This Is How It Feels to Die: 8 Ego Death Reports

Oxford Philosopher, Ph.D. Raphael Milliere Reveals Eight First-Hand Descriptions of Psychedelic Ego-dissolution

Ego death presentation by Open Foundation in 2016, Amsterdam

Call it what you want: Ego-death, ego-dissolution, or ego-loss, the sensation that the person we ordinarily identify with has disappeared — or dissolved — is a common phenomenon that is often triggered in psychedelic journeys.

I believe that this experience is a key experience for those looking to mature their view of themselves. This is a perfect opportunity to unlearn everything we think we know about ourselves and then relearn who we are from scratch.

In 2016, the OPEN Foundation organized an event in Amsterdam that brought together the most reputable names in psychedelic research. That year, Raphael Milliere, a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Oxford, revealed the results of his research on how people described the psychedelic ego-death experience.

Watch the full presentation here:

Drug-Induced Ego Dissolution, an analysis — Raphael Milliere