Well, even here, we see the admission: "This pessimistic view, however, is not 
shared by everybody in the field and further re-search needed to clarify this 
issue."

Of course, at some resolution, it's irrelevant whether the DMT was ingested, 
say by eating some rat meat 8^), or produced from tryptamine. It's found inside 
and excreted by humans who aren't tripping or exhibiting schizophrenia. So, 
whether it's Truly endogenous or not becomes a bit academic. The real question 
is whether or not its presence *increases* near death, in meditation, under 
stress like heart attacks, or whatever. If it does, then wherever it comes 
from, it plays some significant role in how we manage those situations.

I've recently been trying out the "Wim Hof Method" ... a kinda pretentious way 
to hyperventilate. The distribution of the tingling over different parts of my 
body is pretty damned cool, to be honest. It reminds me of the "contrast" they 
inject before a CT scan.  But the hyperventilating tingle seems to concentrate 
in large muscles like my lats, back, and legs, unlike the contrast, which 
simply flows from the neck down. I'm told there's a tolerance and the tingling 
fades the more you do it. That would suck ... much like it sucks that heavy 
drinkers have to drink *more* to get a buzz. 8^)

On 11/20/19 9:12 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Here 
> <http://epa.niif.hu/02400/02454/00027/pdf/EPA02454_neurohun_2007_201-205.pdf> 
> from the Neuropsychopharmacologia Hungarica 2007, IX/4; 201-205, which, of 
> course, I follow religiously, is a lovely little summary which is NOT behind 
> a paywall. 


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