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Worlds Unseen | 176 TT Jn this chapter, we begin following the spirit molecule into more unex- pected territory. This terrain is not so easy to recognize or understand because the experiences are less clearly related to the thoughts, feelings, and bodies of our volunteers. Rather, they suggest freestanding, indepen- dent levels of existence about which we are at most only dimly aware. These reports challenge our world view, and they raise the emotional in- tensity of debate: "Is it a dream? A hallucination? Or is it real?" "Where are these places? Inside or out?" These are the some of the questions we'll begin pondering as we review the following reports. Volunteers have referred to these places already. Marsha journeyed to "the Taj Mahal," and Cassandra was yanked into "the crazy circus side- show" full of clowns and other beings. In this chapter, I will focus on this issue of "where." Where does DMT take us by the hand and lead us to? This is a necessary part of mapping the spirit molecule's territory. An interesting aspect to these reports is that they are mostly excerpts rather than records of entire sessions. Rarely did the DMT environment