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The Neurophenomenology of the DMT State, presented by Christopher Timmermann from Imperial College London, UK
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Ayahuasca is a DMT/MAOI Amazonian brew that is used by shamans to connect with higher planes of existence, and to heal people.
VOD release of DMT: The Spirit Molecule in Oct 2011
Here he describes how he was an active Buddhist meditator for twenty years while he was also engaged in DMT research. Eventually he left Buddhist practice, and began a deep study of the Hebrew Bible. Initially, he thought that the DMT "spirit molecule" might be responsible for spiritual experiences.
VOD release of DMT: The Spirit Molecule in Oct 2011.
Here he describes the process of setting up a program to research the psychedelic drug, DMT, at the University of New Mexico. It took two years to obtain the required permissions, as there had been a twenty year hiatus in psychedelic research on human subjects.
In this segment, he provides a brief summary of his research with the endogenous psychedelic substance DMT, his findings, and the need to find a new model consistent with his volunteers’ description of the DMT experience.
An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.
I look at the description of the experience of DMT by philosopher Terence McKenna.