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Book Haul: DM Turner's Psychonaut Books, Salvinorin & Psychedelic Guide [SEE LINKS FOR READINGS]

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The video begins with the host excitedly unboxing a package containing two significant books by DM Turner, a legendary figure known as one of the greatest psychonauts in history. The first item revealed is a copy of "DMT: The Spirit Molecule," which the host purchased for an incredibly low price, noting that he has been acquiring this specific title whenever it becomes available at a reasonable cost. He highlights the book's value as a comprehensive collection of Turner's trip reports and historical insights into various psychedelics, including DMT, LSD, peyote, and ketamine. The host expresses deep admiration for Turner's dedication to exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness, acknowledging that while Turner tragically passed away due to complications from self-administered ketamine, his life's work remains an essential resource for the psychedelic community. The second book unboxed is "Salvadoran: The Psychedelic Essence of Salvia Divinorum," another crucial text by Turner that the host has read multiple times and highly recommends. The host explains that this book details Turner's extensive experiences with Salvia, offering detailed information on dosage, administration methods, safety considerations, and the philosophy behind these substances. He notes that despite Turner's family disagreeing with his lifestyle after his death, preventing a second printing of the book, the text remains accessible for free online through various platforms like Sensor Tube and Irowit. The host emphasizes the importance of reading the entire work to understand Turner's courageous adventures and the diverse perspectives he offers on how different substances affect individuals. Throughout the video, the host shares personal anecdotes about his long-standing relationship with these books, mentioning that he has owned multiple copies over the last 25 years and has even donated several during annual Twitch auctions to support important causes. He also touches upon recent changes in shipping logistics from the United States, noting that he recently received these items without the usual duties or fees, which made the purchase even more affordable. The host concludes by reiterating his immense respect for DM Turner and encouraging viewers interested in psychedelics and psychoactives to seek out these texts, describing them as essential reference volumes that provide lucid descriptions of psychedelic realms that make readers feel as though they have embarked on a journey themselves.
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Salute to the psychonauts. Salute to the psychonauts. On that note, gang, I just saw someone deliver something to the front door. I'm going to go get it. I got a feeling I know what it is. I hope it is what it is. I'll be right back in about 30 seconds. I'm going to show you something that I just bought. Okay. Awesome gang. Since we're talking about this, since we're talking about this, we just got a package. Okay, we just got a package. I'm going to show you what it is. And you would have seen this before. I'll give those of you who have been here for these types of packages to guess what this is as I open it. It's related to what we've been talking about. Not comics got is related to what we've been talking about. Okay, that silver. Oh god, I wish I could get the silver server number four at a good price. What do you guys think it is? I'll give you a hint. It's a book. It's a book. Batman 47 has arrived. What do you mean Batman 27? Oh, not Batman. Detective Comics 27. Oh, marijuana. Not marijuana, but it is related. It is related. It is related. I'll give you a guess. Dried mushrooms. Also, no, but it's related to dried mushrooms. We're talking about psychonauts. We're talking about psychonauts. Valve books. This is a book that I have been buying. Salv book. Sallo sal book. It is the Don Turner book. It is another copy. Another copy of DMT, the spirit molecule. Close. Very close. It is by DM Turner. DMT. It is the uh essential psychedelic guide. We've done some readings of this snakes and suits. And it's a nice copy. Very good. Very good. Beautiful copy. I bought this for dirt cheap. I bought this for dirt cheap. I forget how much it was. This one I think this one cost um I forget what it was like I think I bought it for like 25 bucks and it was like $10 shipping. So 35 bucks or something like this US. Okay. We've done readings of this DM Turner. He was one of the greatest psychonauts. one of the greatest psychonauts in history. Okay, he wrote two books. One of them is this, the essential psychedelic guide, which is basically his trip reports and recommendations of uh and a lot of history. Here's a table of contents, right? If you look on online on sensor tube, you'll find us doing some of the readings of this, right? And it's basically his trip reports on him mixing a whole bunch of different type of psychedelics and psychoactives uh and writing about his journeys. He gives some history about you know DMT, LSD, Salvia deorum. Actually, he does he I don't think he had explored salvia devor at this point, but ketamine uh just a whole bunch of peyote, everything and anything. And he did a lot of different mixes, right? And he I've read this book like three times so far, right? The other book he wrote was Salvadoran, the psychedelic essence of Salvia Devonorum. And we've done a full reading of that book, right? So, whenever I can get a copy of this book at a reasonable price, I buy it. And this was one of the best prices I was able to get it. And if you're interested in psychedelics, psychoactives, um, even pharmaceuticals and trip reports, highly recommend getting your hands on this book and reading the whole damn thing. Okay? Reading the whole damn thing