Geometry |
Geometry can be described as the experience of a person’s field of vision being partially or completely encompassed by fast-moving, kaleidoscopic and indescribably complex geometric patterns, form constants, phosphenes, shapes, fractals, structures and colour. These geometric forms can also become structured and organized in a way that presents genuine information to the person experiencing it far beyond the perception of meaningless, although complex, shapes and colours. This happens through the experience of innately understood geometric representations that feel as though they depict specific concepts and neurological components that exist within the brain in a manner that is extremely detailed.
Geometry never stands still at any point and remains extremely fast-changing and self-transforming in terms of its shape and style. During this process, the geometry naturally drifts laterally or radially across the visual field to create overlapping webs of many arising and decaying geometric patterns, all of which are visible within a single perceptual frame.
There are eight different levels of visual geometry, each one increasingly complex and difficult to comprehend. These tend to depend on the dosage but can also fluctuate widely in their intensity due to external triggers such as the set and setting. The individual levels are defined and documented below:
Contents
- 1 1. Visual noise
- 2 2. Motion and colour
- 3 3. Partially defined geometry
- 4 4. Fully defined geometry
- 5 5. 3-Dimensional geometry
- 6 6. Partially overriding visual perception
- 7 7. Fully overriding visual perception
- 8 Level 8A and level 8B
- 9 8A - Exposure to semantic concept network
- 10 8B - Exposure to inner mechanics of consciousness
- 11 Image examples
- 12 Variations
- 13 Psychoactive substances
- 14 Experience reports
- 15 See also
- 16 References
1. Visual noise
This is the most basic level of geometry and can be experienced in a completely sober state. It can be described as visual noise or static combined with random light and dark red regions that can be seen under the eyelids.
2. Motion and colour
This level is also easily obtainable without hallucinogens and can be described as the appearance of unstructured regions of fleeting flashes and clouds of colour.
3. Partially defined geometry
At this level, complex indescribable shapes and patterns begin to show themselves. However, the patterns can be described as strictly 2-dimensional. Geometry at this level is fine, small and zoomed out in size with a dark colour palette that limits itself to only a few different shades such as blacks, reds and dark purples. They are displayed in front of both the open and closed eye visual field across a flat veil of geometry, but are significantly more detailed with the eyes closed or within dark environments.
4. Fully defined geometry
This is the level where the detail in which the geometry displays itself becomes profoundly complex but remains strictly 2-Dimensional. At this point, the geometry becomes larger in size and extremely intricate in detail with a colour palette that is limitless in its possibilities. They are displayed on both the open and closed eye visual field across a flat veil of geometry that floats directly in front of the eyes, remaining significantly more detailed with the eyes closed or in dark environments.
5. 3-Dimensional geometry
At level five, the geometry will become fully 3-dimensional in its shape and position across the visual field. This adds a new layer of visual complexity and leaves them sprawled out across the surfaces, walls, objects and furniture of one's environment instead of displaying themselves across a basic and flat veil in front of one's visual field.
6. Partially overriding visual perception
At this point, the geometry has become so intense, vivid and bright that it has begun to block out and replace the external world. At level six, the environment begins to be replaced by geometry, with objects and scenery transforming into sprawling masses of geometry or simply being blocked out and covered by them in a manner that drastically impairs the use of one's normal vision. From this level of geometry onwards (although this is more common at higher levels), it is possible to view geometry which is perceived by the tripper to be four-dimensional or above, or created from new ineffable, non-euclidean or nonsensical geometric principles.
7. Fully overriding visual perception
As the geometry continues to become more intense, vivid and bright it now completely blocks out or replaces the external world and one's sense of normal sight becomes completely impaired. This creates the sensation that one is no longer within the external environment but has "broken through" into another reality.
Level 8A and level 8B
Once the geometry reaches its eighth and final level, there is not one singular pinnacle of visual geometry but two. It seems that depending on subtle environmental factors, one's own state of mind and the substance consumed, geometry is capable of forking off into two separate versions of its highest possible level. This means that level 8 geometry will have to be separated into two distinct categories of equal intensity known as levels 8A and 8B.
Once visual geometry reaches level 8A or 8B, it begins to become structured and organized in a way that presents genuine information to the person experiencing it far beyond the preceding seven levels of meaningless although complex shapes and colours. This happens through the experience of innately understood geometric representations that feel as though they depict specific concepts and neurological components that exist within the brain. Although this is also possible at lower levels, it does not occur consistently in the same way that it does at level 8A and 8B. At this point, concepts can be seen as not just embedded within one's closed or open eye visual field but can also be simultaneously felt through indescribably complex physical and cognitive sensations.
