Bufo: My First Experience: 5MeO-DMT

Ok…on Saturday Nov. 8th, 2025 I did bufo for the first time. In order to cover this properly I have to allow myself to write freely like before.

If you end up slightly disappointed b/c this wasn’t a ‘beam me up Scotty’ episode, you’ll understand WHY and that there’s simply less to talk about experience-wise for numerous reasons.

This could actually be insightful to you if you’re considering it for yourself or ways to ‘ease’ into this or something similar that you’ve built up great fear around (b/c I had it for this actively for 4 1/2 years!).

There are numerous dynamics with this and you yourself might be interested in knowing the nuances of things that people don’t talk about otherwise which can help you to assess if/when bufo might be right for you (consult your Grail Magi).

When I did 5 MEO-DMT for the first time directly (the synthetic but I prefer ‘bio-identical’ version) which I wrote about on the blog here

…It had been almost 6 years since I did any form of DMT. My ‘The Crucible’ (which should be written about in the blog here) was in Iquitos with a very powerful shaman in a private ceremony with a female friend of mine (I was her translator).

It was an intense 3 hours itself plus after-basking when he left. It was so traumatizing in a good way that it kept me off of ayahuasca or DMT for YEARS afterwards…that’s what I didn’t want happening with Bufo.

Ayahuasca was the last time before 5MEO so now that I have more experience, I also had new questions that arose; which I’ll get to…I wanted to play it a bit safer this time if 7mg was THAT intense last time.

When I did 5MEO at the Bufo Alvarius sanctuary, it basically BLEW ME AWAY…shot me right up to GOD connection and Unity which I wrote about.

That was my version of Mike Tyson’s grand breakthrough as well with DMT (bufo though). It ended up being risky but a perfect session with no regrets.

I’m bringing this up because doing bufo the first time was a very different experience. I was definitely called to it and wanting to do BOTH.

My overall intention with the work of this session was to ease into it at a lighter to regular dosage so that I can be initiated but to have a long-term working relationship also because there was a re-activation of my ascension vertigo vestibular issue 1/2 week before bufo (just like what happened before 5MEO directly).

I was going for a regular dose but then chose to go lighter b/c of concern of the vestibular problem b/c bufo is different than direct 5MEO.

Bufo; the poisonous toad indigenous to Sonoran desert and parts of the SW U.S. includes 5MEO-DMT as well as other alkaloids all as bufo-toxin (that’s what I wanted to just play it safer with while also being mindful it could help heal things but I just wanted to start a working relationship; I didn’t want to get BLOWN OUT OF things for 1/2 year).

For bufo the dosage vs. direct is around 10-15% as pure 5MeO-DMT…so I had 7 MG of 5MoO-DMT before although I hadn’t done DMT for 5.7 years before….so an equivalent dosage of bufo would be like 65 mg.

So; on the day of…yes I had ‘some’ anxiety; even though I’m experienced but moreso again b/c of my light-headed re-activated vestibular issue and not knowing how it would respond and other general excited/anxiousness a bit…it’s difficult to explain for people who haven’t lived with it for years to have a real idea of it.

So b/c it re-activated to make it more of a trial for me again and yes; I wanted to go even lighter of a dose to KNOW more how it reacts to me before going heavier. I mean heck; this 7mg with the other alkaloids could be STRONGER than what I did before so I’m thinking maybe 4mg worth.

I was seeing signs like ’40’ literally so that felt like a good starter dose and then we could just add more to go deeper and strengthen it. My valuation here?

LONG-TERM b/c of the clarity to continue working with DMT. I was also being safe b/c I thought the effect would be the same as how strong the direct 7 mg of 5meo was.

So…that noon-ish…I had two client sessions; a kundalini and dan tien activation (on zoom but is actually ‘remote’ energy work) and then had to go right away to bicycle down to the main Tulum beachfront at Maya Tulum…so around 24 minutes bike ride.

Locked my bike upfront and then walked in and towards the area and saw her walking towards me (I can send referral if you’re called to it).

She had a whole spacious yoga shala reserved just for us where they usually do other classes with a temple area set up for us with rug-blanket, temple accoutrement and so forth.

