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DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.7883
EAN: 9780892819270
ISBN: 0892819278
Label: Park Street Press
Manufacturer: Park Street Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2001-01
Publisher: Park Street Press
Release Date: December 01, 2000
Studio: Park Street Press
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Editorial Review: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 U.S. Government-approved and funded 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 found in the psychedelic Amazon brew, ayahuasca, is also manufactured by the human brain. In Strassman's volunteers, it consistently produced near-death and mystical experiences. Many reported convincing encounters with intelligent nonhuman presences, aliens, angels, and spirits. Nearly all felt that the sessions were among the most profound experiences of their lives. 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.
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Rating:  - Intriguing and Resonating
As an experiant of a spontaneous mystical trip, one-off, 35 years ago, this book explains what happened in a sound melding of science and spirit.
I recommend this to anyone needing a jump start on transformational activities.
Rating: - A Journey Shared with lots more to find out....
This book contains information regarding the ONLY DMT study conducted in the US. The book tells about what dmt is and where it comes from. The book also tells the journey the author had to take to get to the study. That was just as enlightening and entertaining. In the last chapter "The Futures of Psychedelic Research" the author list numerous future studies that could be performed. The book left me wondering if people who suffered from schizophrenia were people whose brain's produced more DMT than ... Read More
Rating: - Very informative, easy to read
This book was good for just about anyone to read. Sometimes books of a scientific nature are dense, or hard for the average person to read. But this book was eloquent, easy to follow, and very insightful.
I was interested in it, ever since I only just heard of DMT in 2007. It's a curious and fascinating hallucinogen and I enjoyed reading this book about it.
I really don't like when science is mixed with mysticism or spirituality, but in the context of this book, it ... Read More
Rating: - A thrilling "trip" through modern clinical entheogenic research
This book was not at all what I expected. I'm now thankful for that.
I began this book hoping (probably like most entheogen-enthusiasts) for an authoritative, glowing affirmation of the power of entheogens to expand our consciousness and improve our society, and a rallying call to drag this socially criminalized taboo back under the clinical microscope for scrutiny.
24 hours later, I put the book down- truly amazed at the ride I had just taken.
First and foremost, ... Read More
Rating:  - An Interesting Look at Clinical Psychedelic Research
Dr. Strassman's book is an interesting account of clinical research done with DMT - however it is mostly concerned with the logistical nightmare that is working with a Schedule I drug. A detailed account is given of the process that he went through in attempting to begin research with DMT, in giving it to volunteers, and their rendition of what the experience was like. If you are interested in hearing more personal accounts of DMT use, about more detailed science behind the presence of DMT in our own brains, ... Read More
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