Welcome Ziggens. The Strassman book is a great read. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I am a relatively new member here too, and I find that it is a very absorbing world to explore DMT. I have read several books and have taken a half dozen journeys. Each reveals yet something new.
Everything mentioned herein has been deemed by our staff of expert psychiatrists to be the delusional rantings of a madman who has been treated with Thorazine who is hospitalized within the confines of our locked facility. This patient sometimes requires the application of 6 point leather restraints and electrodes at the temples to break his delusions. Therefore, take everything mentioned above with a grain of salt...