This was my first time meeting her in person through a referral…we talked about my situation and she had prepared 70mg for me initially but I made it clear that I had to have authority over the dosage and she was fine with that….we both agreed to the starter and then back-up plan like they had offered before and that she had done for other clients.

Anyways; there was space for me to settle in and relatively relax and then she gave some instructions around how we would do it although not as thorough as last time.

She lit the pipe and knew how to breathe, it’s just that I can’t hold my breath super long without threatening an already activated light-headedness to cross over into further light-headedness and potential danger.

So we decided on 38mg and give it up to 10 minutes and I could request another dose…basically what happened was after inhaling and holding for 5 seconds then she started counting slowly 1, …..2…and I not only had to let it out around her 6 but I swallowed some of it so it left a stinging sensation in the throat on down a bit…then I layed back and I realized…wow, this is actually really gentle, pure but also a very light dose…

I gave things 7 minutes and then requested 38mg which in my head which did have some thought and ego then, I got the math wrong but that’s actually what I wanted (I thought it was 28).

It was basically like a strong microdose of something similar…gentle and pleasant but nothing like before.

I remember Tony Robbins talking about bufo I think to Joe Rogan and he said he had to take another dose or 2 b/c it wasn’t strong enough; to me before this I was just thinking; yeah he just has a REALLY strong ego (which he does but it’s in service), but now I was thinking…oh maybe it was a similar dynamic…I want to know their dosage amounts (Mike Tyson also).

Anyways; what I didn’t tell you yet but I told her is that I’d been micro-vaping mimosa (N,N DMT) and also had some changa (which you aren’t supposed to use close to this at all but it was micro micro like 1/2 week earlier b/c it has MAOI).

So anyways; she prepared the 38mg dose (so 70 mg total which I’m told is a solid regular dose) as I sat up a bit in silence and then partook of that…then it felt closer to what I had before but honestly it still felt like 1/6th the power…however don’t YOU dare be disappointed…BUFO HAS THE POWER. I know it does and I knew it then.

It’s just that this experience was meant to be more of that INITIAL relationship building starter point for me b/c I do plan on working with it often and we/you can ALWAYS go stronger with dosage (that’s what I’d call a good problem) and it’s where I wanted to be.

We tested that (jinxproof) this WAS safe to my vestibular (still healing in harvest) situation even with the toxins…I just had to do heavier dosage and all at once instead of spread out.

I LEFT SATISFIED…it was a GENTLE experience that I don’t have to much to write about but it’s b/c I’m viewing and valuing the BIGGER PICTURE of starting a long-term working relationship that I was ok with it.

By splitting the dosage it had also weakened it but it was also my relative immunity or what’s the term; tolerance TO DMT that was also part of the equation. That also helped her to understand it when we had our follow-up call.

I biked back and felt good but didn’t have any of those enviable relapses whatsoever. BUT THIS IS GOOD…It’s all the real deal and I had nothing else to prove to myself being my own hero through what I’ve already gone through (The Crucible and 5MEO-DMT as its own crucible)….

So really; the main takeaway I had was actually around the FEAR dynamic itself.

I had let it in some ways kinda terrify me for 5 years; the ‘unknown’…I may have mentioned before that in 2020 I was planning to come down to the Sanctuary to experience bufo but then my vestibular issue flared up with dizzy light-headedness and that COMPOUNDED my anxiety all up around bufo…it was this larger ‘fear’ zone’ (this was after I’d done The Crucible).

So it was essentially years of this ‘fear barrier’ with solid anxiety around it (amplified b/c of the legitimate health issue where there was no research on anyone who had anything like I did ever doing bufo or DMT)…and I realized that yes, I had become my own Hero by doing all of this.

THAT FEAR DISSIPATION was a MAJOR relief and strengthens my Soul Warrior even more. What chances are you NOT taking WHEN YOU KNOW its what you should do? Where are you letting fear stop you? Even from ‘being seen’ (and now I’m ‘post-debut)?

