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182. * THE SESSIONS There was no turning back. After a moment or two I became aware of something happening to my left. Isaw apsychedelic, Day-Glo—colored space that approximated a room whose walls andfloor had no clear separations or edges. It was throbbing and pulsing electrically. Rising in front of "me" was apodium-like table. It seemed that some presence was dealing/serving something to me. Iwanted to know where Iwas and "sensed" the reply that Thad no business there. The presence was not hostile, just somewhat an- noyed and brusque. Phillip's double-blind 0.4 mg/kg dose was definitely easier to negotiate than his 0.6 mg/kg overdose, and he remembered it well. In this session, the venue expands to include even larger-scale observations. The relentless scratchy, crackling visuals didn't last long. Then I was above a strange landscape, like Earth, but very unearthly. Mountains of some sort. It was very friendly and inviting. It was so real I had to open my eyes. When I did the scene was overlaid on top ofthe room. I closed my eyes, and that removed the interference with what [had been seeing. It was like a super-bright Day-Glo poster, but much more complex. I was hovering miles above it. Ihad the very distinct sense ofdoing this, notjust the visual perception. There were some telescopes, ormicrowave dishes, orwater-tower things with antennae on them. I wish I could take you by the hand and show you. A vast expanse ofhorizon. The sun was différent, different colors and hues than our sun. Let's close this chapter with Sean's description of a DMT world that seemed much like our own. However, that world had nothing to do with Room 531, and there were people other than Laura and me inhabiting it. I like this example because it combines the material from this chapter with the one that follows. In other words, it is "somewhere else" with "someone there" and "something happening," but so familiar as to deceive us about its "otherness." We'll read about Sean's enlightenment experience in greater detail later. However, for our purposes, what's interesting to note is what he told us after his third 0.3 mg/kg DMT session during the tolerance study. Al-