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Eleusis the first luxury psychedelic retreat is hosting DMTx, here is what you need to know

Eleusis the first luxury psychedelic retreat is hosting DMTx, here is what you need to know!​

Eleusis the first luxury psychedelic retreat is hosting DMTx, here is what you need to know! By Goncalo V. What if we could further explore DMT realms in more depth? Understand who these entities are and why we see them in the DMT experiences, and uncover why so many people experience witnessing entities on DMT in comparison to when taking other compounds. What if DMT is a vortex to another reality hidden within our brains? These were all questions fomented to create Eleusis, following the research model for the Application of Target-Controlled Intravenous Infusion for a Prolonged Immersive DMT Psychedelic Experience (DMTx) by Dr.Andrew Gallimore and Rick Strassman. This model uses target-controlled intravenous infusion (TCII), a technique commonly used in anesthesia to maintain a stable drug concentration in the brain. By leveraging pharmacokinetic modeling and DMT blood sampling data, the researchers demonstrated that DMT’s rapid onset and lack of acute tolerance would make the compound suitable for TCII. Allowing patients to have a prolonged DMT experience enables detailed observation and analysis of its psychological effects. Eleusis will debut this month on the island of Bequia in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, thus becoming a new mecca for the study of DMT and DMTx, alongside Dr. Andrew Gallimore, Dennis McKenna, Graham Hancock, and other personalities.   What is DMT, and what is its history?   Until the 1960s, DMT was an obscure compound in Western society, despite its use dating back to circa 900 CE by the Tiwanaku, one of the most significant Andean civilizations. In 1931, the compound entered Western civilizations. Richard Manske was responsible for first studying DMT when searching for derivatives of N-methyltryptamines. However, the effects of the compound were only observed years later by Stephen Szara, after he extracted the compound from Mimosa Hostilis root bark and injected it into himself. Such research brought attention to various minds, such as the McKenna brothers, Dennis and Terence McKenna, Terence who ended up pioneering the experiences of DMT in the psychonaut community through his lectures and description of machine elves, fractals, alien patterns, during the ’60s, followed by various reports of psychonauts claiming to have seen various fractals, aliens, or even religious figures that would give them alien knowledge about the world, or give them answers (read more about DMT here).  Stanislav Grof and Wim Hof developed breathing techniques meant to increase the biosynthesis of DMT in the body. Rick Strassman opened the doors to research and literary piece “DMT: Spirit Molecule”, and lately, Andrew Gallimore followed up with his work on DMT alien worlds and DMTx alongside a broad team Show your love for the spirit molecule Apparel DMT: Consciousness Expedition Unisex T-Shirt $45.00 Apparel DMT: Consciousness Expedition Unisex Sweatshirt $65.00 Apparel DMT: Consciousness Expedition Unisex Hoodie $80.00 Apparel DMT Shulgin Handwritten Molecule Dad hat $45.00 Getting to the bottom of the question. Is DMTx safe? Eleusis has safety as its highest priority. To achieve this, they have a few bullet points to ensure the safety of their patients: If a patient feels uncomfortable or wishes to end their journey, the clinical team can stop the infusion. After the infusion is stopped, the experience will stop within minutes, allowing people to return to their normal state quickly and safely. Every session is medically supervised by physicians and clinical staff with advanced monitoring and immediate support. Their protocols are conducted with a fully legal framework and high standards of integrity and care. Sessions include thorough pre-retreat health and psychiatric screening, personalized preparation, and ongoing integration support. (Read more about the importance of set and setting here.) While Eleusis provides such points for the DMTx experiences of their patients, we must note that DMT is not a perfect molecule that is or should be experienced by everyone. Below, we will give you some examples of some occasions when you should avoid a DMT experience or discuss the idea with your doctor before embarking on your DMTx journey: Individuals with Certain Pre-existing Mental Health Conditions (such as schizophrenia, or Bipolar I Disorder, or who have first-degree relatives with these psychiatric conditions.) Individuals on Certain Medications or Drugs (for example, SSRIs) Immunocompromised Individuals (for example, cardiovascular disease) Pregnant or Breastfeeding Individuals Have a safer trip with Miraculix Buy your test kit here   The team:   Eleusis is composed of some familiar faces if you’ve been in the psychedelic space for some time. Some we’ve previously mentioned in this and other articles, such as Dr. Andrew Gallimore and Dr. Chris Timmermann, but there are far more familiar faces that constitute the Eleusis team, Bianca Abbott, Carl Hayden Smith, Dr. Murray Heber, and Dr. Andrew Ferber in the medical and R&D departments. Ian Mccal, Michael Smith, Jordan Poyer, Michael Gonzales, Savej, Chris Dyer, and WALLY are the program leaders and advisors. The Executive Team was formed by Angus Taylor, Craig Strenhouse, Christina Thomas, Charles Patti, and Kirstie Wilkins. (You can meet the Eleusis team here: https://eleusismind.com/about)   Outside of the trip: The six-day experience at Eleusis is fully inclusive, allowing you to focus on your DMTx experience and make the most of it to heal and explore the human mind. Covering comprehensive medical and psychiatric screening using tools such as: HUME band and bimetric data Personalized integration Pre-retreat materials 3 DMTx experiences Daily group integration Yoga sessions Meditation Luxury accommodation in private villas or suites Gourmet, organic meals and beverages 4 weeks of post-retreat integration calls (learn about the importance of integration in our interview with Dr. Victoria Sterkin) Guests with limited availability can also book a fully inclusive 4-day experience that includes two DMTx experiences. For those interested in DMTx, you may follow this link to book a call with the team and apply for the retreat: https://form.jotform.com/250685241546156 For more information about Eleusis, follow this link: https://eleusismind.com/ As always, stay safe, sending love. About the author Goncalo V Goncalo V. founded Psychedelics As a Second Language (PsychedelicsASL) in 2021 with the aim of making psychedelic science available and understandable for everyone,

