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Steersman's avatar

> "... a decision I do not recommend others take lightly or without legal consideration."

Amen to that. I had "indulged" -- maybe over-indulged -- in various such psychotropic "door-openers" as a teenager. As my father -- Gawd rest his soul -- once said about his experiences in the army during WW2, "wouldn't have missed the experiences for a thousand dollars, but wouldn't do it again for a million".

At best, such door openers provide a great deal of enlightenment, but at worst they can sever all connections with anything that's "real" -- quote, unquote.

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Bestoink's avatar

I think about DMT constantly. I desire experience at least once in my life. If I’m ever diagnosed with terminal illness, I hope to seek this out. I think it might be the essential first treatment stage. Need a plan.

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Steersman's avatar

As a starting point, you might check out Huxley's Doors of Perception, an allusion to a poem by William Blake, on his experiences with mescaline:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_of_Perception

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Debra Andrus's avatar

I wish you had said more about how DMT "defies reality". I've never tried psychedelics, so I can only imagine how it might affect me in the moment, and ever after. And you gave a strong caution about going to a state where DMT is legal, but I am left wondering what the legal downsides might be. Perhaps you can post a follow-up article.

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gijoeofpsi's avatar

What's wrong with Magic Eye Illusions? It's an all-round shame they can only be seen online! These are "see-them-yourself" holograms quite popular in the first half of the 1990s. I call them American Bernini after the Italian baroque sculptor in the 1600s. Peter, you should contact Cheri Smith in Provincetown MA for them to be rebooted!

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Loren Thacker's avatar

This is not the best way to reach you, Peter, but I sent an email to your Substack email addy about the subscriber podcast link that was sent to me when I paid for a subscription — but the lastest podcast was from, I think, 2022. Do you not use podcasts anymore?

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