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Shamman4U
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Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms
#7654467 - 11/19/07 12:13 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I had an overwhelming experience when someone took my picture (with a flash) while I was tripping on shrooms.
I can't find anyone else (google search) who had a crazy experience with a camera flash. (Other than medical seizures)
Dose: 1.5 g Time: 3.5 hrs into the trip Experience: 12 years of using entheogens Setting: social gathering with friends. Lots of laughs and fun.
Story:
- Good night, lots of laughs and intense joy from the mushrooms. Overjoyed all night long.
- Coming down, effects are wearing off quickly as we sit talking.
- Someone takes a photo with flash, then something freaky happened to me . . .. .
After the flash, I could see non-stop flashes over and and over. Then, coloured octagons with lights started filling the room, like a star field in space. The octagons had flashing lights, like little coloured LED bulbs.
I panicked. (Normally I love this stuff. . ) The octagon patterns were communicating something to me and I lost my ability to see. I was stumbling around and rubbing my eyes. I was suddenly blind. The image of the octagons filling the room made me want to cry. I wasn't sad, but extremely emotional. . . .people couldn't communicate to me. . .
Why i write this is, I believe the flash opened up my third eye, or triggered something deep in my brain. I could feel it happening. This is what made me so scared. .. the feeling of something being turned on/off inside my brain. A merging of my regular eyes and another new sensing organ taking over this visually intense situation.
I felt out of control, like my mind was hijacked by something else. This 'something else' was shutting off my eyes and using the 'other' eye during the experience.
The trip was over at the time, and I was almost ready to drive home when this happened. This is what concerns me most. This was not a seizure or anything like that, but it felt like something was very, very out of control.
Anyone else have intense experiences induced with camera flashes?
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ReoSpeedwagon153


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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: Shamman4U]
#7654497 - 11/19/07 12:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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On ayahuasca, a friend took a picture on me at close range for the purpose of inducing visuals.
It was pretty amazing, the light stuck in my vision, emitting patterns and three dimensional shapes for about five minutes.
I could definetely see this taking a mushroom trip to the next level. You know, not like reliably altering your trip every time, but just once it was that one thing that pushed you over the edge. That seems to be a common theme with mushrooms.
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implee
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: Shamman4U]
#7654563 - 11/19/07 12:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ive seen documentories on lsd, and i dont remember which one but it said on LSD a strobe light can be a mystical experience... I figure its kind of the same thing, try putting on a strobe light next time
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substraight
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: ReoSpeedwagon153]
#7654567 - 11/19/07 12:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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this came up while I was reminiscing about past trips with my brother.
apparently he and his group used to put the camera right in front of their face and snap a picture.
he's not blind so I guess it causes no permanent damage. he and his friends apparently loved the effect on them while tripping and when they got the film back they had a good laugh.
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Shamman4U
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: ReoSpeedwagon153]
#7654575 - 11/19/07 12:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Whew! Thank god someone else experienced this. . . I'm not loosing my mind then . . :-O
What you explained is exactly what happend. The camera flash emitted colored shapes for several minutes. My buzz was long gone at this point, but the camera flash, sent me up to the next level all over again. . .
It took an extra hour to come down, after the camera flash incident. This is why I freaked out. I was fully come down and about ready to get in my car and drive home. . .- then after the camera flash, I tripped hard for a whole hour all over again. Strange.
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ReoSpeedwagon153


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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: Shamman4U]
#7654870 - 11/19/07 01:59 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Anytime I'm tripping, I don't seem to fully come down until I go to sleep, and sometimes not even completely until after I wake up.
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highc
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: ReoSpeedwagon153]
#7655048 - 11/19/07 02:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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be careful with strobe lights they have hidden secrets of inducing seizures when viewed at a specific setting......u can do this yourself however its not a good idea but neway this is an informational website correct????
sooooo if you have a strobe set it about halfway if you have one like that and stare into it and blink repetitively when things start turning blue and red id stop or u may end up in the hospital
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ReoSpeedwagon153


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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: highc]
#7659026 - 11/20/07 01:13 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's actually really tempting to do. I would kind of like to see what a seizure is like. I guess it's not worth it...
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Ness1
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: ReoSpeedwagon153]
#7659066 - 11/20/07 01:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't think that everyone has seizures induced by strobe lights.
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: ReoSpeedwagon153]
#7659068 - 11/20/07 01:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Happened to me on nitrous + lsd once, and has happened to a few people I know as well.
While huffing a whip it in the pitch black someone turned a flashlight on and then turned it off. Once back in the dark the small spot where the light was stuck in my eyes started expanding very rapidly until it was a full 360 degrees around me and all I could see was bright visuals. I got very intimidated because I could see a whole ton of what not, and I was in the pitch black setting my mind off at a million miles a minute. After about 5 minutes of calm down time, I was back with it.
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highc
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Re: Camera Flash Induces mystical experience on Mushrooms [Re: vandago]
#7659135 - 11/20/07 01:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah im not sure...you may have to be epileptic but i dont think so. i heard this from my friend who is not an epileptic and he had a seizure due to the strobe thing. Myself have never went that far i have seen the blue and red lights but i immediately stopped
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