How to Disappear Completely: Entheogen-induced Experiences of Self-dissolution
This article presents an interview study of self-dissolution experiences induced by entheogenic or psychedelic drugs, with the aim of broadening our understanding of the nature and characteristics of such experiences. Respondents (N=37) were recruited at various online fora for individual interviews...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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equinox
2021
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International journal for the study of new religions
Jahr: 2021, Band: 12, Heft: 1, Seiten: 97-113 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
psychedelic
B self-dissolution B Spirituality B Meditation B study of religions B ego dissolution B Entheogen B Qualitative B Interview |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article presents an interview study of self-dissolution experiences induced by entheogenic or psychedelic drugs, with the aim of broadening our understanding of the nature and characteristics of such experiences. Respondents (N=37) were recruited at various online fora for individual interviews via private messaging. They reported a wide variety of experiences that involved some form of self-dissolution, ranging from the disruption of self-related illusions to experiences of bodilessness and total immersion in another reality. Several interviewees also reported a temporary transformation of their identity, where they went from seeing themselves as a separate individual to an experience of oneness with all of humanity or with a transcendent force. There were also reports of telepathic contact between friends or partners who used entheogens together, and in their most intense form, these experiences involved what was described as a mind blending where one's usual sense of selfhood dissolved into the telepathic unity. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-952X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of new religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.25490 |