The Entities that Exist Within Psychedelics | With Dennis McKenna 

No joke, I quit being a social justice warrior during a mushroom trip with a black friend. I couldn't stop thinking about offending him and mushrooms showed me not only how little he cared about me offending him, but how racist that sentiment was.

I took a ‘heroic dose’ of 14 grams of fresh magic mushrooms. I spent 8 hours in a different dimension, I was totally out of control of my body, arms and legs convulsing and twisting, the room and all solid objects were melted away. Once I closed my eyes and listened to calming instrumental music It went deeper. I was told the meaning of life is art, that the goal of life is be good and move on, do good and move on… this narrative was on repeat for hours. Do beautiful things and enjoy the experience. I spoke to multiple different entities, I see them as different alien races. I know that sounds crazy. But I could hear them talking amongst themselves on what I should experience. They told me humankind is too fearful and all our actions are a response of fear. They think of us as Babies and they’re are guiding us. They told me they will introduce us to the other side of our reality but we are not ready for it yet. I felt like a new born baby and they showed me that all humans are the same, I transformed from different races to different genders. This is the wildest part…. For a long period I was a FEMALE extraterrestrial living under the water somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. 😂 they were communicating with me by showing me how it feels to be different and how we actually are not different at all. There was zero malevolence, these extraterrestrial beings contacting me did nothing but care and guide me through it. I even saw the ‘greys’ but I get the impression that are not living, they seemed robotic and were controlling the experience - when it got too intense (at this point I’m contorting, weeping, but in absolute bliss being shot through the universe in a kaleidoscope of colours and sounds) - the greys would occasions stop the others communicating with me and a freeze me. I literally could not move. However - this experience was the most life changing event I’ve ever been through. I woke up 12 hours later feeling completely fresh, awake, clear, zero worries or anxieties … in a state of shock. There was a constant message of love and care. And they really tried to tell me that our perception of reality is so different to theirs which is why that can’t communicate with us how we are accustomed to. If you survived this long, thanks for readying my rant, if you do decide to do a heavy mushroom trip then please be careful and do your research.

Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone. Anything that can make you love yourself should be legal.

Psilocybin mushrooms healed me. I can't explain it but my experience has been spiritual and eye opening. I also started micro dosing. It really helped me get rid of depression and anxiety.

Psychedelics have the potential to make a significant impact on mental health issues like anxiety and depression. They've been incredibly helpful for me personally.

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

Psychedelics have the ability to induce profound altered states of consciousness.

Psychedelic mushrooms completely helped me get out of addiction and depression. It totally rewired my mind. Honestly, they worked better than antidepressants.

0.33 Psychedelic shrooms trips can be truly life - changing . It's amazing how they can bring about positive transformations and have a profound impact on our lives .

To hold a fresh psilocybin mushroom in one's hand is to possess the very nature of oneself. Their beauty meets their potency.

My dad tried DMT a while back and said the experience was so profound that he was scared but excited. He said he could sense there was another entity with him but that the entity couldn't fully communicate and he was also reluctant himself due to the absolutely bizarre nature of this meeting. But that he could sense the entity was frustrated with him because he was too diluted with other drugs to freely communicate with the entity. He began doing DMT often and describing that it was almost like he was being studied on by entities whenever he would enter the trip into DMT as if they were trying to understand us as humans and the complexity of what's happening just as we are. I didn't think too much into this until I used redit and started reading other people's stories. And Joe Rogans. I realized something absolutely profound is happening here and we are dismissing it so quickly as just drug commas. When the truth is our brains are what make up reality and how we inevitably perceive it. Our brains are a mixture of chemicals percolating through them to feel emotions or things. So the fact that just maybe if we amplify these chemicals to certain frequency or heights that it does in fact expand our concious into the locked away slivers of this universe and reality we physically occupy. I'm big on shrooms but never took enough to have the kind of experience you have. But the experiences I have had were amazing and brought me closer to what I can only describe as the all powerful source or "God". Like I was just part of this world and not just a random concious being perceiving it and wondering but as the atoms in me. Were nothing different then the atoms in a stone or object. I don't understand why we can have this consciousness but animals seem to lack it. I don't know what makes us different or if it's coming from our brains or more likely the "soul" which I believe must be the eternal part of us that doesn't simply die when our bodies do. My theory is that we all knowingly chose to be apart of what this expirement is. This physical material world that is full of complex emotions and feelings. That whatever source or part of whatever we come from created it for this purpose. I doubt humans are the only ones actively engaging within it. But the reason we can't remember this or know it when being born is obviously it would disrupt the active experience that is this universe. Same with any ongoing expirment similar in science and medicine I also think the UFO phenomenon and ghosts or paranormal activities are part of the thing we come from seeping into this dimension or in the UFO case keeping eyes on us. This also explains there fascination with going to every nuclear power and shutting down nuclear missiles and disabling the ones they tried to launch into space supposedly. I could be wrong. Idk. But I've done a LOT of deep contemplating on these subjects and experiences. And I've spent a lot of time educating myself and listening and hearing others theories and experiences. And have formulated my hypothesis as it comes to "existence" and "conciousness" Why does evil persist? Why do bad things happen? Why is there sadness? Because without these things there's no happiness, good, love, and peace either. It has to have a balance. If you can't experience feeling sad then you take for granted feeling happy. If bad things didn't happen you wouldn't care to realize and cherish when good ones do. But understand nothing is black and white. This reality is complex. The intricacy of it is beyond anything we can comprehend in full. I think the only way to get there is to slowly uncover and digest it overtime. This is in fact the human experience between emotions and understanding. We'll adapt to each thing as it comes along. But can't adapt overnight to a complete game changing reality shift. I don't know the actual purpose of this expirement or the end goal. I guess only the true end all be all of whatever we consider God to be does. No matter how you slice it up people some for of God exists its just impossible for it not too. Something or someone had to will whatever this is into existence. Something like the universe doesn't simply just exist randomly out of nowhere from nothing to something that's just not how it would work. Is this thing a being? Is it concious? Does it judge? Does it have a purpose? Is there a end goal? Idk. It would be hella scary if the awsner is no to these things. Cause then what is this? Why does literally anything exist if it doesn't really have a purpose or reason? What is your life without goals? Pretty meaningless. Just my thoughts if anyone cares to read. These kinds of discussions don't take place on your FB (trust I've tried get the hundreds of people I have on there to engage is such intellectual deep conversations but sad reality is they don't even stop to think about half this stuff let alone are jusy content not knowing) or Twitter or Instagram. Some does happen on Redit but mostly things like podcasts like Joe Rogans. Or Jordan Peterson etc.... Most likely If you listen to these guys you are very thirsty for knowledge and in depth conversations that are philosophical. We are indeed the Greek modern day Socrates and Hippocrates of the new world

