How Do Psychedelics Affect the Blind?

[Drug_enthusiast]

Is it possible for a blind person to see fractal patterns, dimensions, and colors when taking psychedelics? Or is it just one big mind-fuck?

I dont mean to be mean or anything, just a high-dea.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

PD, I guess

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[Ismene]

I suppose it depends how far down your visual nerve the damage goes.

 

[Roger&Me]

i'm fairly sure we've done this thread many times before, but i'm too lazy to search so i'll just make an unhelpful comment to that extent

 

[elucidator]

Here is the Big and Dandy thread on the subject The-Big-and-Dandy-Blindness-Vision-Problems-and-Psychedelics-Thread

And a few others 123

Plus a notable quote by Sekio from the last thread above.

http://www.rollitup.org/hallucinatory-substances/401212-iama-blind-person-birth-who.html
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/archive/index.php/t-328847.html
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/15182151
http://mindhacks.com/2009/11/18/do-blind-people-hallucinate-on-lsd/
http://www.breakingopenthehead.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-868.html

especially this
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/cppdf/iama_blind_person_from_birth_who_has_used