By Michael Chary — 2019
Now, researchers are attempting to catalog these experiences to figure out just what, or who, those DMT entities are.
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CLEAR ALL
Psychedelic drug phenomena do not justify radical new views of reality.
I drank ayahuasca in 1999, in a ceremony led by two scholars with expertise in ayahuasca. What follows is an edited version of what I wrote about the experience in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.
Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.
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A neurological explanation of NDEs remains elusive.
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The phenomenon of encountering non-human entities under the influence of DMT has inspired debate about what these might actually be.
Despite parallels, there are profound differences between DMT and NDEs.
Research shows hallucinogen found in traditional medicine ayahuasca produces similar feelings to those felt by people during near-death experiences.
When people consume enough DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) to have a "breakthrough" experience, they often encounter beings that seem autonomous, existing in a reality separate from our own.
Though researchers are still trying to understand the cognitive and therapeutic mechanics of psychedelics, they have concluded that psilocybin, DMT and other psychoactive chemicals can help people feel more tolerance, understanding and empathy.
Encounters with inter-dimensional beings, atheists discovering belief, and the bizarre world of DMT-induced entities. A trip to the fringes of psychedelic science.