I had a psychedelic experience once that sent me to eternity and meeting the creator. My ego dissolved yet I was physically terrified. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. It was so magical and so full of love, changed my life for good. In the most positive way possible.

These psychedelics have been used in ancient cultures for thousands of years to communicate with spirits, invoke visions, and allow people to interact with their higher selves and deeper consciousness. Now, you can learn about the incredible effects of this drug from people who have experienced it first-hand.

Depression haunted my life from a very young age, and I was put on a bunch of SSRIs as a child in attempt to deal with it. None worked.Psychedelic mushrooms was brought to my attention. It was the first thing that actually had real effects. They should only be used with great care and respect.

Psychedelics showed me that I wasn’t as depressed as I thought I was even during those hard times.. Literally made me at peace and that’s something that has stuck with me since. I haven’t smoked a cig since then either. It really puts you in true reality. A reality so deep that you would be deemed as crazy for sharing your thoughts.

Coming from someone who has spoken with entities while on psychedelics and has taken more than they care to admit I think it's amazing that it's easier to write these experiences off as something that comes from within than addressing them as actual spirits or demons etc. I understand science wants to break everything down to a molecular level and write it off as something benign. However in my humble opinion the simplest answer is usually right and simply put you're opening doorways to the spirit realm and you're encountering the things that live on the other side. No beating around the bush and trying to deduce the meaning it just is what it is. There's other plains of existence i.e. extra dimensions of reality that we simply cannot perceive in our normal state of humanity. When the veil is lifted you get a brief experience/exposure to the real reality of the world we live in. I believe anxiety is a spirit just as I believe depression is a spirit. Where did the phrase "high spirits" come from? We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Dennis is just a great human being. He gave me his P.O. BOX address years ago to send my copy of his book to sign for me. I included a couple pages of descriptions of my Ayahuasca experiences and what I gained from it. He not only read it, but sent back the book with a full page thanking me for sharing with him and his autograph. I realized after sending it to him that I didn't include return postage. He was kind enough to take care of that as well. Nothing in it at all for him and it meant so much to me. He's just a great guy who genuinely cares about psychedelics and spreading their' gospel.

Psychedelics saved my life. They drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after five years of heavy use. It also got rid of my depression and social anxiety.

Psychedelics helped me deal with my addiction. Having suffered anxiety and depression as well. I must say taking them turned my life around. I started micro dosing and just in a couple days I noticed major changes in my stress levels, depression, and everything else. It's been really great. After battling with these for years, I was unaware that shrooms will save me.

Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. it has also helped me to survive depression

psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

I’ve been working with psilocybin for years there healing processes are mind blowing

After a mushroom trip I no longer drink alcohol which is something I was having trouble with at the time. The anxiety you get while holding a handful of mushrooms contemplating eating them is how I feel when I think about drinking now. I'm glad to have that kind of emotional response now when considering alcohol.

My psychedelic journey led me to the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita as they did the best job explaining my deepest psychedelic experiences to me. It is more than "collective unconscious", we are all waves on the same ocean. Apertures through which the universe experiences itself.

In my most profound dmt trip the telepathic communication was so comforting and they even answered questions I’ve had and it was THE MOST reassurance anyone or anything had ever given me (and my dad is my bff). Dmt made me realize that leaving this earth means going home 🥰🥳🥰

Ayauasca saved my life. I lost my grandmother who was the only decent human i had in life for mot of my childhood and teenage years. She was my best friend. My caretaker. Everything. She guided me when everyone turned away. When i lost her i lost a major part of myself. I started drinking heavily. I couldnt put it down. I couldnt get hr voice out of my head no matter how much i drank. The last thing she ever said to me was you are the strongest person i know honey. And if you will it. Nothing can or will stop you. I love you to infinity.... Then no grandma... When i did ayauasca it exploded my mind and spirit like a nuclear bomb. I exoerienced visions and found inner truths i never wouldve ever thought of. It brought me to a beautiful kingdom made entirely of crystal. Inside was my grandmother. Sitting atop a white horse asking me why i was so devastated. I told her you left and i wasnt ready. She said i was mistaken. That i was ready. And that god knew i was even if i didnt. That she had nothing left to teach me. She also said she never left. Not once. And placed her hand on my chest and said ive been here since the day you entered this world. And here is where i have decided to stay until the day you join me. I am happy here. There is no pain. No sense of length of time. She said we as humans are metaphysical beings that experience a physical exstence. Simply for the experience of physical existence. The meaning of life. Is the experience of the journey. Then she said she had to leave. And not to feel abandoned. For she is as much with me as i am with her to this day. Today I sit here 5 years sober and still going strong. And all it took was a final goodbye. Thanks to ayauasca

