Andrew ‘Android’ Jones is a digital artist from Colorado who uses various software programs to recreate his visionary experiences. For him, his art is a kind of spiritual endeavour. He says: I’ve seen things in this life that I am incapable of translating into words. In my practice I have visited realms where the imagination ends,…
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Kyle Sawyer (aka SalviaDroid) is a visionary digital artist who portrays his psychedelic experiences in impressive detail. His name is inspired by the naturally occurring hallucinogen Salvia divinorum (sage of the diviners), a plant that induces visions when ingested or smoked. His early work is inspired by his experiences with this plant, but his more recent art…
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Terence McKenna was to DMT what Timothy Leary was to LSD. In books such as The Archaic Revival (1990) and in numerous lectures, McKenna would attach great importance and value to the DMT experience. He went to great lengths to make sense of – and translate – an experience that for him remained the most…
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N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a psychedelic compound of the tryptamine family. This family of compounds also includes psilocybin and psilocin (both found in magic mushrooms), which are similar in molecular structure to DMT. DMT is also similar in molecular structure to the neurotransmitter serotonin. Indeed, this is precisely why these compounds can affect our minds in the way that…
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Comedian, UFC commentator, and podcaster Joe Rogan talked about DMT on the Opie & Anthony show in 2007. His descriptions of the craziness of DMT were well-received. A clip of the enthusiastic spiel was uploaded to YouTube, and it currently has over 4 million views. News about DMT was reaching far and wide. However, so…
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