Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-10-30
Books mentioned on #2403 - Andrew Gallimore
Andrew Gallimore, PhD, is a chemical pharmacologist and neurobiologist. He is one of the world’s leading experts on psychedelics and the author of several books, including his most recent, “Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman documents the author's pioneering clinical research into dimethyltryptamine as the first federally approved study of psychedelics in humans at the University of New Mexico.
Discussed“because Rick Strasman of course in the '9s when he wrote DMT the spirit molecule he hypothesized that in fact the point of death DMT is released by the pineal”
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Supernatural
Supernatural by Graham Hancock is a controversial non-fiction exploration of human evolution, ancient cave art, altered states of consciousness, and the historical use of psychedelic substances like ayahuasca.
Discussed“In Graham Hancock actually in his book Supernatural in his first DMT experience he described this um this download of highly complex entirely nonhuman uh information into his brain”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Death by Astonishment
“So, um, tell me about your book, man. Let me see the cover of it first of all. Death by a death by astonishment, which is the famous Terrence McKenna quote, right?”
Own book Death by Astonishment
“But, um, this book that you wrote is available now, Death by Astonishment. Um, is it in audio form as well? Yeah, read by myself.”