By Scott A. McGreal — 2014
The phenomenon of encountering non-human entities under the influence of DMT has inspired debate about what these might actually be.
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What I will focus on are the psychological factors that influence people’s judgments about what is real and how these might explain why people come to believe in the existence of such beings.
Psychedelic drug phenomena do not justify radical new views of reality.
Now, researchers are attempting to catalog these experiences to figure out just what, or who, those DMT entities are.
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.
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Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.
Encounters with inter-dimensional beings, atheists discovering belief, and the bizarre world of DMT-induced entities. A trip to the fringes of psychedelic science.
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In 1990, Dr. Rick Strassman administered 400 doses of the highly psychedelic compound Dimethyltryptamin (DMT) to 60 volunteers at the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine in Albuqerque.
A neurological explanation of NDEs remains elusive.
Despite parallels, there are profound differences between DMT and NDEs.