hypnosis

any artificial way of accessing the REM state

all learning is post-hypnotic
anything that focuses a person's attention, inward or outward, puts them into a
trance
the mind riveted on the idea of that one object
the eyeballs must be kept fixed
reclining posture, muscular relaxation, and optical fixation followed by eye
closure
sensory deprivation
psychonaut a sailor of the soul music muse
outta sight
funhouse
joker
the exploration of the psyche
seeks to investigate their mind
to study and explore consciousness
to study consciousness is to transform it
Tibetan lamas could be called psychonauts
toxic poision - alter consciousness
Methodologies
The San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) has been used for healing and religious
divination in the Andes Mountains region for over 3000 years.[10]

Hallucinogens[1] and especially psychedelics such as peyote, psilocybin

mushrooms, LSD and DMT, but also dissociatives and atypical psychedelics such as
ketamine, dextromethorphan, Tabernanthe iboga, Amanita muscaria and Salvia
divinorum
Disruption of psychological and physiological processes required for usual
mental states - sleep deprivation, fasting, sensory deprivation,[1] oxygen
deprivation/smoke inhalation, holotropic breathwork
Ritual, both as a means of inducing an altered state, and also for practical
purposes of grounding and of obtaining suitable focus and intention
Dreaming, in particular lucid dreaming[1] in which the person retains a degree
of volition and awareness, and dream journals
Hypnosis[1]
Meditation[1]
Meditative or trance inducing dance, like Sufi whirling can also be used to
induce altered state of consciousness
Prayer[1]
Biofeedback and other devices that change neural activity in the brain
(brainwave entrainment)[1] by means of light, sound, or electrical impulses,
including: mind machines, dreamachines, binaural beats, and cranial electrotherapy
stimulation
isolation tanks
Self-experimentation is a common trait amongst mad scientists and evil geniuses
The 60s were a leap in human consciousness
Voluntary practices of counter-economics include:[4]

Arms trafficking
Bartering and alternative currency use
Being an illegal immigrant or hiring illegal immigrants
Drug trafficking
Mutual credit
Smuggling
Subsistence farming
Tax evasion
Voluntary Prostitution
These may be used in combination; for example, traditions such as shamanism may
combine ritual, fasting, and hallucinogenic substances.