Overview: Hallucinations are usually defined as percepts not based on reality. But, of course, reality is never defined in this context. It is merely assumed to consist of the objective material world, dispersed within the time-space realm. This book’s main thesis is that the time-space-matter package is not objective but a kind of hallucination itself.

Verdict: And with regard that thought process, and in particular, we (as embodied humans) are hallucinations; we hallucinate ourselves into existence. We support these claims through scientific results and by presenting anecdotal cases chosen from the vast library of recorded events, many of which contain veridical elements.

Hallucinate! An Introduction to Non-Existing is also a personal account of its author Damian Timev, who has experienced hundreds of events that could be interpreted as paranormal. Particularly numerous are his experiences concerning the action of consciousness over matter, as well as cases of visual hallucinations of the hypnogogic type.

Concerning the latter, he presents hundreds of hallucinated scenes and describe the method used to induce them. Hallucinations, when responsibly induced, could be viewed as windows through which one can take a peek at the deeper reality outside the ordinary time-space-matter paradigm.

Having read this intriguing, complex at times, dutifully educating and scientifically emboldened at others, new book now cover-to-cover in just 3 days, it seems my knowledge of hallucinations might well be as out to pasture as a lot of my other thoughts on life growing up!

I grew up believing that hallucinations were sensory experiences that appeared real but were actually not. They can involve seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or feeling things that aren’t there, and they can have many causes, such as sleep deprivation, certain medications, mental health conditions like schizophrenia, and neurological disorders.

But as you have already read, Damian Timev believes in a whole different take on hallucinations. He boldly entwines scientific exploration with spiritual experiences, freely showing us varying degrees of hallucinations. Each story, each directive opens a want, nay a need for the reader to absorb more of his insightful narrative.

In closing, Hallucinate! An Introduction to Non-Existing is a well-written narrative, at times even a bold examination of the subject matter, which was itself motivated by events surrounding the loss of its author’s first daughter. The corresponding narrative constitutes the frame of the content of this book, given in Chapter 0 (Preludes) and Chapter 10 (Epilogue).

About the Author - Damian Timev (Tim-eff) is a Canadian mathematician, university mathematics lecturer, and author of 4.5 well-received books (excluding this one), as well as expository and research articles on mathematics.

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