I had Ayahuasca 3 weeks ago and all I can say is it defies explanation. In one ceremony I had an experience which was more real than any of the others. This was the 4th ceremony and throughout I was on some level partially aware of where I was except for one specific part in which I felt pulled through a dark vortex and emerged on the other side to see 3 small grey aliens standing in front of me. To say this looked real to me is an understatement, at this point I felt like my mind and body had been taken somewhere else. When I saw them I felt a sense of dread because the environment I was now in was also completely alien. I was in a dark room with an eerie green glow, there was even a mist of some sort in the room as well. The next thing I know I blacked out and then reawakened to find myself lying face down on a table with a hole for my face like a massage table. At this point the fear and dread had gone and I felt the aliens were actually very kind and friendly. Even though I couldn’t see their faces I could see their legs and hands as they were moving around me and one of them was giving me friendly hand gestures to reassure me I was ok and doing very well. I don’t remember how this part of the experience ended but again the feeling was far too real. When I first saw them I could see the texture and pattern of the material on their clothing it was that vivid. To be honest I’m at a loss for words

As a fiction author I totally agree that the brain organises information in terms of personalities, and can produce complex personalities very quickly -- a fictional character with a deep personality in a matter of seconds.

I became a psychonaut thirty years ago taking mass does of mushrooms and LSD. I saw many strange things and experienced unreal synchronicitys. One thing that happened often was a small creature, like a gremlin would always stalk me and pop out of corners from my periferry and whistle at me to mess with me. I always interpreted it as a figment of my ego. However, it did seem to have a life of its own.

Sobriety has been really great for me

I had not know much about DMT when took it and also encountered these biological-mechanical beings. Also got in touch with Indian gods (I am European) that I had not interest in before. But what hit me most was immediate feeling of being in place "where you are when you die and between incarnations" that absolutely blew me away as it was more like remembering it rather than discovering. For me it was a catalyst to grow up as a man, and helped much with anxiety at the time, but also was quite heavy experience that took me around a year to fully process. Never regretted it though.

I'd kill to have Jordan as my therapist. I have Borderline personality disorder and I've been craving to talk to someone who has his insights about it. Normal therapists bore me with their limited views on the subject. I'm not a victim and I don't need fixing. Love this channel!

I want to believe so badly. Here’s why I’m sceptical.. Sometimes when I meditate and/or I’m really tired, I can close my eyes and I see kaleidoscope-like fractals. Nothing crazily intense, but it is moving/morphing shapes that change colour - I can even manipulate them slightly. Also, every now and then I’ll have vivid dreams. Dreams where I know I’m dreaming but I’m communicated with people there - people I’ve never seen before. Im asking them questions, I’m examining their faces - I can see every pore on their skin. Sometimes in my dreams I can orchestrate symphonies. Full songs with multiple instruments (I can’t even play an instrument) with pitch perfect vocals and very interesting lyrics - honestly they’re amazing songs (I’ve ever woke up straight after before, remembering the song, and tried to hum it into my phone recorder). So what I’m saying is, I think these “trips” might just be these types of dreams turned up to 1000. Like it’s just our brains interpreting things deeper than they are - it’s it’s way of protecting us and calming us down. I don’t know man, as much as I’m sceptical I am still open to the ideas. Because something inside me KNOWS there’s more. There simply has to be.

the irony of the hallow ad in the middle of this is beyond me

My partner and I met Dennis McKenna a few years ago. He was so kind and present. He signed our copy of Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 💯♥️

I feel that on some level every one of us tailor our personality to accommodate the personality of the person we're engaging, even if we do it on a level imperceivable by ourselves.

These comments are just as interesting as this conversation, thanks to you all for sharing your experiences.

I took some lsd about 25 yrs ago and it seemed like something posessed me. I started getting thoughts that was like putting together a puzzle and every word I heard people say had a different meaning. I was completely removed from reality. I fought hard against it, and about a year later it was better but took over 20 yrs to become somewhat normal again and not get extremely anxious around ppl conversing because of perhaps ptsd from my experiences. I held a job all those years and endured a lot of stress but it’s what it is ☮️

It's your inner self. It's a representation of the oh so complex mechanics, processes and intelligence on a cellular and biochemical level. The entities are parts of yourself (of what you normally experience as you, thinking as a single mind or in form of an inner dialog). It's like your cells talking to you. The message is: Love yourself. Life is beautiful, biology is. Love your life. Care for life!

In the northern parts of Norway we have alot of liberty caps, and as far back as our stories go people have been using them for various reasons. I have taken them on several ocations and the one profound meaning that sticks out is, when we as a group of friends take them together, especially ones close to each other we experience the same things. The «high» comes in waves, with moments where it is really intense and moments it is not, the waves hits us all exactly at the same time, and dissipates at the same time. We call this «being on the same wavelength» or «på bølgelengde» on Norwegian. As i have learned more about vibrations and frequenzy in my later age i also understood that we communicate with eachother on a level not understood by science yet. For the waves to hit us all at once, making us experience the same thing at the exact same time there is a connection on a level above the «common». I believe we are on the exact same vibrational frequenzy when experiencing this. Making a product of nature, that has been used for as long as anyone can remember illegal is a crime against humanity. Not only that, but the propaganda about it being dangerous and makes people mentally ill is even worse. The big question is why? I have my thought about it…

Psychedelic therapy is just one of those great leaps in the mental health space . It's wonderful and the fact that they serve recreational use and health as well. I can't deny tripping is fun every once in a while.