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Can DMT Protect the Brain After Stroke? What New Research Suggests

The interaction between DMT and the Sigma-1 receptors has led to some interesting research, making DMT a potentially promising candidate for future stroke therapy. The compound mitigates post-stroke effects by stabilizing the blood-brain barrier and reducing neuroinflammation. Find more about how we biosynthesize DMT, and the depths of how DMT can help stroke patients here.

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5-MeO-DMT life-changing experiences might have been debunked! 

What we thought to be a toad life-changing trip might be more than that, a new study claims!

For quite some time, the psychonaut community has focused on inducing intense mystical experiences with Bufo Alvarius (Incilius Alvarius), capable of life-changing experiences and altering how we perceive life.

However, new research proves that something else is happening to our brains while such experiences occur within our minds!

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What is the Novel concept Entheogenic Synergy?

Following up on last week’s article, we clear up what we coined as Entheogenic Synergy, which bifurcates into Recreational Synergy and Therapeutic Synergy, concepts intended to raise awareness of anthropological values, beliefs, and elements susceptible to changing our biochemistry, microbiota, neurochemistry, and the way we think, such as music, hearing other experiences, expectations, and the journey to our destination, as well as conversations we have about the experience, being present to a new environment and language, learning to adapt, changing our neuroplasticity and thermoregulation are explored as equally as the psychedelic experience, and even further, be included in the psychedelic experience in the future research. 

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One step closer to saving a species! (Bufo alvarius)

In the last five years, two words have spread like wildfire, “Toad Medicine” (5-MeO-DMT) is in the mouths of celebrities, herpetologists, psychonauts, and curious people. This curiosity narrowed Incilius Alvarius to endangerment due to poaching and increased movement on the Sonoran roads. Fortunately, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and Columbia University greeted us with another synthetic alternative to stop harming the toads 4-F,5-MeO-PyrT.

Could this be a queue to stop seeing this toad as a “medicine” and see it as a living species once again and stop abusing it for personal benefit?

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Origins of Ethnopharmacology

Aspirin, Digoxin, and Morphine aren’t the first thing that comes to our minds once we hear the word Plant Medicine. Regardless of their seemingly distant origin, all those compounds once had a plant origin. To this, we name ethnopharmacology. Using the word of Juerg Gertsch: “Ethnopharmacology tries to understand the pharmacological basis of culturally important plants.”

Today, ethnopharmacology has an equally important role, as we are using plants that have been used for centuries by natives. Plants such as Peyote, Ayahuasca, Iboga, Kava Kava, and Psilocybe aid us with the current mental illness epidemic. Thus, Indigenous communities are once again furnishing us and aiding us with their ancient knowledge, this being said it would only be unfair not to feature such communities in Psychedelic and Ethnobotanical conferences, giving them their due credit, and teaching us about how much these plants mean to their culture, and most importantly how we should respect and protect indigenous rights.

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