August 26, 2006: Slipping into Other Dimensions - Dr. Rick Strassman | Open Lines
Podcast: The Art Bell ArchivePublished On: Tue Jan 13 2026
Description: Art Bell opens with a brief interview with Dr. Rick Strassman, author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, who discusses dimethyltryptamine as a naturally occurring compound that may mediate mystical experiences. Strassman describes his government-approved clinical research with DMT, noting that intravenous doses peak within two minutes and wear off in roughly thirty. He theorizes the pineal gland may produce endogenous psychedelic compounds. Strassman departs early due to illness.Art then opens the phone lines for callers who have experienced conscious dimensional travel. A man in California describes sitting on a bench when reality shifted, placing him among pairs of people in quiet conversation, all rendered in soft pastel blues and grays. The beings could not see him, and after several minutes, normal reality returned. Other callers share similar involuntary slips into alternate realities, including a blind woman who saw beings of light during childhood.Art reflects on the hundreds of emails pouring in from listeners with their own dimensional experiences, concluding the program has stumbled onto something significant. He connects the phenomenon to shadow people sightings and suggests that prolonged exposure to computer monitor refresh rates may subtly retune the brain, allowing brief glimpses into normally invisible realms.
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