I’d like to add meditation to this discussion. I’ve gone through years of meditation followed by years not meditating. Meditation does the same thing as far as filling that “black hole” in the human gut with calm and peace. By chanting something simple, over and over for 20 or more minutes a day, allowing thoughts to come and go, with eyes closed or nearly closed- brings an immense reward. It’s not easy to describe what all it does for you, but it DOES make your life better. I always say that a hundred hours of meditation does a million dollars of good for your life.

This man never ceases to open doors to insight.

I began reading Seth books in 1978 after fasting twice for 30 days and realizing that god was not outside of me. I’ve never taken any psychedelics, been slow on the uptake of the reasons for the reality I’ve created, and joyful in all of my life as I listen to anything that attracts me. I love me. I think I’m grand. I partake in all the drama of living and laugh at it all. Thank you.🌸👏🏼💥

i took shrooms and had a ego death trip twice. It definitely made me more humble, kinder and open minded. my sanity has improved after because i have become more self aware. My trip made me deal with my traumas face to face. Ever since my last trip, I have worked on unlocking new knowledges about being an effective human being by reading books. Psychedelics is not the answer to every problem but it’s always a learning lesson. Now, I have no idea how it will affect different people with different personalities and life experiences.

Psychedelic are just an amazing discovery. Is quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress disorder. Really saved my life.

In my youth, I ingested Peyote many times. I still remember the experiences and "entities" vividly. For what it is worth I read all of the books by Carlos Castanada, a number of them being written post my experiences. The books describe guides and entities of the shared experience, many of whom I encountered. It is impossible that the descriptions offered by Castanada could have influenced my encounters, yet the descriptions were concise. I also learned that these entities are to be feared and respected, as they are not always benign. I feel fortunate to have "survived" those experiences with no ill effects. One should consider with great sobriety entering the Shamanic realm carelessly.

I don't do psychedelics but I'm an avid lucid dreamer. I could never explain the complex behaviors of non-self characters until now. I found that it was relatively easy to effect aspects of the dream environment, but as far as dream characters go, there are things that they simply refuse to do no matter how hard you push them.

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

I did ibogaine and 5meodmt this month in a last ditch effort to kick a 5 year fentanyl habit and it was the best decision I could of done. Completely kicked it with zero craving and no residual withdraw. Psychedelic therapy works 100% and will put that up against any type of rehabilitative resources

I'm highly skeptical of psychedelics, for a couple different reasons. One of them is that the one person I know who has messed around with them has a life that's utterly in shambles: she's estranged from most of her children and living with a live-in boyfriend after several failed marriages. She's in her 70s. So...I get the idea that mind altering substances can open doors in psychological treatment, and I think that's a good thing. But actually seeking contact with spiritual entities in an uncontrolled high... spiritual entities absolutely do exist. Not all of them are good, and the ones that are bad are awfully good at misrepresentation and lying. They are MUCH higher order beings than us, and that means they're much smarter. I think our mothers' advice applies here: it's a bad idea to talk to strangers.

I didn't know about the entities before I had DMT. So I hadn't had anything described to me to be able to imagine them. I looked into the entities I met in the dmt landscape and they completely matched other experiences. Definitely a lot to it, more than my little human brain can comprehend. It's definitely not just imagined though, in a fantasy sense. They are real.

Psilocybin saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not in a couple years the be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

i hung out and interacted with several dragons while on Ayahuasca and have not a shred of doubt they were conscience entities independent of my own. They were very playful , massive in size and completely majestic in every sense of the word. They also showed me their treasure trove and gifted me a pearl the size of a basketball. Good times.

Me and my wife did a psilocybin mushrooms trip together and we bond a lot more than we already was. it was amazing to share that different aspect of consciousness, I was not a heavy drinker before but have drink a lot less since then. It is a life changer for sure

I remember the McKenna brothers doing radio shows on KPFK in the mid-1980s, when that station was also running a lot of Alan Watts and Krishnamurti lectures. And good music as well. The analysis of these “universal archetypes/energies” and the definition of their substance is most interesting. I think the mind is unfettered when we dream, and we access vast amounts of archetypical information that is *mostly* too complex to translate into rational thought sequences upon awakening.

Dennis is like peanut butter in my brain. I’ve tried, but Terrance can break it all down in a way that makes sense and appeals to my own mind. I’ve really really tried with Dennis through the years but this definitely takes the cake❤️ I just can’t do Dennis. Maybe someone can direct me to some good Dennis 👌

I gotta say, i liv the internet. Its such a blessing to have these two great minds converse. k miss terrence and im sure he’d be excited tenfold!

What is common across the board is the feeling, visual and communication during break through experiences, with God. They describe it as a light of warmth and genuine love. Wrote a 10 page paper on it for college and it turns out that those experiences match those of near death survivors 😅 I went to a ayahuasca ceremony shortly after lol No break through though

What most convinces me that the elves exist is that I myself have experience the dribbling, bouncing balls that go into your chest the exact way Terence, McKenna, and many other people have experienced. What are those entities? I have also experienced a sense that they are sort of jokers or dark moving shadows that can be even malignant because they try to show you something. I think they are souls that try to teach you life lessons.

Everyone around me perceives me as highly intelligent. However, listening to this convo made me feel like how a child feels around adults. Amazing!!!

