Today we sit down with Dr. Rick Strassman. Dr. Strassman is currently an American clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. From 1990 to 1995, Dr. Strassman led a U.S. Government-approved and funded clinical research team at the University of New Mexico, studying the effects of N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) on human subjects in experimental conditions. Dr. Strassman is the president and co founder of the Cottonwood research institute. He is also the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, Inner Paths to outer space, DMT The soul of prophecy, and Joseph Levy escapes death. We will discuss his research with DMT and Melatonin, his books, and where he stands now with all the research that has happened since his groundbreaking trials.

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Timestamps:
0:00 min - Intro and Plugs.
2:20 min - Interview Starts with a discussion on Rick’s DMT trials in the 90s.
8:30 min - We start talking about DMT testing on rodents vs Humans.
13:11 min - We discuss testing and detecting DMT in the Human body.
15:28 min - We discuss if there is a connection between DMT and Near Death Experiences.
18:24 min - We discuss he Pineal Gland crystals and piezoelectricity scientific study from 2002
25:15 min - We discuss popular myths and speculation connected to DMT and Dr. Strassman gives us his take on some of them.
30:08 min - We discuss his interactions with Joe Rogan.
31:14 min - We discuss his book and “DMT The Soul of Prophecy” and the interest and research connected to it. We touch on possible Ancient DMT use, Jewish Mysticism, and Spirituality.
44:17 min - We discuss meditation and some of the weird happenings in that state.
46:31 min - We discuss Tryptophan and it’s importance in our evolution and biochemistry.
51:36 min - We ask Rick questions from Friends of the show and Patrons.
58:50 min - We discuss Ancient Egypt and DMT.
1:03:00 min - We discuss Dr. Andrew Gallimore and the DMT extended stay tests.
1:10:10 min - Mike formally offers his services as an extended stay DMT test subject.
1:10:18 min - Dr. Strassman describes his personal encounters with DMT entities with Terence McKenna in the 80’s.
1:14:05 min - Wrap up and outro.

*Dr. Strassman’s website and book links listed below.
https://www.rickstrassman.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Strassman...

*Here is the link to the Pineal Gland crystals and piezoelectricity scientific study from 2002:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...

*Here is the link to The Portal episode with Bret Weistein regarding rodents and flawed scientific testing:
https://youtu.be/JLb5hZLw44s

*Here is the link to our episode with Dr. Andrew Gallimore:
https://youtu.be/MS6rp27gEdI



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