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#1
Spirituality / Re: Astral Army of Consciousne...
Last post by Rising Spirit - March 19, 2026, 08:02:30 PMI am so happy to have such a deep new member join our small 5 tribe. A'ho & Namaskar! You've certainly cultivated a seasoned level of metaphysical depth, IzakielSturge. Much of the phenomena you write about are byproducts of disciplined Sadhana, esoteric study and the enigmatic boost of entheogenic medicines. The astral realms themselves are revealed through the bloom of Ajna activation (6th chakra), be it sober or psychedelically inspired. Mescaline, psilocybin, LSD-25 and N,N-DMT open this energy portal with impressive ease to receptive souls. Whereas, the sacred field that 5-MeO-DMT fascilitates, relates more to the Sahasrara and Vyapini chakras (7th & 8th). It's been an area of great interest to me for many decades now. Thank you so much for joining our fold and bringing such powerful discussions to the very forefront. Welcome home, friend! 🙏
#2
Spirituality / Re: Astral Army of Consciousne...
Last post by Handshake - March 18, 2026, 09:44:33 AMI love this!
#3
Introductions/Newbies / Re: chek out my ceramic bufo
Last post by Handshake - March 18, 2026, 09:43:02 AMBeautiful, thanks for sharing your art!
#4
Science / New Article: Fabricated Ancest...
Last post by Handshake - March 18, 2026, 09:38:18 AMHighly recommend reading this article about the history of the toad and ecopolitics of 5-MeO-DMT.
Fabricated Ancestrality: The Sonoran Desert Toad, Psychedelic Globalization, and the Ecological Politics of 5-MeO-DMT
Authors: A.M Ortiz Bernal; C.L Raison; A.M Vargas Prieto; A.K Davis
Abstract:
"5-methoxy- N,N -dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) is a potent, short-acting psychedelic compound found in several South American plant species and in the glandular secretions of Incilius alvarius, a toad native to the Sonoran Desert. While plant-based snuff preparations containing 5-MeO-DMT have documented use in Indigenous Caribbean and South American contexts, recent claims that toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT forms part of Comcáac (Seri) ancestral tradition have gained global traction despite lacking historical and ethnographic support. Drawing on historical scholarship and contemporary ethnographic field accounts, this article examines how such claims emerged in specific regional contexts and circulated within transnational psychedelic networks. It argues that the contemporary framing of "ancestral toad medicine" exemplifies ancestralization: a process through which recent practices are reframed as ancient to establish cultural authority and legitimacy within the psychedelic field. The resulting fabricated ancestrality has circulated through ritual adaptation, media dissemination, and global retreat economies, contributing to rising demand for toad secretions and increased ecological pressures on Incilius alvarius. Tracing the narrative's diffusion from Sonora to urban and international settings, and situating it alongside anthropological debates on authenticity and indigeneity in ayahuasca globalization, the analysis highlights the ecological politics embedded in contemporary psychedelic movements. In doing so, it foregrounds the ecological consequences of fabricated ancestrality and calls for historical rigor, intellectual honesty about what is documented and what is newly constructed, and ethical accountability in how toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT is represented, particularly where contemporary practices contribute to extractive pressures on a living species."
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyche.2026.100012
Fabricated Ancestrality: The Sonoran Desert Toad, Psychedelic Globalization, and the Ecological Politics of 5-MeO-DMT
Authors: A.M Ortiz Bernal; C.L Raison; A.M Vargas Prieto; A.K Davis
Abstract:
"5-methoxy- N,N -dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) is a potent, short-acting psychedelic compound found in several South American plant species and in the glandular secretions of Incilius alvarius, a toad native to the Sonoran Desert. While plant-based snuff preparations containing 5-MeO-DMT have documented use in Indigenous Caribbean and South American contexts, recent claims that toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT forms part of Comcáac (Seri) ancestral tradition have gained global traction despite lacking historical and ethnographic support. Drawing on historical scholarship and contemporary ethnographic field accounts, this article examines how such claims emerged in specific regional contexts and circulated within transnational psychedelic networks. It argues that the contemporary framing of "ancestral toad medicine" exemplifies ancestralization: a process through which recent practices are reframed as ancient to establish cultural authority and legitimacy within the psychedelic field. The resulting fabricated ancestrality has circulated through ritual adaptation, media dissemination, and global retreat economies, contributing to rising demand for toad secretions and increased ecological pressures on Incilius alvarius. Tracing the narrative's diffusion from Sonora to urban and international settings, and situating it alongside anthropological debates on authenticity and indigeneity in ayahuasca globalization, the analysis highlights the ecological politics embedded in contemporary psychedelic movements. In doing so, it foregrounds the ecological consequences of fabricated ancestrality and calls for historical rigor, intellectual honesty about what is documented and what is newly constructed, and ethical accountability in how toad-derived 5-MeO-DMT is represented, particularly where contemporary practices contribute to extractive pressures on a living species."
