Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects
Alan K. Davis, John M. Clifton, et al. · 2020 · Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(9), 1008-1020
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Summary
Large survey of people reporting apparently autonomous entity encounters after inhaled DMT, documenting phenomenology, interpretation, and lasting effects.
How this source is used on the map
The key modern empirical anchor for DMT entity pages: it supports the robustness of entity-encounter reports while not proving external beings.
Citation record
- Authors
- Alan K. Davis, John M. Clifton, et al.
- Year
- 2020
- Publication
- Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(9), 1008-1020
- Source type
- Study
- Map role
- supports
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1177/0269881120916143
- PubMed
- Recorded
- Not recorded
Editorial note
Survey evidence documents what people report and how they interpret it; it does not establish that encountered entities exist independently of the experience.
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Adds qualitative depth to the DMT entity record without treating subjective encounter structure as evidence that the entities exist independently.
Use this as the conceptual anchor for non-dual, unitive, and psychedelic-mystical claims. It supports the seriousness of the experience category without treating the metaphysical interpretation as settled.
Useful background for entity-encounter claims because it anchors the experiences in known pharmacology before evaluating metaphysical interpretations about independent beings or alternate realms.