Thursday, 13 October 2016

OUIL601 Practical Response Research: Testimonials

After chatting through my ideas for the practical response to my research project in my first tutorial with Richard, I have begun to research and gather testimonials of psychedelic experiences which have had a profound / life changing / unforgettable impact on the user. These personal accounts will form the basis of my visual approach and ultimately an illustrated 'reportage' portrayal of the true - un-stigmatised - psychedelic experience and its effects.


This of course has meant lost of reading and searching through online forums, blogs and underground psychedelic communities due to the lack of printed/publicised information on this 'taboo' subject. One of these online communities is www.shroomery.com, where a very large following of people get together and share psychedelic experiences, thoughts & opinions, trip reports, ask advice of experts etc - no illegal activity such as buying or selling of illegal substances happens here. It is also a great source of information regarding published material written by psychologists, scientists, researchers, industry professionals and recently published medical journals on relevant substances and their very current impact on the world at present.

As I am not a member of the site, I asked a friend who is if I could use their details to log in and appeal to this broad psychedelic community for information, testimonials and help in pointing me in the right direction of key profound posts, stories and experiences written here - that may have moved / stuck with them whilst being a part of this online sharing community.

My post:


I posted this to a particular feed on the site dedicated to the psychedelic experience and so far have had a lot of views, but no replies. I shall keep an eye on it and in the mean time carry on digging in the hope of finding a testimonial for each of the main substances associated with psychedelics. The more I have, the more to visually respond too.