So, there isn’t much I’d write or would say about the actual experience for THIS time other than the dynamics and logistics I’m referring to. I WENT THROUGH THE TRIAL ANYWAYS.

And I found a way in. 5MEO-DMT was its own crucible for me. This was gentler and ironically, it’s bufo that others are secretly terrified of more but I had an inverse experience but for reasons listed above.

The anxieties are largely dissipated around it all (however it’s still temple grade warrior shit)…so here’s the deal; I’m GOING BACK FOR ROUND 2. It’s double splenic approved and it’s meant to be.

But one final thing is that for all that’s sacred but I’d use another word b/c the word sacred is sacred to me; anyway…I just COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE MATH.

The math was impossible…there’s no way I did the same 7 mg when 5MEO-DMT was 7x stronger to my system. Even if I did the 70mg at once instead of 9 minutes apart, there’s no way it was as strong as the 7mg of direct DMT.

So just HOW MUCH of a difference does it make to not ever do it before or have 5.7 years off vs. micro-dosing ahead of time?

Anyways; We both figured that was some of what affected it and I wasn’t dissatisfied OR questioning of her quality either; that’s why I’m returning b/c she gets them directly and the medicine is PURE whereas there is more risk with other suppliers, etc.

I think it’ll be less of a freight train even at stronger doses but yes, I WILL do a write-up on my 2nd experience and post that to the blog also. I don’t fit within the typical psychonaut profile; I’m Grail Magi and have my reasons for taking the most powerful psychotropics with are sacraments and Way-showers.

Anyways; I won’t say the MG range that I’m planning to go in for but I want a similar overall experience to my first DMT one…just that it’ll be stronger than before, but NOW I’m really ready for the medicine and what it has to give me. Oh AND (esp. with my health concerns although jinxproof there are still risks); I have much less concern or anxiety about this; it’s more like…an in-self busy week, 6 out of 6 siddhic kundalini awakening Elixir sessions with mostly Light Muse as that continues to stabilize as siddhic hieros gamos, etc. and…ok, yeah I’ll bike on down to do bufo Wednesday-ish kinda thing.

But I’m living it…I’m really doing it: SOME OF THE SHIT I WAS SCARED OF THE MOST. Through the wall, on the ‘other side’ and that’s going to pay off in all kinds of ways (did I mention I’m post-debut now on Instagram?)

It requires a strong soul or spirit warrior/ess to do bufo, ayahuasca or 5MEO-DMT…YES, the sources and experiences can vary…ayahuasca was VERY different (although some similar things) with the different shamans I had. As I get more overall experience with bufo, etc. though I may share.

This medicine is lesser known but it’s going to gain in popularity (both of them) basically as the most powerful psychotropics out there.

I will have more to say as far as experience-wise I think on the UPCOMING Bufo post…so if it’s underwhelming here, at least it might get you thinking about bufo if ever.

Even in my circle I don’t know more than 1/2 dozen who’ve done it yet. I had a male client do ayahuasca and a form of DMT (mostly inspired by me I guess) and there’s something to be said about knowing these dynamics AND not getting too caught up in your head when it’s time to really PARTAKE ITSELF…then trusting in the medicine.

I don’t have problems surrendering like some people do, it was just a far less intense experience so that I did find myself thinking about let’s do a follow-on dose and thinking I had the math right (it felt right and was), but then dropping back into more the silence of the semi-familiar DMT experience (remember that we inherently HAVE DMT in our system as the GOD MOLECULE that can otherwise be difficult to practically access in any effectual amount).

Ok…look forward to other blog posts and I will definitely do a write-up on my upcoming 2nd bufo experience! (I’ve done ayahuasca 9 times; all in Peru on 2 different trips).

We’ll see if it’s as dynamic as I get into other possible sources of bufo and DMT as well; how much it varies, etc. (that is for the record if I’m allegedly doing what I’m doing)

-Rion

p.s. It really makes you wonder how Source/God gave us reminders of RECONNECT and the great Truty-Mystery itself of Self discovery in the oddest of places on earth…in our bodies and only PARTICULAR or semi-rare species of plants and sub-species of a desert frog and so forth…fascinating!