Rick Strassman MD is known for his research in the DMT field as well as other fields in pharma-psychology.

He's also known for his fallacious/insulting replies to questions about his pet theories vis a vis DMT and kabbalistic judaism.

Do you have a source for this claim?

Last weekend, I asked Rick why he's repeatedly stated that he feels it is important to use a monotheistic model to map DMT experiences in order to get traction with "Westerners." I asked why "gaining traction" was important in a model...isn't it important to be accurate when modelling something? Isn't accuracy more important than acceptance/traction? I asked him didn't he think it would be inherently limiting and possibly dangerous to try to use such a familiar/simple model to map something as ontologically challenging as DMT?

You know what the good doctor replied?

"I've been asked this question before and what I have to say is this. When you're fluent in biblical hebrew, have read all the kabbalistic and related texts, and have reviewed the rabbinical commentary, then we can have this conversation."

lolwut

So not only did he assume that I know nothing about my own heritage (and he could have asked whether or not I had any understanding or what level of understanding I have) but he also ignored the question while making an appeal to authority.

But here's the thing that really gets me...he said he's been asked this question before, and it seems, imo, to be a rather important question if he's proposing a model for understanding...especially when the model proposed has so many clear issues. So, IF he's been asked this important question before, why is he dodging the question rather than coming up with a meaningful response? This seems remarkably defensive and rigid.

Yes, Rick himself

Interesting. Can you provide actual video proof?

Contact the breaking convention people and ask them......If you don't believe me, endlessness, The Traveler, a couple other Nexians, heard me ask it.....In fact.....Feel free to hunt down the video evidence from..... And honestly, I bet Rick would confirm it if you emailed him and asked

Please post the source when you make claims such as these. It's important that the information that gets spread be verifiable information and not additional hearsay.

It's not enough to say "the papers got it wrong, what really happened is XYZ, trust me, I have reliable sources on the ground." At best, this is potentially correct hearsay, at worst it just adds to the number of stories floating around.

By all means, hearsay can be valuable, but it should be labelled as such, not presented as the true story if you can't post a source.

What's your deal?

I believe Snozz, but he didn't post a link, just like i didn't a while back for a very similar scenario.

What I'm more curious about is the status of your supposed "U.S. citizenship". Would you be willing to produce a copy of your birth certificate?

For people interested, we published an interview with Rick Strassman Might be worth checking out

Yes, Rick himself

Here's what I reported back after presenting at Breaking Convention, where I also attended Rick's talk and straight up asked him about some of the statements he's repeatedly made:

My understanding of Jewish mysticism is highly lacking but I always thought that kabbalah recognized other deities but just attributed them to being part of the Godhead. It doesn't seem to be monotheistic the way most westerners view it. It actually seems to sound more pagan then anything.