You can listen to a round table discussion first broadcast on the Mount Warning drug harm reduction show on River FM in Lismore, Northern NSW, in January 2010 here. It features hosts Paul and Jackie Onassid with guests experiential journalist Rak Razam, Aussie plant specialist Mulga, and youth culture representative Dylan Heller.

What is the difference between entheogens and drugs, and what role does DMT – or Dimethyltryptamine – play in straddling the two, as this archaic knowledge crests in Western consciousness? Is DMT in danger of becoming a recreational street drug, as with the leaf extract known as “Changa”? Can modern culture reclaim the sacred, and if so is DMT the vehicle for it? Does DMT take us to the realm we go to when we die? Is it a portal to God?

This debate covers the pros and cons, the dangers, and the ineffable mysteries of DMT from a street level and a divine perspective. It’s invaluable listening for those psychonauts about to ingress, or those who are wondering about the merits of tryptamines themselves… With thanks to Rak Razam of In A Perfect World.