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Holotropic vs Psychedelic - What's the difference?

holotropic | psychedelic |

As adjectives the difference between holotropic and psychedelic

is that holotropic is oriented or moving towards wholeness while psychedelic is of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.

As a noun psychedelic is

any psychoactive substance (such as lsd or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception|perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

As an interjection psychedelic is

awesome, cool, groovy.

holotropic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Oriented or moving towards wholeness.

    • Compounds

    * holotropic breathwork * holotropic state

    See also

    * holographic

    References

    * Part 4: Stan Grof - The Transpersonal Vision (time 07:45) (YouTube video)

    psychedelic

    English

    (wikipedia psychedelic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.
  • Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.

    • Synonyms

    * (of hallucinations) trippy * (having bright colours) multi-coloured

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception, perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

    • Interjection

    psychedelic !
  • awesome, cool, groovy

    • Related terms

    * psychedelia