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/ click header image to take you directly to the group or click here h1.GROUP GUIDELINES: TAG YOUR IMAGE! PLEASE TAG YOUR IMAGE with Psychedelic_Arts or Psychedelic ” / THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, or your images may be removed. / If you are submitting a piece of art into this group, then by logic, it should have ‘PSYCHEDELIC’ in the tags Submit up to TWO (2) images per section (art/clothing) per person, per day. Make an effort to comment on at least one image in the group pool by others, each time you post. Do not submit images that are similar, one after another, we like variety :) If you are not sure whether your image is Psychedelic or not, just ask me. / Bubblemail me with the link of your image. / WHY WAS MY IMAGE REMOVED?: images that are not considered ‘psychedelic’ will be removed. Please read the groups description to see if your images have the qualities of Psychedelic Arts before submitting, if you are not sure.. please excuse me if i dont write to each one thats removed with the explanations.. You are welcome to write to me to enquire, if you would like to know why it wasnt ‘psychedelic’ enuf.. :) about this group/what to post: / Fantastic, metaphysical and surrealistic subject matter, kaleidoscopic, fractal or paisley patterns, bright and/or highly contrasting colours, extreme depth of detail or stylisation of detail. Morphing of objects and/or themes and sometimes collage, inclusion of phosphenes and other entopic motifs, repetition of motifs. Please visit Wikipedia’s definition of Psychedelic Arts to understand/learn more / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_art definition of psychedelic arts: (from Wikipedia) / Psychedelic art is art inspired by the psychedelic experience induced by drugs such as LSD, Mescaline, and Psilocybin. The word “psychedelic” (coined by British psychologist Humphrey Osmond) means “mind manifesting”. By that definition all artistic efforts to depict the inner world of the psyche may be considered “psychedelic”. However, in common parlance “Psychedelic Art” refers above all to the art movement of the 1960s counterculture. Psychedelic visual arts were a counterpart to psychedelic rock music. Concert posters, album covers, lightshows, murals, comic books, underground newspapers and more reflected not only the kaleidoscopically swirling patterns of LSD hallucinations, but also revolutionary political, social and spiritual sentiments inspired by insights derived from these psychedelic states of consciousness. PSYCHEDELIC INSPIRATIONS / The Art of Jeff Hopp / “I believe that true art is foremostly a form of communication. For me to be interested in a piece, it must tell me something. An artist can communicate many things…. ideas, emotions, events, beliefs, etc. As for my art, I am interested in illustrating events and experiences that I have witnessed on my spiritual journeys. It is a method of capturing moments that cannot be documented in any other way. / They are places that can’t be photographed, and I feel that is important to share them with others.” LINKS & RESOURCES PSYCHEDELIC ARTIST : JEFF HOPP RESOURCES : Psychedelic Arts @Squidoo PHOTOBLOG/IMAGES : Psychedelic Wallpapers & Posters
My personal interpretation of the amazonian rainforest’s
The interpretation of one of my Ayahuasca visions (Ayahuasca is a DMT containing brew served in the amazon among the native inhabitants)
A colorful representation of cells in the body
A clover field at night
An LSD like pattern
A chemical substance know to bring on profound visions
A little disco ball twirling in the lights
A beautiful river flowing with colors
I used MC Escher’s litography “Droom” (a reproduction from “M.C. Escher – The Graphic Work” by Taschen) as a “floor” in this photo of Hierodula Praying Mantis.
A visual fusion of colorful waves and organic patterns engaged in a spiral movement toward a source of light. Later I added several orbs to create a greater sense of depth and motion. It all ended up working quite well…
Part of my image collection of fractal adaptations for use in a fractal calendar.
