Thanks Evening Glory,

I think you hit the nail right on the head there EG.

One of the main things I am wanting from this experience, is to understand the nature of why I feel so frightened of losing control. As I mentioned in my preamble, I think the nature of my experiences was a reflection of my own state of mind, that is to say, I experienced the void from a perspective of fear and terror. The void mirrored back to me the state of my own consciousness. I now understand though, that the way I experienced the void was how I perceived it, not that the way I perceived the void was in anyway the voids inherent nature. In fact, I am convinced that there is nothing else but love.

Good advise. I will be careful.

I have already been burned once and do not intend repeating that experience. I'm hoping but not expecting, the psychedelic experience to help me figure out those things that impede my progress.