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DMT Entities: Chaired symposium at Breaking Convention: The 3rd International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness, University of Greenwich, London, 10th-12th July, 2015 Videos of the lectures here: Dr David Luke - https://vimeo.com/135548341 Jack Hunter - https://vimeo.com/136625145 Dr Andrew Gallimore - https://vimeo.com/136079047 Dr William Rowlandson - https://vimeo.com/136092426 Daniel Pinchbeck - https://vimeo.com/136132753 Dr Rick Strassman - https://vimeo.com/136132739 DMT ENTITIES PT.1 Chair: David Luke 14:30 HOW DOES ONE PROVE ONE’S-ELF? EXPLORING THE ONTOLOGY OF DISCARNATE ENTITIES IN THE DMT REALM David Luke 15:00 ON THE NATURE OF THE PSILOCYBE FOLK: PSYCHEDELIC ENTITY ENCOUNTERS AND THE PROBLEM OF SPIRITS Jack Hunter 15:30 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A MACHINE ELF? Andrew Gallimore 16:00 ALTERED STATES OF UNCONSCIOUS William Rowlandson 16:30 BREAK DMT ENTITIES PT.2 Chair: David Luke 17:00 THE ENIGMA OF DMT ENTITIES Daniel Pinchbeck 17:30 THEONEUROLOGY: ONE NEW MODEL FOR RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO TWO Rick Strassman (Skype)
Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O. (2021). An encounter with the other: A thematic and content analysis of DMT experiences from a naturalistic field study. Frontiers in Psychology: Consciousness Research, 12, 720717. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720717 Introduction: N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous serotonergic psychedelic capable of producing radical shifts in conscious experience. Increasing trends in its use, as well as new trials administering DMT to patients, indicate the growing importance of a thorough elucidation of the qualitative content, over and above structure, which the drug occasions. This is particularly in light of the hyper-real, otherworldly, and often ontologically challenging yet potentially transformative, nature of the experience, not least encounters with apparently non-self social agents. Laboratory studies have been limited by clinical setting and lacking qualitative analyses of experiential content, while online surveys’ limitations lie in retrospective design, uncontrolled use, and both of which not guaranteeing ‘breakthrough’ experiences, i.e., producing very strong psychoactive effects. Methods: We report on the first naturalistic field study of DMT use including its qualitative analysis. Screened, healthy, anonymised and experienced DMT users were observed during their non-clinical use of the drug at home (40–75 mg inhaled). In-depth semi-structured interviews (inspired by the micro-phenomenological technique) were employed immediately after their experience. This paper reports on the thematic analysis of one major domain of the breakthrough experiences elicited, the ‘other’. Thirty-six post-DMT experience interviews with mostly Caucasian (83%) males (eight female) of average 37 years were predominantly inductively coded. Results: Invariably, profound and highly intense experiences occurred. The first overarching category comprised the encounter with other ‘beings’ (94% of reports), encompassing super-ordinate themes including the entities’ role, appearance, demeanour, communication and interaction; while the second overarching category comprised experiences of emerging into other ‘worlds’ (100% of reports), encompassing super-ordinate themes of the scene, the contents and quality of the immersive spaces. Many further mid-level themes and subthemes also illuminate the rich content of the DMT experience. Discussion: The present study provides a systematic and in-depth analysis of the nuanced content of the otherworldly encounter within the breakthrough DMT experience, as well as elaborating on the resonances both with previous DMT studies focusing on entity encounters and other types of extraordinary experiences entailing such encounters. These include the alien abduction, folkloric, shamanic and near-death experience. Putative neural mechanisms of these features of the DMT experience and its promise as a psychotherapeutic agent are discussed in light of such findings.