because it's extremely important. And for me, uh, I have such tremendous respect to DM Turner, okay, that I documented one of my trip reports. Uh, I called it uh, breaking the master cleanse with Salvia deorum and Brazilian cubenzis. And I submitted it to Iwood and Shrimary. and it's online and it's also on my website, okay, about a very bad trip I had breaking the master cleanse with Salvia Devonorum and Brazilian Cubenzis, right? And it was in honor of DM Turner because he shared two books, his life work as a psychonaut with us. And the least I could do is share one of my trip reports uh with the world, I guess, with the psychedelic community, with the psychonaut community. And I've been buying this book for the last 25 years if I can get it at a good good price. and I have multiple copies of it and we've given away two or three of these books during our Twitch yearly auctions that when we were doing them uh to people extremely important extremely important uh book um unfortunately DM Turner succumbed to his uh addiction because it's um he found ketamine he did a lot of work with ketamine but he let ketamine take a hold of him and he ended up um doing ketamine by himself in a bathtub and ended up drowning. Okay. Uh so he passed away. I forget what year he passed away. Uh but as far as I'm concerned, he's the most important psychonaut uh for the western world there has ever been because he he uh he committed himself 100% to this. Okay. 100% to this. Uh good read for those interested. Great read for those interested in such things. And the book is available for free to read online. Okay. Uh there's never been a second printing of Salvador and the psychedelic salvia de or this book because his family didn't agree with his lifestyle. But it is available for free online. Uh Irowit has it listed. You can read it on okay what I'll do I'll read you guys this back part. Okay. So you get an idea of what this is. Elder God, I stood out in the cold waiting for my Chicho copy to arrive. This January just gone DM Turner DMT. It came out and looked like slim bricks. So, I'm going to read this thing. Okay, I'm just going to read the description in the back, right? Uh, quote, "The essential psychedelic guide provides clear detailed description of the effects of all major psychedelics, including exotic substances like DMT, measculine, ketamine, and two-CB. For each substance, it discusses the material history and effects, plus hard to find information on dosage levels, methods of administration, combination, and safety issues. Other chapters give crucial information on understanding set and setting, preparation to obtain the maximum benefit from psychedelics while avoiding pitfalls and novel theories on the philosophy behind these extraordinary dimensions. DM Turner is a courageous adventurer in nonb nonordinary consciousness whose writing is based on extensive firthand experience with psychedelics. His involvement with others in diverse areas of the psychedelic community provides for insightful cross perspectives on how these substances affect different people. The essential psychedelic guide takes readers on a fascinating adventure through the psychedelic realms. These realms are described with such lucid detail that readers may actually feel they've embarked on a trip. This is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in psychedelics. Quote from al um Alexander Schulen, author blah blah blah. Here's a quote recommendation sort of a sort of whatever quote. Um a remarkable journey by a courageous explorer describing travels with a broad range of psychedelic drugs. This is an ex especially valuable reference volume on drug combinations. Okay. Huge respect to DM Turner. Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. Okay. Okay. Let's do a book haul. This goes together with the previous book haul we did. I'm pretty sure it was from the same buyer. The guy just listed at a different time. You want to guess what this is? You want to guess what this is? I brought an X-acto knife. Let's use an Xacto knife. The sun is shining where the books are. So, I'm going to do This is ice. We don't need ice for the whiskey. You want to guess what this is? You want to guess what this is? I'll give you one guess. I'll give you one guess. Isa is Jesus. Jesus is Armenian. Isa. Check this out. I bought this for uh what did it come out to? It came out to including shipping came out to $55 and it's crazy cheap. Crazy cheap. Okay. Crazy cheap. And this is related to the previous book that we did in the previous stream. Ready? Ready? What book? What book? Salvadoran, the psychedelic essence of Salvia Deonorum by DM Turner. By DM Turner. I got myself another copy. I'm collecting these things. I got a few of these. Uh, we've done a full reading of this book, gang. We have done a full reading of this book. It's available on Bitshoot, on Rumble, on Odyssey, and on Sensor Tube. Okay, if I can get this book in the $50 range, I buy it. And this was in the $50 range and I bought it. Okay. And one thing that's happening lately when buying things that are coming from the United States, I'm no longer getting dinged by duties and fees and stuff like this. I'm paying a little bit of taxes, but no longer duties and stuff. And this one didn't even pay taxes on I just paid for it on eBay and it just came to me without any fees or taxes on it. So, something's happened at the border where they're letting these shipments out. This is some guy's name on it. Duven Davin Guen. Okay. This is an important book uh regarding Salvia Devonorum. Okay. And super happy. And this is in pretty good shape. This is in pretty good shape. Okay. Fantastic. Aldiga, that doesn't introduce Batman, man. I think you got this book. I sent you a copy of this book. We've given this book away during our uh live streams, the yearly auction. I'm going to put it in a comic book bag because it's important I preserve these. Right. So, fantastic. Fantastic.