Posted by rgb on June 8, 2008, at 14:59:17
In reply to NMDA antagonism and 'divine judgement', posted by Amigan on June 8, 2008, at 13:57:52
Hello,
I don't have an answer to your experience in particular, but NMDA antagonists can certainly induce feelings of deep meaningfulness, vastness and infinity! Quoth the (excellent) dextromethorphan FAQ:
"Shortly after publishing version 3.0 of the FAQ I started getting letters from people who were having what they believed to be psychic, paranormal, or spiritual experiences on DXM. As time went on, the number of these letters increased, and I received additional information from psychonauts who have used ketamine in paranormal investigations.
[...]
It may surprise you to know that there are very good reasons to suspect that paranormal experiences may involve some of the same brain mechanisms affected by DXM. Whether or not these paranormal experiences have any validity outside of the human brain is entirely a question of faith, and I won't try and make that decision for you."it continues in much more detail here: http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/faq/dxm_paranormal.shtml#toc.8
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