Dimethyltryptamine and 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine or DMT and
5-MeO-DMT are extremely profound naturally occurring tryptamines
of which are purported by Rick Strassman in his work DMT The Spirit
Molecule, to be produced in and by the Pineal gland. All of the organs in
our brains come in pairs, except for the Pineal gland. The Pineal Gland is
a small pine cone shaped endocrine gland, which also produces
melatonin. Ancient beliefs hold the Pineal to be the seat of the soul, or
the 3rd eye, and in reptiles the 3rd eye or parietal eye is used to
directly detect light and aid in regulating circadian rhythm as well as
hormone production. In humans it has a similar role, yet through
evolution has receded into the center of the brain wedged right
between the dual hemispheres where it still has rods and cones to
percive light harvested by the eyes through the retinohypothalamic
system to the suprachiasmatic nuclei. The Pineal gland also begins
to form in a fetus at 49 days, the same number of days in which the
Buddhist tradition believes it takes the soul to travel from
incarnation to incarnation.