PSYCHONAUTS

Psychonauts: translation

A term sometimes applied toneo-shamans, ChaosMagickians, techno-shamans, those ingestingentheogens, somePagans, and other contemporary Westerners exploring the realms ofaltered states of consciousness. Where astronauts travel into space, psychonauts undertakejourneysto inner space—be it defined as the mind, the human consciousness, the subconscious/unconscious, or an external cosmic reality. The term is most memorable as the title of “a manual of the theory and practice of magic” (1987) by Phil Carroll and of a major song by the gothic rock bandFields of the Nephilim.