So I am new to these communities but have some reports to share which some may find interesting.. I'd also like to hear of other peoples experiences "breaking through" with salvia, especially any that are similar to this... Drugs taken: Salvia, Cannabis.
Salvia divinorum
Limited data
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 3 corroborating sources
- 2 ROAs with full dose ladders
- duration data present
- 19 combo interactions documented
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
- dose ladder unverifiable and undisclosed — capped
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 3 corroborating sources
- 2 ROAs with full dose ladders
- duration data present
- 19 combo interactions documented
- dose data not in PW/TripSit (unverifiable)
- dose ladder unverifiable and undisclosed — capped
Aliases: Sally, Sally d, Magic mint, Seer's sage, Diviner's sage, Salvia
Summary
Salvia divinorum (also called Diviner's Sage, Ska María Pastora, Seer's Sage, and Salvia) is a psychoactive plant in the Salvia genus. Its native habitat is within Cloud Forest in the isolated Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico where it grows in shady and moist locations. The plant grows to over a meter high and has hollow square stems, large leaves, and occasional white flowers with violet calyxes.
Dose Information
No curated dose ladder is available for this substance. The figures below are drawn from SubstanceIndex (DoseWiki) as a fallback — often a conservative threshold only. Treat them as approximate and cross-reference before use.
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sublingual | 2-4g | 4-8g | 8-15g | 15g+ |
| Smoked | 100-250mg | 250-500mg | 500-750mg | 750mg+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Peak | Offset | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoked (dried Leaf) | 0-1 min | 4-19 min | 10-30 min | 14-50 min |
| Smoked (5x Extract) | 0-1 min | 4-19 min | 10-30 min | 14-50 min |
| Smoked (10x Extract) | 0-1 min | 4-19 min | 10-30 min | 14-50 min |
| Sublingual / Quid (fresh Leaf) | 10-19 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 1.17-2.82 hrs |
| Sublingual / Quid (dried Leaf) | 10-19 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 1.17-2.82 hrs |
| Vaporized (pure Salvinorin A) | 0-1 min | 1-10 min | 10-19 min | 11-31 min |
Effect Profile
2,575 reportsScores (1–10) curated from multiple sources:
- Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
- Validated against 2,203 Erowid trip reports
- Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)
Psychedelic
8.8
Intense+
9/10
Strong visuals and auditory effects with moderate headspace, low body load
Visual Intensity
×3
10
visual geometry
synesthesia
drifting
environmental cubism
scenery slicing
depth perception distortions
+1 more
Headspace Depth
×3
7
perspective distortions
confusion
time distortion
Auditory Effects
×1
10
auditory distortions
synesthesia
Body Load / Somatic Effects
×1
1
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- Sublingualcommon ~ 6 g
- Smokedcommon ~ 375 mg
Dose & duration (reference)
Salvia divinorum: routes the PsychonautWiki Journal app is missing Source: SubstanceSearch (substancesearch.com) Smoked (dried Leaf) dose (g): threshold 0.1-0.2 Smoked (5x Extract) dose (mg): threshold 20-40 Smoked (10x Extract) dose (mg): threshold 10-20 Sublingual / Quid (fresh Leaf) dose (g): threshold 5-10 Sublingual / Quid (dried Leaf) dose (g): threshold 1-2 Vaporized (pure Salvinorin A) dose (µg): threshold 200-500 Sublingual dose (g): light 2-4 · common 4-8 · strong 8-15 · heavy 15+ Smoked dose (mg): threshold 100 · light 100-250 · common 250-500 · strong 500-750 · heavy 750+ Note: ranges are harm-reduction guidance, not a prescription. Start low, go slow, and test your substances.
Custom Units carry a single dose per route, so the full ranges live in the reference above. A route's suggested dose is the midpoint of its common range. Ranges are harm-reduction guidance, not a prescription.
Tolerance
Build-up
unclear; possible reverse tolerance (sensitization) reported anecdotally
Reset
unknown — mechanism is distinct from serotonergic psychedelics
Effects
Aggregated from 2,203 Erowid and 372 Bluelight experience reports
Positive Effects 40
Color Enhancement
32.7%
83%
Awe
30.0%
83%
Music Enhancement
28.1%
70%
Geometric Imagery
28.0%
88%
Empathy
22.0%
85%
Stimulation
20.0%
76%
Euphoria
19.5%
87%
Focus Enhancement
18.4%
70%
Introspection
16.3%
82%
Insight
12.0%
83%
Mystical Quality
10.0%
87%
Joy
10.0%
87%
Wonder
10.0%
83%
Fractal Imagery
8.0%
89%
Contentment
8.0%
80%
Peace
8.0%
88%
Visual Trails
6.0%
82%
Bliss
6.0%
85%
Oneness
6.0%
85%
Pareidolia
4.0%
78%
Adverse Effects 67
Fear
62.0%
89%
Anxiety
51.8%
84%
Thought Disorganization
50.0%
81%
Depersonalization
48.0%
84%
Body Load
38.0%
77%
Confusion
36.9%
87%
Entity Imagery
32.0%
87%
Panic
30.0%
89%
Dissociation
22.6%
93%
Closed-Eye Visuals
22.4%
87%
Auditory Effects
22.4%
81%
Scene Replacement
20.0%
90%
Environmental Transfiguration
18.0%
85%
Body Distortion
18.0%
90%
Memory Suppression
16.3%
81%
Temporal Disorientation
16.0%
85%
Derealization
12.0%
88%
Open-Eye Visuals
11.4%
80%
Ataxia
10.0%
78%
Heaviness
10.0%
81%
Combinations
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Community Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.