8A - Exposure to semantic concept network
8A geometry is one of the two eighth and final levels of visual geometry; the other is 8B geometry.
The experience of level 8A can be described as the feeling of being exposed to a seemingly infinite mass of geometry comprised entirely of innately readable geometric representations which simultaneously convey every single internally stored concept, memory, and neurological structure stored within the subconscious mind all at once. This results in a profound and overwhelming sensation which is consistently interpreted by people who undergo it as experiencing the entirety of existence, everything, the universe, all that there ever was, and all that there ever will be in a single instant.
This experience is not just perceived as visual geometric data, but is also physically felt in an incomprehensible level of detail throughout every point across itself as complex cognitive and tactile sensations. These sensations convey an equal amount of innately understandable information as that which is experienced through one's sense of vision and occur simultaneously alongside of it.
At the lower side of level 8A, this effect is something that fluctuates wildly and remains neither constant nor consistent in its intensity. Instead, it is temporarily triggered by the experience of a concept. For example, if somebody were to say the word “Internet” to a person who is currently undergoing this state, they would see the mind's concept of the Internet immediately manifested in a geometric form amidst the very center of their visual field. This form quickly branches out from itself in a fashion similar to an ineffable spider diagram. It expands to envelop the concepts which one associates with the Internet and then branches out again to include the concepts one associates with those before repeating the process of branching out further to represent the concepts associated with these ad infinitum. Within 2 - 3 seconds, this exponentially expands within a sudden perceptual flash to include every single internally stored concept within the subconscious memory banks of one's mind simultaneously.
Once this occurs, the sensory overload temporarily disconnects one from their external environment and results in simultaneous ego death/long-term memory suppression before re-stacking the person back into reality until something triggers the process again (usually immediately). The effect snaps one in and out of reality repeatedly and the process is triggered continuously. It's worth noting, however, that at this level it can (to a certain extent) be held at bay through continuous physical movement. This is because movement stops the process from branching out into everything by not giving the effect the time it needs to lock onto a concept.
As the dose of the psychoactive substance is increased, the process becomes easier to trigger whilst extending in its length and duration. This eventually results in a stable state of complete disconnection from the external environment alongside of sustained ego death/long-term memory suppression and a lasting sense of experiencing the entirety of one's neurological structure and internally stored semantic concept network.
8B - Exposure to inner mechanics of consciousness
8B geometry is one of the two eighth and final levels of visual geometry; the other is 8A geometry.
The experience of level 8B can be described as the feeling of being exposed to a mass of geometry comprised entirely of innately readable geometric representations which feel as if they convey the organization, structure, framework and inner mechanics of the underlying programming behind all conscious and subconscious neurological processes. This effect is consistently interpreted by those who undergo the experience as perceiving the inner workings of either the universe, consciousness or reality.
At the lower end of level 8B geometry, the experience manifests itself as becoming and being able to physically feel and visually perceive the organization and structure of the underlying programming behind one's current conscious thought stream. This is presented to trippers in the form of a fast-moving and infinite web or network that contains innately understood and thought stream relevant geometric representations of specific and abstract concepts embedded into each and every one of the connecting points across itself.
The experience of these innately readable geometric representations consistently triggers one to visualize and physically feel the concept perfectly through highly detailed conceptual thinking. The ever-shifting network follows the pace and rhythm of one's internal dialogue perfectly. This creates and manifests new connections in a way that is both physically felt through a powerful sensation and seen embedded within one's visual field every time any piece of new insight or knowledge is gained.
At the higher end of level 8B geometry, the effect retains its lower levels (described above), but expands itself to include the experience of visually perceiving (through innately readable geometric representations) the architecture of subconscious neurological processes outside of one's normal daily perception. These processes include the architecture of one's memories, receptors, neurons, perspectives, emotions and general cognitive functions.
This experience is not just perceived as visual geometric data, but also physically felt in an incomprehensible level of detail throughout every point across itself as complex cognitive and tactile sensations. These sensations convey an equal amount of innately understandable information as that which is experienced through one's sense of vision and occur simultaneously alongside of it.
