I'm sure many posters here have read Huxley's Doors of Perception.
It's been a few years, but I remember he wrote about a true account of him inhaling a gas that he called "carbogen" which I guess was essentially just Carbon Dioxide.
Honestly, I'm quite confused as to what it actually was supposed to be and why it would be referred to as anything other than carbon dioxide or why anything remotely similar to carbon dioxide would be a hallucinogen.
Regardless, this is supposedly a TRUE account of Huxley inhaling some kind of carbon dioxide mixture and getting psychedelic effects from it.
I remember he'd written something along the lines of saying that it produced a very intense psychedelic experience (I'm not sure of what kind, if he meant visuals, auditory, mental etc)....but that it also produced the sensation of drowning essentially and grasping for air, because since Carbon Dioxide is meant to be exhaled and not inhaled it tricks the body into thinking it's not getting enough oxygen.....strange....
So yeah, the basic idea was that Huxley REALLY DID supposedly inhale and trip off of some kind of carbon dioxide mixture which I guess had some interesting effects, but also had the bad side effect of a sensation of being deprived of oxygen.
Does anyone know anything about what this stuff was?
Has anyone ever tried it?
Is it just pure carbon dioxide or what?
IF it's REALLY a true account I assume someone else has done it, but anyone else who's read the Doors of Perception will know what I'm talking about.
It's been a few years, but I remember he wrote about a true account of him inhaling a gas that he called "carbogen" which I guess was essentially just Carbon Dioxide.
Honestly, I'm quite confused as to what it actually was supposed to be and why it would be referred to as anything other than carbon dioxide or why anything remotely similar to carbon dioxide would be a hallucinogen.
Regardless, this is supposedly a TRUE account of Huxley inhaling some kind of carbon dioxide mixture and getting psychedelic effects from it.
I remember he'd written something along the lines of saying that it produced a very intense psychedelic experience (I'm not sure of what kind, if he meant visuals, auditory, mental etc)....but that it also produced the sensation of drowning essentially and grasping for air, because since Carbon Dioxide is meant to be exhaled and not inhaled it tricks the body into thinking it's not getting enough oxygen.....strange....
So yeah, the basic idea was that Huxley REALLY DID supposedly inhale and trip off of some kind of carbon dioxide mixture which I guess had some interesting effects, but also had the bad side effect of a sensation of being deprived of oxygen.
Does anyone know anything about what this stuff was?
Has anyone ever tried it?
Is it just pure carbon dioxide or what?
IF it's REALLY a true account I assume someone else has done it, but anyone else who's read the Doors of Perception will know what I'm talking about.