Greetings Lukem5, how are you !!??
Your thread got my attention, so here is my beliefs:
Human's head is like an antennae and computer. You can think/do good things or bad things with it. Our (human) existence simultaneously flows in this world ( life ) and in more complicated spiritual world ( astral plane ). The astral plane is not a place , but many places . If your head ( computer/antennae ) is not working right, under life pressure or thinking about not good things, your waves ( thats why i called it also an antennae ) may attact astral presences which are from the very down level.
Its not easy to control your head, i must say its very difficult, and even more difficult is to get back your positive vibe while you encountering a negative entity. Are you a shaman and can fight it ? are you spiritually stong to get deal with it ? If not , get ready for a rough ride , because the entity going to test your waters ( while you are on psycedelics your access to astral is stronger than when you are sober , but you can notice negative entity while you sober also , and deal with it ofcourse. Many spiritual practicioners like yogi's and monks have access to astral without any psycedelics , only with their practice. ) really deep !!!
All i want to say we humans are very different inside and just imagine a spiritually weak person, while high on psycedelics ( with open astral body ) encountered a negative entity and recieving a full load of negative energy through his whole being .. What he will think ? What is the most negative thing he can think ? Death or suicide ..
Also this situation could happen to a very experienced person. I remember myself being on my knees, thinking wtf is going on over here while on strong dose of mushrooms. My previous days before i took them were nervous with a bad mood , but i still took them. During my experince i encountered something, and it tested my waters pretty well. By the end i got very angry ( in a positive way ) about what is happening , the vibes i was recieving werent mine and i refused to stay in touch with it . Then i fought it and it left. The entity gave me a precius teaching by the way, about lot of things.
I have noticed the same entity before on a dmt as well. But its a different story.
Thank you for reading my nonsence everybody
Live happily and stay positive
Best regards
Note: Ego death and bad/negative/dark trip is different things. Ofcourse you can get scared when your ego is dying ( tryptamines deactivate's head functions ,your ego is your head basically, and your head is not your spirit), thats why you should to let it go. I had some strong experiences on lsd and dmt which led to ego death and it was not scary/bad at all. Specially on lsd, it was amazing (while the other guy with me thought he was dying and freaked out X)). But lsd is not tryptamine, it works a lil bit different. I have noticed that you can manipulate sober people and communicate tilepathically with another person if you are both on it.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
“To rule yourself is the ultimate power."
Seneca