Electrodynamics of the Psychedelic Experience
Preprints.org September 22, 2025 Thomas C. Hunt preprint
Psychedelic substances—LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, and 5-MeO-DMT—modulate consciousness by enhancing the coherence and dynamics of brain electromagnetic fields, rather than solely through neural computation. LSD increases sustained coherence across frequency bands; psilocybin boosts oscillatory flexibility and field entropy; ketamine causes dissociative field fragmentation via NMDA receptor disruption; and 5-MeO-DMT rapidly dissolves field boundaries. These effects suggest psychedelics act as field resonance enhancers, expanding consciousness through increased electromagnetic field coherence, cross-frequency coupling, and epistemic depth. The framework proposes that receptor activation tunes electromagnetic field computation, offering testable predictions for optimizing psychedelic therapy.