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Radio 4,4 mins

Jolyon Jenkins investigates the retro ASCID machine

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Jolyon Jenkins, who has never taken LSD or even had a spiritual experience, investigates whether you can enter altered states of consciousness without drugs. He constructs his own retro "altered states of consciousness induction device". Will his consciousness expand, or retain its current dimensions? First broadcast on Out of the Ordinary, 3 March 2017.

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