Traces of the Other – Are DMT Entities Real? DMT Phenomenology in the Framework of Conscious Realism
PsyArXiv May 27, 2026 Andrew Robert Gallimore, Niffe Hermansson, Donald D. Hoffman preprint
High-dose DMT experiences often involve encounters with seemingly autonomous entities, usually considered hallucinations. This paper explores an alternative hypothesis using the conscious realism framework, where reality is a network of conscious agents and perception is a limited interface. DMT may perturb this interface, allowing access to normally imperceptible agents. The framework distinguishes hallucinations from experiences with stable, structured dynamics consistent with agent interactions. Testable predictions and experiments are proposed to assess if DMT experiences can be externally constrained or show intersubjective correlations, with implications for understanding perception and reality.