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Brief overview - What is DMT?

NN-Dimethyltryptamine or DMT for short is an short acting psychedelic entheogen which allows a persons consciousness to voyage into the most incredible dimensions, visions, thoughts and experiences imaginable.

It is without doubt one of the most powerful yet mysterious psychedelics in existence but to classify DMT as merely a drug would be doing it a great injustice as DMT is more a trans dimensional key into places and vistas so profound and awe inspiring that it raises many new questions regarding the nature of reality and our place within it.

DMT exists naturally in every human being and also throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. It occurs naturally in many mammals, marine animals, trees, grasses, flowers and shoots.

DMT is closely related to serotonin, the naturally occurring neurotransmitter that psychedelics affect so widely. The pharmacology of DMT is similar to that of other well-known psychedelics. It affects receptor sites for serotonin in much the same way that LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline do. These serotonin receptors are widespread throughout the body and can be found in blood vessels, muscle, glands, and skin.

Chemical and physical properties

DMT

N,N-Dimethyltryptamine

Freebase DMT

• Appearance: White/Transparent crystals
• CAS Registry Number: 61-50-7
• Composition: C12H16N2
• Molecular Weight: 188.26884 g/mol
• Melting point: 44-68°C (Conflicting reports in literature, as mentioned in TIHKAL)
• Boiling point: Theoretically 360-380°C
• XLogP: 2.0
• XLogP3: 2.5 (PubChem)
• pKa: 8.68 (Merck Index)
• Colorimetric reagent results: Here
• Stability/Degradation: Oxidation to DMT N-Oxide (yellow oil) in extended presence of oxygen (specialy in evaporation of dmt-containing solvents with heat and/or fan or generally in prolonged exposure to open air). N-oxide may be reverted back to the parent compound by reduction, as described in the N-Oxide to Freebase Wiki.
• Solubility:

Very Soluble in Xylene, Toluene, Limonene, acetone, Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA), methanol, ethanol, Dichloromethane (DCM), chloroform, ether, Butanone (also known as methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)) and butanol.

Soluble in naphtha, hexane, heptane but almost insoluble in these solvents at freezing temperatures

Almost insoluble in water.

DMT N-Oxide

• Appearance: Yellow oil
• XLogP3: 2
• Colorimetric reagent results: Here
• Solubility:

Soluble in Xylene, Toluene, Limonene

Slightly soluble in basic water

Insoluble in naphtha

DMT Fumarate

• Molecular Weight: 492.608 g/mol
• Solubility:

Very soluble in water

Soluble in methanol (~10mg/ml)

Soluble in boiling IPA, Practically insoluble in room temp IPA (~1mg/ml), Insoluble in freeze-cold IPA.

Slightly soluble in ethanol (~5mg/ml)

Insoluble in cold acetone

Insoluble in FASI (Fumaric Acid Saturated IPA)

Insoluble in FASA (Fumaric Acid Saturated Acetone)

Effects

Depending on the dosage, the effects of DMT can range from a multitude of sensations, from bizarre, beautiful and even 'impossible' visions to literally jaw hanging awe as one is propelled into other dimensions of existence where human language and logic cannot even begin to describe or comprehend.

There have been a few attempts to define different levels and types of experience. Psychedelic Monographs and Essays^[1] discusses different levels of a DMT experience.

The Hyperspace Lexicon project is an attempt to create a new vocabulary to try to describe the DMT realm

Plants containing DMT

The following is a list of plants known to contain tryptamines.

Acacia

	Acacia acuminata
	Up to 1.8% alkaloids, mainly consisting of dimethyltryptamine in bark (Jeremy EGA conference, Australia 2009, used successfully in S.Australia since c.2008); up to 1.2% DMT phyllode (leaf) (DMT-Nexus); tryptamine in leaf (White et al 1951)

	Acacia alpina
	Active principles (mainly DMT) in leaf (M.Bock)

	Acacia angustifolia
	Psychoactive Tryptamines (Rätsch 2004)

	Acacia angustissima
	β-methyl-phenethylamine (Glasby 1991)NMT and DMT in leaf, 1.2-2.8 ppm (McSweeney et al. 2005)

	Acacia auriculiformis
	5-MeO-DMT in stem bark (Lycaeum)

	Acacia baileyana
	0.02% tryptamine and β-carbolines, in the leaf, Tetrahydroharman (Ott)

