3 Quotes & Sayings By Rick Strassman

Rick Strassman is a neuroscientist-turned-researcher turned psychonaut. He is the founder of the Center for Studies of Anomalous Mental States (CSAMS) at University of New Mexico, where research on the effects of psilocybin on humans began. The first study was conducted using a double-blind placebo-controlled design with ten volunteers who received psilocybin and underwent a series of psychological tests after their experience. Strassman's lab is also home to a collection of over thirty altered states of consciousness, some of which appear to be "window" states that permit some form of conscious access to the normally hidden nature of consciousness itself Read more

His latest book, DMT: The Spirit Molecule, published in 2012, is a compelling look into his own personal journey as he pursued the world's first study on the effects of this drug on human subjects.

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As I accepted my death and dissolution into God's love, the insectoids began feeding on my heart, devouring the feelings of love and surrender. They were interested in emotion. As I was holding on to my last thought - that God is love - they asked, "Even here? Even here? Rick Strassman
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Psychedelics show you what’s in and on your mind, those subconscious thoughts and feelings that are are hidden, covered up, forgotten, out of sight, maybe even completely unexpected, but nevertheless imminently present. Depending upon set and setting, the same drug, at the same dose, can cause vastly different responses in the same person. One day, very little happens; another day, you soar, full of ecstatic and insightful discoveries; the next, you struggle through a terrifying nightmare. The generic nature of psychedelic, a term wide open to interpretation, suits these effects. . Rick Strassman