Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

Known as the “spirit molecule” to psychedelics enthusiasts, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is said to produce vivid and strangely similar hallucinations for many who take it. Now, a new extended-state ...

In 2019, I was going through a particularly rough time and searching for something to help me cope. I reached out to a friend who had experience with psychedelics. He suggested I do some research.

Losing your sense of self is a common part of a dimethyltryptamine (DMT) trip, but what actually happens in the brain when this occurs? Researchers at Imperial College London and collaborators ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

This article by Lester Black was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. DMT earned its “businessman’s lunch” nickname in the 1980s thanks to the molecule’s paradoxically ...

Near-death experiences are one of the most puzzling phenomena in psychology. A near-death experience is when a person appears to be clinically ‘dead’ for a short period—when their heart stops beating, ...