Danny Goler

Danny Goler is the person who first described the observation this project exists to record. In August 2020 he reported that a specific optical setup, a 650 nm laser passed through a diffraction grating and viewed under N,N-DMT, produced a repeating geometric pattern that he and others came to call the code of reality. In January 2025 he published the first written account of the method as a pilot study in the journal IPI Letters. Everything on this site is downstream of that description.

This page credits that origination and links to his own work. It does not speak for him, and it does not decide whether the phenomenon is real. That question is held open here on purpose.

What he described

The observation is a method. A red 650 nm laser is directed through a fine diffraction grating so that it casts a lattice of points, and an observer under N,N-DMT reports what they see in that field. Goler's account is that the lattice resolves into consistent, recurring forms across different people. The method itself is written up on the protocol guide. The forms people report, including the ones that do not match anyone else's, accumulate in the visual symbol registry.

The pilot study

The first peer-visible account is the paper "Detailing a Pilot Study: The Code of Reality Protocol," by Danny Goler, published in IPI Letters on 8 January 2025, DOI 10.59973/ipil.158. It is catalogued in this site's bibliography entry for the paper, where it carries a stance score alongside every source that argues the other way. The paper describes the protocol and reports the author's observations. It is a pilot study, and it says so.

His work beyond the paper

Goler runs the non-profit research effort at codeofreality.org and is the subject of the documentary The Discovery. He has described the protocol at length in long-form interviews, including the Danny Jones Podcast and the Shawn Ryan Show, the second of which is catalogued here as Shawn Ryan Show #320. Those appearances are where most people first hear about the observation. His account of it is his own, and the links above go to it directly.

His relationship to this project

Goler is not a founder of DMT Code and holds no editorial role in it. He is aware of the project. We state that plainly rather than leave it to be inferred. The relationship does not change how this site treats his claim. His paper is scored on the same scale as the papers that dispute it. His protocol sits next to the null results people file against it. Nothing here is written to shield the origination story from a test.

Where his claim stands today

Four explanations for the reported forms are actively defended. Goler's reading, that the pattern is a structured feature of reality rather than of the visual system, is stated here first because it is the originator's position. The competing readings, from retinal and cortical optics to expectation and suggestion, are set out on the critiques page and in the open questions. Independent controlled replication that isolates the 650 nm wavelength as a variable has not been published. That is a fact about the state of the field, not a charge against anyone. Results that cut against the claim are filed in the null reports in the same place, under the same license, as the ones that support it.

The Discovery, a documentary film

The Discovery is a feature documentary about the 650 nm laser observation and the people attempting to test it, directed by Aaron Vanden. The film's official site lists a world premiere in the Los Angeles area between late October and early November 2026, with date and venue to be announced. The official teaser trailer is below. DMT Code is not affiliated with the film. We index it here because it is the most significant upcoming driver of public attention to the claim this site keeps the record of.

The Discovery Film Official Teaser Trailer

The Discovery, official site

Questions and answers

Who is Danny Goler and what is the DMT code of reality?

Danny Goler first described the 650 nm laser observation in August 2020 and published the pilot study in IPI Letters in 2025, DOI 10.59973/ipil.158. Whether the phenomenon is real remains an open question, with four explanations actively defended.

Is dmtcode.com affiliated with Danny Goler or Code of Reality?

No. Danny Goler is not a founder of DMT Code and holds no editorial role in it. He is aware of the project and is credited throughout the site as the person who first described the observation. dmtcode.com operates as an independent open registry and publishes evidence on both sides of the claim, including null results.

When does The Discovery documentary premiere?

Per the film's official site, the world premiere is in the Los Angeles area between late October and early November 2026. Date and venue are to be announced.

Follow the record

First reported by Danny Goler in August 2020; the written protocol grew out of that observation. He has no part in Meridian Optics Lab, this store, or this site, is not a founder and holds no editorial role, and has not reviewed or endorsed any kit, page, or claim published here.