#161 - Meet The Psychonaut Who Survived Extended-State DMT

🧠 JOIN THE GIANT'S SHOULDER FAMILYBecome a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/joinAlexander Beiner is the writer who volunteered as a guinea pig for the world's first extended-state DMT trial. At Imperial College London, he was one of eleven people kept on a continuous DMT drip for thirty minutes. He is a co-Executive Director of Breaking Convention, Europe's largest psychedelic conference, and the author of The Bigger Picture.Expect to learn- The Chinchillas: hyperdimensional beings he had never seen in real life, speaking a visible language- The Reply: he sent a symbol back, they went ballistic, then got bored and left- The Pharmacology Problem: why tolerance to LSD and psilocybin does nothing to DMT- The Synchronicity: the stranger across a London road, and what he learned that night- The Spider Queen: a planet-sized entity that wrapped him in a webSPONSORSGet Jenni Your Intelligent Research Assistant (GIANT20 for 20% off) - http://jenni.ai/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=inf&utm_campaign=thegiantsshoulderGS EPISODES MENTIONEDRick Strassman - Meet The Father Of Modern DMT Research: https://youtu.be/KeAZOj7tYscRobin Carhart-Harris - No. 1 Psychedelic Scientist: The Entropic Brain Hypothesis, Consciousness & DMT Entities: https://youtu.be/t-GkE4YtLRkDavid Luke - Meet the Professor of Paranormal Consciousness - DMT Entities, Telepathy Tapes & OBE's: https://youtu.be/qLKD1gt1X5oGUEST LINKSX: https://x.com/AlexanderBeinerKainos (Substack): https://beiner.substack.com/Personal Site: https://www.alexanderbeiner.com/Breaking Convention: https://breakingconvention.co.uk/performers/alexander-beinerThe Bigger Picture - Author Page: https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/alexander-beinerLISTEN ONYouTube - https://youtu.be/aZnvPt9X3DcApple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-giants-shoulder/id1752486249SKOOLWant a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant's Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/aboutFOLLOW EVANhttps://x.com/evan_mcglTIMESTAMPS0:00:00 Trailer0:01:59 Why Changing Minds Isn't Enough0:02:54 A Magic Mushroom Homecoming In Holland0:05:33 Joining Europe's Largest Psychedelic Conference0:06:44 Why He Signed Up To Be A DMT Guinea Pig0:08:03 Half Of DMT Users Meet Autonomous Entities0:10:38 Meeting The Hyperdimensional Chinchillas0:14:25 He'd Never Seen A Chinchilla In Real Life0:15:14 "They Were Speaking A Visible Language"0:17:47 Why Priming Can't Explain The Chinchillas0:21:33 The Metaphysical Shift After 100 Episodes0:26:21 DMT Immunity And The Cross-Tolerance Mystery0:28:07 Why Psychedelics Make Avoiding Pain Harder0:29:28 The Placebo Dose And The Prank Paranoia0:32:24 Three Heartbeats To The Deepest Trip0:35:06 Wired Up: The Hidden Rituals Of The Lab0:39:29 Would He Ever Come Back?0:40:22 Psychedelic PTSD And The Fear Of Madness0:41:31 The Synchronicity He Still Can't Explain0:46:37 If Everything's Conscious, Where's The Telepathy?0:49:16 Why The East Talks Openly About Ghosts0:53:45 The Planet-Sized Spider Queen0:58:51 "This Is So Similar To What McKenna Described".....Email for sponsorship enquiries: evan@thegiantsshoulder.com