The term 'screaming abyss', as described by Jamie Wheal, refers to the profound, often terrifying confrontation with the unknown, a precipice where the familiar relinquishes hold and one faces the raw, unmediated truth of existence. It symbolizes those moments of existential crisis or peak experience when we are stripped of our egoic defenses, standing vulnerable before the immensity of life’s mysteries. Here, the void pulsates with a visceral intensity that both unnerves and exhilarates, demanding a surrender to the ineffable and the chaotic. It is a space where deep insight and potential transformation reside, should one have the courage to embrace the terror and transcend the abyss, emerging with a renewed, enriched perspective on self and reality.

See also: flow state, peak experience, altered state, non-ordinary state, ecstasis