Consciousness & Medicine
Ian Gardner alleges dark retreats trigger pineal DMT after three days
Third Wave Podcast
Inside the World of Dark Retreats | Ian Gardner
What was said
""And then on day three or four depending on how your biochemistry works and this is the interesting analog to the psychedelic experience. Your pineal gland starts to produce DMT indogenous.""
Ian Gardner alleges that by the third or fourth day of a dark retreat, the pineal gland starts producing endogenous DMT. He argues this makes “inner worlds” more accessible in a way he likens to psychedelic experiences, but offers no evidence for the biological mechanism.
Verification status
Attributed speaker claim
Egleze verified who said this and where. The underlying claim has not been independently established by Egleze.
Source and context
Egleze verified who said this and where. The underlying claim has not been independently established by Egleze.
- Programme
- Third Wave Podcast
- Episode
- Inside the World of Dark Retreats | Ian Gardner
- Clip time
- 7:38
- Original source
- Watch the source segment →
From this episode
Third Wave Podcast