The content of complex psychedelic experiences resulting from inhalation of N,N-dimethyltryptamine
Journal of Psychedelic Studies January 16, 2023 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1556/2054.2022.00209
Summary
Subjects who smoked N,N-dimethyltryptamine reported a variety of complex psychedelic experiences, including unusual visual phenomena, feelings of leaving this world, and encounters with strange entities. The study identified general categories such as Places, Objects, Entities, and Feelings, along with detailed subcategories that highlight the range of experiences. While DMT experiences are often described as unique and indescribable, this analysis revealed distinct themes in the narratives collected.
Study at a glance
| Population | narrative accounts from individuals who smoked N,N-dimethyltryptamine |
|---|---|
| Key finding | The study found distinct subcategories within the complex psychedelic experiences reported by subjects who smoked N,N-dimethyltryptamine. |
Abstract
AbstractAimThis study examines narratives describing complex psychedelic experiences after smoking N,N-dimethyltryptamine.MethodsThe narrative accounts examined here were gathered from a variety of online sites and analyzed in order to discover themes, categories and patterns in the phenomenon of the resulting psychedelic experiences.ResultsSubjects reported seeing complex and unusual visual and synesthetic phenomena, leaving this world and entering into extraordinary places, encounters with a variety of strange entities, interactions with unusual objects and a wide variety of powerful feelings. The general categories of Places, Objects, Entities and Feelings were found in the phenomena experienced by people who smoked N,N-Dimethyltryptamine. These provided a framework within which more detailed subcategories were found and the range of most frequent to least frequent experiences were identified.DiscussionWhile DMT experiences are commonly described by people smoking N,N-dimethyltryptamine as indescribable, unique to everyone and taking place in a single domain called Hyperspace or the Hyperdimension, this research found distinct subcategories of frequently visited Places as well as frequently encountered Entities, Objects and Feelings. From these a more comprehensive understanding can be developed of the unusual and profound experiences resulting from inhalation of N,N,-Dimethyltryptamine.