The Giants Shoulder #114 No.1 DMT Neurobiologist: Alien Worlds, DMT Entity Encounters, Attractor States and Consciousness
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Apr 24, 2026 
Andrew Gallimore, neurobiologist, pharmacologist and chemist who created the DMTx protocol and directs Noonautics. He explains why DMT builds entire alien worlds, describes common non-human entity interactions, and outlines thalamocortical loops and attractor-state mechanics. He also defends the idea of stable, structured DMT worlds and explains the goals and methods of the DMTx extended-state protocol.
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Attractor Landscape Flattening Then Reconfiguration
- The cortex is a complex system with attractor-state landscapes; psychedelics flatten this landscape, increasing accessible states, while DMT flattens then collapses into a new attractor basin.
- This explains DMT's rapid, stable world-switch: the brain reorganizes into a different dynamical regime rather than meandering noise.
Hypothesis That DMT Had An Evolutionary Dream Role
- Gallimore hypothesizes endogenous DMT may once have had a larger evolutionary role, possibly producing alternate dreamlike lives during sleep.
- He suggests diurnal or sleep-cycle DMT production could explain the brain's pre-configured ability to construct DMT worlds.
Measure DMT During Darkness Retreats And Breathwork
- Test claims that breathwork or darkness retreats produce endogenous psychedelic DMT by measuring blood, saliva, and urine during those practices.
- Gallimore's Noonautics aims to sample participants across darkness retreats and breathwork to detect DMT/metabolite signals.