Re: MAPS: endogenous DMT Re: New University Course

[Jon Freedlander <jfreed1@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Jon Frederick, Ph.D. wrote:

>
> "...dimethyl tryptamine (DMT) - one of the most potent psychedelics, also
> used in the South American shamanic ayahuasca brews - is released into the
> brain by the pineal gland, and is now considered to be the cause of our
> shift from waking consciousness to that of the dream state, wherein the
> rules and boundaries encountered in normal day-to-day physical reality do
> not necessarily continue to operate."
>
> I always considered the connection between endogenous DMT and dreaming to
> be fanciful and speculative. Are there some publications documenting
> physiological evidence that pineal DMT release is necessary/sufficient or
> correlated with dreaming? What kinds of observations or experiments would
> show this?
>

i've been rather interested in this topic myself, so when i saw this post,
i did a little hunting  on the web. i don't know how helpful this
reference might be as i haven't been able to locate the full article yet,
but here's one i found in the maps forum archive..


QUOTED FROM ARCHIVE:

John Anderson said:

>Anyway, i would like to know more about this if anyone can point me to
>literature discussing this action.  If enzymes in the pineal convert
>Serotonin to Dimethyltryptamine then may one find a causal relationship
>between dreams (lucid dreams) and pineal produced DMT?

See:

Strassman, R. J.: "The Pineal Gland: Current Evidence for its Role in
Consciousness",
Psychedelic Monographs and Essays, Volume 5 (1991), pp. 167-205.

Regards,
Peter Meyer

END QUOTE.



if i can manage to dig anything else up, i'll pass the information along.

oh, i also found that Dr Strassman has published a book _DMT: The Spirit
Molecule_, which has a few chapters on DMT and its relationship to the
pineal gland. you can view his website at http://www.rickstrassman.com/



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