‘I saw my body sitting at the balcony. I could see through it and through the walls. Then everything, including people, started turning into code.'

‘I found myself in a chamber with pillars of faces: I only later recognized it exactly in an Alex Grey painting. It had many little galaxies everywhere. I went into one of them, and became a glowing ball of light with 360° vision, floating in deep outer space. Finally I was back to the place where souls are born. I came from there and will return there. Thinking was light-speed. No time to formulate words. Whatever question, the answer was instantly there, carrying the information of ten books.

‘An entity, also a sphere of light, came to me and said, "You are nothing. Everything around you happens without you." She touched my third eye. “But you are part of everything.” And I became completely one with God, and everything that exists.

‘That world seemed much more real than this. When I shared this with my friends, they said I’ve gone crazy and need help. My life became hard and isolated. I quit my job. I couldn't continue until I understood what happened.

‘Today I see my architect colleagues struggle to come up with ideas. But to me, right as a client starts saying, "I want a house like this," immediately in my mind there's a 3D form of the fully complete project, and I just copy it. It’s too easy and unfair.'

Brazilian architect Cristiano shares an experience with crystallized DMT that completely transfigured his life.

He describes leaving his body to spend years in just fifteen minutes. We trace his journey with strange alternative groups in Brazil, and his continued development of his psychic and paranormal abilities. Finally, we discuss how his profound DMT realizations have changed his perspective on religion, god, and fatherhood, and why he forgave his friends who abandoned him.