![]() A technology for extending DMT experiences in a controlled manner beyond what is achievable using bolus administration therefore would be of great value." "One of the reasons for this is its short duration of action. "Whilst the endogenous human hallucinogen DMT reliably and reproducibly generates one of the most unusual states of consciousness available, its phenomenology has only begun to be characterized," the paper states. In science fiction, a machine such as in Katsuhiro Otomo’s Roujin Z could look after the psychonaut’s biological needs, keeping them floating in DMT space indefinitely. ![]() It could suspend the user in these alternate dimensions for 30-minutes, an hour or, theoretically, even longer. The model could safely extend pure DMT experiences by stabilizing levels of the molecule in the blood, lengthening the trip’s peak or adjusting its power as needed. Rick Strassman, along with neurobiologist and author Dr Andrew Gallimore, proposed a radical intravenous technique to administer the drug. But now, an intravenous delivery system could allow people to spend more time in these bizarre zones, retrieving data about their ontology and perhaps telling us more about our waking reality.ĭMT differs from other psychedelics not only in its brief duration, but in experience, too: while smaller doses feel a lot like acid, at “breakthrough” doses, it’s not only the whole field of perception that’s affected, but an entire shift in consciousness that lets the user explore bizarre, unfamiliar places. For the amateur psychonauts who have cataloged their time in the DMT world and sketched out their experiences in scrappily drawn maps, these temporal constraints have proved limiting. Long called the “businessman’s trip” for its short duration, DMT blasts users off-world and back within 20 minutes. Until recently, psychonauts were limited by the brief time spent in these other worlds. The Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, for example, has published papers on the similarities between DMT trips and near death experiences, and found that the drug breaks down the basic networks of the brain, causing them to be less distinct from one another. But an emerging branch of academic researchers-and more recently, venture capitalists and AI researchers-are now attempting to map the DMT realm using rigorous, repeatable science.ĭMT hasn’t been studied all that much, but a few papers on the drug have trickled out as psychedelic research continues to gain mainstream traction. Amateur psychonauts-cosmic cartographers, if you will-have been "mapping" the "DMT realm" on their own for years. One of the most fascinating things about DMT is that many trips follow a specific pattern and many users experience similar realms.
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