Reddit 8 reports 1 positive 6 neutral 1 cautionary visit
TL;DR: I recount a profound and emotionally intense experience I had after using salvia, which involved perceived encounters with a maternal entity, possibly my deceased grandmother, and other spiritual elements.
Yeasterday i smoked some salvia. It wasnt a ton, in fact it was just barely enough to make my vision start to wiggle -barely. I did it just to help me think more fluidly, as i had alot on my mind and couldnt get a clear thought to form.
Took a hit of Salvia in a bong for 15 seconds laying alone in my bed. The trip lasted for 27 minutes but felt like 15 actual years. I experienced every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every month of every year without a pause.
This was my first time taking salvia, I’ve been wanting to take salvia since i started smoking pot in high school. But let me tell you story, i took a hit, held it, and before i even exhaled, everything tilted.
Hi all, before I get started with this report I'd like to state my name, My name is Brandon and I am 26. This all started when I came back from work a few weeks back, I was a big psych head ever since my last trip report on LSD and I have built up a tolerance to it.
I’ve done a lot of psychedelics. 5-meo-dmt at the peak of lsd. I’ve been hospitalized on mushrooms. I had a weed experience that messed me up for 2 weeks straight but the time I took salvia 20x extract was by far the most horrifying experience of my life.
Alright so I was posting a couple weeks ago about getting 40x extract and feeling like it was doing nothing (having to smoke multiple full bowls to get to the point of dissociation). I bought 60x from another seller and tried a pinch and got sent into complete dissociation.
Erowid 8 reports 2 positive 2 neutral 4 cautionary visit
Mindset: Im going to try to provide some depth to this report by including a lot of detail, so bear with the length in the interest of enlightenment. Im a 43 year old male, married with 5 children, ages 2-13. Im employed as a network administrator for a telecommunications company.
This is an account of my first experience with the sublingual method of ingesting salvia leaves. I am a 20 year old male college student that has used salvia in a spiritual context for over a year and a half now, with a wide array of experiences ranging from subtle to profound.
This is the story of my curiously strange enlightenment. Before sitting down to smoke I did some ritual cleansing work. I took a warm shower and cleansed myself with lavendar oils to calm my mind. After the shower I smudged my apartment with white sage to clean out any negative energy.
Little sally-D sits at the right of DMT 100 times old LSD I would apologize in advance as this report seems the length of a Quantum Physics discourse, yet put yourself in my place and I promise it to be anything but boring.
ONE DAY, TWO CROSSINGS: I am nothing if not persistent, and have been granted a rare gift: one entire weekday alone with no other duties or obligations and with NO probability of interruptions.
I tried Salvia Divinorum as a person with some experience with psychedelic substances, but not an experienced user. I previously had done acid twice, and was a compulsive marijuana smoker, having once tried shrooms as well.
'Do not forget you are on drugs!' - that's a line I kept hearing from my friends or even reading on the Internet, and to be fair, it is a statement that I always kind of looked down upon. I didn't see how you could possibly forget that you just took drugs while tripping.
THE FOUNDATION As a short drug-related history, I had, at this point in my life, been smoking marijuana regularly for 8 or 9 years, and had, of course, a typical 22-year-olds accumulated experience with alcohol.
Bluelight 8 threads 1 positive 6 neutral 1 cautionary visit
This trip report details my second breakthrough experience with salvia, the first was of equal intensity yet I have no memory of what occurred. Set and Setting - In my room with a good friend looking after me, the door is closed, some soft ambient music plays quietly in the background, the lights I decide to leave on.I...
Trip- report Breakthrough on Salvia Divinorum 10x This event took place around the start of November, 2007. I had smoked some hash earlier that evening, and was still under the influence when I smoked Salvia. Setting: On a field at night, under the stars with three other friends of mine. Let’s call them A, B and C.
Juggling Life in Cosmic Hands Pharmacology Substance: Salvia Divinorum Potency: 20x Dosage: Uknown/Eyeballed PRE-CONDITIONS (Mind)Set: Average positively inclined mindset, no concerns about tripping, very spontaneous.
First a short foreword: I have been away for a bit mostly due to not having regular access to the internet. I wrote the following a few weeks ago, it is based on hand scribbled notes I managed to jot down just after the world started to come back together for me after the Salvia experience.
Let me preface this with the fact that this was about a month ago so it’ll be difficult to remember every detail. Hell, right after the experience I wasn’t able to remember a lot but here I go. Also, this is my first trip report and second time smoking Salvia.
I know the first two are kind of dull, but read number 3.. Because I find that very interesting. So.. I got a gram of the 20x Standardized a couple of days ago. I had a few different expierences with it.. I am going to try to explain the best I can.
(Salvia 20x / Unknown Dose) - Novice - "Welcome back, my child. (Traumatic)" Ok so bear with me here, this is my first trip report I've ever written. I love reading trip reports (some say I'm obsessed), and I decided the time was finally right to create an account and share my experience with this lovely community.
i just smoked salvia it was a few years old, but 20x still. i'm on a low dose of haldol anti-psychotic. it doesn't really do anything for me, but i expected the salvia might not work anyways, despite the fact i read that there are no trip killers for salvia.
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