I had an experience with mushrooms that changed my life. From the second time of use, I began to be visited by an entity that I have difficulty describing, something fluid, without physical form, but that somehow psilosibin brought it to me. I always start listening to music with a good frequency with my Bluetooth headset that started to connect and disconnect with my smartphone in a surreal way and I felt that something had arrived in my room during the trip and was warning me that it had arrived and affected my Bluetooth. I remember that my Bluetooth connected and disconnected 10 times in less than 4 minutes, the last time the music started playing without me pressing it. My dog woke up, looked at the door and went back to sleep. So far no problems, especially because my dog (who always stays with me on trips and wasn't scared, so that calmed me down) I started thinking that this must be something in my mind. Then next to the bed I saw this being without a defined shape, I was unable to identify what it was, I felt neither fear nor joy. I was curious and brought my hand closer, but soon I started to get scared because I didn't know what it was. I looked online and saw similar reports, has anyone experienced this too?

You don't need a app to pray. That's like getting a bible to read your bible. Get into the word of God, study it, ask him to reveal himself to you. Jesus loves you, and wants to save you. There is only one God. Acts 2:38

For anyone that’s interested in hearing a bad trip, I got a strange one. The night before Memorial Day, 2021, a day to remember. I had bought half an ounce of shrooms from a friend of my friend that day. We decided to drink that night at a house that the supplier’s gf was house sitting. Everyone of us took shrooms except for my friend. I had taken shrooms before, so I knew my limit. The thing is, I honestly did not pay any mind to how much I was consuming as the night played out. Now the half ounce i bought was suppose to go to 2 others and myself. Along with drinking tequila with pineapple juice( Vit. C), I ate almost all these little suckers like peanuts within the matter of an hour or so. Everything felt fine, we were having conversations until I wanted to speak and it suddenly hit me like a punch to the face. I lost my function to stand and had to lay on the floor. It started very strange. The three others that I was with started saying things like if they should tell me or help me and it literally felt like I was dying. In my trip it felt like everyone knew that I was dying and they had said that I needed to experience it, and that the situation I was in was like a game that everyone around me didn’t have to play a part of anymore. Like an illusion, like the truth was coming out. All of a sudden it felt like I already died and I was in hell. The guy who got me the shrooms had a mustache and goatee, which made me think he was the devil. What I remember vividly was that my sense of hearing got distorted, and so did time. I heard water trickling like a stream was nearby, but I was in their backyard made of mainly concrete. I recall an extreme realization that if I was in hell, I was going to experience every death imaginable in the history of all deaths, which freaked me TF out. I ended up pissing my pants, which felt out of this world . But there was nothing I could do. There was one subconscious thought that came to mind about peeing that I’ll get back to. The group went inside shortly after I pee’d just to leave me be and baby sit me from a distance. Suddenly the dude comes out of the house through this sliding door to check up on me, and of course I saw him as the devil. To make it worse, he was smiling, because he was probably having one of the best trips of his life. Anyways, I saw him, he saw me, he put a pillow under my head and it suddenly felt like sand was swooshing around my head and face. They all came out and started telling me that I was ok, but I definitely was not, it was just getting started. I felt the universe as multidimensional. That if there is such a thing as eternity, then it’s inevitable that we will all live through life over and over in different forms. Which got me thinking about reincarnation. At the same time it felt as though I was seeing through my 3rd eye, literally seeing things that were clear to me yet very overwhelming, too. I felt that in a way my creator was showing me all the things that must be endured and all the feelings that must be felt in life. The hellish feeling of what I was going to go through in my state of mind was stressful because I thought about all the ways I was going to experience pain(grief, loss, every death imaginable, everything…) I have never been more afraid, but in a way I saw many things. Going back to when I pee’d my pants. I felt the release while tripping, and even though I was going through all these thoughts, after those moments of hell, fear and reincarnation, I found myself thinking about the pee. I thought about other ways I release, from a sneeze, a fart, to climaxing. I felt life itself as a whole. The feeling of pleasure from letting go is ingrained in our DNA. I felt a change in my fear, it started turning into another realization of why we’re here. Eventually, I felt bliss. I felt the happiest that I’ve ever felt in my life. I felt the reason behind why we continue procreating knowing that death follows every breathe. I felt beauty in all the sorts of ways we find pleasure. And not even in a human form, but in life form. I guess what I mean is I felt the bliss in many more ways than just myself. At that point I felt the pleasure of nature, all walks of life, and even in ways I still can’t explain. It was both the scariest and happiest I’ve ever felt. I saw not with my eyes, but my soul or my third eye or whatever. I saw kaleidoscopic images in my head, I felt like I was in a whirlpool at some point. I remember my fear began subsiding when i heard them singing karaoke in the living room and something in me changed from fear, into bliss. I wish I could explain it better, but you could only ever know if you’ve been there. It’s like trying to explain color to a blind person. Just ain’t happenin’

I was an LSD user in high School, i loved every trip , the first trip changed me forever, this was 1984 , 16 years old , very imature , my sister died so i was afraid of having a bad trip, because the last time i took it, i felt as if my head was not a part of my body, a sycosis , i was driving my car , i was able to pull over and get myself together, and knew my parents would know something was wrong , but i got home, watching music videos and never wanted to come down, it was fantastic, so i quit tripping on a high note , a possitive experience all around

With psilocybin there are 3 stages to the experience. Cleansing, learning and reflection. Over many experiences Ive found the mushroom knows what to share with yourself. It can be a deep spiritual engagement to absolutely beautiful day. Not once have I experienced any discomfort. 2 to 3 times a year I do a psilocybin journey the mind is opened in a way it cannot be explained. Its like if you have never opened your eyes and some says open your eyes tell me what you see. How can you explain a tree, lake, sky etc for the very first time. This medicine is kept from us to keep us from being enlightened and hear only what scholars have to force down ones throat.

