Ego death is an experience sometimes undergone by psychonauts. It can be brought on by the ingestion of psychedelics such as Ketamine, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), Salvia Divinorum, Magic Mushrooms, Mescaline, or LSD, though some religious practices claim to do the same. A Psychonaut (literally, a sailor of the psyche) is a person who uses trance technologies from any of the worlds religions, modern psychology, and other assorted paradigms, to explore the psyche, their own consciousness, and potentially improve real performance of certain psychological tasks. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Ketamine is a general dissociative anaesthetic for human and veterinary use. ... Dimethyltryptamine(DMT), also known as Dimitri, and N,N-dimethyltryptamine, not to be confused with 5-MeO-DMT, is a psychedelic tryptamine, similar in structure to the neurotransmitter serotonin. ... Binomial name Salvia divinorum Epling & Játiva Salvia divinorum, also known as Diviners Sage, Magic Mint, Sally D, Ska María Pastora, or simply Salvia (although the genus name is shared among many plants) is a powerful psychoactive plant, a member of the sage genus and the Lamiaceae (mint... Magic mushrooms are also known as sacred mushrooms, psychedelic mushrooms, and, more generally, hallucinogenic mushrooms. ... Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a hallucinogenic alkaloid of the phenethylamine class. ... For other uses, see LSD (disambiguation). ...

It is characterised by the perceived loss of boundaries between self and environment.

External links

• Ego Death and Self-Control Cybernetics