From DMT: The Spirit Molecule
08:51 min
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A presentation and discussion on the continuities and discontinuities between the world of sacred plants and that of psychedelic science.
Joe Rogan interviews Graham Hancock about his experiences with ayahuasca and other forms of psychedelic medicine practiced by indigenous peoples. Hancock discusses his belief that ayahuasca can be considered "Amazonian science."
On this episode I went to dive deeper into the philosophy of Taoism, learn about dark room therapy, taoist nutrition and fasting, and of course we will revisit our favourite subject - sex and sexual energy.
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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.
Current models for the spiritual properties of the psychedelic drug state emphasize the bottom up neurotheological paradigm.
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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.