http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Terence Posts tagged with 'Terence' at MetaFilter. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:10:08 -0800 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:10:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57699/The%2Daliens%2Dare%2Din%2Dour%2Dbrains <a href="http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt.shtml">DMT</a> , or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine">dimethyltryptamine</a>, is a powerful hallucinogenic that can be found in living matter, including the human <a href="http://cacaoist.blog.com/1024870/">pineal gland</a>. Small quantities of DMT are released during REM sleep. In 1990, <a href="http://rickstrassman.com/index.html">Dr. Rick Strassman</a> received FDA approval for a clinical study, the results of which can be read in Strassman's book "<a href="http://rickstrassman.com/dmt/index.html">DMT: The Spirit Molecule</a>". Users commonly reported being transported to "another dimension" and had contact with "insect-like alien beings". The late <a href="http://deoxy.org/mckenna.htm">Terence McKenna</a> was <a href="http://www.serendipity.li/dmt/chris_v.html">particularly interested</a> in the drug, and coined the term "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Elves">Machine Elves</a>" in reference to these contacts. If reading isn't your thing, listen to comedian Joe Rogan's energized <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1343056044">thoughts on the matter</a>. (embedded video). tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57699 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:10:08 -0800 DMT hallucinogenics McKenna Rick Strassman Terence zardoz