The DMT symposium - Breaking Convention: 6th International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness - University of Exeter, 20th- 22nd April, 2023 The DMT symposium - Friday 21st April, Hofmann Hall Chair: David Luke 10:00 - The Neuroscience of DMT: Past, Present, and Beyond Chris Timmerman 10:30 - Formosahuasca, Acacia Confusa ayahuasca analog from Asia: Notes toward Re-enchantment, ancestral healing and creative expression Marina Li Chun 11:00 - Shamanic Snuff Tryptamines Jonathan Ott 12:00 - Journeying with 5-MeO-DMT and Space Holding: Navigating Profound Experiences for the Benefit of Community – Natasja Pelgrom 12: 30 - Artificial Entities: How DMT can help us make sense of AI and The Internet – Alexander Beiner 13:00 - PANEL
Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O. (2021, June 10). An Encounter with the Other: A Thematic Analysis of Accounts of DMT Experiences from a Naturalistic Field Study. PsyArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8cdgs Introduction: N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous serotonergic psychedelic capable of producing radical shifts in conscious experience. Increasing trends in its use, as well as new trials administering DMT to patients, indicate the growing importance of a thorough elucidation of the phenomenology the drug may occasion. This is particularly in light of the hyper-real, otherworldly, and often ontologically challenging yet potentially transformative, nature of the experience, not least encounters with apparently non-self social agents. Laboratory studies have been limited by clinical setting and lacking qualitative analyses, while online surveys’ limitations lie in retrospective design, recreational use, and both of which not guaranteeing ‘breakthrough’ experiences. Methods: We report on the first naturalistic field study of DMT use including its qualitative analysis. Screened, healthy, anonymised and experienced DMT users (40-75mg inhaled) were observed during their non-clinical use of the drug at home. Semi-structured interviews using the micro-phenomenological technique were employed immediately after their experience. This paper reports on the thematic analysis of one major domain of the breakthrough experiences elicited; the ‘other’. Thirty-six post-DMT experience interviews with mostly Caucasian (83%) males (8 female) of average 37 years were predominantly inductively coded. Results: Invariably, profound and highly intense experiences occurred. The main overarching category comprised the encounter with other ‘beings’ (94% of reports), with further subordinate themes including the entities’ role, appearance, demeanour, communication and interaction; while the other over-arching category comprised experiences of emerging into other ‘worlds’ (100% of reports), in turn consisting of the scene, the content and quality of the immersive spaces. Discussion: The present study provides a systematic and in-depth analysis of the features of the otherworldly encounter within the breakthrough DMT experience, as well as elaborating on the resonances with both previous DMT studies and other types of extraordinary experiences which also entail entity encounters. These include the alien abduction, folkloric, shamanic and near-death experience. Putative neural mechanisms of these features of the DMT experience and its promise as a psychotherapeutic agent are discussed in light of such findings.
Concerning the Nature of the DMT Entities and their Relation to Us
A talk by Peter Meyer delivered in September 2015 at Tyringham Hall, England, as part of a Symposium on Entheogenic Tryptamines. It discusses, from a philosophical point of view, contact induced by the use of DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) with apparently intelligent entities in an apparently alternate reality and speculates on their nature. This paper attempts to understand what the DMT entities are by situating them in a metaphysical framework derived from the teachings of Origen and Plotinus, and showing how the consciousness of individual humans might originate in the consciousness of individual DMT entities.
Hyperspatial journeys with your goods'elf: Experimental DMT field research
Luke, D. (2019, August). Hyperspatial journeys with your goods'elf: Experimental DMT field research. Paper presented at Breaking Convention: The 5th International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness, University of Greenwich, London, 16th-18th August. Video here: https://youtu.be/7NLhUuoEHmo This presentation reports on an ongoing experimental DMT field research project exploring intuition, entity encounters, shared visions, telepathy and precognition among seasoned psychonauts (N = 20+) having breakthrough vaporised DMT experiences under supervision.
Frontiers in Psychology , 2023
Introduction N , N -Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous serotonergic psychedelic capable of producing radical shifts in an experience that have significant implications for consciousness and its neural correlates, especially given the “disconnected consciousness” suggested by the “breakthrough” DMT state. Its increasing usage and clinical trial indicate the growing importance of a thorough elucidation of the experience's qualitative content, over and above the phenomenological structure. This is particularly in light of the intensely pervasive effects of DMT occasions in all dimensions of the self, which are often ontologically challenging yet potentially transformative. Methods This is the second report on the first naturalistic field study of DMT use exploring its qualitative analysis. Screened, healthy, anonymized, and experienced DMT users were observed during their non-clinical use of the drug at home (40–75-mg inhaled). In-depth semi-structured interviews, inspired by the micro-phenomenological technique, were employed immediately after their experience. This study reports on the thematic and content analysis of one major domain of the breakthrough experiences elicited, the “self”; where analyses of the “other” were previously reported. A total of 36 post-DMT experience interviews with mostly Caucasian (83%) men (eight women) of a mean of 37 years were predominantly inductively coded. Results Invariably, profound and highly intense experiences occurred. The first overarching category comprised the onset of effects, encompassing super-ordinate themes including sensory, emotion and body, and space-time shifts; the second category comprised bodily effects, encompassing themes including pleasurable, neutral/both, and uncomfortable; the third category comprised the sensorial effects, encompassing open-eye, visual, and cross-modal and other; the fourth comprised the psychological effects, encompassing memory and language, awareness and sense of self, and time distortions; and the fifth comprised the emotional effects, encompassing positive, neither/both, and challenging experiences. Many further subthemes also illuminate the rich content of the DMT experience. Discussion The present study provides a systematic and nuanced analysis of the content of the breakthrough DMT state pertaining to one's personal and self-referential experiences of the body, senses, psychology, and emotions. The resonances both with previous DMT studies and other types of extraordinary experiences, such as the alien abduction, shamanic and near-death experiences, are also elaborated upon. Putative neural mechanisms and their promise as a psychotherapeutic agent, especially owing to deep emotional impact, are discussed