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*'''[[Alexander Shulgin]]''' is a well known biochemist who discovered hundreds of novel psychedelics. He developed a simple scale for the measurement of the subjective effects of psychoactive substances at a given dosage. This scale was known as [[Alexander Shulgin#the Shulgin Rating Scale|the Shulgin Rating Scale]] and is defined as a four tier levelling system of description. The highest level of this is described as a "''peak experience', a 'religious experience,' 'divine transformation,' a 'state of Samādhi''" and a "''connectedness with both the interior and exterior universes which has come about after the ingestion of a psychedelic drug''". Shulgin went further by stating "''If a drug (or technique or process) were ever to be discovered which would consistently produce a plus four experience in all human beings, it is conceivable that it would signal the ultimate evolution, and perhaps the end, of the human experiment.''"

===Experience reports===

Alongside of the previously listed formal examples of unity, a huge amount of anecdotal accounts of varying detail and legibility can be found littered throughout the many trip report databases and various [[psychonaut]] communities which exist across the internet. This includes a number of trip reports written by [[PsychonautWiki|PW]] users and readers which have been listed below:

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Although such accounts do not necessarily support the validity of the metaphysical realizations found within these states, they still provide a wealth of evidence regarding the legitimate existence of this experience as a genuine neurological process that is worthy of formal study and recognition.

===Psychoactive substances===

Substances which may cause this effect include:

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==See also==

*[[Subjective effects index]]

*[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]

*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]

[[Category:States of mind]]