the first time i got salvia, it was just normal leaves, and couldn't get any more than a body buzz.....
the 2nd time i got from another site, and it was still leaves, but the ones from hawaii, and had a little plastic aquapipe (the actual name of the pipe) and just used a torch lighter, and took one HUGE continuous hit, holding the flame on it the entire time, and that was just the ticket
i remember for a few seconds, i had no concept of 'me' or 'the earth' or anything, my entire consciousness was reduced to vision, with no stream of tought whatsoever, and i was basically just seeing my tv rotating onto it's side repeatedly, faster and faster, and then when my thought returned, i realized that my entire body kept falling over, like i was dizzy from spinning in circles, and this scared the CRAP out of me, cause i didn't remember the salvia, and didn't know what was wrong
all i remember is pacing back and forth to snap out of it (like you can with a weed buzz that's too intense, or similar) but there was no shaking this, i opened the door to my house, and just started running, desperately trying to shake it off, hahahaha
if i would've had someone there to just say 'hey man, it's ok' i would've been fine, but i was alone, and since i basically 'came to' in that state, and had no recollection of the salvia, i panicked, it was crazy intense
i took a hiatus from salvia for a while after that, but after i tried it again, with friends of course, and got used to the mental effects, it's really very enjoyable.... there's an intense euphoria that comes along with it that's really nice, and with friends, when you 'snap out of' the initial 3 or 4 minute mind-meltdown, it's usually with an uncontrollable burst of laughter rather than terror... it actually makes for a good evening of just chilling out with a friend or two...
when you come down, tho, you wanna smoke more, which i suppose is a sign of possibilty of addiction, or atleast developing a habit, but it usually goes away when you go to sleep, you never wake up the next morning and head for the salvia..... you just get that feeling, like, well i'm over the hurdle of the first ride, may as well keep it going, cause after the first smoke of the evening, the mental effects are less intense, and the buzz is more noticeable