About Effect Index

A resource dedicated to establishing the field of formalised subjective effect documentation.

Effect Index serves as the platform for the Subjective Effect Index (SEI), a resource containing formalised documentation of the vast number of distinct subjective states that may occur under the influence of hallucinogens. We strive to comprehensively document and describe the wide variety of potential hallucinogenic experiences. The SEI is presented in an easily readable format that contains not only descriptions, but also image, video, and audio replications of these effects.

We believe that in pioneering formalised subjective effect documentation, we may demystify the psychedelic experience. This has the potential to allow hallucinogen usage to become more culturally acceptable, better understood, and create a platform on top of which these substances may be more easily studied.

Effect Index was initially founded as a side project on 30 June, 2017 by Josie Kins, the founder of PsychonautWiki and DisregardEverythingISay. It serves as a platform for content that has been in constant development for the previous six years on these sites. However, the aforementioned content is now hosted on its own dedicated platform with the hope of further spreading the documentation and creating a universal terminology set that gives people the vernacular to fully describe experiences that were previously considered ineffable.

If you find this project interesting, we encourage you to join our active communities within both our subreddit and our Discord.

Licensing & Contact

Effect Index's indexing and written material is available for non-commercial reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, with attribution. Replications, multimedia and non-SEI artwork belong to their original creators; the copyright disclaimer covers commercial enquiries and how to request that artwork be removed or reattributed.