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Y_2_06 Verified Altered States

Y_2_06 — Dissociation, Depersonalization, and Derealization

Dissociation — the disruption of normally integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, behavior, and sense of self — represents one of the most revealing natural experiments for understan

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Y_2_01 Verified Altered States

Y_2_01 — NDEs, OBEs & Consciousness Studies

Modern consciousness research — NDEs in cardiac arrest patients, children's past-life memories, and DMT-induced entity encounters — produces data that intersects remarkably with ancient descriptions of death journeys, as

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Y_2_02 Verified Altered States

Y_2_02 — Terminal Lucidity

This document examines Terminal Lucidity, a topic within the Consciousness research area. Key areas of investigation include What Is Terminal Lucidity?, Why This Is Anomalous, The Significance for Consciousness Studies.

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Y_2_12 Credible Altered States

Y_2_12 — Automatism and Automatic Writing: Unconscious Production States

Automatism — the production of writing, drawing, speech, or other complex behavior without conscious intention or deliberate control — occupies a fascinating intersection of altered states of consciousness, art history,

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Y_2_10 Credible Altered States

Y_2_10 — Drowning and Near-Drowning: Aquatic Altered Consciousness

Drowning — defined by the WHO (2002, revised 2005) as "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid" — is one of the leading causes of accidental death worldwide (~236,000 deaths

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Y_3_01 Verified Altered States

Y_3_01 — Kundalini and Serpent Energy Traditions

Kundalini ("coiled one" in Sanskrit) describes a dormant serpent-like energy said to reside at the base of the spine, which, when "awakened" through meditation, breathwork, or spontaneous experience, rises through a cent

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Y_3_15 Credible Altered States

Y_3_15 — Pilgrimage as Altered State: Walking, Devotion, and Transformation

Pilgrimage — the deliberate journey to a sacred place as an act of devotion, penance, healing, or spiritual seeking — is one of humanity's most ancient and universal practices for inducing transformative altered states t

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Y_3_05 Credible Altered States

Y_3_05 — Contemplative Neuroscience

Contemplative neuroscience — the scientific study of meditation, contemplative practices, and their effects on brain, body, and behavior — has matured from a fringe topic into a rigorous interdisciplinary field over the

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Y_3_08 Credible Altered States

Y_3_08 — Breathwork and Holotropic States of Consciousness

Deliberate manipulation of breathing patterns to alter consciousness is among the oldest and most widespread human practices, documented in yogic pranayama (circa 500 BCE, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali), Tibetan tummo (inner-

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Y_3_10 Verified Altered States

Y_3_10 — Fasting, Asceticism, and Altered Consciousness

Fasting and ascetic practices — deliberate deprivation of food, sleep, comfort, or sensory input — have been used across virtually all religious and spiritual traditions to induce altered states of consciousness, visions

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Y_3_06 Credible Altered States

Y_3_06 — Awe, Wonder, and Transcendent Emotions

Awe — the emotional response to perceived vastness that requires accommodation (cognitive restructuring of existing mental schemas) — has emerged as a frontier topic in affective neuroscience, positive psychology, and ph

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Y_3_07 Credible Altered States

Y_3_07 — Music, Consciousness, and Altered States

Music is one of the most powerful modulators of conscious experience available without pharmacological intervention. Neuroimaging reveals that music engages an extraordinarily distributed network: auditory cortex (superi

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Y_3_18 Credible Altered States

Y_3_18 — Sensory Deprivation and Float Tank Research

Sensory deprivation — the deliberate reduction of external sensory stimulation — and its modern therapeutic form, flotation-REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique), have been studied since the 1950s as a me

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Y_1_09 Verified Altered States

Y_1_09 — Toxins, Venoms, and Altered States

Several animal toxins and plant poisons produce dramatic altered states of consciousness, and their use in ritual, medicine, and folklore constitutes a significant chapter in the relationship between humans and psychoact

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Y_1_19 Credible Altered States

Y_1_19 — Ibogaine Reset Mechanism

Ibogaine — a naturally occurring psychoactive indole alkaloid extracted from the root bark of Tabernanthe iboga, a shrub native to the equatorial forests of Gabon and Cameroon — has emerged as one of the most pharmacolog

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Y_1_20 Credible Altered States

Y_1_20 — Cannabis & Consciousness

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world after alcohol and tobacco, consumed by an estimated 192 million people globally (2020, UNODC World Drug Report), and its effects on c

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Y_1_18 Verified Altered States

Y_1_18 — Addiction Neurochemistry: Reward Circuits, Tolerance & Therapeutic Frontiers

Addiction — now formally termed substance use disorder (SUD, DSM-5) — is a chronic, relapsing brain disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking despite harmful consequences, affecting approximately 35 million peopl

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Y_1_15 Credible Altered States

Y_1_15 — Micro-Dosing: Sub-Perceptual Psychedelic Use and Cognitive Effects

Micro-dosing — the practice of regularly consuming sub-perceptual doses (typically 1/10th to 1/20th of a standard recreational dose) of psychedelic substances, most commonly LSD (~10–20 micrograms) or psilocybin (~0.1–0.

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Y_1_01 Verified Altered States

Y_1_01 — Altered States, Psychedelics & Ancient Knowledge

Psychoactive substances played a significant — possibly central — role in ancient knowledge traditions. The Eleusinian Mysteries (kykeon), Vedic tradition (Soma), Egyptian practice (blue lotus), and Mesoamerican religion

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H_2_10 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_10 — Archaeological Nationalism: Weaponizing the Past

Archaeological nationalism is the systematic appropriation of archaeological evidence, historical narratives, and cultural heritage to serve nationalist political agendas — constructing, validating, or legitimizing claim

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