	Acacia berlandieri
	Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, N,N-Dimethylamphetamine, 4-Methoxyamphetamine, 4-Hydroxyamphetamine (Shulgin 2001) DMT and others (Phytochem. 199

	Acacia catechu
	DMT and other tryptamines in leaf, bark (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia caven
	Psychoactive

[[|center|100x100px]]	Acacia colei
	DMT (Dr. Karl and abc.net.au 2005) 1%+ in bark (different net reports)

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General Plant Info

Acacia colei is a perennial bush or tree native to Australia and southern Asia. A common name for it is Cole's Wattle. It grows to a height of up to 9 m. Acacia colei blooms from June through July and the flowers are bright yellow.^[2]

Consists of 2 variants:

Acacia colei var. colei

Acacia colei var. ileocarpa

Geographic distribution

Identification

Phyllodes are 10-19 cm long and 20-55 mm wide, usually with three prominent longitudinal nerves. A dense covering of short hairs on the phyllodes gives the plant a characteristic silvery-blue appearance.

Alkaloid content

Claimed to contain 1.8% or more DMT in bark ^{[3] [4]}, 0.2-0.6% in leaf. Needs further research.

Other uses

Its uses include environmental management, forage and wood. The seeds are good-tasting^[5] and are potentially useful as food for humans. The results of tests in Nigeria for the feasibility of raising the tree as a drought-resistant food crop came out very positively.^[6]

Extraction

Cultivation

Suppliers

Links

References

1. ↑ Psychedelic Monographs and Essays [1]
2. ↑ Australian Biological Resources Study
3. ↑ Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki ABC Radio
4. ↑ Seldom/nen888 DMT Nexus
5. ↑ ECHO Education Concerns for Hunger Organization
6. ↑ World Wide Wattle

	Acacia complanata
	0.3% alkaloids in leaf and stem, N-methyl-tetrahydroharman with traces of tetrahydroharman (Johns et al. 1966)

	Acacia constricta
	β-methyl-phenethylamine[12]

	Acacia confusa
	N-methyltryptamine, N,N-dimethyltryptamine, and N,N-dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide (Buchanan MS, Carroll AR, Pass D, Quinn RJ. NMR spectral assignments of a new chlorotryptamine alkaloid and its analogues from Acacia confusa, Magn Reson Chem. 2007 Apr; 45(4):359-61, online text)

	Acacia cornigera
	Presence of DMT in bark indicated but details lacking, needs confirmation (Ratsch 1998 ref. Trout's Notes)

	Acacia cultriformis
	Tryptamine in the leaf and stem (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia farnesiana
	Tryptamines and phenethylamines (Lyceaum) N-Methyl-Beta-Phenethylamine (Duke 1992)

	Acacia filiciana
	Psychoactive

	Acacia floribunda
	0.3-0.8% DMT, NMT, tryptamine, harman (S. Voogenbreinder; numerous net reports and bioassays) DMT 0.3% (Corroboree Forum, Shaman Australis)

	Acacia georginae
	Psychoactive,[8] plus deadly toxins

	Acacia greggii
	N-methyl-β-phenethylamine,[12] phenethylamine[36]

	Acacia harpophylla
	Phenethylamine, hordenine at a ratio of 2:3 in dried leaves, 0.6% total[6]

	Acacia holoserica
	Hordenine, 1.2% in bark[6]

	Acacia horrida
	Psychoactive

	Acacia implexa
	Psychoactive

	Acacia karroo
	Psychoactive

	Acacia kempeana
	Psychoactive

	Acacia kettlewelliae
	1.5[6]–1.88%[38] alkaloids, 92% consisting of phenylethylamine.[6] 0.9% N-methyl-2-phenylethylamine found a different time

	Acacia laeta
	DMT in the leaf (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia lingulata
	Psychoactive

	Acacia longifolia
	0.2% tryptamine in bark, leaves, some in flowers, phenylethylamine in flowers (Hegnauer 1994) DMT in plant (Lyceaum)

	Acacia macradenia
	Tryptamine

	Acacia maidenii
	Bark of A. maidenii contains 0.6% of N-methyltryptamine and DMT in the proportions approx. 2:3 (Fitzgerald & Sioumis 1965)

	Acacia mangium
	Psychoactive

	Acacia melanoxylon
	DMT in the bark and leaf, less than 0.02% total alkaloids (Hegnauer 1994)

