I've successfully done that three times, and each time was quite remarkable. I found it interesting, because when I become lucid inside of a dream, there are always two forces that almost feel as if they are physically pulling me: one toward nonlucidity and the other toward awakening. In...

I've successfully done that three times, and each time was quite remarkable. I found it interesting, because when I become lucid inside of a dream, there are always two forces that almost feel as if they are physically pulling me: one toward nonlucidity and the other toward awakening. In...

I went through about a month a couple of years ago where every single night I would get caught in sleep paralysis before being able to fall asleep. The funny thing is, there were no hallucinations - I would simply be drifting off to sleep, and then suddenly I would not be able to move a muscle...

Sounds like you should find a more fitting environment for such a potentially profound experience.

So apparently Salvinorin A is a Kappa receptor agonist, the same receptor that produces unquantifiable feelings of negative discomfort in research volunteers. Is it just me, or does that completely make sense? I have had some fantastic experiences with it, but there is no doubt in my mind that...

Those were definitely off-putting, but I do appreciate that he seems acutely aware of his stranger speculations, and tries to point out when he is going beyond the bounds of reasonable hypothesis. His description of the function of the pineal, though, is fantastic. I would love to read more...

A graduate T.A. in one of my neurophysiology classes recently recommended Strassman's book regarding the research that he did on N,N-DMT in the early '90s. Anybody else come across it? I'm almost done and it is incredibly informative while easy to read. They are making a documentary out of it...