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyche.2026.100012
#5
Introductions/Newbies / Re: Feels like I just stumbled...
Last post by Rising Spirit - March 18, 2026, 09:18:58 AMThat's wonderful news to hear, 5-HUG. Welcome to this tribe of inner travelers. Can you elaborate a little bit about how you came to work with this sacred medicine, your previous experiences with other psychedelic molecules and something of the nature of your intrepid journeys with this most Holy compound? It's understood that putting such details into ordinary human language is challenging but sharing can be both cathartic and illuminating for other pilgrims. A'ho & Namaste. 
#6
Introductions/Newbies / Feels like I just stumbled int...
Last post by 5-HUG - March 17, 2026, 02:53:07 PMFeeling so excited and grateful my intuition said "keep going"! I've only been working with 5 for the last 4-years but it has changed my life.
#7
Introductions/Newbies / Re: thank you for existing
Last post by Rising Spirit - February 21, 2026, 09:14:50 AMQuote from: noodlebowl on February 11, 2026, 03:52:45 AMGood morning and thank you for the kind welcome, Handshake! I am one of those people who feels that 5 is in an entirely different class, in terms of the mental phenomenology. Physically it feels like a tryptamine to me, but that seems to be where the similarity ends.
I share your observations, noodlebowl. Yes, the sensation of being lifted into a Tryptamine state is there but lacking the kaleidoscopic visual elements. James Orac, may he rest in peace, equates this to the chakra activation triggered by the entheogenic sacrement. In his epic book, Tryptamine Palace, James emphatically states that psilocybin, LSD and N,N-DMT are phenomena occurring within the field of the 6th chakra and 5-MeO-DMT within the realm of of the 7th chakra. While this perspective is rather simplistic in scope, I feel that it is essentially true. That said, my first 7th chakra experience occured in 1978, under the enigmatic effects of LSD. This happened before I had any knowledge of kundalini or the chakra system espoused by Indian thought within the systems of yoga and tantra. So, it's certainly an oversimplification on James' part. What is clear, is that the major difference between 5-MeO-DMT and other tryptamines, is that with Five, one's subjectivity is wholly dissolved as the molecule brings the traveler into the nondual unified state.
#8
Introductions/Newbies / Re: thank you for existing
Last post by noodlebowl - February 11, 2026, 03:52:45 AMGood morning and thank you for the kind welcome, Handshake! I am one of those people who feels that 5 is in an entirely different class, in terms of the mental phenomenology. Physically it feels like a tryptamine to me, but that seems to be where the similarity ends.
#9
Introductions/Newbies / Re: thank you for existing
Last post by Handshake - February 10, 2026, 09:17:23 AMWelcome to the 5 Hive noodlebowl!
So wonderful to have you here and look forward to the conversations that you will bring and contribute to!
5 is truly a unique experience, some might even argue that it is almost in its own class of molecule.
So wonderful to have you here and look forward to the conversations that you will bring and contribute to!
5 is truly a unique experience, some might even argue that it is almost in its own class of molecule.
#10
Introductions/Newbies / thank you for existing
Last post by noodlebowl - February 07, 2026, 03:16:14 AMGood morning everyone, I am excited to be here and curious to learn more from (and alongside) all of you! I have been working deeply with psychedelics for many years although I've only tried 5 recently, roughly seven months ago. Aside from being comfortable with 'surrendering' to experience from past plant medicine work, nothing that came before this could have prepared me for the sheer immensity and beauty of the 5 experience. What a gift that you have all created here, in this 5 Hive, thank you!
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