DMT is essential for our brains to function, it’s released when we dream and has a massive influence over our subconscious. So it’s no surprise that when we flood our heads with it the drug can have unbelievably powerful effects. In its pure form, DMT is a white, crystalline powder and can be snorted, smoked or injected. Its effects are similar to LSD but are a lot more intense.
Terence McKenna was the worlds leading figure in the study of DMT and took the substance hundreds of times:
It was really the DMT that empowered my commitment to the psychedelic experience. DMT was so much more powerful, so much more alien, raising all kinds of issues about what is reality, what is language, what is the self, what is three-dimensional space and time’
He goes on to describe the experience:
“the world has been radically replaced—100%—it’s all gone, and you’re sitting there, and you’re saying ‘Jesus, a minute ago I was in a room with some people, and they were pushing some weird drug on me, and, and now, what’s happened? Is this the drug? Did we do it? Is this it?’”
The drug is located right at the centre of your brain, encased snugly within the corpus colossum. At the point of your death this intensely psychedelic drug is released and you drift away into an imagined world that can seem to last for an eternity. Scientists believe that this is why people who have been brought back to life often claim to of had a religious experience. DMT is the cause of the ‘bright white light’ – the trip itself is said to be a highly personal experience closely related the deepest realms of the subconscious. The sensation is apparently incredibly euphoric, so at least there is one thing to look forward to at the point of your death!
This fact has led to it being called ‘The Spirit Molecule’ which is the title of a 2010 documentary on the drug. Rick Strassman the maker of this incredibly interesting film is the other oracle on DMT.
Strassman took a more scientific approach than McKenna. In 1990, Strassman began “the first new research in the United States in over 20 years on the effects of psychedelic, or hallucinogenic, drugs on humans.”
The results can be seen in this incredibly interesting documentary:
1. DMT is “the simplest psychedelic” and “exists in all of our bodies and occurs throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. It is a part of the normal makeup of humans and other mammals; marine animals; grasses and peas; toads and frogs; mushrooms and molds; and barks, flowers, and roots.”
2. “Compared to other molecules, DMT is rather small. Its weight is 188 ‘molecular units,’ meaning that it is not significantly larger than glucose, the simplest sugar in our bodies, which weighs 180.”
3. “Twenty-five years ago, Japanese scientists discovered that the brain actively transports DMT across the blood-brain barrier into its tissues. I know of no other psychedelic drug that the brain treats with such eagerness. This is a startling fact that we should keep in mind when we recall how readily biological psychiatrists dismissed a vital role for DMT in our lives. If DMT were only an insignificant, irrelevant by-product of our metabolism, why does the brain go out of its way to draw it into its confines?”
4. “Once the body produces or takes in DMT, certain enzymes break it down within seconds. These enzymes, called monoamine oxidases (MAO), occur in high concentrations in the blood, liver, stomach, brain, and intestines. The widespread presence of MAO is why DMT effects are so short-lived. Whenever and wherever it appears, the body makes sure it is used up quickly.”
5. The pineal gland—which is “unique in its solitary status in the brain,” in that all the other parts of the brain are paired—may be where DMT is produced in the human body: “The most general hypothesis is that the pineal gland produces psychedelic amounts of DMT at extraordinary times in our lives.”
6. The pineal gland of older life forms, like lizards, is called “the ‘third’ eye” and has a lens, cornea, and retina. As life evolved, the pineal moved deeper into the brain. Finally: “The human pineal gland is not actually part of the brain. Rather, it develops from specialized tissues in the roof of the fetal mouth. From there it migrates to the center of the brain, where it seems to have the best seat in the house.”
7. The pineal gland “becomes visible in the developing fetus” at forty-nine days, The Tibetan Book of the Dead “teaches that it takes forty-nine days for the soul of the recently dead to ‘reincarnate,’” and forty-nine days, Strassman wrote, is “nearly exactly the moment in which one can clearly see the first indication of male or female gender.”
After watching the documentary I’m certainly interesting in trying it. Surprisingly DMT is quite cheap and normally sold in wraps, containing between an eighth and a half of a gram. Prices start at £25, but increase as the purity of the DMT increases.
It looks a bit like this:
The risks of taking DMT are quite severe as you are transported into a completely new world! It can sometimes produce very frightening effects, I have to admit I’m pretty scared about what I’d find at the depth of my subconscious! If panic sets in, the experience can be scary and confusing. You can also have flashbacks when taking it, which depending on the memory could amazing…or horrible! Here are ten mind blowing experiences people had on DMT.
Remember that DMT is a highly illegal substance and the maximum penalty for possession is seven years. If you’re willing to take that risk enjoy it and let us know how you get on!
