The DMT Conspiracy: Hallucination or Reality?

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a naturally-occurring psychedelic compound made up of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. It exists in several plant species and trace amounts are found in the human body. While contemporary scientists remain uncertain as to DMT’s role in the human body, plants containing the compound have been used in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. Users claim to experience a lucid extra-dimensional plane of reality. Research scientists have affirmed that these DMT users may be at least partially correct.

DMT users experience remarkably similar hallucinations, unlike those who use LSD, peyote, or other psychedelic drugs. Dr. Rick Strassman, a psychiatry professor at the University of New Mexico, has been on the vanguard of DMT research in an attempt to understand its biological effects. He believes that the brain’s pineal gland may be the source of human DMT production. He further asserts that the pineal gland may also be a literal interpretation for the Third Eye which is depicted in ancient religious art as bearing significance. After exposing 60 volunteers to DMT, Professor Strassman noted that many claimed to have engaged in an interaction with some outside intelligence; an insectoid or reptilian alien presence in advanced technological environments that communicated with them throughout their hallucinatory experience. Often, during the hallucination, they were "probed," "tested," "taught," "loved," and even "raped." These hallucinations closely mirrored those of reported near-death experiences as well as accounts of alien abduction. Dr. Strassman hypothesized that a panic-induced release of DMT from the pineal gland may be responsible for these real-life experiences. He continues to research the correlation between DMT-induced experiences and historical accounts of prophecy. Could pineal gland disorders or over-production of DMT be a plausible explanation for out-of-body, near-death, and alien abduction experiences?

Graham Hancock, author of Supernatural, asserts that these alien intelligences are real and able to assist human beings. He notes that depictions of these interactions date back tens of thousands of years and are even present in cave drawings found in France. Hancock also cites the success of various DMT clinics which operate outside of the United States. These clinics treat drug addicts via the ancient Amazonian Ayahuasca ritual which incorporates exposure to DMT. After five sessions, over 50% of patients wholly break their addictions to hard drugs such as heroine and crack cocaine.

In the United States, DMT is listed as a Schedule 1 illegal narcotic under Section C. Its authorized use is restricted to a handful of religious organizations, such as Uniao do Vegetal. Unlike most illegal narcotics, sans marijuana, DMT is non-addictive. Theorists assert that DMT has been banned by the U.S. Government in order to cease the psychological and spiritual ascension of the masses; believing that these experiences are not mere hallucinations, but actual interactions with other forms of intelligence. They claim that the puppet-masters wish to keep these revelatory experiences away from the mainstream. The conspiracy theory hinges heavily on the United State’s policy of fluoridating its population’s water supply. The process of fluoridation was once used by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany as he believed it would create a more docile population and quell dissent. Scientists have substantiated the fact that fluoride can effectively disrupt the operation of the pineal gland and is, in high doses, equivalent to a chemical lobotomy. For these reasons, every industrialized nation, except the U.S., has long-since decided to forgo the fluoridation of water supplies.