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What tales have psychonauts brought back to tell?

Psychedelic Trip Reports From Around The Web

Below is a collection of psychedelic trip reports broken up into eight different categories, with several stories in each one. I've seen some very interesting things while on psychedelics and love to hear the fascinating stories other people share. Let's see what they have to say.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Conversations with Entities About Reality

Part 2: Time Travel and Visions of the Past or Future

Part 3: Seeing Code or Special Language in Reality

Part 4: Time Dilation Experiences

Part 5: Visiting a Place Outside of Normal Space/Time

Part 6: Wisdom to Share with the World

Part 7: Visiting the Great Pyramid’s Active Era

Part 8: Living in or Visiting Atlantis



Conversations with Entities About Reality

Reports where someone claimed to have had a conversation with another entity or being of some kind. This could be about anything to do with reality, or where the beings are from, or passing along important information about the earth or humans in general, or being taken somewhere to be shown something important. [Note: some links take you to the exact post, some take you to the forum where you may or may not still be able to find the original thread.]

Conversations With Entities

Lectured by an Interdimensional Entity About Reality’s Layers

A user named chapp1e on Erowid describes a wild combo trip (LSD, 2C-B, mushrooms, and DMT) where they were “lectured” by an interdimensional being about the nature of reality. The entity showed them geometric patterns and explained how reality is a stack of infinite layers, each vibrating at different frequencies. The being communicated telepathically, telling them humans are “asleep” to these layers and need to “tune in” to evolve. The user felt this was a cosmic wake-up call.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Meeting the Machine Elves and Discussing Earth’s Role

A classic DMT report from Erowid by a user named “The Coyote” details meeting Terence McKenna’s famed “machine elves” in a symmetrical, other-dimensional space. These entities told the user that Earth is a “nursery” for souls, meant to teach lessons before they graduate to higher realms. They spoke in riddles about humanity’s need to shed ego and warned of a coming “shift.” The user was shown a kaleidoscopic “blueprint” of Earth’s energy grid.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Alien Shamans Explaining Their Origins and Humanity’s Future

Another Erowid gem from user jacktrip recounts a DMT trip where they met “alien shamans” who claimed to be from a star system “beyond the veil.” These beings explained they’ve been guiding humanity since the dawn of consciousness, planting ideas through dreams and psychedelics. They showed the user visions of other worlds they’d seeded and warned that humans must unite or face “energetic collapse.” The conversation felt like a galactic history lesson.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Entities from the Void Explaining Their Non-Physical Existence

Erowid user “Fennec Fox” described a DMT trip where they met shadowy entities in a void-like space. The beings claimed they exist outside physical reality, in a realm of pure thought, and that they’ve been observing humans since time began. They told the user physical reality is a “temporary construct” for learning, and showed them a “dissolving” vision of Earth as a fleeting illusion.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Entities Show a Parallel Earth and Discuss Divergent Timelines

On Erowid, user “Psychonaut Om Elf” shared a DMT and nitrous oxide trip where entities took them to a parallel Earth where humanity had evolved differently - no war, just harmony. The beings explained they were from this timeline and crossed over to “inspire” our Earth. They spoke of infinite timelines splitting with every choice and showed the user a web of glowing threads connecting them all.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Mother Spirit Awaits

A user named "Universal shaman" on Erowid shared a DMT trip where they encountered a feminine entity who took them to a "nexus" of reality—a shimmering, crystalline grid pulsing with light. The entity spoke telepathically, explaining that all existence is interconnected through this web, and humans need to awaken to their role in it. The being showed them visions of Earth as a fragile node in a cosmic network, urging unity over separation. The user came back feeling they’d been given a glimpse of reality’s true structure to share with others.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



A Taste of Infinity

On DMT-Nexus, user "Hyperspace Fool" posted about a DMT breakthrough where entities escorted them to a geometric realm of endless fractals. The beings explained that reality is a simulation coded by a higher intelligence, with humans as “players” unaware of the game. They showed the user a shifting lattice of symbols and shapes, claiming it was the underlying framework of existence. The conversation left the user convinced they’d peeked behind the curtain of reality itself, tasked with spreading this cosmic insight.

