DMT The Spirit Molecule, Rick Strassman
DMT The Spirit Molecule, Rick Strassman
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences

Author: Rick Strassman

Narrator: Drew Graham

Unabridged: 14 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

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 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.

About Rick Strassman

Rick Strassman, M.D., author of DMT : The Spirit Molecule, and co-author of Inner Paths to Outer Space, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by tim on February 16, 2012

This is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read. In 1990, Dr. Rick Strassman succeeded in reinstating the first federally-approved study on a psychedelic substance in the U.S. since the 1960s. Not only did Dr. Strassman find a way through the impossibly long and thorny maze of contradicti......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on November 27, 2012

Let down by my "high" expectations. HEY-OH. OK. Here's the problem: Strassman simply does not give enough to the scientists. Maybe his intention was to collect a bunch of case studies to show the reoccurring themes induced in the minds of those under the influence of DMT, but I walked away from a rat......more

Goodreads review by David on September 05, 2017

Interesting but in the end I learned very little from it. I found Rick Strassman to be an amateur psychologist in his various commentaries and the statements he makes to draw his patients out during their DMT trips. And further, his hypotheses about the effects and process of the drug, even calling......more

Goodreads review by Erica on December 04, 2007

It really is a shame that so much constraint is put on the research community when it comes to medicinal research. When something like DMT, an endogenous molecule that can even be found out in the yard is put under so much control one can only marvel as to why? The research Strassman does with DMT i......more

Goodreads review by Rupert on February 24, 2018

There's a renaissance happening whereby neuropharmacologists are exploring the very real possibility of psychoactive substances--particularly psychedelics--as having tangible medicinal value. Strassman's book, The Spirit Molecule, was among the first serious studies in this field, advancing on anecd......more

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"Fascinating and provocative. A remarkable exploration of the boundaries of science and consciousness itself."

"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!"

"This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the mind, philosophy, the nature of reality, and spirituality."

"DMT: The Spirit Molecule points the way beyond the present impasse of the reigning 'drug abuse' paradigm."

"The most extensive scientific study of the mental and perceptual effects of a psychedelic drug since the 1960s."

"Strassman's important research contributes to a growing awareness that we inhabit a multi-dimensional universe."

"Strassman raises vital questions about the origin of spiritual experiences and the nature of consciousness."

"DMT: The Spirit Molecule is a fascinating journey into the research of psychedelics. . . . The questions and possible explanations about the endogenous presence of DMT that he raises not only enlarge the discussion about psychedelics but also expand our understanding of the nature of consciousness."

"This book will be of profound interest to . . . anyone with a deep interest in the study of consciousness, visionary states and/or psycho-pharmacology."

"Strassman's psychonauts regularly found themselves hurtled into alien laboratories, high-tech nurseries, and Day-Glo hieroglyphic hypercubes."

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