DMT The Spirit Molecule Explained

DMT The Spirit Molecule

Dimethyltryptamine (or DMT) is a psychedelic drug that can induce out of body or near death experiences, intense hallucinations and even apparent alien abductions. If you smoke it, you will appear to pass out for several minutes, where you'll have euphoric insights into other dimensions. In most countries, DMT is illegal.

What is DMT?

DMT is a tryptamine molecule.
Tryptamines are a group of substances found in nature that mimic the chemical structure of serotonin. As you may know, serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the human brain. It's job includes the regulation of mood, memory and sleep. Other tryptamines include melatonin (the hormone responsible for sleep), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), bufotenin (psychedelic toad slime), LSD, and of course DMT itself.

Where Does DMT Come From?

You can find DMT in a number of different plants, and even in your own brain. If you’re looking at a vial of pure DMT though, it likely came from one of two different plant sources. Both Mimosa Hostilis and Acacia Confucia are excellent sources of DMT. These botanicals grow widely around the world, but typically favor subtropical climates.

What are the DMT effects?

The effects of DMT are possibly the strangest of any other psychoactive drug known to man. When you smoke DMT, the first thing you’ll notice is the auditory hallicinations, followed very quickly by the visuals. The best way to describe it is going up to the very tip of a mushroom trip in a few seconds, then shooting beyond it. DMT causes fractal visuals, extreme auditory distortion, and a pleasant after-trip sensation of relaxation and peace. It’s very short acting, peaking in just a few moments and lasting only 30 minutes at the most.

Smoking synthetic DMT has become the most popular route of administration these days, outside of shamanic Ayahuasca ceremonies. The effects begin within 10-60 seconds and last around 5-20 minutes. In reality, the person will appear to be unconscious or asleep for this time. Whereas internally, the person will be experiencing the most incredible and profound insights.

So what exactly is a DMT trip like?

A DMT trip literally transports you to another reality. Users report access to a completely different plane of consciousness. Curiously, all DMT trips are consistently reported as taking part in several stages. In the first stage - within the first 30 seconds after smoking - users consistently report a buzzing in the ears and then a distinct sound of 'cellophane being ripped apart. In the second stage - at around the 1 minute mark - users 'breakthrough' into 'DMT hyperspace'. This is where the real strangeness begins - which can only really be adequately described by the relaying of users own experiences. This stage lasts upto 5 minutes. Thirdly, users then 'return' back to reality where residual visuals and euphoria remain for upto 20 minutes.
But most interestingly of all, users of DMT consistently report contact with entities. Spirits, aliens, even elves and other strange creatures are encountered in worlds that users report seem to be inhabited by other-worldly foreign intelligences. In fact, over 50% of people tripping on DMT report contact with these entities!

Mind-Blowing Experiences Shared by People Who Took the Psychedelic DMT

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(From a post titled “Hierarchies of Hyperspace, A Collection” by Erowid user Psychedaniellia.)
“I was transported to that extremely alien-like realm that I had been to so many times before. I felt like I was being schooled on existence. A teacher entity that seemed to have some sort of almost condescending power over me was trying to convince me that ‘they’ constructed our reality completely, and tried to get me to agree that this reality was not under our control; it was being constructed and predetermined by an outside force completely. Even though I had lost complete touch with reality, I did not listen blindly. I was skeptical. ([It was] not that I disbelieved it, but I didn’t believe it either… I always like to keep an open mind when it comes to these sorts of existential matters). The entity was so persistent about trying to convince me! I remained neutral on the matter, but courteous and attentive all the same…

“I don’t know where I was, but I was confronted by a mother entity. She was shapeless; dripping, melting, ugly, terrifying, disgusting, and even smelled bad. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but next thing I knew, she was engaging me in psychic conversation. She had a wallet of some sort, and began showing me photographs of her son. I could tell that she loved her son very much. She also had a bunch of his artwork that she was obviously proud of, and began showing it to me. The problem was, her son and all of his artwork were also melting, grotesque and disgusting. I could still feel her genuine love for her son and pride in his artwork, but at the same time, no matter how hard I tried to show her love, I couldn’t hide the fact that I felt grossed out by her and the entire situation. I could tell that she could tell that I was feeling uncomfortable…

