I've excerpted the below from a post I made in General Discussions  which has not yet had any replies, think it might be better to start a new  thread on this topic of why we have these experiences on DMT. Ideas,   anyone? - delphine      There was an interesting discussion about DMT at a physics forum, and although the posters were obviously very smart and articulate, they were not able to answer the question   of why they had those experiences. Most of it was scientific rambling about the chemical aspects. But one poster expressed the need to know WHY. I've pasted in his post below. How would you answer him?     Starting out again(?)     funny.     all this chemical talk, but no one answered the simple question of, WHY.     chemicals do this and do that, but why do i see these wild beings, why are experiences different in each person. why why why, and just typing about chemical interactions during altered states of consciousness, doesnt answer the question of simply, why am i seeing elves, gods, spirits, whatever it may be.     chemicals equals side a. what happens within the body during these altered states and apparently, which chemicals trigger such a state. now we have side b. this is the why.     there is no one ive read about or talked to via, personal, or internet, that can tell me the WHY.     not testing anyone, because i dont know why and im not arguing against the significance of the chemical reactions within us during altered states, but some of the post above made it seem like they were explaining the why, when they were really just explaining the chemical reactions within the body and how it happened.     not why it lead to me talking to my dead grandmother or a tree elf!