LEPHT HAND Deleuze and Simondon on Psychedelic Experience: Individuation and Immanent Spirituality with Aragorn Eloff
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Jan 13, 2026 
Aragorn Eloff, a postdoctoral research fellow specializing in psychedelic ontogenesis, discusses the intersection of psychedelics and philosophy. He critiques computational models of mind, advocating instead for enactivism and non-representational thought. Eloff connects Deleuze’s ideas with psychedelic experiences, emphasizing individuation and the transformative potential of these substances. He explores the risks of psychedelic journeys and the importance of setting, while proposing that spirituality can emerge from simple, imminent dynamics. A thought-provoking conversation on consciousness and agency awaits!
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From Street Philosopher To PhD
- Aragorn recounts discovering Deleuze via Manuel DeLanda in Mondo 2000 and tracing his way into philosophy.
- That journey turned a lifelong psychedelic curiosity into a late-entry academic PhD on psychedelic ontogenesis.
Cognition As Ongoing Embodied Sense-Making
- Inactivism treats cognition as ongoing embodied sense-making rather than symbolic computation.
- It foregrounds organic, sensorimotor, and linguistic bodies as imbricated processes bringing forth self and world.
Psychedelics Mirror Deleuze's Shock To Thought
- Deleuze's dogmatic image of thought assumes fixed identities and blocks genuine thinking.
- Psychedelic shock mirrors Deleuze's 'real thinking' by disrupting habitual faculties and prompting new thought.
