During the DMT trance, there can be an extremely powerful feeling of déjà vu. The realm is strangely familiar, strangely so because this familiar realm is, at the same time, utterly alien. This world is alien in two senses: it is unlike anything in waking consensus reality, and it appears to be a futuristic, high-tech…
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Being passionate and enthusiastic about psychedelics – or even evangelical about them – can sometimes lead to seeing their influence everywhere. When you spend a lot of time thinking about these substances, as well as using them, it’s as if the world becomes more psychedelic; nature becomes more alive, and you imagine how things would…
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While one of the main recognised benefits of psychedelics is a lessening or elimination of the fear of death (particularly in those with a terminal illness), this effect is not universal. Indeed, a 2025 study published in the journal Death Studies found that many people experience an increase in death anxiety after psychedelics. This possible…
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One of the main motivations for creating designer psychedelics – or analogues of existing compounds – is to evade bans. LSD is illegal, so an analogue can be created (typically a purported prodrug of LSD), allowing people to have an LSD experience without worrying about arrest. And when the analogue is banned, a different one…
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One night last week, as I was falling asleep, in my head I told myself – as I’ve done before – I don’t want to have weird or bad dreams, I want to have fun dreams. I’ve done this as my intention before going to sleep, as I’ve kind of convinced myself that this intention-setting does…
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