DMT: The Spirit Molecule

s/t: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death & Mystical Experiences. Summary: A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT: A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research. From 1990-95 Dr Rick Strassman conducted US Government-approved & funded clinical research at the Univ. of NM. He injected 60 volunteers with DMT, a powerful psychedelic. His detailed account of those sessions is an inquiry into the nature of the mind & the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical found in the psychedelic Amazon brew, ayahuasca, is also manufactured in the brain. It consistently produced near-death & mystical experiences. Many reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhumans. Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives. This research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus as the 7th chakra & by Rene Descartes as the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates psychic movement in & out of the body & is an integral part of birth & death experiences, as well as the highest states of meditation & sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes "alien abduction experiences" may be brought on by accidental releases of DMT. DMT research may trigger a period of progress in the scientific exploration of the mind's potentials.