Dr. Rick Strassman: DMT & Deepening Reality: Episode, #76 Dr. Rick Strassman

Pioneering DMT psychedelic researcher Dr. Rick Strassman shares his game-changing work and contrarian outlook and perspectives. We talk about the supreme value in set & setting and how the "expectancy effect" plays a much larger role in the outcomes we receive from peak psychedelic experiences. Dr. Strassman is an unsung hero in this movement who doesn't get proper due for being a first mover in the early 1990s initiating brave and controversial research around the effects of intravenous DMT.   Show notes Dr. Rick Strassman   We Discuss;   -Dr. Rick Strassman's inspired vision behind service projects [5:00]   -Pineal gland & melatonin [7:15]   -DMT research findings [12:30]   -DMT is not inherently spiritual [19:45]    -Dr. Strassman's views around mystical experiences [24:20]   -Expectancy Effect and Set & Setting [29:20]   -Inspiration for DMT & The Soul Prophecy [35:00]   -Hebrew Bible as a spiritual model for psychedelic integration [40:30]   -Huge amount of overlap in DMT state and prophetic experience [42:10]   -Adverse effects of psychedelic research model [45:00]   -Golden Rule [53:30]   Connect with Dr. Rick Strassman:    https://www.rickstrassman.com   DMT: The Spiritual Molecule    DMT: and the Soul Prophecy      Helpful Resources:    The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku   The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Dr. Carl Ruck   Storming Heaven by Jay Stevens    Acid Dreams by Martin Lee