Explore Your Mind Discover Your Subconscious

A revolutionary app that uses your phone's flashlight to guide you into a deep meditative and psychedelic state.

Explore Your Mind

Explore your thoughts and feelings from a new perspective, breaking free from stuck patterns and uncovering powerful insights.

Relax and De-stress

Allow yourself to be immersed in the present moment, quietening brain chatter and transporting you to a place of deep calm.

Sleep Better

Use our neural entrainment to quieten your mind and actively guide your brain to the early stages of sleep onset.

What People Are Saying

That time for market is now, for two UK inventors who have developed a way to induce a psychedelic or semi-psychedelic state using one of the most ubiquitous devices in today's society: the smartphone.

Those who have tried it say it helped them access ideas and feelings they didn't know they had and better understand who they were... It is certainly the most entertaining meditation I've ever done.

I was honestly quite sceptical to start with, but my feeling now is that most people could find a use for Lumenate's unique brand of solo tripping... Whoever thought your phone could fly you into space?

The Lumenate App

Transform your consciousness using just your smartphone's flashlight.

How It Works

Get yourself comfortable, turn your phone so the flashlight is facing you, close your eyes then fall effortlessly into a calming and immersive journey through a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of colours created by your subconscious.

What to Expect

Highly coloured vivid fractals with closed eyes
Occasional but pronounced sense of movement
Notable reduction in sense of self
Notable reduction in awareness of body
Notable reduction in sense of time

Watch Lumenate in Action

See what users have to say about their experience

"It taps into emotion, it taps into memory, it taps into cognition, it taps into imagination. The way this technology allows you to perceive these often abstract things is really remarkable"

— Lumenate App testing participant

The Science Behind Lumenate

Science is at the heart of everything we do

Research-Backed Technology

We carried out thousands of our own EEG brain-scanning experiments to design, understand and optimize the Lumenate experience. Our technology precisely manipulates the light and sound to guide your neural activity into a specific pattern that's optimal for introspection and exploration.

The Neurological Experience

The flashing light from your phone's flashlight creates a specific frequency of neural activity that helps quiet the default mode network of your brain – the part responsible for your ego and self-narrative. This allows you to experience a more fluid, open state of consciousness.

Co-founder Tom Galea has presented our research at Imperial College's Centre for Psychedelic Research, where leading experts have validated our approach to consciousness alteration.

Expert Endorsements

"I really enjoyed the mental holiday gifted me by the Lumenate crew. It was wild, trippy and fun Oh! The power of altered states!"

Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

Imperial College

"This technology might provide exciting insights into our understanding of consciousness"

Dr. Chris Timmerman

Imperial College

"Our research has found that stroboscopic stimulation can lead to subjectively striking changes in experience."

Prof. Anil Seth

Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science

Technical Specifications

Stroboscopic Mechanism

Lumenate uses precise, carefully calibrated stroboscopic flashing of your phone's LED flashlight to create perceptual changes in your visual field, even with your eyes closed.

The light frequency ranges from 1-20Hz depending on the selected experience, with each program optimized for different neural effects.

Brainwave Entrainment

The flickering light synchronizes with your brain's natural oscillatory rhythms, guiding them into patterns associated with meditation, creativity, and relaxed awareness.

This is known as photic driving or brainwave entrainment, a well-documented neuroscience phenomenon where neural activity matches external stimuli.

Our Team

Meet the visionaries behind Lumenate

Jay Conlon

Co-Founder & CEO

A mechanical engineer by training, Jay is passionate about using technology to enhance human consciousness. After working at Jaguar Land Rover designing far-future concept vehicles, Jay embarked on a journey to understand freedom and fulfillment, eventually co-founding Lumenate to make consciousness-altering experiences accessible to everyone.

Tom Galea

Co-Founder & CTO

With a background in engineering and neuroscience, Tom leads the scientific research and technical development at Lumenate. He has conducted thousands of EEG brain-scanning experiments to optimize the Lumenate experience and has presented the company's research at Imperial College's Centre for Psychedelic Research.

Strategic Partners

Our vision is supported by industry leaders

Rosamund Pike

Creative Director & Investor

After getting involved in early beta testing and experiencing the huge potential impact of the app as a tool to explore one's own mind, award-winning actress Rosamund Pike joined Lumenate as Creative Director. She brings her passion for consciousness exploration and creative insight to help shape the user experience.

Amanda Fielding

Advisor & Investor (Beckley Waves)

Known as the 'Queen of Psychedelics', Amanda Fielding is the founder of the Beckley Foundation and co-founder of Beckley Waves, which became Lumenate's first investor. With over 50 years of experience in psychedelic research and drug policy reform, Amanda brings unparalleled expertise to support Lumenate's scientific approach to consciousness exploration.

Our Journey

September 2011

Founders Meet

Co-founders Jay & Tom meet studying Engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK.

August 2015

Designing the Future

Jay & Tom get hired by Jaguar Land Rover and work on far future concept vehicles together.

August 2018

Goodbye Corporate World

The pair quit Jaguar Land Rover on a mission to understand how they can help people to live freer and more fulfilling lives.

October 2019

The Birth of Lumenate

Lumenate Ltd is officially incorporated with the vision of making impactful subconscious exploration experiences more accessible than ever before.

December 2020

Beckley Waves Investment

BeckleyWaves, a new initiative focused on supporting the psychedelic ecosystem, which was co-founded by Amanda Feilding of the Beckley Foundation joins as our first investor.

February 2021

Rosamund Pike Joins the Team

After getting involved in early beta testing and experiencing the huge potential impact of the app as a tool to explore one's own mind, Rosamund Pike has invested in the company, and has joined the team as a Creative Director.

March 2021

The Lumenate App Launches

The Lumenate App officially opens to the public via the App Store and Google Play.

Explore Your Mind Discover Your Subconscious