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Rick Strassman - DMT and the Soul of Prophecy

By youniverse on Saturday, 01 March 2014, hits: 18431

Dr. Rick Strassman is widely known for his pioneering study on the effects of DMT on human volunteers, chronicled in his book, DMT: The Spirit Molecule, that played a key role in jump starting psychedelic drug research after a 20 year hiatus. In addition to later co-authoring Inner Paths to Outer Space in 2008, he has finished a new book, DMT and the Soul of Prophecy, and released this sneak peak of the first chapter. 

The DMT-Nexus plans to interview Dr. Strassman for a future issue of The Nexian e-zine, but in the meantime, take a gander at what his upcoming book DMT and the Soul of Prophecy holds in store:

Chapter 1. Setting the Stage

The Hebrew Bible prophet and the DMT volunteer

In mid-6th century BCE Babylonia,* the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel experiences a vision that came upon him while he stood by the river’s shore. Ezekiel was among the exiles from Judea, the southern Kingdom of ancient Israel. They were in the early stages of a 70-year sojourn in their conquerors’ homeland after the latter destroyed Solomon’s Temple and the rest of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. We know nothing about Ezekiel before his prophetic mission, which he carried out with relentless passion, both raging against his people for their role in Jerusalem’s downfall as well as offering hope for a future redemption. The Book of Ezekiel begins with his first vision:

*[Present-day Iraq.]

A stormy wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire and a brilliance surrounding it;… and from its midst, a semblance of four living things…. They did not turn as they moved, each went in the direction of its face…. And as for the appearance of the living things, their appearance was like fiery coals, burning like the appearance of torches…. There was a brilliance to the fire, and from the fire went forth lightning…. Then I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of great waters…the sound of the words like the sound of a company…. I fell upon my face and I heard a voice speaking…. “Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak to you.” ....

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+1 # Fan 2014-03-02 23:14
An interesting read, thank you nexus!
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+3 # Anon 2014-03-14 15:21
Funny, first thing I thought upon reading Ezekiel's visions, especially with the wheel of eyes, I knew there must've been some plant teacher involved...
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0 # hipriestess4u 2014-03-22 08:53
a well known practice to bring more dmt to the Pineal gland was to put your head down between your legs and to stay in that position until you almost passed out...this was very prevalent among Buddhist monks and in fact there have been Buddhist monks found in Tibet with their heads tied down between their legs so that they would not move....their corpses frozen in ecstacy, a death worth waiting for....
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