Here is an article on a Chinese art exhibit that deals with humans relationships with drugs, including our favorite molecule...( from Taipei Times: ) Chen
focuses on DMT, a psychedelic compound found in certain plants and mammals. On one wall, there are Chinese and English-language texts from DMT: The Spirit Molecule, a substantial study on the hallucinogen by researcher Rick Strassman. A video shows a shaman trained in Peru explaining the shamanic practice of using ayahuasca, an Amazonian plant brew containing DMT that is used to obtain visions for prophecy, healing and inner strength.And also in my gmail alert this morning was this:
behind the scenes of your perfect day on something called rappler.com.
There's only a brief mention of our spirited molecule, this
"You lie awake in bed, it was only a dream. The images from the previous world you were in that were so livid just seconds ago slowly fade away that you barely remember what you were dreaming about in the first place. Your brain was just on DMT, or Dimethyltryptamine, a very powerful hallucinogen it secretes as you sleep. It is an abundant chemical found in most plants and mammals, but is also very illegal when extracted. Just saying."Both of these show the huge influence The Spirit Molecule has on the culture surrounding DMT. While after trying several low dose DMT experiments and finding myself in a place that i recognized as the feeling i have when asleep, or waking from dream, I'm starting to think he's right on the dream thing, but the empiricist in me rails against the repeating of non factual information!
Sine experientia nihil sufficienter sciri potest -Roger Bacon
*γνῶθι σεαυτόν*