Joe Rogan Experience #1854 - Rick Strassman

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2024

Duration

3h 30m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Rick Strassman is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and books, among them "DMT: The Spirit Molecule." His most recent, "The Psychedelic Handbook: A Practical Guide to Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, and Ayahuasca," is available now. www.rickstrassman.com

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #1854 - Rick Strassman explores DMT, Consciousness, and Psychedelic Futures: Rick Strassman Revisited Rogan Joe Rogan and psychiatrist/researcher Rick Strassman explore the science, history, and philosophy of DMT and other psychedelics, from Strassman’s pioneering FDA-approved human studies to modern brain research on endogenous DMT. They discuss risks like psychosis, set and setting, and why some vulnerable people “lose their marbles,” alongside striking therapeutic benefits for PTSD, addiction, and depression. The conversation ranges into metaphysics—are DMT realms real dimensions or brain-generated—and how ancient religious experiences, prophecy, and even early Christianity may intersect with psychedelics. They close by speculating on future psychedelic medicine, churches using ayahuasca legally, VR-induced transcendence, and how society might integrate powerful mind-altering experiences safely.

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