Level 8B geometry is capable of bestowing specific pieces of information onto trippers regarding the nature of reality and human consciousness through the simple experience of them. These specific pieces of information are always immediately felt and understood to be a profound unveiling of an undeniable truth at the time, but afterwards are often found to be ineffable due to the limitations of human English or simply nonsensical due to the disorientation of the accompanying cognitive effects.
Occasionally, however, genuine lessons or coherent messages are innately interpreted through the experience of becoming and descending down into the subconscious faculties of the brain. It’s extremely important to note, however, that the scientific validity of these lessons are very uncertain and should never be immediately accepted as fact without an extremely thorough and sober analysis.
A greatly simplified and purely cognitive version of this effect is also capable of manifesting itself with no accompanying visual effects.
Image examples
Psychedelic artwork
Tessellation by M. C. Escher
Untitled by Anonymous
Wail to god by Anthony F. Schepperd (0:50)
The Phenakistoscope-diamond by Larry Carlson
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Sun Orb by Larry Carlson
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In the tree by Eddie calz
Lake on LSD by mrmedicman
Breakthrough by Larry Carlson
Abstract by Matt W. Moore
Untitled by Luke Brown
Switch. by Sam Perkins
Fractals
Shipibo textiles
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Variations
- Intricate vs. simplistic - Geometry can either present itself as incomprehensibly intricate and complex in its appearance or simplistic and comprehensible even at higher doses. For example, the geometry associated with dissociatives tends to be consistently simplistic in complexity while most psychedelics are significantly more intricate.
- Algorithmic vs. abstract - Geometry can either appear to follow mathematical rules and logically consistent forms in its shape (which often results in high amounts of fractals and semi-predictable shapes). In contrast to this, however, geometry can also be completely abstract or random in its appearance in a way that contains infinite amounts of completely unpredictable variety.
- Organic vs. synthetic - Geometry can either feel organic and natural in its visual style or it can feel synthetic and digital.
- Unstructured vs. structured - Geometry can either present itself as completely disorganized and unstructured or it can form and condense into an infinite variety of 3-dimensional mechanistic and ever-shifting structures which are comprised out of and based upon condensed geometry.
- Dimly lit vs. brightly lit - Geometry can either present itself as extremely dark and hard to make out from its background or, in contrast, it can be brightly lit and extremely easy to distinguish from its background.
- Multicoloured vs. monotone - The colour scheme that geometry follows can range from extremely varied and multicoloured in style to consisting of little (if any) colour variety such as blues and greys or purples and blacks
- Flat shading vs. glossy shading - This is separate from the variety of colour contained within geometry. Colours can either be flat, bright and simplistic or glossy with depth, highlights and shading.
- Sharp edges vs. soft edges - Geometry can have sharp edges which are extremely well-defined around its perimeter (sometimes with thick black outlines around its edges). In contrast to this, they can also be soft and blurred around the edges, merging seamlessly into each other in a way that does not affect its intricacy.
- Large vs. small - In terms of its size, geometry can be extremely large and zoomed in or fine and zoomed out in a way that does not affect its level of intricacy.
- Fast vs. slow - In terms of its speed, geometry can shift and morph so fast into itself that the amount of information presented to the tripper in extremely short periods of time becomes incomprehensible to process. In contrast to this, they can move slowly and comprehensibly, swirling and shifting into themselves to present ever-changing geometric forms that can be observed in a much higher level of detail.
- Smooth vs. jittery - In terms of its motion, geometry can be smooth in its motion with a high frame rate or it can be jittery in its motion with lag and a low frame rate.
- Round corners vs. angular corners - Geometry can either have mostly rounded and circular corners or mostly sharp corners with pointed and angular geometry.
- Non-immersive vs. immersive - Geometry can be manifested in front of one's face on a field of vision that feels separate as if it was being presented on some sort of screen without a distinct sense of size or distance attributed to them. In contrast, geometry can feel as if one is completely immersed in and surrounded by them with a distinct sense of attributed size and distance.
- Consistent vs. progressive - Geometry can be manifested as consistent and steady in its intensity, complexity and visibility regardless of disturbances within the external environment. In contrast, however, it can manifest as progressive in its intensity which means that disturbances and sensory input such as bright lights, loud noises and distractions within the external environment will prevent or cut off the intensity, complexity and visibility from building up to its limit whilst darkness will cause it to progressively rise in complexity.
