Oldak’s Comments (group member since Jun 28, 2011)

Oldak’s comments from the The Psychedelic Reading Group group.

This is a thread to discuss the book currently being read (06-28 to 07-12) "DMT: the Spirit Molecule", by Rick Strassman.

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I'm currently half-way through, and I like Strassman's plain writing style. He gives a good overview of psychedelics, and their use in psychotherapy and research. Although he spends significant time going into the research history of DMT and of the pineal gland, I find that he is prone to speculation. The book gives one many ideas, but many of these are speculative. At times, he is not as clear as he could be about which of his interpretations are parsimonious (the kind of interpretations you might find in a scientific journal), and which are more fanciful (akin to new age spiritualism).