heroic dose
Dangerously large amount
A heroic dose is an exceptionally large quantity of a psychoactive substance, particularly psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms or LSD—enough to produce an overwhelming, potentially ego-dissolving experience.
The term carries both respect and warning: He took a heroic dose and spent eight hours convinced he was the universe.
Popularized by psychonaut Terence McKenna, it implies going beyond recreational use toward something transformative or dangerous.
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- psychedelic therapyTreatment using consciousness-altering substances
- ego dissolutionDisappearance of personal identity
- ego deathTotal loss of identity
- shamanismMediation between worlds
threshold · deep end · point of no return · breakthrough experience · PTSD treatment · counterculture · mystical experience · toxicity · indigenous practices · neuroplasticity · transcendence · informed consent · hallucination · trip sitter · altered states · treatment · catharsis · legal status
- psychedelicsLSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline, ayahuasca
- Shroomspsilocybin, magic mushrooms, shrooms, penis envy, liberty cap
- trip effectshallucinations, visuals, euphoria, ego death, synesthesia
heroic dosemicrodose
Subperceptual drug quantity
low dose · standard dose · maintenance dose · therapeutic dose
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