Andrew Gallimore discussing the DMT "laser code" effect with Danny Goler (followed by Q&A)

Alien Insect

Alien Insect

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Danny and I meet over the interwebs to discuss our latest thoughts on the curious effect whereby large numbers of people report seeing some kind of "code" whilst staring at a laser projected onto a wall under the influence of DMT. Although it might be a surprise to many, we actually agree on almost everything we discuss... almost everything...

I discuss many of the ideas used to inform my thinking on this effect in my latest book, 'Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World's Strangest Drug', available in hardback, eBook, and audiobook versions now:

https://read.macmillan.com/lp/death-b...

Book blurb:
In a story that begins in the Amazonian rainforests and ends somewhere beyond the stars, Andrew Gallimore presents the first detailed account of the discovery of DMT and science’s continuing struggle to explain how such a simple and common plant molecule can have such astonishing effects on the human mind. The history of the drug involves many fascinating characters from the scientific and literary worlds ― including legendary ethnobotanist Dr. Richard Schultes; renegade beat writer and drug aficionado William S. Burroughs; philosopher and raconteur Terence McKenna; and the high priest of the 1960s psychedelic revolution, Dr. Timothy Leary. In the end, the story of DMT forces us to reconsider our most basic assumptions about the nature of reality and our place within it.