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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
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2001-01
Publisher: Park Street Press
Product Release Date: 2000-12-01
Studio: Park Street Press

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.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Spirituality made Science
Review: One of the most amazing books I have ever read. I strongly suggest engaging in a session of your own of the book's main subject before reading, as it will enhance your understanding of the experiences of the test subjects. Absolutely mind opening read, of one of the most challenging and informative studies in human neurology.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: all negative reviews overlook the whole point....
Review: All these negative reviews have missed the importance of the work - DMT is in our - YOUR - heads and it just so happens to be a very potent hallucinogen. Why is it there? Not because we're all born drug abusers. Gimme a break. Its time to get on to the next chapter of the book of life and unfortunately (for the scientific and religious literalists both) thats going to be a stretch cause science has reached the point of scratching its head while somehow??? maintaining blind ignorance on the coat tails of old theoretical roadblocks. Religion has become a set of rules to abide by as the preaching carnies keep the truth of personal awakening buried under demands of sewing your seeds of cash and condemning the sins of "the others". Life IS a mystery and if we're going to try to figure it out we're going to have to dive deep into the vast pool of the mysterious to pull it out. Boil science with religion, pull off the heavy slag of rhetoric that bubbles to the surface and there you'll most likely find your pure extraction of the truth of the matter - just don't wait for science and religion to do it for you. The Kingdom of Heaven is within!

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: excellent insightful
Review: i do not read as much as i like to but, i could not put this book down. i have read strassman's book from cover to cover. if you are at all interested in pshycedelics or the human pshycy you will love this book.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Intriguing and Resonating
Review: 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.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A Journey Shared with lots more to find out....
Review: 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 others? You will get a great insight from this book, even though much more research is obviously necessary to come to any concrete conclusion regarding DMT. Highly recommended.

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