Shamanic, Healing, Visionary Art
Shamanic, Healing, Visionary Art
Shamanic, Visionary, Healing Art
5×4.755 inch – Tria markers on paper
This picture was taken while I was on a bus…It was raining and when I returned home to look at pictures on computer this is what I found….the picture has not been played with…
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is a naturally occurring tryptamine and potent psychedelic drug, found not only in many plants, but also in trace amounts in the human body wherein its natural function is undetermined. Structurally, it is analogous to the neurotransmitter serotonin and other psychedelic tryptamines such as 5-MeO-DMT and 4-HO-DMT. DMT is created in small amounts by the human body during normal metabolism1 by the enzyme tryptamine-N-methyltransferase. Many cultures, indigenous and modern, ingest DMT as a psychedelic in extracted or synthesized forms. Pure DMT at room temperature is a clear or white to yellowish-red crystalline solid. DMT was first chemically synthesized in 1931 / Several speculative and as yet untested hypotheses suggest that endogenous DMT, produced in the human brain, is involved in certain psychological and neurological states. As DMT is naturally produced in small amounts in the brains and other tissues of humans, and other mammals,[11] some believe it plays a role in promoting the visual effects of natural dreaming, and also near-death experiences and other mystical states. A biochemical mechanism for this was proposed by the medical researcher J. C. Callaway, who suggested in 1988 that DMT might be connected with visual dream phenomena, where brain DMT levels are periodically elevated to induce visual dreaming and possibly other natural states of mind.[12] Dr. Rick Strassman, while conducting DMT research in the 1990s at the University of New Mexico, advanced the theory that a massive release of DMT from the pineal gland prior to death or near death was the cause of the near death experience (NDE) phenomenon. Several of his test subjects reported NDE-like audio or visual hallucinations. His explanation for this was the possible lack of panic involved in the clinical setting and possible dosage differences between those administered and those encountered in actual NDE cases. Several subjects also reported contact with ‘other beings’, alien like, insectoid or reptilian in nature, in highly advanced technological environments6 where the subjects were ‘carried’, ’;probed’, ‘tested’, ‘manipulated’, ‘dismembered’, ‘taught’, ‘loved’ and even ‘raped’ by these ‘beings’. Those could be the same beings that some of the ancient cultures that consumed DMT rich beverages, like ayahuasca, considered their gods. Also, this leads to the idea that the alien abduction phenomenon could be produced by high levels of endogenous DMT in the human body, and that it might be a physiological condition that could pass genetically to the descendants of such people. (see Abduction phenomenon). Strassman noted, though, that the experience might be highly influenced by the actual user’s life, showing what the person needs, given their personal story of the moment, more than what is wanted, and also that the setting could play a partial role, too (ex: in a waking dream state). In the 1950s, the endogenous production of psychoactive agents was considered to be a potential explanation for the hallucinatory symptoms of some psychiatric diseases as the transmethylation hypothesis.[13] (see also adrenochrome). Unfortunately, this hypothesis does not account for the natural presence of endogenous DMT in otherwise normal humans, rats and other laboratory animals. The proposal by Dr. Callaway was, however, the first to suggest a useful function for the endogenous production of DMT: to facilitate the visual phenomenon of normal dreaming. Ethical concerns do not allow for the testing of this hypothesis in humans, as the biological samples must come from the living human brain. Writers on DMT include Terence McKenna, Jeremy Narby and Graham Hancock (in passages of Supernatural) though most scientists who study psychedelic drugs treat their writings with skepticism. McKenna writes of his DMT experiences with a decidedly less skeptical slant, often presuming that the drug’s “intoxication” is indicative of realms of consciousness equally as valid as waking-life if not more so. In his writings and speeches, he recounts encounters with entities he sometimes describes as “Self-Transforming Machine Elves” among equally colorful phrases. McKenna believed DMT to be a tool that could be used to enhance communication and allow for communication with other-worldly entities. Other users report visitation from external intelligences attempting to impart information. These Machine Elf experiences are said to be shared by many DMT users. From a researcher’s perspective, perhaps best known is Rick Strassman’s DMT: The Spirit Molecule (ISBN 0-89281-927-8);[14] Strassman speculated that DMT is made in the pineal gland, largely because the necessary constituents (see methyltransferases) needed to make DMT are found in the pineal gland. —-Wikipedia
1190×1220 mm Reverse Backlit transparency 2001. / created from a blank canvas in photoshop. This image was inspired from my first unnatural encounter with ‘the spirit molecule’. An Entity that seemed extremely real and intelligent appeared before me with terrific precision and speed. It dissipated as soon as I imposed my will upon it. Many people have told me they have seen and felt Entities similar to this representation, it seems to be archetypally inherent within our inner domains. In 2002, world renowned integral/visionary artist, Alex Grey was interviewed on ‘Contact Talk Radio’. Psychedelic Artist, Roger Anthony Essig, asks Alex via email of the spiritual danger of encountering entities while having a DMT, (Dimethyltryptamine) experience. This is a rare interview and possibly the only version now in existence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFjEMe7KJVU ‘Towards the end of the interview it features the closest representation I’ve done of the DMT experience so far.’ / Roger Anthony Essig, 2009. http://home.exetel.com.au/rogeressig/index.htm / The Psychedelic Art of Roger Anthony Essig
I shake in extreme anticipation. I step up, time to feel real.
Have a DMT experience once in your lifetime. Extremely rare and hard to find because it’s illegal. I followed a strange path of synchronicity that lead to my experiences. It’s been theorized that you will have a massive naturally occurring DMT experience as your dying, that’s astonishing. / thats the word to best sum the experience up actually, / astonishing.
Transforming Spray Paint Can Robot, Graffiti, Psychedelia, Text.
Floating dimensions of psychedelic stuff…
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