***A Psychonaut*** is a person who explores activities by which altered states of consciousness are induced and utilized for spiritual purposes or the exploration of the human condition, including shamanism, lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, sensory deprivation, and both archaic and modern users of [entheogenic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen) substances, in order to gain deeper insights into the mind and spirituality.

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A psychonaut is a person who experiences intentionally induced altered states of consciousness and claims to use the experience to investigate his or her mind, and possibly address spiritual questions, through direct experience.

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