It's really interesting you mention that. Especially the comparison to DMT. It's the way that VNs can kind of induce a pseudo-trance state into the reader that always fascinated me about the medium, and that kept me coming back to it. Ultimately it was my interest in VNs that drew me to people like Terence Mckenna and other psychonauts that took interest in digital media. This is an aspect of VNs that I think rarely gets discussed. Which is a shame, since I think it's actually kind of a core element of the medium.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts by the way!