A Dyadic DMTx Stimulation Protocol for Testing Anomalous Interparticipant Information Transfer

A proposed experiment tests whether two people simultaneously in a prolonged, immersive state induced by N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) can transfer information without ordinary sensory channels. In the protocol, participants in physically separated, shielded rooms receive random vibrotactile stimuli. The main outcome is whether brain activity (theta-band power) in the non-stimulated participant differs between real stimulus times and sham times. The design includes a power analysis based on prior distant-mental-interaction studies. A positive result would not prove DMT worlds are real but would provide a controlled test of anomalous information transfer during the DMT state. The protocol also outlines future tests using isotopic variants to explore possible spin-dependent mechanisms.

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Abstract

N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) frequently induces reports of immersive otherworldly spaces, autonomous agents, and apparently communicative encounters. Extended-state DMT infusion protocols (DMTx) have been proposed as a way to stabilize this state long enough for systematic exploration. The central unresolved question is whether DMT experiences are entirely generated by the brain or whether, under some conditions, they may involve access to information not available through ordinary sensory channels. This protocol is, by construction, a test of anomalous interparticipant information transfer of the kind investigated for decades under the labels of telepathy, distant mental interaction, and EEG correlation between isolated subjects. We adopt that vocabulary explicitly. The novelty of the present proposal lies neither in the question nor in the basic dyadic geometry, both of which are well established, but in three specific elements: (i) the simultaneous DMTx state of both participants as the principal experimental variable, (ii) a strictly pre-registered single primary endpoint with explicit power analysis, and (iii) an isolation specication (electromagnetic, acoustic, mechanical) at quantitative levels. Two participants enter a prolonged DMTx state in physically separated, shielded rooms. At random, computer-generated times, participant A receives a vibrotactile stimulus. Participant B receives no stimulus. The single primary endpoint is the difference in event-related theta-band power (4-8 Hz) at a pre-specied central electrode pool of participant B between real A-stimulus times and within-session circular-shift surrogate times. Secondary endpoints include stimulus-class decoding and a forced-choice subjective report. We report a power analysis based on published meta-analytic effect sizes for distant-mental-interaction designs and discuss feasibility constraints. A positive result would not by itself prove the ontological reality of DMT worlds, but it would constitute, for the first time, a controlled time-locked test of whether the simultaneous DMTx state modulates anomalous information transfer above sham and placebo baselines. The protocol also defines, as an extension, how isotopic DMT variants and noble-gas isotopes could subsequently be used to probe a possible spin-dependent mechanism.