Dr David Luke
@drdluke.bsky.social
Professor of Exceptional Experience, researcher, writer, wronger, psychedelic Indiana Jones..
Also as Steve notes, the 'open' eye visuals is interesting. But i have to say, I also saw very little people marching through our yurt once with my eyes open on ayahuasca (which contains DMT), although this isn't especially common. I'm actually going to post up that story next week.
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Also as Steve notes, the 'open' eye visuals is interesting. But i have to say, I also saw very little people marching through our yurt once with my eyes open on ayahuasca (which contains DMT), although this isn't especially common. I'm actually going to post up that story next week.
'zactly, people see a lot of little people on DMT. Whatever is in those shrooms is doing something similar, it might even be working on similar receptors. I never said it had DMT in it, but it is worthwhile observing the similarities, ..and differences.
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
'zactly, people see a lot of little people on DMT. Whatever is in those shrooms is doing something similar, it might even be working on similar receptors. I never said it had DMT in it, but it is worthwhile observing the similarities, ..and differences.
..and what is the active chemical then...? ;0)
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
..and what is the active chemical then...? ;0)
And yet people were having visions of 'little people' (dwarves, elves, etc) on DMT from the very first obscure trip reports, before McKenna started raving about it, so that does not add up either. www.academia.edu/12936124/DMT...
DMT research from 1956 to the end of time (2015)
Gallimore, A., & Luke, D. (2015). DMT research from 1956 to the end of time. In D. King, D. Luke, B. Sessa, C. Adams and A. Tollen (Eds), Neurotransmissions: Psychedelic essays from Breaking Conve...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
And yet people were having visions of 'little people' (dwarves, elves, etc) on DMT from the very first obscure trip reports, before McKenna started raving about it, so that does not add up either. www.academia.edu/12936124/DMT...
Image 'The Call' - Remedios Varo
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Image 'The Call' - Remedios Varo
Our pilot study: "Change in occupational burnout measures in emergency medical service workers after a psychedelic experience induced by a single self-administered dose of psilocybin mushrooms"
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October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Our pilot study: "Change in occupational burnout measures in emergency medical service workers after a psychedelic experience induced by a single self-administered dose of psilocybin mushrooms"
doi.org/10.1556/2054...
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Smokable "Vine of the Dead": Two Case Studies of Experiencers of Both Changa and Near-Death Experiences
Introduction: Virtually no studies have looked at psychopharmacological combinations as models of the near-death experience (NDE), which is inadequate given the evidently complex neurochemistry occurr...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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