Articles

Single-substance guides that walk the experience end to end.

• DMTInspired by the Shulgin Rating Scale, this article attempts to model the overall DMT experience as a systematic progression of stages and levels.May 2021 · 23 min read
• DXMThis article is part of an ongoing project to apply the subjective effect index to specific psychoactive substances in order to document…June 2021 · 20 min read

Level-by-level models of experience intensity, in the lineage of the Shulgin Rating Scale.

• Dissociative Intensity ScaleInspired by the Shulgin Rating Scale, this article attempts to model the overall dissociative experience as a systematic progression of six levels.April 2021 · 7 min read
• Psychedelic Intensity ScaleInspired by the Shulgin Rating Scale, this article attempts to model the overall psychedelic experience as a systematic progression of seven levels.April 2021 · 9 min read
• Approximate Frequency of Occurrence ScaleThis rating scale serves as a tool for providing approximations of the likelihood that a given subjective effect will occur.May 2021 · 1 min read

Guides to dream states, lucidity, and the practices used to explore them.

• Lucid dreamingThis article focuses on serving as an informational guide for learning to consistently gain a stable sense of lucidity within one's own dreams, as well as the instructional techniques for utilizing and harnessing further control of the dream once this has been achieved.March 2021 · 12 min read
• MeditationMeditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit, allow…10 min read
• DreamsThis article attempts to comprehensively document the subjective effects that occur during dream states by breaking them down into their individual sub-components while providing detailed descriptions and leveling systems wherever possible.March 2021 · 10 min read

Short definitional pages and notes the rest of the archive refers back to.

• Duration Terminology ExplanationThe term duration refers to the length of time over which the subjective effects of a psychoactive compound manifest themselves.May 2021 · 1 min read