Link: DMT-Nexus forums





Time Travel and Visions of the Past or Future

Reports where someone claimed to have time traveled, and what the person saw or learned about either a future or a past time

Time_Traveling

Mother Ayahuasca Showed Me Not to Play God

Erowid user "Cosmic Lion" described an Ayahuasca trip where they were thrust into a future timeline tied to their personal life. A feminine entity showed them a vivid scene of their son suffering in adulthood due to choices the user was making now—neglect and ambition gone wrong. The entity warned that “playing God” with life’s natural flow leads to pain, projecting a future of regret unless the user changed course. It felt like a prophetic lesson from a possible tomorrow, hauntingly real in its detail.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



The Day Time Stopped

On Erowid, user "TimeTraveler" recounted a DMT trip where time froze, pulling them back to their childhood home as it was decades ago. The house was alive with past echoes—furniture, voices, even their younger self—until a faceless guide appeared, saying time is an illusion humans cling to. The user learned that past, present, and future coexist, shown a fleeting vision of their life unraveling backward and forward. It was a brief but profound rewind through their own history.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Traveling Back to Ancient Times

A Shroomery user, "Mystic Wanderer," shared a psilocybin trip where they were yanked into an ancient tribal village, possibly thousands of years ago. They saw people in animal hides performing rituals around a fire, with towering stone structures in the distance—maybe early pyramids or temples. A voice told them humanity’s lost its connection to these roots, showing a past where nature and spirit were one. The user came back feeling they’d witnessed a forgotten era with a lesson for today.

Link: Shroomery forums



Future Earth in Ruins

On Reddit’s r/DMT, user "QuantumLeap42" posted about a DMT trip that flung them into a future Earth around 2500 AD—a desolate wasteland of crumbling cities and toxic skies. An entity appeared, explaining this was a warning of climate collapse if humanity doesn’t shift gears. They saw mutated survivors scavenging among ruins, learning that greed and neglect paved this path. The user felt compelled to share this grim peek at a potential tomorrow.

Link: Reddit r/DMT subreddit



Alien God and Mushroom Prophecies

On Erowid, user “Jonah” (posted ~2003) describes a psilocybin trip where an “alien god” gave three prophecies: 1) a global plague within 20 years, 2) war in the Middle East escalating, and 3) humanity contacting extraterrestrials by 2050. The plague could align with COVID-19 (2020), 17 years later, and Middle East conflicts have indeed intensified (e.g., Iraq, Syria).

Link: Erowid Experience Report



The Prophet’s Vision

Erowid user "VisionaryOne" recounted a 2011 DMT trip where entities unveiled a future of “fire and renewal.” They saw cities burning, societies crumbling, then a rebirth with glowing, harmonious communities—a dual prophecy of collapse and hope. The beings hinted this could unfold soon if humanity doesn’t shift, leaving the user convinced they’d glimpsed a pivotal fork in our timeline to share as a wake-up call.

Link: Erowid Experience Report





Seeing Code or Special Language in Reality

Reports that describe seeing any kind of code or special language mixed in with, or overlaid on, reality.

Seeing Code

Runes Overlaid on Everything

Erowid user "RuneSeeker" shared an LSD trip where runes—ancient, glowing symbols—appeared etched into every surface: walls, trees, even their own skin. The runes pulsed with energy, shifting as if alive, and the user felt they were glimpsing the “code of the universe,” a hidden script tying reality together. They couldn’t decode it fully but sensed it was a profound message about existence, leaving them awestruck and humbled by the experience.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Digital Matrix Code on DMT

On DMT-Nexus, user "QuantumShift" posted about a DMT breakthrough where reality transformed into a scrolling cascade of green digital code, straight out of The Matrix. Entities appeared, explaining it was the “programming of consciousness,” a live feed of how thoughts shape the world. The code overlaid everything—trees, air, their hands—making the user feel they’d hacked into reality’s operating system for a fleeting, mind-bending moment.

