Simulation of Non-Ordinary Consciousness
arXiv Preprint Archive March 29, 2025 Khalid M. Saqr
The symbolic structure of non-ordinary consciousness, such as that induced by psychedelics, involves recursive metaphor, ego dissolution, and semantic destabilization. A generative symbolic interface called Glyph simulates psilocybin-like symbolic cognition in large language models by enacting symbolic transformation through recursive reentry, metaphoric modulation, and entropy-scaled destabilization. Compared to baseline GPT-4o, Glyph generates high-entropy, metaphor-saturated, and ego-dissolving language across diverse symbolic prompt categories, indicating the emergence of non-ordinary cognitive patterns and supporting a new paradigm for simulating altered consciousness through language.