What happens with DMT is you leap over all the barriers in t...

What happens with DMT is you leap over all the barriers in the first few seconds. Unlike mushrooms where over hours and hours on a high dose you might navigate yourself to the center of the mandala, DMT is like being struck by metaphysical lightning. -Terence McKenna https://t.co/X4ykreNhlK

Taylor Sterling

x.com

RelatedHighlights

My Spiritual Evolution | Tao Lin | Granta

Tao Lin granta.com

Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

Graham Hancock

amazon.com

Cover of Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

‘This is incredible,’ I said quietly after realizing I was staring at my grass, which I’d never seen from this close. I could see more details than ever before (probably because my soul, which I’d later learn has better vision and awareness than my body, was still slightly disembodied). Tiny insects I’d never noticed before were zooming around the ... See more

Tao Lin • My Spiritual Evolution | Tao Lin | Granta

“For me the data [from those first sessions] were … I don’t want to use the word mind-blowing, but it was unprecedented the kinds of things we were seeing there, in terms of the deep meaning and lasting spiritual significance of these effects.

Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics

The ambience of psilocybin is different from that of LSD. Hallucinations come easier, and so does a sense

Terence McKenna • Food of the Gods

I wrote a typewriter essay about DMT and the afterlife, and it’s making want to try DMT but I have that zinger of “death by astonishment” in my head. Wonder if DMT breahtwork or holotropic breathing are safer methods to learn to navigate those waters.