This is one of the better explanations of How To Smoke Salvia Divinorum that I have seen online. It’s been over a year since I tried any myself, although I still have a ton of it left (but nothing to smoke it with). Anyway, the two most important points that this guy outlines, and which I agree wholeheartedly with, is (1) that it’s best to keep re-loading your pipe or bowl until you’re basically physically unable to do so again; and (2) have your eyes closed while your hits take effect, and stay still. It’s very easy to “scare off” the effects of the plant. You could maybe describe it as gentle or perhaps elusive. The author adds:

This causes the mind of the experimenter, which can be quite conscious of two realities at once, to become aware of the inconsistency between these realities, and this can, and in my case usually does, disrupt the experience.

What the motionless body allows the mind to do is to slip deeper into the 3 dimensional nature of the vision. If the body is moved the vision will often alter or slip away. In some way the physical body defines the inner landscapes of the vision. My only way to explain this is to say that the conscious rational mind retains awareness of consensus reality while under the influence of Salvia.

Since Salvia creates a non-consensus reality body movement causes a dichotomy of awareness which can cause the mind to attempt a reconciliation between these realities. Consensus reality often wins, causing the vision to dissipate, or at least lose its convincing nature.

This sort of dual awareness is also played out with sight, which may be why many who attempt to feel the effects of Salvia, and have failed to try closing their eyes, cannot. By having ones eyes open the mind appears to be unconsciously forced to recognize one reality over the next and therefore cannot fall deeply into the full Salvia experience.

There is an additional index to this site, on Recreational Drug Info. I haven’t checked any of the other stuff out fully yet, but if it’s as good as this article on salvia, then we’re in luck.