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Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by krapp »

caretStick wrote: post #17

Drugs are illegal because the illuminati don't want humans to know of the lizard pope. That was in years past. The pope is human and the president is a turd. But look at that law and order suddenly raining down... DMT users right now can't even report their visions because of the power of the state and who want's to tell people about the turd-human they saw while tripping?

>DMT users right now can't even report their visions because of the power of the state and who want's to tell people about the turd-human they saw while tripping?

ESR, is that you?

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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lukeholder wrote: post #19
GuiA wrote: post #16

There is some evidence that seems to indicate that the humans have an evolved "built in" reaction to snake/snake like patterns: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/cd/12_1/Ohman.c... As reptiles, snakes may have signified deadly threats in the environment of early mammals. We review findings suggesting that snakes remain special stimuli for humans. Intense snake fear is prevalent in both humans and other pri…

Interesting that Satan is described as a "serpent" in the Old Testament/Garden of Eden story.

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Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by cnp »

GuiA wrote: post #16

There is some evidence that seems to indicate that the humans have an evolved "built in" reaction to snake/snake like patterns: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/cd/12_1/Ohman.c... As reptiles, snakes may have signified deadly threats in the environment of early mammals. We review findings suggesting that snakes remain special stimuli for humans. Intense snake fear is prevalent in both humans and other pri…

This response is a _very_ long way from the very real and extremely alien experience.

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by endianswap »

lukeholder wrote: post #19
GuiA wrote: post #16

There is some evidence that seems to indicate that the humans have an evolved "built in" reaction to snake/snake like patterns: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/cd/12_1/Ohman.c... As reptiles, snakes may have signified deadly threats in the environment of early mammals. We review findings suggesting that snakes remain special stimuli for humans. Intense snake fear is prevalent in both humans and other pri…

Interesting that Satan is described as a "serpent" in the Old Testament/Garden of Eden story.

I know this is off topic, but Satan didn't exist when the OT was written, by the way.

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bib...

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by MickyTheMouse »

lukeholder wrote: post #19
GuiA wrote: post #16

There is some evidence that seems to indicate that the humans have an evolved "built in" reaction to snake/snake like patterns: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/cd/12_1/Ohman.c... As reptiles, snakes may have signified deadly threats in the environment of early mammals. We review findings suggesting that snakes remain special stimuli for humans. Intense snake fear is prevalent in both humans and other pri…

Interesting that Satan is described as a "serpent" in the Old Testament/Garden of Eden story.

I think we are onto something here.

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by 3131s »

Datura users are also commonly reported by observers to act out hallucinations involving insects. While the user often recalls an entirely different mental experience, it's common for their physical selves to be seen picking at imaginary bugs on the floor in a primal manner (among other reflexive actions, such as convincingly smoking imaginary cigarettes).

It is interesting and darkly humorous (keep in mind that datura is very dangerous) to read the Erowid trip reports for datura. Quite a few of them are along the lines of "I took datura, I had vivid hallucinations for three days with no relation to reality, and then I woke up naked in a hospital / jail".

https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Datura.shtml

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by nol13 »

nhaliday wrote: post #23

I have no idea what a DMT trip is actually like but I liked the depiction in Enter the Void: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCIe9gh84NE .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFCvkkDSfIU&t=8m5s

^My favorite way I've seen it described, and also a really cool video even without the subtext. (but ya this is one rabbit hole that I've yet to travel down. guess i took the blue pill, but more pills just seemed unnecessary at the time)

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by Alex3917 »

nhaliday wrote: post #23

I have no idea what a DMT trip is actually like but I liked the depiction in Enter the Void: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCIe9gh84NE .

This video is a better depiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCqOPFG6V4&list=FLugyqeLh8e...

That's not to say it's more 'accurate' than the other, but rather I think it more fully captures the impossibility of the experience.

Re: Why Do DMT Users See Insects from a Parallel Universe?

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Post by snarfy »

GuiA wrote: post #16

There is some evidence that seems to indicate that the humans have an evolved "built in" reaction to snake/snake like patterns: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/cd/12_1/Ohman.c... As reptiles, snakes may have signified deadly threats in the environment of early mammals. We review findings suggesting that snakes remain special stimuli for humans. Intense snake fear is prevalent in both humans and other pri…

Supposedly it's the same reason cats hiss and put their ears back - to mimic a snake.
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