Link: DMT-Nexus forums



Sanskrit-Like Symbols in a Mushroom Vision

Shroomery user "PsiloSage" described a psilocybin trip where golden, Sanskrit-like characters floated in the air, shimmering with an otherworldly glow. They felt these symbols were instructions from a “cosmic teacher,” revealing the structure of reality—like a manual for existence written in light. The symbols danced and rearranged, leaving the user with a sense of tapping into an ancient, universal language beyond human comprehension.

Link: Shroomery forums



Fractal Code in Closed-Eye Visuals

Erowid user "FractalMind" recounted a DMT trip where, with eyes closed, they saw a fractal “language” of interlocking shapes and numbers unfold endlessly. It felt like the “source code” of their mind, a mathematical script generating their thoughts and reality itself. The patterns were alive, shifting in sync with their breathing, and left the user convinced they’d glimpsed the mechanics of consciousness in raw, symbolic form.

Link: Erowid Experience Report





Time Dilation Experiences

Reports where the person reported the experience feeling like a very long time had passed, even though the actual trip only lasted a short time

Time Dilation

Centuries in a Mushroom Void

On Erowid, user "TimeLost" shared a psilocybin trip where 4 hours stretched into what felt like centuries in a dark, boundless void. They experienced aging, dying, and being reborn in countless cycles, each life vivid and distinct—wars, loves, losses—all in their mind. Time became a relentless loop, teaching them the weight of eternity, and they returned shaken, feeling they’d lived far beyond their real years.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Eternal Moment on LSD

Erowid user "ChronoTripper" described an LSD trip where a single moment ballooned into “eternity”—6 hours in real time felt like a full lifetime from birth to death. They lived it all: childhood joys, adult struggles, old age’s quiet—complete with sights, smells, and emotions. An entity hinted this was a “time trap” to show life’s depth, leaving the user reeling at how vast a second can be when stretched by the mind.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



DMT Lifetime in 10 Minutes

On Reddit’s r/DMT, user "InfiniteLoop88" posted about a DMT trip where 10 minutes became a “whole lifetime” in an alternate reality. They grew up, worked a job, fell in love, and aged—all vividly real—guided by entities who said it was a “taste of infinity.” Waking back to 2022, they felt decades older, stunned that such a sprawling life fit into a fleeting blast-off.

Link: Reddit r/DMT subreddit



Ayahuasca Eternity with the Serpent

Erowid user "SerpentSoul" recounted an Ayahuasca ceremony where 8 hours morphed into “aeons” under a serpent entity’s gaze. The serpent showed them past lives stretching back millennia—each era a full, lived experience from ancient tribes to forgotten cities. Time dilated into an endless thread, and they returned with a humbling sense of having walked through history’s vastness in one night.

Link: Erowid Experience Report





Visiting a Place Outside of Normal Space/Time

Reports where someone claims they went beyond the known universe, into realms that defy the usual rules of reality

Void outside of space/time

Floating in Timeless Abyss

In a 2013 Erowid report titled “Beyond the Veil,” a user smokes 70mg of DMT and describes being “pulled out of space and time entirely.” They land in a “shimmering black expanse” where “there was no Earth, no stars—just endless nothing with colors pulsing.” Entities made of light zipped around, and the user felt like they’d left the universe behind, floating in a realm where time didn’t tick and space didn’t hold.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Entering a Non-Physical Realm

In a 2011 Shroomery thread “Shrooms Took Me Beyond,” a user (username: SporeSeeker) eats 6 grams of psilocybin and finds themselves “outside of reality as we know it.” They describe a “place with no ground, no sky—just fractals folding into themselves,” where they felt “unstuck from the universe.” Voices whispered truths without words, and the user sensed they’d slipped into a dimension beyond physical laws.