	Acacia mellifera
	DMT in the leaf (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia nilotica
	DMT in the leaf (Trout's Notes)

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• 0.4 to 0.5 % DMT/NMT in the dried bark (Csiro 1990)
• 0.15-0.6% DMT,NMT(2:1)plus trace betacarboline in bark, 0.06-0.2% leaves (Southern Cross University comissioned test 2001)
• 5-MeoDMT & bufotenine in some loctations (E., Entheogen Review 1995-6; Trout's Notes 2005-10) Is not fast growing in the wild and is under threat of serious overharvesting. Is NOT considered a weed as previously stated here, and will become rarer if wild seed populations exploited further.(Nen, original bioassay subject)

	Acacia oerfota
	Less than 0.1% DMT in leaf (Ott)

	Acacia penninervis
	Psychoactive

	Acacia phlebophylla
	0.3% DMT in leaf, NMT (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia platensis
	Psychoactive

	Acacia podalyriaefolia
	Tryptamine in the leaf (Trout's Notes) 0.5% to 2% DMT in fresh bark, phenethylamine trace amounts (Hegnauer 1994)

	Acacia polyacantha
	DMT in leaf (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia pycantha
	Psychoactive,[8] but less than 0.02% total alkaloids

	Acacia retinodes
	DMT and MMT (www.factorey.ch/Eins.htm) Less than 0.02% total alkaloids found (Hegnauer 1994)

	Acacia roemeriana
	β-methyl-phenethylamine

	Acacia rigidula
	DMT, NMT, tryptamine, amphetamines, mescaline, nicotine and others (Phytochem. 199

	Acacia salicina
	Psychoactive[8][9] Ash used in Pituri.

	Acacia sassa
	Psychoactive

	Acacia schaffneri
	β-methyl-phenethylamine, Phenethylamine[36] Amphetamines and mescaline also found

	Acacia schottii
	β-methyl-phenethylamine

	Acacia senegal
	DMT, in the leaf

	Acacia simplex
	DMT and NMT, in the leaf, stem and trunk bark, 0.81% DMT in bark, MMT

	Acacia taxensis
	β-methyl-phenethylamine

	Acacia tenuifolia
	Psychoactive

	Acacia tortilis
	DMT, NMT, and other tryptamines

	Acacia sieberiana
	DMT in the leaf (Trout's Notes)

	Acacia verek
	Psychoactive (Rätsch 2004)

	Acacia vestita
	Tryptamine, in the leaf and stem (Trout's Notes) Less than 0.02% total alkaloids (Hegnauer 1994)

Anadenanthera

	Anadenanthera colubrina
	Seed pods contain dimethyltryptamine and the seeds bufotenin, bufotenin oxide, and oxide of dimethyltryptamine (GRANIER-DOYEUX 1965) Leaves, Bark, and Seeds contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and related compounds (Schultes 1977)

	Anadenanthera macrocarpa
	Seed pods contain dimethyltryptamine and the seeds bufotenin, bufotenin oxide, and oxide of dimethyltryptamine (GRANIER-DOYEUX 1965)

	Anadenanthera peregrina
	Tryptamines known to be present in A. peregrina [1] Bufotenine (seeds)Bufotenine N-oxide (seeds)N,N-Dimethyltryptamine N-oxide (seeds)N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (bark)(pods)(seeds)5-Methoxy-N-methyltryptamine (bark)O-Methylbufotenine (bark) (seeds)N-Methyltryptamine (bark)

Common Reed

	Arundo donax
	Entire Plant contains 5-MeO-DMT (Shulgin, TIHKAL)Flowers contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and 5-MeO-NMT (Shulgin, TIHKAL)Roots contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, 5-MeO-NMT, Bufotenine, bufotenidine, dehydrobufotenidine (Shulgin, TIHKAL)

	Desmanthus illinoensis
	Root contains DMT - 0.200% (Ott)Root Bark contains DMT - 0.340% (Ott)

	Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary Grass)
	Leaves contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and related compounds (Smith 1977) 0.0004-0.121% Total Alkaloids (Dried) Lycaeum (DMT, Life and the Universe)

	Phalaris tuberosa
	Leaves and seedlings contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and related compounds (Smith 1977)DMT - 0.100% (erowid)5-MeO-DMT - 0.022% (erowid)5-OH-DMT - 0.005% (erowid)

	Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
	DMT in roots (Ott)

Delosperma

	Delosperma acuminatum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma cooperi
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma ecklonis
	DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma esterhuyseniae
	DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma hallii
	5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma harazianum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma hirtum
	DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma lydenbergense
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma nubigenum
	5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma pageanum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma pergamentaceum
	Traces of DMT (Trout's Notes)

	Delosperma tradescantioides
	DMT (Trout's Notes)

Desmodium

	Desmodium caudatum
	Roots: 0.087% DMT, Bufotenine-N-oxide 0.03% (Trout's Notes)

	Desmodium gangeticum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT, whole plant, roots, stems, leaves (Ott)

	Desmodium gyrans
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT, leaves, roots (Ott)

	Desmodium pulchellum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT, whole plant, roots, stems, leaves, flowers (Ott)

	Desmodium racemosum
	5-MEO-DMT (Ott)

	Desmodium triflorum
	DMT-N-oxide, roots (Ott)

	Lespedeza bicolor
	var. japonica DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in leaves and root bark (Ott)

Petalostylis

	Petalostylis cassioides
	0.4-0.5% tryptamine, DMT, etc. in leaves and stems (Johns et al 1966)

Mimosa

Mimosa hostilis

Mimosa hostilis seed pod

Mimosa hostilis flower

General Plant Info

Mimosa hostilis is the former scientific name for Mimosa tenuiflora, and the two names are synonymous ^[2][3]. The older name is still widely know due to its presence in the literature and as distributers of botanical products still use the older term. M. tenuiflora is an entheogen known as Jurema, Jurema Preta, Black Jurema, and Vinho de Jurema. Dried Mexican Mimosa Hostilis root bark has been recently shown to have a DMT content of about 1%. The stem bark has about 0.03% DMT.

To date no β-carbolines such as harmala alkaloids have been detected in Mimosa tenuiflora decoctions, however the isolation of a new compound called "Yuremamine" from Mimosa tenuiflora as reported in 2005 represents a new class of phyto-indoles ^[4]. This may explain the reported oral activity of DMT in Jurema without the addition of an MAOI. Imported MHRB typically requires the addition of an MAOI in the preparation of ayahuasca.

Identification

• Post on identification of Mimosa hostilis vs Mimosa ophthalmocentra

Alkaloid content

• Root Bark contains DMT - 0.31% to 0.57% (Schultes 1977)
• Inner root bark contains up to 2% active alkaloids (Extractions from DMT-Nexus and others)
• 3% of the total alkaloids (or 0.04% of rootbark) is NMT and 2-Methyl-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-Beta-Carboline (Analysis of jungle spice, Analysis of red/yellow/white spices

Extraction teks

For extracting DMT , any of the extraction teks described here will work.

Yuremamine is sensitive to heat and pH changes so only cold water (or alcoholic) soak will retrieve it.

Cultivation

Growing: Mimosas aren´t cold proof. For outdoor growing they deserve a sunny place with leachy middle nutrient soil. Throughout the vegetation are copiously watered, in winter the watering is tied down on to the minimum. They are breeding with the seeds, but can be breeded with the cutting also.

Refinery for the Purpose of Extraction

Mimosa Hostilis Root Bark can be acquired in different stages of preparation. Usually it is sold as whole, shredded or pre-powdered root-bark, but one may have access to the whole root—usually when harvested directly.

• The whole root must cleaned and stripped of its inner root-bark while discarding the rest of the root.
• The whole root-bark must generally be torn by hand, cut, or smashed with a blunt object prior to shredding.
• The shredded should be further broken down as much as possible by peeling/cutting/blending to increase surface area for alkaloids to be extracted.
• The pre-powdered can always be used "as-is".

Below details how to break it from whole root

The Root

Note:

Only the Inner Root Bark is necessary for extraction, the core and outer parts are to be discarded!

