So I decided to try and see if I could get myself to hallucinate through the phenomena called the Ganzfeld Effect, which is something that occurs when the brain gets a lack of stimulus and begins to create it's own. The phenomena can also be called "prisoners cinema".
I replicated this experiment by using a pair of swim goggles and putting them on over several layers of paper towel, and shining a red lamp on my face from above. I also put in a pair of earbuds and played whitenoise through them. This created a uniform red visual field and drowned out all noise.
Whenever I stared into the uniform red field without moving my eyes, it seemed as if I went blind at first. Then, things got really weird. I saw otherworldly landscapes and buildings appearing and fading into my vision. It's indescribable and impossible to put into words what I saw, but all I can say is, it looked exactly what hell would look like if it had a city. Even more bizarre, my head was facing up, and the imagery I saw was orientated accordingly. It was as if my eyes were still open even though they were covered with a thick paper towel, and I was looking up at these tall, dark pointy gothic buildings being illuminated by a dark red sky.
Things got even weirder, my body began to feel weightless and it felt as if I was floating instead of laying on my bed. Then I saw a white tunnel of light, and the whole scenery changed. I was inside a massive cathedral that was thousands of feet tall, and saw various lights and chandeliers, which looked like they were the size of an entire house, morphing and appearing/disappearing. The entire building was actually morphing and changing constantly, the walls, arches, and ceiling changing shape. I could also see a giant entry to the building through the massive expanse, and it looked as if the entire cathedral was literally floating in space.
I cut my experiment short because my swim goggles were beginning to hurt. As soon as I pulled off the goggles, turned off the light and killed the sound, all I could hear was ringing and I saw static everywhere. It felt like I was getting knocked out or sedated, and that I was separate from the world and I was sort of observing myself in third person. This went away pretty quickly, and I was shocked to find out that at least an hour went by. It feels like I was only doing this for 30 minutes at the most, but It went on for more than an hour.
I might try this again, this time without any noise interfering with the effects of sensory deprivation. I'm also gonna ditch the goggles and just cover my face with paper as to not make my brow area sore next time.
I replicated this experiment by using a pair of swim goggles and putting them on over several layers of paper towel, and shining a red lamp on my face from above. I also put in a pair of earbuds and played whitenoise through them. This created a uniform red visual field and drowned out all noise.
Whenever I stared into the uniform red field without moving my eyes, it seemed as if I went blind at first. Then, things got really weird. I saw otherworldly landscapes and buildings appearing and fading into my vision. It's indescribable and impossible to put into words what I saw, but all I can say is, it looked exactly what hell would look like if it had a city. Even more bizarre, my head was facing up, and the imagery I saw was orientated accordingly. It was as if my eyes were still open even though they were covered with a thick paper towel, and I was looking up at these tall, dark pointy gothic buildings being illuminated by a dark red sky.
Things got even weirder, my body began to feel weightless and it felt as if I was floating instead of laying on my bed. Then I saw a white tunnel of light, and the whole scenery changed. I was inside a massive cathedral that was thousands of feet tall, and saw various lights and chandeliers, which looked like they were the size of an entire house, morphing and appearing/disappearing. The entire building was actually morphing and changing constantly, the walls, arches, and ceiling changing shape. I could also see a giant entry to the building through the massive expanse, and it looked as if the entire cathedral was literally floating in space.
I cut my experiment short because my swim goggles were beginning to hurt. As soon as I pulled off the goggles, turned off the light and killed the sound, all I could hear was ringing and I saw static everywhere. It felt like I was getting knocked out or sedated, and that I was separate from the world and I was sort of observing myself in third person. This went away pretty quickly, and I was shocked to find out that at least an hour went by. It feels like I was only doing this for 30 minutes at the most, but It went on for more than an hour.
I might try this again, this time without any noise interfering with the effects of sensory deprivation. I'm also gonna ditch the goggles and just cover my face with paper as to not make my brow area sore next time.