Oh man.. this a top notch conversation. LOVING the dialogs JP is having on his podcast!

Full Metal Alchemist explores the personification of personality archetypes, in the form of the 7 deadly sins, better than anything I've seen so far.

It's not the psychedelics where entities exist, it's within us. Psychedelics allow us to essentially leave our bodies much like locusts shed their skin. Once naked in the universe where entities exist, we must follow the path where we want to be.

This is great. Real scientist translating true alchemical understanding. Superb.

Wow, two of the most insightful people I have ever seen. And they are very opposite in their their lifestyles and background; yet both highly educated. That's how good conversations happen. I was so happy to see this in my suggested videos! Thanks Jordan and Dennis! Both of you are awesome people.

Fascinating exchange there. The only thing I find a tad regretful is that Peterson mostly refers to negative personalities, like rage, or mundane, such as thirst. I tend to “encounter” personalities that are witty, facetious, curious, humorous, sometimes erotic. And I like it that way! My guess is I have enough rage and OC disorders by default, my mind doesn’t need to go and build them under the influence of psilocybin. I did however experience negative experiences, after watching stressful or hateful scenes in films prior to tripping. Obviously not a good idea... But luckily I manage to let them slip away. Meditation practice being part of my life probably helps there. But apart from that, it’s really interesting to hear these two people talk on the topic of encountering autonomous personalities. Which I absolutely love about mushrooms.

Best way i can explain everything, is to remember that you are a spirit and so when you see all these entity's, it's because you are seeing with your spirit in a different dimension of reality a spirit realm. Spirit is Consciousness.

I’ve seen the dmt aliens on the other side and it turned out that they were part of me and created my reality based on how i related or felt during the experience. Once i figured that out they gave me the most amazing celebration exploding into the most vibrant colors, patterns and feelings i have ever experienced. They looked like jesters and the eyes are unforgettable but you can see yourself in them and feel the connection to being part of the all.

Excellent!!! I've never considered anger, hunger, etc., as quite autonomous personalities!!! It's always so enlightening to watch Dr. Peterson's videos!!! Thank you J. Peterson for your constant contributions to our learnings!!! 🤗🙏🏻✨️

I did Ayahuasca in Peru 10 years ago. I went through about 10 sessions. I did not encounter any entities that I would perceive with my eyes. However, there was always the voice of Mama Ayahuasca guiding me through, and she was often very harsh. Other than hearing her voice in my mind and guiding me, I could only see patterns and languages that I could not read flash before me. I could feel the emotions of others I knew. I could feel the pain of people I had hurt. I did have an experience where I got to relive moments in my past that were memories. But I did not encounter any entities. I actually went into the experience, expecting to see the universe. After a few sessions, I realized I was only in my mind. The Ayahuasca did things its own way. I never knew what I was going to get. A few times I did feel like I was going to die. I don’t have the nerve to go through an Ayahuasca ceremony ever again. What I seek, cannot be found in the Ayahuasca experience.

After mastering to a degree my trade I hurt myself while working on a fire truck and suffering pain and enduring medications and my knowledge of a past that most didn’t make it through I can say , yes! it helps make sense of ones perceived reality and let’s you deal with issues closest to one feelings as it’s where one can not run from your own Demond’s and give you a chance to see different angles of dimensions closed off to a narrow point of view.

My experience was " hellish ". And it was what I needed to over come my fears. Not everything needs to be warm and fuzzy, Especially if you are on the hero's journey. So this thinking of " hellish " or " BAD " trip is nonsense. We always get what we need from it. Because it, like us, is perfect.

I've tripped quite a bit many years ago. It is sublime; indescribable; and, in many ways, life changing. Though I never went full DMT or massive dose Psilocybin "break through" to entity world (visually), I left this one many times. I always knew though that the experience and knowledge I "received" was simply due to my brain interacting with itself in a new way: conscious to subconscious, and my perception of inner and outer worlds being chemically / physiologically rearranged via a substance. It awakens the longing for that transcendent something, that magic at the heart of everything, but I was always somewhat saddened on comedown that elves and Narnia or Middle Earth didn't really exist - in either physical or spiritual reality. (though of course we may have genuine visitation from non physical inteligences or communication with these spirits - angels or demons - from the objective spiritual universe "outside" our minds - whether on hallucinogens or not) Not too long afer this period of my life, and out of the blue and not because I was needy (my life was great) or under any influence of any substance, my innermost being - my spirit - encountered God. I personally encountered the Personal God in the Person of Christ the Son and Word. It was so real. He was / is so real. My heart melted and my mind was blown. I came home to the joy and peace of touching the ground of absolute reality. By grace, and by Divine revelation alone, I saw Him with the eyes of my heart. Deep called unto deep... Spirit to spirit... He filled my soul and body with a knowledge that no created thing or interaction (personal or chemical, inteligable or physical) had ever come close to. More sane. More myself. More real than anything was my encounter with His Uncreated Spirit. The Love of God transformed my life in an eternal second. I am loved... and so be you X (Hope this maybe helps someone) "Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened unto you"... "I am the door" - the Lord Jesus Christ (Tolkein and Lewis came to know him too) 😊 ✌️💚🙏

Had some great times on lsd but when it goes wrong boy does it go wrong

As humans, I think, we're bound to have common visions because ultimately the basis of everyone's perception through which those visions are created is human, not same but similar, and those 'little' difference between each of us then result in unique personal visions not shared with anybody else. And as for mechanical elves... I don't know, maybe we access the plane where they exist or maybe we just hallucinate in a similar way.☺

