Hi, Fox here, this isn't an avocation for or against any particular way of doing things to get you to your goals wherever they may be on the spectrum
It can be adapted and drawn upon. It's a good template or checklist to use when trying to note down your experiences, looking at it before, during or after an experience regardless of if substances were used or not, it is a good guideline. The shulgin rating scale can be adapted to non drug purposes as well for a general classification of any mind altering or psychology effecting experience, regardless if it was brought about organically or synthetically and can even be applied to things such as fasting or dancing vigorously or listening to music on repeat to bring about an altered state.
Date and Time of Encounter:
Substance Used:
Dosage Used:
Method of Consumption:
Any Particular physical or mental tolerances that need to be accounted for?
Physical and Mental State Notes:
Were you in a fasted state, or on a full stomach?
How long before, during or after did you apply hypnotic techniques or other mind altering paradigms?
Was the time you used part of a dedicated mind modification or behavior change regimine? (The timeline; Daily, Weekly, Monthly or how often you do each different particular technique.)
How long did it take for effects to occur?
When did the effects occur?
Presence or lack of time dilation or other such effects as listed in the positive, neutral or negative effects list?
Did you have any control over visual hallucinations or other effects
Where was the experience on the Shulgin Rating Scale?
MINUS, n. (-) On the quantitative potency scale (-, ±, +, ++, +++), there were no effects observed.
PLUS/MINUS, n. (±) The level of effectiveness of a drug that indicates a threshold action. If a higher dosage produces a greater response, then the plus/minus (±) was valid. If a higher dosage produces nothing, then this was a false positive.
PLUS ONE, n. (+) The drug is quite certainly active. The chronology can be determined with some accuracy, but the nature of the drug's effects are not yet apparent.
PLUS TWO, n. (++) Both the chronology and the nature of the action of a drug are unmistakably apparent. But you still have some choice as to whether you will accept the adventure, or rather just continue with your ordinary day's plans (if you are an experienced researcher, that is). The effects can be allowed a predominant role, or they may be repressible and made secondary to other chosen activities.
PLUS THREE, n. (+++) Not only are the chronology and the nature of a drug's action quite clear, but ignoring its action is no longer an option. The subject is totally engaged in the experience, for better or worse.
PLUS FOUR, n. (++++) A rare and precious transcendental state, which has been called a "peak experience," a "religious experience," "divine transformation," a "state of Samadhi" and many other names in other cultures. It is not connected to the +1, +2, and +3 of the measuring of a drug's intensity. It is a state of bliss, a participation mystique, a connectedness with both the interior and exterior universes, which has come about after the ingestion of a psychedelic drug, but which is not necessarily repeatable with a subsequent ingestion of that same drug. If a drug (or technique or process) were ever to be discovered which would consistently produce a plus four experience in all human beings, it is conceivable that it would signal the ultimate evolution, and perhaps the end, of the human experiment.
— Alexander Shulgin, PIHKAL, pages 963–965
Facts of Matter from before, immediately before, during, and after use.
I was feeling x about y (potential information about mindset from interactions with people [External and Internal Sources]
(feelings from interactions with others and how you feel about those interactions can play into effect of the experience)
Level and type of self-talk during, before and after the dedicated time [Internal Sources]
Enviromental Conditions
(was the environment active or muted, (bright lights, darkness, music, social interactions outside of your control.)
When were mind modification techniques applied:
Where did the experience take place? (House, park, car, school)
(It's possible to have retrospective flashbacks while doing other tasks after the experience, regardless of if it's a drug or not. you opinions and feelings and memories about and from an encounter can change, or be recontextualized.)
What were the techniques used (eg. file, binural, visualizer, VR set, online space, in person live session, script reading, immersion)
Did you have residual effects from the substance that extended beyond its expected timeline or an abrupt end before you thought it was supposed to.
Did you have an outside observer (partial or impartial) or tripsitter to also record information to compare to?
