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Eric P. Rubenstein

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The Architecture of Manifestation: A Formal Ontology of Consciousness, Information, and Spacetime

International Journal of Leading Research Publication. August 29, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

This paper develops a formal ontology in which consciousness, information, and spacetime are situated within a reality that is not exhausted by manifestation. To prevent non-manifest reality from being reduced to a mere physical or conceptual object, the framework introduces a strict separation between the manifest and the non-manifest. Consciousness is defined as manifest presence and serves...

A Matrix-Reduced Whole-Plant Approach to Ayahuasca Preparation: Co-Extraction of Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research August 16, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Ayahuasca is traditionally prepared by aqueous extraction and concentration of Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. The resulting beverage contains N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), harmine, harmaline, tetrahydroharmine (THH), additional alkaloids, polyphenolic constituents, carbohydrates, organic acids, suspended solids, and numerous other plant-derived compounds. The source plants are...

Intermittent Low-Dose MDMA for Neuroergonomic Optimization: A Systems Framework for Minimum Effective Functional Dosing, Harm Reduction, and Autonomous Integration

International Journal on Science and Technology August 6, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Research on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has concentrated on moderate-to-high doses used in psychotherapy, controlled laboratory studies, and non-medical settings. This conceptual review asks whether intermittent, functionally perceptible low-dose exposure should be investigated as a distinct psychopharmacological architecture optimized for cumulative multi-day function rather than...

Acute Substance-Induced Panic and Distress: A Harm-Reduction Framework for Immediate Stabilization

International Journal of Independent Research Studies July 31, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Recreational substance use can produce acute panic and distress even when no severe toxicological emergency is immediately evident. Existing literature commonly treats cannabis-related anxiety, stimulant intoxication, MDMA-related complications, cocaine-related cardiovascular risk, ketamine-related dissociation, and psychedelic challenging experiences as separate domains. This article...

The Experience-Trajectory Framework: Substance-Specific Risk Stratification for Psychedelic Preparation and Aftercare Beyond Set and Setting

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research July 31, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Set, setting, preparation, and integration are widely recognized as important dimensions of psychedelic experiences. However, these concepts often remain too general to specify how preparation, containment, and aftercare should differ across substances, routes of administration, acute duration, residual effects, bodily condition, and interaction exposure. This article proposes the...

How Deliberate Change Takes Hold: Ambient Organization, Relative Informational Dominance, and Transformational Transfer

International Journal on Science and Technology July 21, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Deliberate human change rarely occurs because a person receives isolated information. Change takes hold when structured differences acquire stable influence over attention, emotion, body, expectation, behavior, symbol, environment, and social reinforcement. This paper develops a functional framework for explaining how such organization emerges, becomes dominant, destabilizes prior patterns, and...

Stimulants, Psychoactive Plants, and Human Optimization: Medical Gatekeeping, Prohibition, and Adult Autonomy in Drug Policy

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research July 4, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Human societies have long used stimulant plants, psychoactive preparations, prescription medicines, commercial products, and traditional botanical substances to support wakefulness, endurance, labor, ritual, social participation, attention, motivation, fatigue resistance, performance, and human optimization. Modern drug policy regulates this field unevenly. Coffee, tea, caffeine, nicotine,...

Beyond Psychedelic Microdosing: Therapeutic Potential, Neuropharmacology, and Safety Considerations in Low-Dose Psychoactive Use

Journal of Advances in Developmental Research June 18, 2026 Eric P. Rubenstein

Microdosing and related low-dose psychoactive practices have become increasingly visible in discussions of mental health, cognition, creativity, emotional regulation, pain, sleep, spirituality, and psychological flexibility. However, the term microdosing is often used as if it referred to a single pharmacological phenomenon. More precisely, it describes a low-dose application pattern used...