I've tried so many psychedelics- some compounds I've used far more than others. Not here to say "oh I'm so darned experienced, I have nothing more to learn!". What I will say is that, I think it's absolutely necessary to the human experience to experience at least one or two heavy psychedelic experiences - especially in today's day and age where there's so much digital interference in our day to day lives. Having experienced psychedelics a few times, you'll immediately realize just how connected we are, all of us. It doesn't matter if you have enemies- enemies you hate and would like to see exterminated- psychedelics (while under their influence) will show you that you're not separated by as many degrees as you'd like think. Almost every Psychedelic will reveal very dark corners within you, a darkness you might've never realized you even harbored, and that under the correct conditions could have you behaving the way in which your enemies behave. It's truly profound what this psychedelic gift provides us as humans with brains and biology that really absorb these compounds and reveal spectrums of reality which we might go a lifetime without ever having known (which is such a dying shame)

When I was a kid, pre-teens, one of the older kids (13 or 14) took a hit of LSD and never came back. He was never the same normal kid again. I believe he was diagnosed as Schizophrenic and was eventually committed to an insane asylum, but we used to say something snapped and he was "tripping for life." He would see things that weren't there, at least not to the normal human eye and brain, and sometimes let out these primal screams like he was being haunted. He was the primary reason why I've tried many drugs in my life, but was scared to death of LSD, Mushrooms, Ayahuasca or any other Hallucinogenics. The first time it occurred to me that this kid might not have been any of the things I described above was when I first saw The Exorcist. I knew it was based on a true story (boy, not girl) that really did start with the use of a Ouija board, but it was just a passing thought. Then as I got older and started to read the Bible, I would read these passages that warn people not to mess around with any kind Occult procedures which can open a door to invite demons into your life, AND GUESS WHAT, one of the things the Bible warned against was the use of Hallucinogenics (YES, they were around that far back and people knew how to use them). But amongst a list of things that could invite a demon or demons into your life, THAT was actually one of them. In closing, it is now my opinion that kid was not suffering from some long-term psychosis, but his trip invited demons into his life and he became possessed. That said, I realize young people think they're invincible and laugh at posts like this one. I WAS YOUNG ONCE TOO. But if I can stop even one or two kids from messing with this "demonology", I will have served God's purpose.

I had mostly bad experiences with psychedelics. I took LSD and mushrooms a few times each. I wouldn’t describe the experience as any more spiritual than some intense dreams might be. Could you decipher the truths of life looking back on what you’ve dreamt? And why does a spiritual experience have to rock your mind through the stratosphere anyways? I want tranquility and clarity.

Can there be an absolute-isolation? ←If you are dependent on different soure of food, and each food has ability to make you feel one way or another ← does this mean that each particular element is the responsible for how you feel? Meaning, if you consumed “alchohol” - is it you acting or is it what is in the “alchohol”, the 'essence of the element' that humans refer as “alchohol”? Thus, “mushrooms” or “ayavaska” - is the source of such experience or is it not? Thus, each “chemical” that is produced by the physical-body - is it you or is it something you are dependent on? Thus, if you were to determine “IAM”, what makes you as “IAM”, if you are not the brain, nor you are the built-personality of your brain, because if you are the personality that was built by brain - then you are dependent on the brain, which would mean that “brain” is the Source of who you are, if you are the built-personality of the brain. If you are in the car - does the car dictate who you are at the core of who you are? A vehicle can dictate the restrictions, but vehicle is not the operator. Who is operating the vehicle, if the brain is just an engine of the collective-moving-pieces that you may call as a vehicle? Thus, if anger has a personality, and compassion is the personality - and each “emotion” that is labeled as: “anger; love; joy; etcetera” - such labels are labeled as identifiers, which identifies the emotion, a chemical that is produced within the physical-body - but you are not the emotion, you are not the feeling, and you are not the physical-body - so what are you? If you can observe from initial beginning that children get born into the same-family and they are twins - twins may be extremely different in some-sense of who they are as a “character”. ←This is the indicator, that twins are not the same, but different - despite of being dependent on all these different elements. So, if you were to isolate each differnet element - by removing dependence on certain foods - what would be left, on what you are dependent after you remove maximum of previous things that you were dependent on? ←This elimination-process, can show - what you are not, and come closer to better-comprehend, what you are not dependent on, and on which elements you are dependent on inevitably. Thus, there is a limitation, where you will eventually reach, where you are dependent on the inevitable - the inevitable is your source that you are dependent on in the appropriate-realm that you exist. Thus, in order for you to exist in the physical-realm - you are dependent on the physical-body, which is your vessel/vehicle, after you are departed from a physical-realm - where are you arriving at? If physical-realm is where you are departing from - then where is your arrival? Thus, similarly, where did you departed from - in order to arrive at the physical-realm?

I made it through my first 1hr long guided meditation yesterday. My mind became clear, no noise, no thoughts other than happiness of my calming experience and when I was guided to meet my better self. I went into 5 - 10 seconds of hallucinations. Seeing a figure present itself. I have done about a dozen of these meditations... completely sober and I have never done hallucinogens' other than these guided meditations. So, if drugs help easily achieve what I am starting to do sober. Is there something up with our consciousness that we are leaving untapped and unused?

