psychedelics
Perception-warping drugs
Psychedelics are drugs that alter perception, mood, and thought—producing vivid sensory experiences, distorted sense of time, and sometimes profound feelings of insight or connection.
The category includes LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, and DMT.
She experimented with psychedelics in college.
The term also works as an adjective: psychedelic art, psychedelic rock.
Recent research explores therapeutic uses for depression and PTSD.
Psychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- DMTPowerful naturally occurring hallucinogen
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
magic mushrooms · peyote · MDMA · ketamine · salvia · ergot · tryptamines · blotter
Treatment through guided conversation
- healingRestoration of health
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
trauma · integration · addiction · mental health · neuroplasticity · psilocybin therapy · clinical trials · microdosing
Perceptions without external cause
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- visualsPictorial content collectively
- trippyResembling a hallucination
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
geometric · synesthesia · altered perception · ego dissolution · distortions · surreal · vivid · chromatic
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
epiphany · mysticism · satori · cosmic consciousness · introspection · awareness · unity · interconnectedness
Losing balance walking
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- partyGathering for celebration
euphoria · high · Burning Man · concert · experience · journey · adventure · bliss
Rejection of mainstream values
- Summer of Love1967 counterculture convergence
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- Grateful DeadLegendary jam band
- acid rockDrug-influenced heavy music
Timothy Leary · Aldous Huxley · Pink Floyd · tie-dye · hippie · Beat Generation · Ken Kesey · McKenna
Mediation between worlds
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ayahuasca ceremonyIndigenous hallucinogenic plant ritual
- vision questRite seeking supernatural guidance
sacred · sacrament · plant medicine · curandero · shaman · indigenous · mystical experience · divine
LSD
Psychedelic hallucinogen
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- DMTPowerful naturally occurring hallucinogen
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
ayahuasca · magic mushrooms · peyote · MDMA · ketamine · salvia · ergot · tryptamines · blotter · tabs
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- healingRestoration of health
- depressionProlonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
PTSD · trauma · integration · addiction · mental health · neuroplasticity · psilocybin therapy · clinical trials · microdosing · set and setting
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- visualsPictorial content collectively
- trippyResembling a hallucination
kaleidoscopic · geometric · synesthesia · altered perception · ego dissolution · distortions · surreal · vivid · chromatic · afterimages
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
insight · epiphany · mysticism · satori · cosmic consciousness · introspection · awareness · unity · interconnectedness · ineffability
tripping
Losing balance walking
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- raveEnthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
party · euphoria · high · Burning Man · concert · experience · journey · adventure · bliss · giggle
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- Summer of Love1967 counterculture convergence
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- Grateful DeadLegendary jam band
Timothy Leary · Aldous Huxley · acid rock · Pink Floyd · tie-dye · hippie · Beat Generation · Ken Kesey · McKenna · Burning Man
shamanism
Mediation between worlds
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ayahuasca ceremonyIndigenous hallucinogenic plant ritual
vision quest · sacred · sacrament · plant medicine · curandero · shaman · indigenous · mystical experience · divine · ancestral
- drugsibuprofen, marijuana, aspirin, meth, cocaine
- altered statestrance, altered states, hallucination, altered perception, consciousness expansion
- Neuroactive Drugsdopamine, serotonin, GABA, acetylcholine, norepinephrine
- psychoactivesLSD, MDMA, cannabis, psilocybin, heroin
- perception changersdrugs, alcohol, hallucinogens, cannabis, intoxication
- recreational drugsmarijuana, cannabis, weed, pot, LSD
psychedelicssedatives
Drugs that calm
depressants · opioids · barbiturates · anesthetics · tranquilizers
psychedelicsdissociatives
Substances causing mental detachment
anesthesia · soporifics · unconsciousness · stupor · oblivion
- psychedelic artHallucinogen-inspired visual style
- psychedelic mushroomsFungi inducing hallucinations
- psychedelic rockHallucinogen-inspired music genre
- Psychedelic musicHallucinogen-inspired sonic genre
- psychedelic therapyTreatment using consciousness-altering substances
- psychedelic printsVivid, swirling decorative patterns