Unspeakable horrors

Unspeakable horrors can be described as the experience of prolonged exposure to ineffable scenarios and hallucinatory content of a scary and/or traumatic nature which are often directly influenced by one's own personal fears. This can occur during high dose hallucinogenic experiences, particularly those in which the user is currently undergoing negative emotional stress and personal problems of an introspective nature.

Although the content which comprises these states are indescribable by their very nature and largely dependent upon the fears of those who experience them, certain themes and archetypes will commonly manifest themselves. These are not limited to but generally consist of:

• Settings, sceneries, and landscapes of an intrinsically sinister and threatening nature - This can include scenes of suffering directed towards oneself or other people such as being tortured and the direct experience of personal fears. It can also include the visitation of hellish landscapes, ancient lovecraftian architecture, the destruction of civilisations and scenes in which one is being hunted as prey by benevolent creatures or forces.

• Autonomous entities of an intrinsically sinister and threatening nature - This can include demons, deformed monstrosities, hooded figures, mocking entities and otherwise normal human beings with exposed internal organs.

• Machinescapes of an intrinsically sinister and threatening nature - This can be described as functionally identical to the experience of machinescapes with the only difference being that its comprising parts almost exclusively consist of indescribably complex interlocking, ever-shifting biomechanical gore, organs and suffering sentient beings.

• Geometry of an intrinsically sinister and threatening nature - The subcomponents listed above are commonly comprised of and embedded within standard hallucinogenic geometry which are innately readable representations of pure conceptual fear, horror and suffering which can be felt through all of the senses as they are experienced.

The experience of this component and how it is interpreted by those who undergo it seems to differ wildly between people. Whilst most individuals would find this state to be traumatizing if unprepared, many people find that, although terrifying, it is exhilarating and character building in equal measure. To ensure that one does not find themselves in this state unwittingly, they should not be taking heavy dosages of hallucinogens without practice and should always work their way up to the higher levels from low dosages in small increments as they feel comfortable doing so.

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See also

• Subjective effects index
• Hallucinogens
• Deliriants