Link: Shroomery forums



Visiting a Cosmic Nowhere

Titled “Lost in the Infinite,” this 2009 Erowid report comes from a user dropping 450μg of LSD. They write, “I wasn’t on Earth anymore—I was in a place that didn’t exist in any normal sense.” The scene was a “swirling void of light and shadow,” with no up, down, or edges—just an endless, flowing nowhere. They felt time dissolve, leaving them adrift in a reality unmoored from the known cosmos.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Blasting to a Timeless Plane

In a 2018 r/DMT post titled “Where Did I Go?,” a user (u/HyperspaceHopper) smokes 50mg of DMT and describes “leaving the universe behind.” They land in a “place without form—just pure energy vibrating,” where “time wasn’t a thing, and space felt irrelevant.” Geometric shapes danced, and they felt like they’d been plucked from all known dimensions into a boundless, abstract expanse.

Link: Reddit thread



Drifting in a Non-Space

From a 2016 Shroomery thread “Ayahuasca Beyond the Jungle,” a user (username: VineWalker) drinks ayahuasca and reports being “torn out of normal space/time.” They end up in “a vast, empty place—not a void, but a living emptiness,” where colors breathed and “nothing felt tied to Earth or anywhere.” A presence guided them through this unplace, whispering about eternity, leaving them convinced they’d exited the cosmic map.

Link: Shroomery thread



Seeing a Dimensionless Realm

In a 2007 Erowid report titled “Salvia’s Edge,” a user smokes 30x salvia extract and gets “yanked out of reality.” They describe “a space that wasn’t space—no walls, no sky, just a folding, twisting nowhere.” Time looped and stretched, and they felt “disconnected from the universe entirely,” surrounded by shifting patterns that defied any sense of location or dimension.

Link: Erowid Experience Report





Wisdom to Share with the World

Reports where a person reported that they were given some important wisdom to come back with and share with the world

Passing on Wisdom

DMT Entities Warn of Ego’s Dangers

On Erowid, user “The Coyote” described a DMT trip where they met Terence McKenna’s “machine elves,” who delivered a stern warning: ego-driven behavior is humanity’s greatest threat. They advised the user to share that we must “shed the self” to evolve - meaning less individualism, more collective empathy. They showed the user a vision of Earth’s energy grid fracturing due to selfish actions and said compassion is the fix. This report resonated widely in psychedelic circles for its clarity.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Ayahuasca’s Call to Heal the Earth

On Erowid, user "EarthHealer" described a 2014 Ayahuasca trip where a feminine entity spoke of humanity’s duty to mend the planet. They were shown Earth’s “wounds”—cracked lands, dying seas—in vivid detail, with the entity urging them to spread a message of love and action to heal these scars. The wisdom was clear: we’re stewards, not owners, and ignoring this risks everything—a call the user felt compelled to echo.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Mushrooms Teach Unity Over Division

Shroomery user "OneWithAll" posted about a psilocybin trip where a fungal voice declared division is humanity’s poison. They saw a vision of people as glowing threads, fraying apart, and the voice insisted unity is our survival—share this or perish. The 2019 thread blew up with replies, as users debated how to live this wisdom, leaving the poster feeling it was a universal truth they had to preach.

Link: Shroomery forums



LSD Lesson on Fear’s Illusion

On Reddit’s r/LSD, user "FearlessTripper" shared a 2020 LSD trip where an entity revealed fear as humanity’s false master. They saw fear as chains binding people, dissolving when faced head-on, and the entity tasked them with telling the world to let it go—freedom lies beyond. The post sparked hundreds of comments, with users reflecting on fear’s grip, amplifying the user’s sense of a global mission.

Link: Reddit r/LSD subreddit



The Infinite Love Message

DMT-Nexus user "LoveLight" described a 2018 DMT trip where entities bathed them in light, proclaiming love as the universe’s core. They saw Earth’s conflicts as shadows of forgotten love, and the beings urged them to spread this simple truth to counter hate—a message so pure it felt like a cosmic directive. The user returned driven to share this wisdom with anyone who’d listen.