Root preparation
Pictured below is its original after being harvested from the plant. Notice the middle core is quite distinct from the root-bark, the outer bark is much more brown:

Cleaning the root

Cleaning The Root
The first step in refinery is to brush the outside to remove the dirt. Then the outer bark must be lightly scraped with a good knife. It is preferable to remove at least some of the outermost layer to uncover the more blackish and purplish layer underneath:

Peeling the Inner Root Bark

Peeling the Inner Root Bark
Once the outermost part has been removed, peel off the Inner Root Bark to separate it from the core. This can easily be accomplished immediately by hand, though the use of a knife may be helpful. Here's the inner core which is to be discarded:

Result of root preparation

Result of root preparation
The peeled inner root-bark now needs to dry. This may be accomplished by simply leaving it in the sun. Here's how it should look:

Breaking the rootbark up

Breaking the rootbark up

The pieces/strips of inner root-bark require further refinery to expose a larger surface area and increase the availability of the alkaloids for extraction. If storage is desired, then the whole pieces are preferable, as the alkaloids are less exposed and thus better protected. First strip the pieces further into thinner layers with the hands, then cut it up with good scissors into smaller squares, then break it down in small amounts and short/medium bursts with a blender or coffee grinder (to prevent breaking of blender/grinder)

References

1. ↑ Southon et al. 1994. Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae. CRC Press. p. 71.
2. ↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24430
3. ↑ Lewis, G.P. (1987) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia.
4. ↑ Vepsäläinen, Jouko J.; Auriola, Seppo; Tukiainen, Mikko; Ropponen, Nina & Callaway, J.C. (2005). "Isolation and characterization of yuremamine, a new phytoindole". Planta Medica, 71: 1053-1057. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16320208

Links

• WIKI -> DMT Containing Plants

• WIKI -> Botanicals

• Guide to Researching Psychoactive Plants: Resource List

• STS: Practical Resources for Plant ID and description

• Mimosa Hostilis on Wikipedia

• Mimosa ID stuff

• Mimosa hostilis and Mimosa spp. (pudica, ophthalmocentra etc) Workspace

• Acacia Identification Thread

• Trying to improve Acacia information

• Acacia ID stuff.zip

• Phalaris/other grass types ID thread

• Erowid.org -> Phalaris Grass Images

• help identifying Phalaris arundinacea

• extension.entm.purdue.edu -> Reed Canary Grass

	Mimosa ophthalmocentra (Red Jurema )
	1,6% DMT in the inner rootbark [1]

	Mimosa scabrella
	DMT in bark (Ott)

	Mimosa verrucosa
	DMT (Schultes 1969)

	Mucuna pruriens
	Leaves, seeds, stems and roots contain L-Dopa, Serotonin, 5-HTP, and Nicotine, as well as N,N-DMT, Bufotenine, and 5-MeO-DMT (Erowid)

	Petalostylis labicheoides
	var. casseoides DMT in leaves and stems (Ott)

	Diplopterys cabrerana (Chaliponga )
	1.3% DMT (Shulgin, TIHKAL) Contains DMT (Ott) Contains 5-MEO-DMT (Web Gossip)

	Horsfieldia superba
	5-MeO-DMT and beta-carbolines (Jossang et al. 1991)

	Iryanthera ulei
	5-MEO-DMT in bark (Ott)

	Osteophloem platyspermum
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in bark (Ott)

Virola

	Virola calophylla
	Leaves 0.149% DMT (Ott)

	Virola carinata
	DMT in leaves (Ott)

	Virola divergens
	DMT in leaves (Ott)

	Virola elongata
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in bark and leaves (Ott)

	Virola melinonii
	DMT in bark (Ott)

	Virola multinervia
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in bark and leaves (Ott)

	Virola pavonis
	DMT in leaves (Ott)

	Virola peruviana
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in bark (Ott)

	Virola rufuta
	Alkaloids in bark and root, 95% of which is 5-MeO-DMT (Shulgin, TIHKAL)

	Virola sebifera
	DMT in bark (Ott)

	Virola theiodora
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in bark, roots, leaves and flowers (Ott)

	Virola venosa
	DMT, 5-MEO-DMT in roots and leaves (Ott)

	Psychotria carthaginensis
	0.2% average DMT in dried leaves (Ott)

	Psychotria viridis (Chacruna )
	Leaves contain DMT - 0.10% to 0.66% (McKenna)

Sources

1. ↑ L. M. Batista; R. N. Almeida; E. V. L. da-Cunha; M. S. da-Silva; J. M. Barbosa-Filho. Isolation and Identification of Putative Hallucinogenic Constituents from the Roots of Mimosa ophthalmocentra. In: Pharmaceutical Biology, Volume 37, Issue 1 January 1999

Extraction Teks

A/B

• Lextek
• Marsofold's tek
• Shaggy's Jungle Tek
• The DMT Handbook
• Vovin's tek

STB

• Jorkest's D-Limonene and Fumaric Acid Approach
• Lazyman's tek
• Noman's tek

STB-A/B hybrid

• BLAB
• PanoraMIX European AB
• SyZyGyPSy's Nontoxic Limomene Tek

Dry tek

• Amor fati's Nontoxic Approach to Spice Extraction
• Q21Q21's Vinegar/Lime A/B Extraction Tek

Dosages and consumption methods

History of usage

Scientific publications

Links of interest

What Is DMT?

