Figure 9-1. DISTANCES |
Figure 9-2. PERCEPTION OF TIME
Note.For guide to interpreting the "How Stoned" graph, see note on Figure 6-1. |
Figure 9-3. FLOW OF EVENTS IN TIME Note.For guide to interpreting the "How Stoned" graph, see note on Figure 6-1. |
Just | Fairly | Strongly | Very Strongly | Maximum | |||||
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FLOAT IN LIMITLESS SPACE | |||||||||
TIME STOPS | |||||||||
LOST IN FANTASY, NEED TO REORIENT | |||||||||
Precognition | |||||||||
AIR, SPACE BECOMES SOLID | |||||||||
ACTIONS HAVE ARCHETYPAL QUALITY | |||||||||
VISUAL JIGGLE | |||||||||
DEJA VU | |||||||||
DELAY BETWEEN CHEWING AND TASTING | |||||||||
FLOW OF EVENTS IRREGULAR, JERKY | |||||||||
TIME PASSES MORE RAPIDLY | |||||||||
THINGS APPEAR DIFFERENT IN PERIPHERAL VISION | |||||||||
MORE CENTRALITY TO VISION | |||||||||
VISUAL WORLD LOOKS FLAT | |||||||||
DISTANCES SEEM SHORTER | |||||||||
SPACE BECOMES AN AUDITORY SPACE | |||||||||
LESS THOUGHT TO CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS | |||||||||
MORE IN THE HERE-AND-NOW | |||||||||
DISTANCES SEEM GREATER | |||||||||
TIME PASSES MORE SLOWLY | |||||||||
PICTURES ACQUIRE AN ELEMENT OF DEPTH | |||||||||
DISTANCE IN WALKING CHANGED | |||||||||
EVENTS FLOW MORE SMOOTHLY | |||||||||
GREATER SEPARATION BETWEEN SOUND SOURCES | |||||||||
Just | Fairly | Strongly | Very Strongly | Maximum |
BACKGROUND FACTORS | EFFECTS | |
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More Drug Experience | More frequent: Time flows rapidly Space becomes an auditory space Precognition Actions archetypal; More intoxicated for: Time flows slowly Jerkiness of events Visual centrality Space becomes an auditory space | Less frequent: Delay between chewing and tasting Totally in here-and-now Lose track, need to reorient Lose consciousness of body during fantasy Less intoxicated for: Less thought to consequences of actions Time stops |
Meditation | More frequent: Air, space solid | Less frequent: Jerkiness of events Less intoxicated for: Totally in here-and-now Walking distance changed Space becomes an auditory space |
Therapy & Growth | More intoxicated for: Events flow smoothly | Less intoxicated for: Walking distance changed |
More educated | More intoxicated for: Air, space solid | Less intoxicated for: Space becomes an auditory space Distances seem shorter |
Males | More intoxicated for: Actions archetypal | Less frequent: Time stops Time flows rapidly |
Older | Less intoxicated for: Float in limitless space |