Psychedelic Information Theory
Shamanism in the Age of Reason
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Psychedelic Information Theory
Like dreams, psychedelics are catalysts for generating information in the human imagination. There are many theories about the origin of this information; the subconscious; repressed emotions; the collective unconscious; genetic memory; spirit entiti...
Notes on the Term 'Psychedelic'
... Gods' Schultes and Hofmann argue that the term "psychedelic" is etymologically unsound as it has acquired other meanings in drug subculture. I would suggest that this etymological co-opting indicates the power of the term to describe pharmacologica...
Although most psychedelics produce similar hallucinations each molecule has a distinct style or morphological signature in the visions they produce. Solving the problem of how molecular pharmacodynamics translates into hallucinatory aesthetics is one...
The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness
... recent research that enables us to explain how psychedelic drugs work to disturb that balance and how similar imbalances may cause depression and schizophrenia. He also draws on work that expands our understanding of how certain drugs can correct ...
What is Psychedelic Information Theory?
psychedelic Information Theory (PIT) is the study of nonlinear information creation in the human imagination, particularly in states of dreaming, psychosis, and hallucination. PIT seeks to model the functional output of human perception in order to e...
... behavior with a blend of mysticism, ritual, and psychedelic drugs. Instead of focusing on the many societal roles and functions a shaman might fill, PIT takes a broader view and starts with this definition: Shamanism is the craft of evoking spo...
The Control Interrupt Model of Psychedelic Action
... When people express their fears about psychedelics, the most commonly voiced concern is the fear is losing control; this is because psychedelics subvert the constraints of sensory feedback control to allow perception and behavior to becom...
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