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Diffraction
Diffraction can be described as a visual effect where as a result of pupil dilation, some light sources which hit the lens of the eye will appear spread into a larger range of the spectrum rather than a consolidated wavelength. This results in the experience of rainbows and spectrums of color embedded across the brighter parts of one's visual field and can be a common experience during day to day life for some people.
Diffraction is is most commonly induced under the influence of mild dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, 2C-B, psilocin, and mescaline.
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Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
- 1P-ETH-LAD
- 1cP-AL-LAD
- 1cP-MiPLA
- 25B-NBOH
- 25C-NBOH
- 25C-NBOMe
- 25D-NBOMe
- 25I-NBOH
- 25I-NBOMe
- 2C-D
- 3C-E
- 3C-P
- 4-AcO-DET
- 4-AcO-DMT
- 4-AcO-MiPT
- 4-HO-DPT
- 4-HO-DiPT
- 4-HO-EPT
- 4-HO-MPT
- 4-HO-MiPT
- 5-MeO-DiPT
- AL-LAD
- Allylescaline
- DET
- DOB
- DOC
- DOI
- DOM
- EPT
- ETH-LAD
- LSM-775
- MET
- MPT
- Methallylescaline
- MiPLA
- PARGY-LAD
- PRO-LAD
- Proscaline
- Psilocin
- Psilocybin mushrooms
- TMA-2
- TMA-6
- Βk-2C-B
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:
- Experience: 200µg 1P-LSD (sublingual) + 12mg CBD - The Vortex of Empathy
- Experience: 80mg EPT - Bummer
- Experience: 80mg EPT - Slight improvement
- Experience:12 mg AMT - Nicely Surprised
- Experience:2mg 25C-NBOMe - Experimental trip to test personal limits of NBOMes
- Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
- Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
- Experience:75 mg - Good tunes feat. Jeb Bush
- Experience:LSA (20 HWBR seeds) – A pleasant adventure with a harsh body load