There is an apparent link between Cosmic Consciousness experience, beliefs about the nature of reality, and Western contemporary use of DMT and LSD. A concept within psychology and parapsychology that appears to tie these aspects of human experience is known as “transliminality”, defined as “susceptibility to, and awareness of, large volumes of imagery, ideation and affect – these phenomena being generated by subliminal, supraliminal, and/or external input” (Thalbourne & Delin, 1999). Individuals high in transliminality are more likely to have had a mystical experience, to entertain “paranormal beliefs” and show symptoms of psychopathology. They have different resting brain patterns, and are more likely to believe in or claim direct experience of ESP, remote sensing, communication with the dead, and engage in dream interpretation. Transliminality has been linked to both mysticism and religiosity; as well as psychoticism, schizophrenia, and bi-polar disorder. This may be in part related to the idea that “the schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic is swimming with delight”. Similarly, psychedelics such as DMT and LSD have been investigated for spiritual purposes, to create a model psychosis or induce symptoms of schizophrenia, and to treat many psychological disorders. It appears that “modern psychiatry does not differentiate between mystical or spiritual states and mental diseases, people experiencing these states are often labelled psychotic” (Grof, 1998, p. 345). Transpersonal psychologists and advocates for the benefits of altered states of consciousness argue that “liminality” or “spiritual crisis” often follow intense spiritual or psychedelic experiences (Lewis, 2008). When these states and experiences are meaningfully integrated into the individual’s life, they can be agents of psychosomatic improvement, positive personality transformation, and development of consciousness (Grof, 1998).