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Study volunteer resting in a hospital bed with an IV line and blood pressure cuff, glowing geometric patterns above her
consciousness

Rick Strassman's DMT Study: What It Actually Found

Several of the volunteers would later reach for the same comparison: a freight train. Before the injection had even finished, something rolled through body and head. Within ninety...

Dr. Aurelian Vheis · Occultism September 24, 2026 25 min read
Empty hospital corridor at night, a single warm ceiling lamp above the polished floor
consciousness

Near-Death Experience: What the Studies Found

Between roughly 9 and 21 percent of people who survive cardiac arrest report a structured experience from the time they were unconscious, depending on the definition used. Three...

Leif Daniel Schmidt · Shadow Work & Consciousness September 15, 2026 25 min read
An empty bed at night with the linen turned back, moonlight falling across the sheets, dark green wall behind
astral-projection

Astral Projection for Beginners: Techniques and Safety

Almost everyone who tries astral projection has already had the experience once, by accident, and filed it under something else. You woke up unable to move. The room...

Mara Solveig Nachtigall · Crystals & Stones September 08, 2026 11 min read