Hyperbolic Tessellation, Higher Intelligence, and DMT

Groundbreaking work exploring psychedelic edge realms

The recent gathering in Yorkshire, investigating “the Presence of the Sentient Other,” revealed the continuity of psychedelic research and, also, philosophical inquiry into psychedelics across generations. Recent developments include the work of Brian Muraresku (The Immortality Key), who continues the Gordon Wasson/Carl Ruck/Albert Hoffman research into use of psychedelics in the Classical world, particularly at Eleusis and other centers of Mystery School wisdom. It includes, as well, Merlin Sheldrake (son of Rupert), whose recent book Entangled Lives beautifully explores the still vastly unknown underworld of mycelia and fungus, challenging our traditional concepts of identity and organism.

In recent years, I felt the philosophical context for exploring psychedelics had contracted, becoming tediously repetitive and reductive, as the medical, entrepreneurial, and legal establishment hastens to assimilate these substances, with billions of dollars at stake. Over a decade ago, I launched the web magazine Reality Sandwich¹ because I loved the quixotic weirdness and openness of psychedelic thought, exemplified by thinkers like Terence McKenna and John Lilly. The scientific and therapeutic rhetoric seemed to engulf the wilder possibilities. I am delighted to see new investigations underway seeking to bridge the divide between strangeness and science.

In my last post, I discussed Andrew Gallimore’s Alien Information Theory, which advances ideas from Terence McKenna to propose a test-able hypothesis: That extended, intravenous DMT experiences will initiate communion with the higher-dimensional alien intelligence that programmed the source code of our physical universe. This will act as a triggering event, potentially ushering humanity into a new dimension of reality. This extended-state research is now underway. We heard a few firsthand reports from it at the conference.

“The Waiting Room”

Another fascinating presentation was offered by Andréas Gomez Emilsson, Director of the Qualia Institute, which sports the tagline: “Revealing the computational properties of consciousness.” His talk was called, “DMT Vibe Theory: How Phenomenal Spacetime Determines the Emotional Tone of a Psychedelic Realm.” I am still exploring Emilsson’s ideas. On his website, he archives dozens of essays going back seven years. His most popular video on Youtube, The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences, from a presentation for the Harvard Psychedelic Club, has over one million views.

Emillson and his team have done heroic, meticulous work approaching the nn-DMT experience from a phenomenological and computational perspective. He breaks down DMT visions into a number of distinct stages, categorizing the visual data as it appears at each stage. He also offers a few overarching theories.