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The second time he tried DMT, Ali broke through. (His name isn't actually Ali, but that's what we'll call him for privacy's sake.) The initial onslaught

The second time he tried DMT, Ali broke through. (His name isn’t actually Ali, but that’s what we’ll call him for privacy’s sake.) The initial onslaught of kaleidoscopic shapes gave way to a more familiar scene: The bedroom, twin mattress and all, from which he embarked on his DMT experience. Only, the room’s features weren’t quite right. They were distorted somehow, like an unfinished rendering—and he had company. Five silvery beings surrounded him, he describes, their towering, slender bodies cloaked in what can only be described as alien skin (or maybe just gray spandex). But their imposing nature wasn’t the most unusual thing about them: it was their faces. Their faces matched Ali’s friends, who had already been in the room before his DMT experience began. ADVERTISEMENT And yet, these entities weren’t just his friends; they were distinctly different. Their faces were jumbled, abstracted, and leaking colored light. Ali had the uncanny sense that these beings were of their own world entirely. Ali had entered the spirit world. https://youtu.be/fdMkHOJ-mow What Are Clockwork Elves a.k.a. Machine Elves or DMT Elves? Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a powerful and fast-acting hallucinogen produced naturally by many plants and animals, humans included. (Yes, DMT is found in the mammalian brain.) In all of 15 minutes, the molecule can inspire a bombardment of visuals that begin with a snow of overwhelming shapes and colors and peaks—if you’re lucky—with an entry into another realm, a step into what feels like a different world. Subscribe to the Drop In by DoubleBlind. Your essential newsletter covering the world of psychedelics. Trusted by 100k+ readers. Your email subscriptions are subject to our Privacy Policy. “It was such sensory overload, it was so dense, that even if I describe it, it doesn’t really give any indication of what [the experience] was actually like,” says Ali. “It felt like [time was] completely arbitrary, kinda scary like maybe you could live like a year in there.” There’s a reason why DMT has well-earned its nickname as “the spirit molecule.” For some, the molecule may only inspire intense and awesome visuals. But, many who try DMT do so looking for something, or rather, someone(s) specific: spirits. 🍄 👁 🌈 ✨ How to Grow Shrooms Bundle Try ALL of Our Courses for 30 days! Learn More Seeing DMT entities or experiencing some kind of “presence” is a common experience for those who cross a certain dosage threshold with this unusual drug. For Terence McKenna, psychedelic activist and second-wave pioneer, these entities are best described as “self-transforming elf machines.” McKenna is one of the first and loudest activists to speak openly about his (many) DMT experiences. “I encounter self-transforming elf machines, which are creatures, entities perhaps, although they’re not made out of matter,” McKenna explains in a recorded interview. “They’re made out of, as nearly as I can figure it out, syntax-driving light.” By syntax, McKenna really does mean language. “They use a language which you see,” he continues. “It is made out of sound, it is sound, but you see it. And the entire point of the encounter, from their perspective, is to teach you to do this.” ADVERTISEMENT Language took on visual quality in Ali’s trip, too. “They were speaking, and words were coming out of their mouths, just floating along,” he says. Instead, this mysterious speech drifted out like rainbow-glowing vapors constructed out of an indiscernible rune-like language. “It was like captions coming out of their mouths, very cartoon-like,” he adds. “I felt totally focused on it, like I was going to understand it, but I’m not sure that I ever did.” What Ali did understand was the deep-seated feeling of tranquility that presided despite the intense visualizations. “I felt like I was meditating,” he says. It felt intuitive. Why Are They Called “Machine Elves”? The answer to this question is simple: They’re called “machine elves” or “clockwork elves” because that is the terminology that McKenna introduced to the world. McKenna’s openness and honesty about his personal experiences on DMT created a pathway that others could eventually use to describe and interpret their own psychedelic experiences. Through his description of “machine elves,” McKenna donated trip terminology that has been widely adopted by psychonauts who follow in his footsteps. But machine elves are not unique to McKenna; many people who try DMT relate to features the ethnobotanist described in his trips. Geometric shapes, visualized speech, beings, vibrant colors, and sparkling, ethereal light are commonplace in DMT trips. And yet this isn’t always the case; many people may not even remember their DMT visualizations upon waking from their journey. What Do DMT Machine Elves Look Like? Forget images of gears, steam, computers, and engine parts. For some people, these “machine elves” can be a far cry from the robotic and mechanized creations we commonly see in sci-fi space ...

Machine Elves or "DMT Elves": A Journey Into The DMT Spirit World