Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

This is a really strange comment section. The average person sharing their experiences seems very unlike the average HN user.

I feel like I can barely relate to those people, and understanding what they're saying is nigh impossible. The definitions of most things are really vague - even the article of this thread only defines breathwork as "cyclic breathing without pausing, accompanied by progressively evocative music". So... faster breathing while intensifying music is playing?

One issue for me is how anything connected to these topics seems to attract a healthy mix of rational observation, psychedelic users and religious people (old and new). Deciphering which is which is really difficult without already having a foot in the door on this topic.

The alarming thing is that--if you look at their other comments--they are otherwise like the average HN user.

Which is to say, hacking one's wifi router is a legitimate and worthwhile pursuit, but hacking one's mind is not?