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Jules Evans
Personal blog · ecstaticintegration.orgphilosophyculture
Jules Evans writes Ecstatic Integration, a personal blog at ecstaticintegration.org about philosophy and culture. Since 2023, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “DMT, Derealization, and Depersonalization”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jules Evans's blog for posts on AI cults, Daniel Ingram's Buddhist teachings, and psychedelic and altered-state experiences. Commenters cite these posts as examples rather than praising the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Improving western culture's ecstatic literacy Critical thinking on psychedelics & spirituality from best-selling author, founder of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project, 20 years experience writing for The Times, BBC, Economist and others. Click to read Ecstatic Integration, a Substack p
Most-linked posts?
- DMT, Derealization, and Depersonalization2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-30
What Hacker News says?
if you think it's satire, look at https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/sir-robert-edward-gran...
Comment linking /p/sir-robert-edward-grant-and-the-architect
on “The rise of AI cults and the false prophets of revelation”Submitted The mysterious death of the ketamine priestess as a story · 8 points
HN discussionHN crowd would love Daniel Ingram and his teachings. https://www.integrateddaniel.info/ https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/daniel-ingram-on-emerg...
Comment linking /p/daniel-ingram-on-emergent-phenomena
on “Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness”Submitted DMT, Derealization, and Depersonalization as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFor everyone who has an experience like you, there's someone like this guy: https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/dmt-derealization-and-... Anyway, since you were dancing, I assume you used MDMA which is much "less psychedelic" than acid or DMT (and much more of a stimulant). There's also more potential for misuse and addiction. Ketamine, too, turns out to be quite addictive by the way. It seems clear that psychedel…
Comment linking /p/dmt-derealization-and-depersonalization
on “Shifting views about psychedelic drugs require a new category for them”