Summary
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine (also known as 2C-E, or colloquially as "Aquarust" and "Eternity") is a lesser-known psychedelic substance of the phenethylamine class. It is a member of the 2C-x family of psychedelic phenethylamines, which are closely related to the classical psychedelic mescaline. Like other psychedelics, it is thought to produce its effects by binding to serotonin receptors in the brain, although the precise mechanism is poorly understood.
Perspectives
“There was a strange devil-angel pairing. As I was being told of the ecstatic white-light ascent of my partner into the God-space of an out-of-body experience, I was fighting my way out of a brown ooze. She saw the young Jesus at the bottom of a ladder drifting upwards step by step to some taking-off place, and I saw all the funny gargoyles around the base of the ladder surrounded by picnic bunting. For me it was the 4th of July, rather than Easter!”
“This wasn't bouncy or fun but there was a depth there waiting to be explored. I felt as though I was at the door, peeping inside.”
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 5-10mg | 10-15mg | 15-30mg | 30mg+ |
| Insufflated | 1-4mg | 4-7mg | 7-14mg | 14mg+ |
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Comeup | Peak | Offset | After Effects | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 19-90 min | 30-90 min | 2.0-4.0 hrs | 2.0-3.0 hrs | 4.0-48.0 hrs | 4.0-9.0 hrs |
| Insufflated | 1-10 min | - | 1.5-3.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 2.0-6.0 hrs | 6.0-14.0 hrs |
Tolerance
Effects
- Stimulation
- Physical euphoria
- Creativity enhancement
- Brightened color
- Mental/physical stimulation
- Spontaneous tactile sensations
- Nausea
- Pupil dilation
- Restlessness
- Sweating/chills
- Muscle tension
- Insomnia
- Increased blood pressure
- Increased heart rate
- Temperature regulation suppression
- Increased perspiration
- Seizure
- Teeth grinding
- Spontaneous bodily sensations
- Decreased appetite
- Frequent urination
- Muscle contractions
- Analysis enhancement
- Empathy enhancement
- Affection enhancement
- Sociability enhancement
- Conceptual thinking
- Emotion enhancement
- Thought connectivity
- Euphoria
- Giggling
- Empathy
- Insight
- Empathy, love, and sociability enhancement
- Immersion enhancement
- Novelty enhancement
- Spirituality enhancement
- Wakefulness
- Empathy, affection and sociability enhancement
- Unity and interconnectedness
- Immersion intensification
- Confusion
- Memory suppression
- Perspective distortions
- Time distortion
- Change in perception of time
- Ego softening
- Personal bias suppression
- Perspective alterations
- Thought acceleration
- Machinescapes
- Existential self-realization
- Emotion intensification
- Spirituality intensification
- Tactile enhancement
- Visual enhancement
- Pattern recognition enhancement
- Colour enhancement
- Tracers
- Increased music appreciation
- Synaesthesia
- Enhanced tactile sensation
- Acuity enhancement
- Auditory enhancement
- Bodily control enhancement
- Colour shifting
- Increased libido
- Color enhancement
- Visual acuity enhancement
- Color shifting
- Auditory acuity enhancement
- Dehydration
- Drifting
- Symmetrical texture repetition
- After images
- Internal hallucinations
- Closed/open eye visuals
- Auditory distortion
- Auditory hallucinations
- Autonomous entities
- Scenery slicing
- Auditory hallucination
- Internal hallucination
- Perspective hallucination
- Tactile intensification
Combinations
Trip Reports
PiHKAL / TiHKAL
“There was a strange devil-angel pairing. As I was being told of the ecstatic white-light ascent of my partner into the God-space of an out-of-body experience, I was fighting my way out of a brown ooze. She saw the young Jesus at the bottom of a ladder drifting upwards step by step to some taking-off place, and I saw all the funny gargoyles around the base of the ladder surrounded by picnic bunting. For me it was the 4th of July, rather than Easter!”