Hallucinatory State: A Detailed Experience with LSD and Mushrooms


Table of Contents

  • Background Information
  • Timeline of the Experience
    • Ingestion/Come-up: 6:00-7:00
    • LSD Peak: 7:10-8:00
    • Combined Peak: 8:00-14:40
    • Come-down: 14:40-16:30
  • The Journey Begins: Ingestion and Initial Effects
    • T+0:00 - 1:00: Early Onset and Nausea
    • T+1:10 - 2:00: Stepping into the Outdoors
  • The Heightened Experience
    • Geometric and Emotional Perceptions
    • Interactions with the Environment
  • Final Thoughts on the Experience

Background Information

This account details a profoundly hallucinatory experience involving the combination of LSD (225μg) and psilocybin mushrooms (9g) on a Sunday morning. The individual had recently rolled the weekend before, and though they had heard of Jedi flipping (a combination of MDMA and psychedelics), they decided against using MDMA in conjunction with these substances. The experience was notably intense, marked by deep hallucinatory states that were unprecedented in their intensity.

Timeline of the Experience

Ingestion/Come-up: 6:00-7:00

The experience began at 5:55 AM when 225μg of LSD was ingested. The person was feeling anxious and could not wait the additional five minutes, rounding up the timeline. The onset was gradual, with the first noticeable effects beginning after about 20 minutes. At 6:40 AM, they ground up 9g of mushrooms in a coffee grinder, mixed them with Sunny D, and drank the resulting concoction. Almost immediately, they began experiencing visual distortions. The ceiling became adorned with geometric shapes, and the colors began to shift, moving slowly and continuously.

The first noticeable effects included level 3 geometry on the ceiling, where expanding patterns began to emerge. These patterns had a hue distinct from the ceiling itself, slightly darker, and appeared to be in constant motion. At this point, there was a mild distortion, accompanied by color enhancement and physical stimulation. Speaking became increasingly difficult, and the person found themselves struggling to articulate thoughts. After about 20 minutes, a dab of concentrate was consumed to ease the nausea caused by the mushrooms.

LSD Peak: 7:10-8:00

By 7:00 AM, the effects had fully settled in, and the individual decided to leave their apartment. The nausea had subsided enough to allow for a walk outside, though the cold air felt only on the skin, with the internal body temperature remaining neutral. They had prepared a playlist that began with the music of Moderat, which had a profound impact on their perception of the world around them. The music seemed to alter the mood of the sky and surrounding environment in a positive way.

As the person walked through a park, the colors of the environment became highly saturated. Every surface was intricately detailed. The bricks around a fountain seemed to morph into faces, some of them screaming as though trying to escape from their prison, while others were more detailed, with full heads and hands. This visual transformation was accompanied by a sense of heightened awareness of the environment’s emotional and sentient qualities. In the park, the flowers appeared to dance, and the person began perceiving geometric patterns emerging from the relationships and actions unfolding in the world around them. They felt a sense of interconnectedness, as though emotions within both organic and inorganic beings were becoming apparent.

Combined Peak: 8:00-14:40

At this stage, the individual’s mind seemed to blur the lines between themselves and the world. Thoughts felt like they were no longer originating from within them but from the external world. There was a profound sense of being immersed in the trip, with everything around them contributing to their perception. At one point, while walking down an alleyway, they laid down on the ground and reached up to the sky. When they moved their hands in front of their eyes, it appeared as though they were peeling back layers of the dimension they were experiencing. The sky felt malleable, and the clouds, along with the lighter blues, seemed to peel away, revealing intricate geometries within the blue.

The geometric patterns that appeared were not only visual, but they seemed to convey information, emotions, and shapes simultaneously. This was a deeply immersive and emotional experience, as if the geometry itself was communicating with them without words. While traveling through the area, the person encountered a cat. They sat down with the cat and spoke to it for a long time, perceiving the animal as a being that held knowledge of the journey and even their future. The person knew that the mushrooms were beginning to hit harder, and they started to feel as though they were nearing the peak of the experience, aware that ego death was imminent.

Come-down: 14:40-16:30

The journey began to subside after reaching the peak at around 14:40. The individual began to experience the come-down phase, where the intensity of the hallucinatory effects slowly faded. This phase lasted until approximately 16:30, during which the individual gradually returned to a more grounded state, with the intense visual and emotional experiences subsiding.

The Journey Begins: Ingestion and Initial Effects

T+0:00 - 1:00: Early Onset and Nausea

After ingesting the 225μg LSD tab, the onset was steady, with the first noticeable effects occurring around 20 minutes later. Upon consuming the mushrooms, the visual distortions began, particularly the expanding geometric patterns on the ceiling. This initial stage was marked by mild distortions, color enhancement, and a sense of physical stimulation. At this time, the individual began struggling to form coherent thoughts and words.

T+1:10 - 2:00: Stepping into the Outdoors

By 7:00 AM, the person ventured outside, feeling that their nausea had subsided. They noticed the cold on their skin but had little awareness of their internal temperature. With music playing, the world around them seemed to take on new emotional depth, with highly saturated colors and intricate details transforming their perception of reality. The park setting became a place of deeply surreal experiences, with the bricks on the fountain area morphing into faces and the flowers dancing. This was the beginning of a shift where the boundaries between the self and the world began to blur.

The Heightened Experience

Geometric and Emotional Perceptions

As the trip progressed, the individual began perceiving intricate geometric patterns that seemed to be a form of communication. These patterns were not just visual; they felt emotionally and informationally charged, as if they were a manifestation of something much greater than the individual experience. The environment around them was alive with emotion and seemed to be speaking in a language beyond words.

Interactions with the Environment

At one point, the individual encountered a cat during their travels. They felt a profound connection with the animal, believing it held knowledge of their journey and even their future. This interaction was just one example of how the boundaries between self and other, human and animal, organic and inorganic, blurred as the trip reached its peak.

Final Thoughts on the Experience

The experience was transformative and intensely hallucinatory. The combination of LSD and mushrooms brought the individual to a place where their perceptions of reality were not just altered but completely reshaped. They felt as though the world was alive with emotion, geometry, and meaning, and that they were a part of a vast interconnected web of existence. The encounter with the cat, the transformations of the environment, and the overwhelming emotional depth of the experience all contributed to a sense of profound insight and understanding, though one that was difficult to articulate in the aftermath.