Here are some amazon links to and thoughts about some books on dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an endogenous (our bodies/brains make it!) psychedelic that is hypothesized to be responsible for near-death experiences (NDEs) and other mysterious experiences (alien entity contact, outer space travel, formation of the soul in the developing human fetus…). More to come…

• DMT The Spirit Molecule, Rick Strassman MD
  • First federally funded research in decades, early 1990s
• Tryptamine Palace, James Oroc
  • Looks at 5-MeO DMT, the chemical sibling of DMT that is less visually immersive but arguably more psychologically intense. 5-MeO DMT is found in desert toads and in ayahuasca.
• The Cosmic Serpent, Jeremy Narby
  • Looks at ayahuasca and possible connections to DNA, pretty interesting.