mind-ex·pand·ing

[mahynd-ik-span-ding]
adjective
heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.

Origin:
1960–65

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mind-expanding
 
adj
(of a drug such as LSD) causing a sensation of heightened consciousness; psychedelic

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Medical Dictionary

mind-expanding adj.

  1. Producing intensified or distorted perceptions; psychedelic.

  2. Producing an increased perceptive awareness.

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Example sentences
After all, it did appear at moments this week that life might still be
  fantastic, mind-expanding and shot through with wonder.
It was a really fun, energizing, and mind-expanding evening.
Her third great good fortune was her array of mind-expanding, appreciative
  lovers.
Studying the language, customs, and world view of a society from a different
  time and place is a mind-expanding experience.
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