- Level 8A vs. level 8B - At its eighth and highest level of experience, geometry is capable of branching off into two different directions of equal intensity. The first of these is Level 8A – exposure to semantic concept network and the second of these is Level 8B – exposure to the inner mechanics of consciousness.
There are particular attributes of psychedelics which tend to result in level 8B over level 8A and vice versa. Psychedelics which are stimulating in physical effects, synthetic in style, algorithmic in appearance, sharp and angular in corners, flat in shading, unstructured in organization, introspection dominant, and contain low amounts of hallucinatory content usually result in level 8A. In contrast, psychedelics which lead to level 8B are usually sedating in physical effects, abstract in appearance, organic in style, rounded and soft in corners, glossy in shading, structured in organization, outrospection dominant, and contain high amounts of hallucinatory content.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:
- Experience:12 mg AMT - Nicely Surprised
- Experience:150mg MDMA + 20mg 2C-B - I designed it this way myself
- Experience:2 hits + weed - Mindfuck
- Experience:2 x 150 LSD tabs
- Experience:2.5g Syrian rue + 6g Mimosa Hostilis - Becoming God (my second experience with unity)
- Experience:2.5g Syrian rue + 6g Mimosa Hostilis - My first experience with unity
- Experience:20mg (insufflated) - permanent all-encompassing states of unity and interconnectedness
- Experience:20mg - I looked up and saw an angry god-like figure made of clouds glaring down at me
- Experience:225ug - Sheer Awe and Joy
- Experience:225ug LSD + 9g cubensis - Galactic Melt and the Meverse
- Experience:25mg DMT - Your wall can't save you
- Experience:26mg - Stage 3 Trip
- Experience:2g Syrian rue + 1g Mimosa Hostilis - These voices are the building blocks of consciousness
- Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
- Experience:3 drops of cinnamon bark oil/ 5 drops of german chamomile oil/ 2mL of nutmeg oil in lecithin - experiments with nutmeg oil
- Experience:3.5g Syrian rue + 30g Mimosa Hostilis brew - flying through a rainbow tunnel
- Experience:3.5g Syrian rue + 50g Mimosa Hostilis - I was trying to engage in sexual intercourse with the personification of Ayahuasca
- Experience:300ug - Profound religious experience
- Experience:300ug - the pyramid universe
- Experience:30mg - Horrible bodyload
- Experience:30mg - Psychostimulant egodeath
- Experience:337mg DMT fumurate - A Day With DMT
- Experience:35mg 2C-P - Asymmetrical Terror and the Geometric Sea
- Experience:3g - I found god inside of myself
- Experience:3g Syrian Rue + 5g Acacia Confusa - Life Changing Madness
- Experience:3g mimosa / 2g syrian rue - I was the Universe's prophet
- Experience:3g mimosa / 3g syrian rue - Connecting with my body
- Experience:40 mg - A relaxing morning in the park
- Experience:40mg (smoked) - The planet became a watermelon
- Experience:40mg + Syrian Rue (unknown dosage) - My one bad trip
- Experience:40mg + Syrian rue (3g) - My triumphant return
- Experience:40mg - Brothermind and the Forest's Hand
- Experience:40mg 5-MeO-DMT + 40mg MXE orally.
- Experience:40mg smoked - Ego death and unity with a friend
- Experience:4x 200ug tabs - You do not need to understand
- Experience:50mg (approx.)/ Marijuana - Geometric Angels
- Experience:50mg - Demon faces and déjà vu
- Experience:50mg - Diphenidine ride
- Experience:50mg - Truth
- Experience:535mg - My First DXM Trip...
- Experience:6g mimosa / 2.5 g syrian rue - Best cake I've had for a while
- Experience:70 mg - Overcoming personal problems
- Experience:75mg DMT - Experiencing Death
- Experience:A combination of 25mg 4-AcO-DMT and unknown amount of 6-APB (benzofury)
- Experience:An Excessive Amount - N,N DMT / Marijuana - Stuck Inside an Egg
- Experience:My DOB Nightmare
- Experience:Unknown Dosages: 1 psilocin chocolate, 1 hit LSD; Lawing the Mown
- Experience:Unknown dosage (smoked) - It felt like I was on rails the whole time
- Experience:Unknown dosage / 3 tabs - Ego death and a total break through in the snow
See also
- Responsible use
- Subjective effects index
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
- Dissociatives - Subjective effects
- Deliriants - Subjective effects
- Semantic activation in LSD: evidence from picture naming