What Are The Effects?

Depending on the dosage, the effects of DMT can range from a multitude of sensations, from bizarre, beautiful and even 'impossible' visions to literally jaw hanging awe as one is propelled into other dimensions of existence where human language and logic cannot even begin to describe or comprehend.

The following is an excerpt from Psychedelic Monographs and Essays^[1] which discusses the different levels of a DMT experience:

Level I: Pre-Hallucinatory experience

This stage is characterized by an interior flowing of energy/consciousness. It may be extremely intense. It may have a positive feeling content.

Level II: Vivid, brilliantly colored, geometric visual hallucinations

Here one is observing a patterned field, basically two dimensional, although it may have a pulsating quality. One may remember having seen this before.

Transitional Phase (Level IIB?): tunnel or breakthrough experience

One may see or fly through a tunnel (a passage to the next level). A veil may part, a membrane may be rent. There is a breakthrough to another world (or perhaps even a series of breakthroughs). Alternatively, it may also happen that the transition from Level II to Level III is abrupt, almost instantaneous, with no experience of transition.

Level III: Three- or higher-dimensional space, possible contact with entities.

This stage is characterized by the experience of being in an "objective" space, that is, a space of at least three dimensions in which objects or entities may be encountered.

Sometimes the entities appear to be intelligent and communicating beings. This stage may be extremely energetic with an experience of everything happening incomprehensibly fast. Alternatively it may be relatively coherent.

Travel is possible at Level III. One may, for example, assume the form and consciousness of a bird, and fly as a bird does (cf. Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan pp. 191-196). The limits of of this stage, if any, are unknown. There may be transitions to further stages.

If one would like to read some first hand experiences of DMT journeys, you can read a collection of DMT experience reports at the DMT-Nexus forum.

Is DMT Dangerous?

Warning:

The risk for health and safety of taking DMT with certain mental and physical illnesses is not undisputed![2]

"The feeling of doing DMT is as though one had been struck by noetic lightning. The ordinary world is almost instantaneously replaced, not only with a hallucination, but a hallucination whose alien character is its utter alienness. Nothing in this world can prepare one for the impressions that fill your mind when you enter the DMT sensorium.

"The extraordinary brevity of the experience," he continued, "argues that it is incredibly harmless. It virtually disappears from the organism in about ten minutes. The paradox is that DMT is the most powerful yet most harmless of all these things. This is probably because, for reasons which are mysterious to us, DMT occurs in normal brain metabolism (in Serotonin)." -- Terence McKenna

Strangely, even though DMT is one of the most intense psychedelics in existence physically it is one of the safest. Because the human body and mind already contain DMT in trace amounts the brain knows exactly how to utilize and metabolize this entheogen and it leaves the system in a matter of minutes. In fact one could say that since DMT is endogenous to the human nervous system it is the safest psychedelic known, far safer physically than even common alcohol and cigarettes.

Mentally DMT is extremely intense, one of the few dangers that one may encounter is that a person may not be prepared for the intensity of such experience and may have trouble integrating it. It would help a psychonaut immensely if he is well schooled in esoteric and psychedelic states of mind before embarking on any hyper dimensional DMT voyages. Set and Setting also play a big part in facilitating the most positive, insightful and enjoyable experience possible.

How Can One Acquire DMT?

There are a number of ways to acquire this entheogen. The first and most difficult way is to have some substantial chemistry knowledge and experience and actually synthesize pure DMT in a laboratory. This a rather tricky and time consuming process and requires access to some rather obscure and hard to acquire chemicals.

The most common and easiest method to acquire DMT is to extract it from the various plant species that contain the compound. The various plants and extraction techniques can be found on this wiki at the extraction teks.

Reference

1. ↑ Psychedelic Monographs and Essays [2]
2. ↑ Is DMT REALLY safe?[3]

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine