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I have access to the Encyclopedia Britannica and wondered what info they had on dmt. This is what it says: DMT, abbreviation of Dimethyltryptamine, powerful, naturally occurring hallucinogenic compound structurally related to the drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). DMT blocks the action of serotonin (a transmitter of nerve impulses) in brain tissue. It is inactive when taken by mouth and produces effects only when injected, sniffed, or smoked. The hallucinatory action begins about five minutes after administration by injection and lasts for about an hour. Naturally formed DMT has been found in the body fluids of persons suffering from schizophrenia. It also has been synthesized chemically. DMT is contained in cohoba, the hallucinogenic snuff made from the seeds of Piptadenia peregrina and used by the Indians of Trinidad and the Llanos in northern South America at the time of early Spanish explorations. Then I went on to look for ayahuasca and saw there was no article on ayahuasca alone but that it was part of an article called Drug Cult. Here is what it said regarding ayahuasca: Another substance used in South America, especially in the Amazon basin, is a drink called ayahuasca, caapi, or yajé, which is produced from the stem bark of the vines Banisteriopsis caapi and B. inebrians. Indians who use it claim that its virtues include healing powers and the power to induce clairvoyance, among others. This drink has been certified by investigators to produce remarkable effects, often involving the sensation of flying. The effects are thought to be attributable to the action of harmine, a very stable indole (structurally related to LSD) that is the active principle in the plant.This makes me think that we still have lots of work to do! "It permits you to see, more clearly than our perishing mortal eye can see, vistas beyond the horizons of this life, to travel backwards and forwards in time, to enter other planes of existence, even (as the Indians say) to know God." R. Gordon Wasson
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Thats not that bad for pre-internet research on somewhat esoteric topics.
I have the whole set as well.
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Who knew this kid was hip all along?  "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." Albert Einstein
I appreciate your perspective.
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alert wrote:Thats not that bad for pre-internet research on somewhat esoteric topics.
I have the whole set as well. True, I thought the information on ayahuasca should've been more complete...  I was surprised by the up to date and honest information on the use of psychedelics in religious contexts, through the rest of the article. Maybe our work is more in getting that information to the public "It permits you to see, more clearly than our perishing mortal eye can see, vistas beyond the horizons of this life, to travel backwards and forwards in time, to enter other planes of existence, even (as the Indians say) to know God." R. Gordon Wasson
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Almost all encyclopedias of any kind I have found, including textbooks on consciousness, have the DMT description wildly wrong, describing the DMT experience as "a fireworks display" and the like. Duration times and almost everything is always wrong. Meditate before you venture, take it seriously, use it as medicinal—it is good psychotherapy if needed. Realize that you, the Earth, others, and the Universe are all one and the same process. Then take that knowledge back to become, as you already are, one with nature. Eternity in every moment. Divinity in every particle. All is one organism.
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You'd think that the folks given the task to find and bundle together the information in the Encyclopedia Brittanica
would be more capable of finding and puttiung together the proper information...
Why is it that we can present the most balanced, realistic and sensible information about DMT on demand, but they can't? You'd almost think the misinformation is deliberate...I mean C'mon, how hard is it to find the proper, scientifically supported facts and information about DMT?
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