DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule – Conscious Cinema Spotlight
Take a closer look at a powerful psychedelic – DMT
A naturally occurring psychoactive compound, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) has enormous implications for the search for consciousness. Examining this potent psychedelic through the opposing lenses of cutting-edge neuroscience and human spirituality, DMT: The Spirit Molecule explores theories that could alter the way we understand the nature of reality and our relationship to it.
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THE SPIRIT MOLECULE weaves an account of Dr. Rick Strassman’s groundbreaking DMT research through a multifaceted approach to this intriguing hallucinogen found in the human brain and hundreds of plants, including the sacred Amazonian brew, ayahuasca. Utilizing interviews with a variety of experts to explain their thoughts and experiences with DMT, and ayahuasca, within their respective fields, and discussions with Strassman’s research volunteers, brings to life the awesome effects of this compound, and introduces us to far-reaching theories regarding its role in human consciousness.
Several themes explored include possible roles for endogenous DMT, its theoretical role in near-death and birth experiences, alien-abduction experiences, and spiritual states, both within Eastern concepts of enlightenment and Western ideas regarding prophecy, and the uncanny similarities in Biblical prophetic texts describing DMT-like experiences. Our expert contributors offer a comprehensive collection of information, opinions, and speculation about indigenous use of DMT, the history and future of psychedelics within the research community, and within the larger social matrix, and current DMT research. All this, to help us understand the nature of the DMT experience, and its role in human culture and evolution.
