Rick Strassman / DMT Research (UNM, 1990-1995)
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The strange beings people describe meeting on DMT match the aliens abductees report and the entities channelers claim to hear — same descriptions, different doorways.
Who they are
Rick Strassman's DMT research at the University of New Mexico (1990-1995), a clinical psychiatric study[1].
What they do
The engine treats this study as a bridge between hard science and the harder-to-explain question of 'entity contact.' Dosing detail added from the published studies: 0.05 to 0.4 mg/kg, hallucinogenic from 0.2 up, peaking at 90 to 120 seconds.
How it works
With DEA and FDA approval, he gave 60 subjects about 400 intravenous doses of DMT (documented in 'DMT: The Spirit Molecule,' 2001); roughly 50% reported contact with intelligent beings — described as 'machine elves,' insect/Mantis-like figures, light-beings, and geometric intelligences.
Why it matters
The engine's key finding is that these DMT entity descriptions overlap heavily with those from alien-abduction reports (Greys, Mantis) and channeled contact (Pleiadian, Arcturian) — while it keeps the method rigorous and top-tier, it deliberately leaves the ontological question (whether the beings are 'real') open.
The engine's record — word for word
American clinical psychiatrist. Univ New Mexico DMT clinical research 1990-1995 (DEA Schedule I + FDA approval). 60 subjects, ~400 doses N,N-DMT IV administration. Primary corpus: 'DMT: The Spirit Molecule' (2001 Park Street Press). Quantitative entity-encounter data: ~50% of subjects reported 'Contact with intelligent beings' under controlled DMT administration. Documented entity-classes: 'machine elves' (McKenna terminology), insectoid/Mantis-class, light-beings, hyperintelligent geometric entities. Engine relevance: BRIDGE TIER between Tier-1 (clinical-research methodology, DEA + FDA approval, IRB protocol) and Tier-3 (substantive 'entity contact' interpretation). First-tier rigor in protocol; ontological-status interpretation remains open. Phenomenological cross-corpus convergence finding: DMT entity-class descriptions overlap heavily with abductee-entity descriptions (Greys, Mantis) AND channeled-entity descriptions (Pleiadian, Arcturian) — same description, different access methodology.
Report #183 (numbers precised): Lawrence et al. 2022 analysed 3,778 experiences from 3,305 posts — 'Entity encounters were reported in 45.5% (n = 1719) of the experiences'; within those encounters, deities 17.0%, aliens 16.3%, creature-based 9.2%, mythological beings including machine elves 8.4%; the feminine archetype was the single most frequent at 24.2% of encounters (NOT 'predominant'). Timmermann et al. 2018 found DMT experiences matched matched-control near-death experiences on 15 of 16 Greyson-scale items (10 significant after correction). Timmermann et al., PNAS 2023 confirmed 'a predominant action of DMT... on the brain's transmodal association pole.' Structured, replicable human neurochemistry — the documented comparison class for entity reports, never evidence of external beings. [Report #190] Dose design precised from the published studies: 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 mg/kg IV double-blind (plus 0.04/0.4 nonblind lead-in); hallucinogenic effects at 0.2 and above; peak 90-120 seconds, resolved by 30 minutes.
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