I n t e n s e

I couldn't make it to Burning Man in 2004, but my good friend Marc was going so I gave him a large vial of DMT (dimethyltryptamine) and a microcassette recorder with instructions to administer it to the people he was with and to record audio of the whole experience.

For those not familiar with DMT, I will describe it to you like this: It feels remarkably like jumping out of an airplane... in reverse. It is the most intense psychedelic experience I have ever had but unlike LSD or psilocybin it only lasts for about 10 minutes and unlike cocaine or alcohol I don't think anyone could get addicted to this stuff. Individual observations vary but it is generally described as an out of body experience or a temporary departure from the reality known as the 3rd dimension.

The following are the microcassette tapes that Marc returned with after a week in the Nevada desert. Although one tape randomly seemed to contain an old interview with the keyboard player of the band U2, good job Marc.

Audio Tapes from Burning Man 2004 - MP3 format

• tape 1 side 1 - 26 minutes - 10.4mb

• tape 1 side 2 - 30 minutes - 12mb

• tape 2 side 1 - 16 minutes - 6.5mb

• tape 3 side 1 - 47 minutes - 18.8mb

• tape 3 side 2 - 44 minutes - 17.7mb

Update

Five years later in 2009, Marc emailed me the following audio files. I guess he is still researching the effects of this strange psychotropic substance.

More audio files from Marc 2009 - MP3 format

• audio file 1 - 4.5 minutes

• audio file 2 - 6 minutes

• audio file 3 - 7.5 minutes