“When I came down from this trip, I found myself feeling guilty for not being able to feel/give the love that I felt that I should have given her. So I had another hit of DMT and tried to meditate on the experience and its meaning. I tried to send out my purest, most intended form of love to her and every other entity under this umbrella called consciousness. I even tried to psychically apologize to her for my reaction to her. I felt a little bit better after that, like I had resolved something.”

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(From a post titled “You’re Just as Adorable as a Muppet to DMT” by Erowid userAdamDivesDeep.)
“A black field. I am ensconced, but know of nothing other than vision. I see black. Then, and I am sure for this happened several times (so similar, but never identical), the most adorable, invitingly furry, bipedal creature that I had ever seen walks from right to left. Best resembling a lemur or other prosimian animal with supernaturally cute features, this object of my endearment walks, from right to left, with purpose. Before reaching its destination, it looks to it’s left and meets me in the eye. This is where things unexpected enter…

“It looks at me with astonishment, clear from its physical and facial reactions. I recognize that look… the creature bounds over to me, kneels down and begins to pet me as though I am the most adorable creature it has ever beheld. Although hands, feet and body in general had ceased to exist for some time now, I was aware of this creature’s enfolding embrace. It felt so good, to be pet and loved as I loved so much! My insides were utterly tickled. The smile I wore seemed larger than all space. My grin seemed to wrap around my everything, keeping me warm.”

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(From a post titled “Amazing Airbuild Invention” by Erowid user PippUK.)
“To the right of my mind space was a blue mass. [It was] a large entity formed of layers of strata, and bejeweled with many crystals along geometric fault lines which folded, twisted and morphed its form in a mechanical fashion. The blue color [surrounded] the entity like an amniotic sack. I moved my mind towards it and I burst into the sack which fell away enough for the entity and myself to make some kind of contact. It was a light green to yellow color underneath the sack…

“I sensed a blue sheen spreading over my own body which was rigid but gently juddering with a fine tremor similar to which I have experienced with DPT. I also became aware that I was pulsing and stretching rhythmically beside the fine tremor, matching the oscillations of the entity to my right. When I did so in phase with it, the spaces between the strata of its twisting form widened, and the jewels inside showed even more vivid crystal surfaces… The more my body matched the entity’s dance, the greater one of these crystal windows became, filling my minds eye and almost breaking through into the scene I beheld.

“The entity itself is hard to describe in great detail. It had something akin to an Inca or Aztec architectural influence, combined with the opulence of a wedding cake, except that it could rotate, twist and shuffle like a Rubik’s cube. In this latter trip, I noticed a neon green amniotic sack along with the original blue one I was familiar with. I did not have a chance during the time available to explore the possibilities with that entity, though I sensed it was of a species with the first. As I returned to conscious reality I sent my now habitual prayers out and wished all souls well.”

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(From a post titled “First Time Breakthrough” by Erowid user Stray Cat.)
“I continued floating around in the three dimensional DMT space without anything too significant happening, when I was found by a very advanced extraterrestrial being. His kind liked humanity and they enjoyed helping humans evolve at a very fast rate. I could feel this being empowering me and showing me advanced things. He helped direct my awareness to different things, all of which were helpful to my evolution. Anytime my awareness shifted to something of no use, especially things that would enable fear, he would give me a nudge to not pay attention to it but to focus on the useful things that were good for me. He also could sense weaknesses in me as I brought them up from out from my consciousness and would helped me overcome them. At the same time this being was learning from his interaction with me. It was a positive experience.

“I learned that these beings existed [alongside] another type of beings. [The two] did not like each other, but instead of fighting, they just avoided one another in a respectful way, knowing that engaging in problems was a waste of time. They knew what they wanted and applied themselves fervently to related tasks.”