I have recently returned to my Christian faith, so I suspect the entities to be apostate spirits. I've been thinking this way for awhile, but
The Enemy God thread really clinched it for me.
The Yanomamo Shaman speaks thusly: "As shamans, the one we feared most was the one who lives in the heaven of heavens. He was the enemy spirit, and our demons were terrified of him. When I was in a trance as a shaman, I was shown this place of beauty, of brightness."
Having read many reports, I have a vague suspicion of what the spirits are doing. The idea of hyperspatial predators resonates with me strongly, especially
Opticuswrangler's descriptions. Cut off from the one life source which is God, they feed on the children of God. Whether it is pure awareness that they feed on, strong emotions of pain, fear and suffering, or the soul itself - I'm not sure. All the delights of hyperspace are just a lure. But there is also another purpose - that of misleading the victim from the truth. The old lie is always paramount: "and you will be like God".
I'm fairly certain that God's true spirits would not be allowed to access human souls in hyperspace, yet I've read some reports that make me wonder. However, I'm going to the Father through His Son Jesus, which does not involve DMT, or encounters with dangerous spirits. I'm deeply thankful I've had no access to DMT, for there have been times when I would have risked trying it.