Visual disconnection
- Feeling as if one is watching the world through a screen
- Blurred vision and difficulty perceiving fine details
- Feeling as if the visually perceivable world is further away in distance
- Feeling as if one is looking at the world through someone else’s eyes
- Double vision that, at higher levels, forces the user to close one eye if they need to read or perceive fine visual details
Holes, spaces, and voids

Structures
Level 1
2-dimensional structures
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At the lowest level, structures confine their form to strictly 2-Dimensional shapes. These shapes are usually flat and dark in their colour. Their presence is also often “felt” instead of seen. In terms of their size, these structures usually take up the entirety of a person’s visual field but do not appear to have any particular sense of size attributed to them.
Level 2
Partially defined 3-dimensional structures
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At this level, the structures become better defined and 3-dimensional in shape with some basic detail to their lighting and shadows. They appear to be comprised of semi-transparent condensed colour and are seen as ill-defined or out of focus around their edges. In terms of size, these structures appear to be extremely large, stretching out up to seemingly hundreds of meters.
Level 3
Fully defined 3-dimensional structures
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At this level, structures become fully defined in their shape, edges, lighting, shadow, and detail. They often appear to be made of solid and dense realistic materials such as stone and metal. In terms of their size, they are capable of appearing as thousands of miles long and are often extremely complex in terms of their shape and texture.
Level 4
Structural machine-universes
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At its highest level, hallucinatory structures can be described as the sensation of seeing that which is subjectively perceived as the entire universe condensed into an infinitely vast and intricate ever-shifting machine structure. In terms of its appearance, this state is extremely hard to describe but has many subjective similarities to level 8A geometry. The structure can take any form, but usually appear as intricately shaped machine-like structures that are seemingly infinite in size and can convey huge amounts of innately understandable information. This experience is not just perceived through one’s sense of sight but is also physically felt in an incomprehensible level of detail that manifests itself as complex cognitive and tactile sensations. The structure as a whole and the information it conveys are often innately interpreted as perceiving a structural representation of “the universe” or “everything”.
- Structural transformations - Structures can switch between each other by transforming or shapeshifting in a static and comprehensible way. This is something that usually unfolds in a gradual step-by-step morphing process.
- Structural panning - Structures can switch between each other by remaining completely static in their shape and simply panning out of view until they are no longer within one’s field of vision. It’s from here that another structure usually comes into view from outside of one’s peripheral vision within a few seconds to a couple of minutes.
- Structural disintegration - Structures can switch between each other by disassembling into many tiny sections that resemble pixels, or building blocks. This occurs in a manner that is reminiscent of smoke or dust blowing in the wind. When forming through this style, the structure will appear to assemble itself step-by-step, becoming increasingly complex as it occurs.
- Traveling over great distances - The third method of transitioning is experienced when the structures appear to be stationary whilst one is floating silently between them over what can feel like extreme physical distances. This floating is sometimes felt to occur on an invisible rail through the vast and infinite dissociative hole.
Personal Commentary
Dissociative holes are easily one my favourite deep hallucinogenic states that can be reliably induced. They are a place that I find myself wanting to visit time and time again, particularly under the influence of ketamine or DXM. With holing, as it is more colloquially known, I find myself with a distinct feeling of “coming home” every single time I re-enter this incredibly unique state of consciousness. For me, this is likely due to its accompanying headspace consistently leaving me feeling not just amazed, but extremely tranquil and serene in a manner that equivalent doses of psychedelics rarely come close to.
The K-hole and it’s numerous other dissociative induced counterparts are an entirely different world to that of a high dose psychedelic experience. However, despite this state often being overlooked and underestimated by many passionate psychonauts, it is completely equal in its depth. It is absolutely awe inspiring to float, fall, rise, and sink through endless darkened voids and caverns while gazing upon vast everchanging and monolithic structures. Although this place may not be as unfathomably complex as an equivalent psychedelic state, the sheer scale of these hallucinations are truly breathtaking in their own way.
While heavy doses of psychedelics reliably force me to directly confront my problems in a manner that makes it near impossible to use them as an emotional crutch, dissociative substances simply do not do this to nearly the same extent. While I certainly experience deep states of introspection during this state, repeatedly entering it as frequently as I can does not inevitably punish me in the same way that psychedelics would under similar circumstances. In fact, this state of mind feels like a true escape from reality in a manner that has proven irresistibly alluring for me in the past. It is because of this that I would recommend any psychonaut who is burdened with emotional instability and an addictive personality to tread carefully when exploring this state of consciousness with any regularity.