VISUAL PHENOMENA
Intricate, repeating patterns often seen with closed eyes during altered states.
What are geometric patterns?
A 1954 essay by Aldous Huxley describing his experience with a cactus derivative.
What is The Doors of Perception?
The primary neurotransmitter receptor targeted by most classic compounds.
What is the 5-HT2A receptor?
A common term for the experience of taking a compound, often preceded by 'going on.'
What is a trip?
On April 19, 1943, this Swiss chemist rode his bicycle home after intentionally ingesting 250 micrograms of his discovery.
Who is Albert Hofmann?
The experience of objects appearing to breathe, pulse, or shift in size.
What is morphing?
Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel about a drug-fueled road trip to Nevada.
What is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
What is the acronymal name of the foremost theory on how psychedelics relax beliefs.
What is REBUS?
A person who stays sober to guide and support others during their experience.
What is a trip sitter?
Seeing trails or afterimages following moving objects.
What are tracers?
A 1968 film featuring a monolith, space travel, and a mind-bending finale.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
A brain network that shows reduced activity during altered states, linked to sense of self.
What is the default mode network?
A small piece of paper soaked in a solution, placed under the tongue.
What is a tab?
A phenomenon where one sense triggers another, like seeing sounds as colors.
What is synesthesia?
What 2018 movie shows a horrible experience when punch is spiked with LSD, leading to a bad trip?
What is Climax?
A phenomenon where past experiences resurface unexpectedly, sometimes weeks or months later.
What is a flashback?
The phrase meaning mindset and environment, crucial for a positive experience.
What is set and setting?
Vivid, colorful patterns seen in the dark, named after a German word for 'form constants.'
What are phosphenes?
What book from a central asian religion influenced Timothy Leary's "The Psychedelic Experience"?
The Tibetan book of the dead.
A therapeutic approach using guided sessions to treat PTSD, depression, or addiction.
What is psychedelic-assisted therapy?
A term for the highest intensity phase, when effects are strongest.
What is the peak?