Dr. Rick Strassman - DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE

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In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The similarities between the experiences of deep meditation and psychedelic drugs
  
• What is Ayahuasca and why is it so popular?
  
• What he has learned about the theory of spiritual experience after decades of research
  
• The debate between the brain being a receiver to another realm vs our brain creating another realm

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Dr. Rick Strassman's Bio: 

Dr. Rick Strassman is a native of Los Angeles, graduated from Stanford University, and received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City. He trained in adult psychiatry at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, and later took a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology research at UC San Diego.

While at the University of New Mexico Dr. Strassman performed the first new American clinical research with psychedelic drugs in over 20 years, focusing on the powerful naturally-occurring compound, DMT. He wrote about this research in the popular book, DMT: The Spirit Molecule - which also inspired an independent documentary by the same name which he co-produced. He has authored or co-authored nearly 40 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the field of psychedelic drug research.



WEBSITE: Dr. Rick Strassman
DOCUMENTARY: DMT - The Spirit Molecule

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