DMT (dimethyltryptamine), which is sometimes referred to as “the spirit molecule“, is known to users to cause extremely profound psychedelic experiences. Now, scientists Ede Frecska and Attila Szabo are proposing some fascinating new experiments with the chemical aimed at allowing the brain to survive for long periods without oxygen. According to Collective Evolution: “Our main tenet is that DMT is involved in the healing and regeneration of cells, it helps the body to survive extreme stress like clinical death,” Frecska wrote on the funding page. “Our group has already provided experimental support of this concept in the field of immunology.” “In response to a life threatening situation, the lungs can synthesize large amounts of DMT and release it into the arterial blood within seconds,” says the video accompanying the funding page. “Since the heart has made its last systolic contractions, the brain does not have much time.” When the DMT arrives in the neurons, however, it signals them to reduce their energy consumption to buy more time before death. “Just imagine how many lives can be saved in an extra few minutes,” the video posted below says. If the researchers’ hypothesis is correct, then one day DMT could be available in ambulances [...]