The neuroscience research, and recent MRI imaging studies, show that DMT binds to the serotonin 2A receptors in the brain, like psilocybin and the other classical psychedelics. The Default Mode Network in the brain is disrupted, there's more communication between different brain regions that are normally not in direct communication, and there’s generally a more fluid and complex cortical state. But how that translates into people seeing clowns, jesters, insectoid and alien beings, well, that’s anyone’s guess really.

In collaboration with Dr. Strassman, neurobiologist/pharmacologist/chemist Andrew Gallimore developed the model and technology for extended-state DMT experiences (DMTx for short). By way of an IV-drip, the DMT state can be stretched out far beyond the usual duration. As opposed to the usual “quickie,” the experience can last for several hours … or, theoretically, even days.

DMT causes the brain to enter a highly irregular and plastic state. As the drug’s effects wear off, the brain begins to return to its default state. It’s possible that this process of “returning to normal” evokes a sense of familiarity.

“Whenever I tried to pull any information out of the entities regarding themselves, the data that was given up was always relevant only to me. The elves could not give me any piece of data I did not already know, nor could their existence be sustained under any kind of prolonged scrutiny.”

It’s also worth noting that not all people who smoke DMT see beings, and that some see beings that look nothing like elves or aliens. The diversity of these reports seems to count against the argument that DMT beings exist in some objective alternate reality.

Our intention is to develop new psychedelic-assisted clinical therapies, develop advanced creative problem solving protocols, explore consciousness and the psyche, to try to define the “realness” of the experience, and to potentially develop a medical device, the “Matrix Machine” (a term invented by Dr. Gallimore) that can be used to safely and effectively administer DMTx experiences by a trained DMTx technician.