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

Strassman R

Park Street Press (2001)

Academic book
Abstract

Groundbreaking account of the first DEA-approved clinical research on DMT in over 20 years. Documents dose-response studies in 60 volunteers at the University of New Mexico, describing the phenomenology of IV DMT experiences including near-death, mystical, and entity-contact states. Proposes the pineal gland hypothesis for endogenous DMT. Essential foundational text for understanding the pharmacological basis of the ayahuasca experience.

Citations1,500
Study TypeAcademic book
DMTclinical researchmystical experiencenear-deathpineal glandbook

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