DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near Death, and Mystical Experiences SYNOPSIS
A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known.
* A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research.
* Provides a unique scientific explanation for the phenomenon of alien abduction experiences.
From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted FDA- and DEA-approved clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an extraordinarily riveting inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical that is also manufactured by the human brain, consistently produced out-of-body, near-death,
and mystical experiences. Many volunteers reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences: angels, aliens, spirits. Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives.
Rick Strassman's pioneering research work with DMT, a natural psychedelic drug used by Amazonian Indians, raises fascinating questions about the neurochemical basis of experience and the feasibility of conducting human research with mind-altering drugs in a university medical center. Truly adventurous reading!Strassman's research connects DMT with the pineal gland, considered by Hindus to be the site of the seventh chakra and by Rene Descartes to be the seat of the soul. DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the bold case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states of
meditation and even sexual transcendence. Strassman also believes that alien abduction experiences are brought on by accidental releases of DMT. If used wisely, DMT could trigger a period of remarkable progress in the scientific exploration of the most mystical regions of the human mind and soul.
FROM THE CRITICS
Fortean Times
What you will find is a thoughtful, well-written report about another of life's mysteries.
Trip
Strassman's research was an important step, one that will potentially illuminate the path for future researchers and volunteers alike, and this book is a great contribution to the ongoing dialogue surrounding psychedelics.
Book Reader
This is probably the most thorough book on the psychedelic, DMT-its history, chemistry, uses (legal and illegal, and its effects. This is a very compelling, thoughtful book, written by a scrupulous scientist with the soul of a meditator...
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Rick Strassman's pioneering research work with DMT, a natural psychedelic drug used by
Amazonian Indians, raises fascinating questions about the neurochemical basis of experience
and the feasibility of conducting human research with mind-altering drugs in a university
medical center. Truly adventurous reading!(Andrew Weil, author of Spontaneous
Healing) — Andrew Weil
Fascinating and provocative. A remarkable exploration of the boundaries of science
and consciousness itself.(Rupert Sheldrake, author of The Presence of the Past) — Rupert Sheldrake
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