Link: DMT-Nexus forums





Visiting the Great Pyramid’s Active Era

Reports where the person visited a time where the great pyramid of Egypt was active and in use by it's builders, and reports that have to do with the building of the pyramid and how it was done and who built it.

Pyramid Building

Traveling Back to Ancient Times

Shroomery user "Mystic Wanderer" shared a psilocybin trip from around 2019 where they were pulled into an ancient scene of massive stone construction—possibly the Great Pyramid’s early days. They saw tribal figures in hides chanting around a fire, with towering blocks rising in the distance, moved by unseen forces. A voice hinted these weren’t modern Egyptians but an older people tied to nature, building for a lost purpose. The user felt they’d stepped into a pre-historic era of mystery.

Link: Shroomery forums



The Pyramid Vision

On Erowid, user "AnubisEye" described a 2012 DMT trip that landed them amid a pyramid’s construction—assumed to be the Great Pyramid in its active phase. White-robed priests chanted in a bone-rattling tongue, and stones floated into place “as if by magic,” suggesting advanced, non-physical methods. The user sensed these builders predated known Egyptian culture, hinting at a deeper origin, and returned awed by the glimpse of an ancient, otherworldly effort.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Ancient Builders and a Cosmic Purpose

Reddit’s r/Psychonaut user "Starseed88" posted about a 2020 psilocybin trip where they witnessed the Great Pyramid being built by tall, robed figures—distinctly non-Egyptian, feeling “star-born.” The builders used sound waves to lift stones, aligning them with a cosmic grid shown in the sky. An entity told them it was an energy anchor, not a tomb, leaving the user convinced they’d seen a pre-Pharaonic era with a stellar agenda.

Link: Reddit r/Psychonaut subreddit





Living in or Visiting Atlantis

Reports where the person reported living in or visiting Atlantis, describing things like what the Atlanteans looked like, and how the city worked, and where it was located

Atlantis

Atlantis Through Ayahuasca

Erowid user "OceanSoul" recounted a 2013 Ayahuasca trip where they walked through a golden, underwater city—labeled Atlantis, “in the Atlantic.” Tall, radiant beings in flowing robes greeted them, operating “light machines” that powered glowing streets and temples. The city hummed with peace until a flood loomed, and the user felt they’d lived a moment there, absorbing its serene beauty before its end.

Link: Erowid Experience Report



Lost City in the DMT Realm

On Reddit’s r/DMT, user "AquaTraveler" shared a 2021 DMT trip that plunged them into a submerged Atlantis “deep in the ocean.” Blue-skinned, webbed-handed humanoids swam among crystal towers, with a central spire radiating energy. Floating platforms moved goods, and the user lived briefly as one of them, awestruck by the vibrant, aquatic utopia before snapping back to reality.

Link: Reddit r/DMT subreddit



Mushroom Vision of a Sunken Utopia

Shroomery user "AtlantisDreamer" described a psilocybin trip around 2017 where they roamed a concentric city of white stone, “west of Europe”—their Atlantis. Silver-haired, androgynous beings tended glowing gardens and canals, with a “life tree” pulsing at the center. They felt its downfall came from pride, living its final days in a vision that left them longing for its lost harmony.

Link: Shroomery forums



The Atlantean Council

DMT-Nexus user "StarVoyager" posted about a 2019 DMT trip to a floating island city “above the sea,” their Atlantis. Translucent-skinned Atlanteans met in a council chamber, using crystal tech to power everything from travel to light. They told the user it was a “failed experiment” in the Atlantic, showing a bustling metropolis before its collapse—lived for moments, remembered forever.

Link: DMT-Nexus forums






What a fascinating ride. Obviously evidence is light or non-existant but stories from Psychonauts will always be fascinating to dive into, true or not.



NOTE: This may become just one in a multi-part series but we will see. I still have a lot of other stuff to get posted onto the site. But I definitely want to revisit this idea again with new topics.


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