Were video or audio recordings of the session recorded?
It can be adapted and drawn upon. It's a good template or checklist to use when trying to note down your experiences, looking at it before, during or after an experience regardless of if substances were used or not, it is a good guideline. The shulgin rating scale can be adapted to non drug purposes as well for a general classification of any mind altering or psychology effecting experience, regardless if it was brought about organically or synthetically and can even be applied to things such as fasting or dancing vigorously or listening to music on repeat to bring about an altered state.
Date and Time of Encounter:
Substance Used:
Dosage Used:
Method of Consumption:
Any Particular physical or mental tolerances that need to be accounted for?
Physical and Mental State Notes:
Were you in a fasted state, or on a full stomach?
How long before, during or after did you apply hypnotic techniques or other mind altering paradigms?
Was the time you used part of a dedicated mind modification or behavior change regimine? (The timeline; Daily, Weekly, Monthly or how often you do each different particular technique.)
How long did it take for effects to occur?
When did the effects occur?
Presence or lack of time dilation or other such effects as listed in the positive, neutral or negative effects list?
Did you have any control over visual hallucinations or other effects
Where was the experience on the Shulgin Rating Scale?
MINUS, n. (-) On the quantitative potency scale (-, ±, +, ++, +++), there were no effects observed.
PLUS/MINUS, n. (±) The level of effectiveness of a drug that indicates a threshold action. If a higher dosage produces a greater response, then the plus/minus (±) was valid. If a higher dosage produces nothing, then this was a false positive.
PLUS ONE, n. (+) The drug is quite certainly active. The chronology can be determined with some accuracy, but the nature of the drug's effects are not yet apparent.
PLUS TWO, n. (++) Both the chronology and the nature of the action of a drug are unmistakably apparent. But you still have some choice as to whether you will accept the adventure, or rather just continue with your ordinary day's plans (if you are an experienced researcher, that is). The effects can be allowed a predominant role, or they may be repressible and made secondary to other chosen activities.
PLUS THREE, n. (+++) Not only are the chronology and the nature of a drug's action quite clear, but ignoring its action is no longer an option. The subject is totally engaged in the experience, for better or worse.
PLUS FOUR, n. (++++) A rare and precious transcendental state, which has been called a "peak experience," a "religious experience," "divine transformation," a "state of Samadhi" and many other names in other cultures. It is not connected to the +1, +2, and +3 of the measuring of a drug's intensity. It is a state of bliss, a participation mystique, a connectedness with both the interior and exterior universes, which has come about after the ingestion of a psychedelic drug, but which is not necessarily repeatable with a subsequent ingestion of that same drug. If a drug (or technique or process) were ever to be discovered which would consistently produce a plus four experience in all human beings, it is conceivable that it would signal the ultimate evolution, and perhaps the end, of the human experiment.
— Alexander Shulgin, PIHKAL, pages 963–965
Facts of Matter from before, immediately before, during, and after use.
I was feeling x about y (potential information about mindset from interactions with people [External and Internal Sources]
(feelings from interactions with others and how you feel about those interactions can play into effect of the experience)
Level and type of self-talk during, before and after the dedicated time [Internal Sources]
Enviromental Conditions
(was the environment active or muted, (bright lights, darkness, music, social interactions outside of your control.)
When were mind modification techniques applied:
Where did the experience take place? (House, park, car, school)
(It's possible to have retrospective flashbacks while doing other tasks after the experience, regardless of if it's a drug or not. you opinions and feelings and memories about and from an encounter can change, or be recontextualized.)
What were the techniques used (eg. file, binural, visualizer, VR set, online space, in person live session, script reading, immersion)
Did you have residual effects from the substance that extended beyond its expected timeline or an abrupt end before you thought it was supposed to.
Did you have an outside observer (partial or impartial) or tripsitter to also record information to compare to?
Were video or audio recordings of the session recorded?
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