DMT is present in some varieties of mimosa and acacia, and many other plants. The extraction is possible with some solvents such as alcohol, gas oil, hexane, or by distillation. In the Amazon Basin, some tribal peoples have the tradition of using plants containing DMT for magical rituals.
It could be established that it is one of the most “fleeting” substances that have ever been observed in the human body since it remains in the circulation only for 5 minutes.
It has been scientifically demonstrated that the pineal gland (a small endocrine gland in the human brain, also called “third eye”) is able to produce some amounts of DMT, especially at 3-4 a.m., during the REM sleep phase.
In ancient cultures and Eastern philosophy, it has always been considered that the awakening of the “third eye“ (i.e. the pineal gland) can lead to very high states of consciousness paired with profound spiritual experiences.
There have been experiments and studies on DMT by Terence McKenna, a prominent figure in the psychedelic revolution and the author of the extravagant Stoned Ape theory you can read about in this article.
In many interviews, he speaks of a short trip of 20-30 minutes, which brings the mind into a dimension of almost total transcendence, and it seems that it comes from other worlds that pop into our reality, talking and interacting with us.
A few seconds after taking the vapors, you are having a distinct feeling of “being suddenly gone” to a place that is completely different from your actual physical surroundings. Then you experience the first effects of DMT:
After this first state of “semi-consciousness”, it takes you to a higher level, in which the body “sleeps” and you have visions (even if you have your eyes closed) of perfect geometric figures moving like brightly colored phosphorescent fractals.
This phase is characterized by the feeling of being in at least a three-dimensional space where objects and non-terrestrial entities may occur and interact with you. This experience may appear very energetic, fast, and confusing. Within ten minutes, the hallucinations lose vividness, it passes back to the “semi-conscious” state and within 10-20 more minutes, you return to the normal state.
Many of the people who have voluntarily submitted to testing DMT reported that they found themselves in “flying disks” where they spent “about three minutes of our time” among strange “elf machines”, operated by “little people” with gray skin, big eyes and huge skulls.
Rick Strassman in his book «DMT: The Spirit Molecule», claims that DMT, which is one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs, might provide access to the other planes of existence.
According to him, they are always there and constantly transmit information. But we cannot perceive them because we are simply not designed for this: our ‘program’ keeps us tuned to the standard, mentally ‘normal’ channel. Just a few seconds are needed for the spirit molecule to reach the brain and change the mental channel, opening our minds to other planes of existence, states Strassman.
Theoretical physicists assume that the existence of parallel worlds is based on the phenomenon of interference, writes Strassman. One of the demonstrations of this phenomenon is what happens to the light beam when passing through a narrow hole in the cardboard.
Various rings and colorful edges that appear on the screen on which the light falls are not just the outlines of the cardboard. As a result of more complex experiments, the researchers concluded on the existence of “invisible” light particles that collide with those that we can see, refracting light in unexpected ways.
Parallel worlds interact with each other when interference occurs, says Strassman. According to the theoretical hypothesis, there is an unimaginably huge number of parallel universes, or multiverses, each of which is similar to our own and is subject to the same laws of physics.
This is the reason for the notion that it is not necessary that there is anything particularly strange or exotic about different universes. In theory, they are parallel due to the particles that form them and that are located in different positions in each universe.
Strassman refers to the British scientist David Deutsch, a leading theorist in this area and author of «The fabric of reality». He has corresponded with Deutsch discussing the likelihood that DMT can alter brain function so as to grant access or knowledge about parallel worlds and the physicist doubted this possibility because it would require «quantum computing».
This phenomenon, according to Deutsch, “could distribute components of a complex task among vast numbers of parallel universes, and then share the results. One of the conditions required for quantum computing is a temperature close to absolute zero.”
That is why the physicist finds prolonged contact between universes in a biological system unlikely.
However, Strassman notes that since DMT is the key substance that changes the brain’s physical properties so that quantum computing may take place at body temperature, establishing contact with parallel universes could be possible.
DMT is for sure one of the most mind-blowing psychedelic substances. The hallucinations it creates are extremely odd and totally out of this world. The intense effects of this psychedelic drug have given food for all kinds of theories trying to explain this bizarre psychedelic experience.
Considering all the above, some people assume that with the help of the effects of DMT, it might be possible to take a glance into other dimensions or worlds and pertain to another plane of reality, which is different from the physical reality of the waking state of your mind. Of course, there is no solid evidence for this hypothesis, but it’s certainly a very interesting idea to ponder about.
