there...sitting...just there...life is real...its existing...' I went into my room to further explore the feeling. I sat on my computer and i just thought about nothing except stare at everything in my room. It was like i had sight for the first time, and i was kinda creeped out about everything existing. The feeling lasted for about 10 minutes and then it went away quickly. It was weird that's all i have to say!
By the way, i havnt smoked an actual flower due to the flowers not on the vine yet, i just gotta wait a little further into spring. Anyhow, the feeling was very light, and i often thought, is this in my head? But there was something definitely there.
That always makes reading more interesting. 