Some friends and i ate alot of ccc and about an 8th of shrooms a piece, there was 3 of us, during a strong wave of the trip we were experiencing we were all sitting at a table just looking at each other, having a conversation than one of us spoke an actual word and the 3 of us realized that we were fully communicating without speaking actual words, the word that was spoken aloud cracked like thunder through the 3 of us.. we than confirmed the subject of the conversation amongst each other that we were talking about telepathically....than my two friends immediately threw up in the sink and toilet... i than awoke in the rain crouched in the backyard under a tree... it was the hardest walk to get back inside i can remember...i watched static on a television for the next 5 hours... the trip and rolling waves of disconnect lasted for nearly 48 hours.. i ended up falling asleep about 45 hours into this trip, i awoke to my phone ringing and the static roaring on the tv it was a friend who had called me 20 times or so.. to tell me i had gotton this job at a carwash, but in order to secure this job, i was tasked with helping my new boss do some work on a house they were going to flip about 20 min away..... i flew out of the bed and ran to the bathroom and my pupils were still the size of nickles, i jumped in my car and flew 80 miles an hour to make it on time.. i was begging god to make thw trip stop.. i smoked nearly a whole pack of cigarettes on the journey there 1 after the other looking at my pupils in the rearview over and over and over again... i slammed a Gatorade when i got there.. and met ny new boss. He sais hey my names nick were trying to get this sump pump working in the basment but its full of water. Come on in and meet my uncle. I made the mistake of saying i had waders in my trunk.. which i did as i fished alot.. later found myself wading through this treachery to activate the sump.. horrifying..anyway that wasnt the worse as the trip had worn mostly off when i got to that point the thing that almost sent me into an endless tailspin of woe was walking into the house and meeting nicks brother........ who was an identical twin.... totally bout destroyed me... we went up on the roof and were going through some stuff that needed fixing and that brother jason fell through the roof and his leg went throu the wet floor below.... nightmare.....3 day nightmare.. 😅 thanks for reading.. so much more happened but these were some defining moments... 😂

Last time I did the sonorian desert toad was absolutely terrifying. Fifth time I had done Bufo. This time I was screaming out loud and was absolutely terrified by the entities that were part of my consciousness soon as I got to the other side. I still wonder if I am in need of a good priest to release what seemed to be demons inside of me through this experience. I had done this before and have done ayahuasca more than 25 times, both can be tough but this was another level of absolute terror! The most scary time of my entire life as a human experience (you could say I was no longer a human at this point). The funny thing was despite I was experienced doing Bufo. This particular time I felt mega nervous before and almost did not do it, like I knew it was going to be a tough gig. Felt great afterwards though! 🤕😂

As Jordan started speaking of the "rage personality" I prepared to write my comment explaining that being what I described as a Hellenic Conceptualist, I see rage as Ares, but then Jordan beat me to it. I will add that the mythic conflicts between Ares and Athena in The Iliad illustrates the conflict between Athena's cool rationality victorious over the rage of Ares. We must cultivate our Athena energy to better handle those times when Ares take hold.

In my adolescence I had multiple experiences with LSD. Initially these experiences were mind expanding and taught me a lot about myself. Over the years I have attempted to understand the construction of these hallucinations and I see them as sharing the properties of Mandelbrot’s self similarity constructs and Jackson Pollock’s use of that concept in his most famous art. While on first experience hallucinations appear to be random I believe they are highly organized in their construct. This says nothing about the emotional or mental catalyst of the individual but is purely a comment on how they are presented.

He says all that without saying demon or spirit

I do microdose on mushrooms and other psychedelics and i can say it has improved my daily attitude. I'm more focused and feeling less trauma, both PTSD and depression are gone. You take a mini dose to ease your brain receptors

I was a big fan of mushrooms back in the day. The last time I did it was the worst experience of my life. It took me a couple years to truly recover from the psychological damage to a functioning state. It was for the good, however. I’ve been sober for almost 7 years (which includes my opioid addiction. It’s definitely not for everyone and can be harmful as well as helpful.

I tripped with a boyfriend who was very experienced. I remember as we were speaking I was aware there were about 10 aspects of him and 10 aspects of me and they were all negotiating with each other as we talked. I’m not sure if they were ancestors or just aspects of us but I also had a sense that I’ve always known this is what is happening when people communicate but I’d just never seen it so clearly before.

I’ve realized we are experiencing years of evolution flowing through all of us while tripping I can’t describe how this has changed my perspective on life itself . I’ve had experiences where being human felt so foreign like it was just one life form of many out there. Everyone has there own beauty! We are aliens :)

It seems to me that when we make relationships we create a personality in our mind of who a person is and the closer the relationship the more accurate that personality is. We then structure our speech and thoughts in a framework of that personality. So social media for instance, allows us to create a personality which represents what we want others to believe we are, which can often be false personality.

Has anyone had what I can only describe as having a part of my brain go offline and feeling a direct connection to another entity or being literally trying to control me like a virtual game? They wanted me to “end it”I asked why they would do this to another being but to them, we were just a game. I had a very sad experience with this whole thing, and it was revealed that everyone here was just a type of game character being manipulated. Im pretty unsettled about it.

I am a recently initiated Shaman of Bon tradition where we do not use psychedelics at all. I started having visions of Gods and sacred sites that are significant to our tradition way before my initiation day. At first I didn’t understand why I was seeing these places. Later I found out that these sacred sites were the key to our rituals. There are some things psychological cannot explain.

Psychedelics aggravated a condition I didn't even know I had now I live with paranoid schizophrenia every day

I'm glad JP isn't afraid to research this topic. He's grounded in truth and reality and apparently has no real experience of using psychedelics so I love hearing his point of view on it to see if comes to similar conclusions to what I have learnt from my own experiences of using it myself.