What do you think? Please feel free to share your opinions and experiences on the topic with us.
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ow my brain, but does that mean that in a later generation once we reach some basic organic computing we could attempt to "upgrade" it with DMT?
it's a very interesting thought! who knows, perhaps it will indeed happen like this
yes
"Rick Strassman in his book «DMT: the Spirit Molecule», claims that DMT, which is one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs, can provide a reliable and regular access to the other planes of existence."
Is it really necessary to lie? You can discuss the potential of DMT for access to possible other planes of existence without directly misinforming your readers about an authors words. That's pretty poor form to do.
oh really?
here is a citation from the book (you can check it out, it's on the page 315):
before accusing others of lying, make sure that your accusations have a base in reality.
Refutation (hopefully thorough enough, feel free to email me with questions regarding physics, neuroscience and psychedelics at drakezhard@gmail.com)
The human brain evolved recently, within the last 20 million years the neocortex expanded to it's current capacity of 30,000 cortical columns, that gooey folded memory system that sits atop the limbic system enabled mammals to spread across the globe. The neocortex is a digital-analog memory system. It is a digital system, because the axons either fire or don't, 0 1 behavior required for any digital communication. And an analog system because it takes scalar values such as particular concentrations of neurotransmitters that either inhibit or excite the transmission of information in the brain.
The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics means that, every particle in every atom in the universe behaves as a cloud of probability, thus that particle or wave could be anywhere that it would be likely for it to be, what that means is that it could be anywhere in the universe.
This happens because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, you cannot know both the location and the speed of a particle, because measuring it would interfere with its quantum wave function, quantum interference thus collapses the wave function defining the particle's location.
The reality that we are experiencing now is happening because every particle in every atom in this room and in your computer and everywhere else in the universe is interacting with every other particle in every other place in the universe.
That's the reason why near zero entropy levels are needed for quantum computing. Near 0 degrees Kelvin, electrons, protons and neutrons start behaving very weirdly, as if they where in two places at the same time, because they really are not points but fields or some people would say plank length strings or branes.
Dymethyltryptamine is a psychoactive drug that acts as a Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor A, binding to MAOI-A receptors in the dendrites, that means that it prevents the reuptake(cleansing) of several neurotransmitters such as serotonin involved in happiness, and blood pressure regulation, melatonin the dreaming hormone, and epinefrine and norepinefrine the superman hormones more commonly known as adrenaline and noradrenaline which trigger the body's fight or flight response decreasing blood flow to internal organs and prioritizing brain and muscular function(because that's what you'll really be using when faced with a bear).
So here's what's happening to this guy's brain while on psychedelics, his awareness of the environment is immediately and exponentially aroused, because he is in a state of fight, his brain goes into lalaland where there are no rules or filters and where his ideas are manifested into the physical world through his visual cortex, he's immediately doubly happy because of all the serotonin floating around his bloodstream and because his brain is now connecting his ideas to his perception of reality.
That's why he believes he's looking at parallel universes, while in reality his brain is making up this "alternate" reality right on the spot, literally mixing and matching patterns that it has stored, because that's all the brain is, a memory system, who's output is you and me.
Think about it this way, how can it really be an alternate reality when it's happening to you right there on the spot. Psychedelics do open up your mind, but not to some higher plane of existence, they open up the patterns you have amassed from your own existence for you to examine them at leisure.
What the many-worlds interpretation really brings to the table isn't that there are other universes, it is that our universe is unimaginably more vast than we ever thought, because if every particle is everywhere at the same time and the reality that we are experiencing is really only one of the myriad of realities that can possibly exists, our time here is much more valuable because only we can experience it our own way.
That means that this guy's book is just religious, new age, trippy, make believe, he doesn't understand reality, much less alternate reality or his own brain and he is pursuing an agenda. Is something I see repeated over and over again, his job is to get people to believe that somehow modern science magically validates their beliefs about death and the afterlife, it doesn't so stop fooling yourselves.
Not true bud, from someone who has done DMT. The spiritual journey is FAR from your imagination. If it was up to the 'user' why are so many DMT trips close and/or identical in nature? As impressive as your grasp of science is, I recommend reading both The Source Field Investigations (scientific studies showing a 3rd unseen force in our universe) and also the Thiaoouba Prophecy by Michel Demarquet. I think you'll quickly come to different conclusions.
Potter: " is this real or is this in my mind?"
Dumbledore: " Of course it's in your mind....., but that dosn't mean it's not real."
Acuna you are obviously gay.