Salvia extract is typically smoked, though vaporization may work as well. Reports of success with vaporization are few; it’s generally best to just get a very high strength extract such as 40x or better, and be careful to inhale *all* of the smoke (to conserve extract). Only do this with a sitter present!

The chewed experience lasts longer and may be easier to understand and integrate. If you can find a good enough price on bulk leaves to feel comfortable chewing them, you might find the experience more interesting and educational. Salvia is a sort of personality-inhibitor. You may find that your body habits and ego-personality may suddenly seem to be gone, and you are left with a dissociated consciousness which is still in your body but seems to no longer be so tightly attached to the body; at least that is my experience. At high doses (of smoked extract), you may see swirling in the field of vision, and other visual effects. The eerie thing about it is that your brain seems to believe that what it is seeing is *real*, and can be nearly traumatized by the confusion. Perhaps this is a result of Salvia showing you something about the energetic nature of the structure of concensus-reality.

Be careful! Some people may become psychotic in this state (out of fear or panic?), at least temporarily.