DMT + 650nm Laser Protocol

Compound: N,N-DMT

Status: research

The 650 nm laser observation protocol: Goler's 2025 reported setup, the DMT Code community observation configuration, and the proposed controlled study, kept separate

Safety

Monitoring: Sitter present for the entire session. Never look directly into the beam. Match your laser class to the configuration you are running: Class 2 at 1 mW for the reported Goler setup; the DMT Code kit pointers are vendor rated 5 mW, FDA Class IIIa (Class 3R), and need the same care. Observer remains seated or reclined for the duration.

Side effects

  • Standard intense DMT effects including overwhelming visual and emotional content
  • Transient tachycardia and elevated blood pressure
  • Possible visual persistence after the session
  • Anxiety or difficult content, mitigated by set, setting, and sitter

Contraindications

  • History of psychosis, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder
  • Significant cardiovascular disease or uncontrolled hypertension
  • MAOI use or serotonergic drug interactions
  • Photosensitive epilepsy
  • Pregnancy

Related

Why: Sober Baseline Protocol is the control arm. Run it first, on the same surface, before any session counts.

Slug: sober-baseline

Title: Sober Baseline Protocol

Why: Wavelength Comparison Test is the pre-registered test of whether the forms depend on 650 nm at all.

Slug: wavelength-comparison

Title: Wavelength Comparison Test

Why: Apple Vision Pro Passthrough Protocol records what was actually claimed about the headset, and what separates display from capture.

Slug: avp-passthrough

Title: Apple Vision Pro Passthrough Protocol

Why: Physiological Instrumentation registers what instrumented work has been announced, what has not, and the open call.

Slug: physiological-instrumentation

Title: Physiological Instrumentation: EEG, ECG and MRI

Overview

Mechanism: A 650 nm coherent light source is observed during an N,N-DMT experience. Observers report structured, language-like visual forms on and around the beam. Whether these forms reflect an external structure, shared neural architecture, laser speckle elaboration, or expectation remains an open question. This protocol exists to make that question answerable.

Indications

  • Research documentation
  • Visual phenomenon cataloguing
  • Convergence testing across independent observers

Evidence level: Pilot study (Goler 2025) plus community replication reports. Convergence is unproven. Serious prosaic explanations (speckle elaboration, cortical form constants, priming) are documented on the Open Theories board and must be beaten by any positive claim.

Citations

Doi: 10.59973/ipil.158

Year: 2025

Title: Detailing a Pilot Study: The Code of Reality Protocol

Year: 2025

Title: On the DMT laser Code of Reality Effect (skeptical analysis)

Year: 2026

Title: Detecting Code of Reality with No Lasers and No Dimethyltryptamine

Doi: 10.1177/0269881120916143

Year: 2020

Title: Survey of Entity Encounter Experiences Occasioned by Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine

Doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950020022002

Year: 1994

Title: Dose-response study of N,N-dimethyltryptamine in humans. II. Subjective effects and preliminary results of a new rating scale (Strassman, Qualls, Uhlenhuth, Kellner; Arch Gen Psychiatry 51(2):98-108)

Integration

Prompts

  • Describe any symbols seen on or near the beam
  • Were they static or animated? Did they respond to attention?
  • Did forms persist when the laser was covered or moved?
  • Did the sober baseline show anything similar in the speckle?
  • Any sense of meaning or communication? Describe without interpreting
  • If you saw nothing structured, say so plainly

Framework: Immediate voice logging, drawing within 5 minutes, then structured submission to the registry with full metadata. Review your own record before reading anyone else's.

Preparation

Screening

  • Standard DMT safety screening: personal or family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder is a contraindication
  • Cardiovascular screening: DMT raises heart rate and blood pressure
  • Medication review: MAOIs and some psychiatric medications interact dangerously
  • No photosensitive epilepsy or photosensitive conditions
  • A sober sitter present for the session
  • Documentation tools ready: voice recorder, paper and pen, camera for the surface

Set setting: Dark or dim room. Goler's 2025 paper used a 650 nm Class 2 laser at 1 mW on a tripod with a diffraction grating lens, projected onto a non-reflective surface at 4 to 6 feet. The DMT Code community configuration uses a red 650 nm pointer aimed at a matte, neutral surface such as a wall or ceiling; the kits sold on this site use pointers the vendor rates at 5 mW, FDA Class IIIa (Class 3R), which is a later adaptation and not the paper's configuration. Never aim at faces, eyes, windows, or reflective surfaces. Observer seated or reclined at a comfortable distance. Recording equipment tested before the session.

Legal status: N,N-DMT is a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States and is controlled in most countries. This page documents a research protocol for reference and harm reduction. It is not an instruction to obtain or use a controlled substance, and nothing here is medical advice.

Session execution

Timeline

  • Before anything: photograph the surface and record a 2 minute SOBER baseline observation of the beam. Note everything you see sober, including speckle texture
  • Session begins: observe the beam and surface without forcing interpretation
  • If able, vary conditions during the experience: look away and back, have the sitter briefly cover the laser, move the beam to a second surface
  • Immediately after: voice log everything before speaking to anyone
  • Within 5 minutes: draw any forms seen, without reference images
  • Capture metadata: surface type, wavelength, dose route, approximate duration, whether forms recurred, emotional tone

Sitter role: The sitter never touches the observer without prior consent, keeps the space quiet, manages the laser safely, and notes timestamps of any spoken observations.

Controls and rigor

Why: The protocol is only worth running if a null result is possible. These controls are what make the data usable.

Practices

  • Sober baseline first, every session, same surface
  • Naive first session: do not browse the registry or others' symbol reports before your first documented session. Priming is the strongest skeptical explanation and the easiest to control
  • Laser off intervals: have the sitter switch the laser off and on at unannounced moments and note whether forms persist
  • Surface swaps: repeat observation on a second, different surface
  • Draw first, compare later: never look at the registry before your drawing is done
  • Report nulls: if you saw nothing structured, submit that too. Null reports are tracked and they matter as much as positives

Three objects kept separate

Why: Three different things have been blended in the past. They are not the same object and this page keeps them apart.

Goler 2025 reported setup

Laser: 650 nm refracted laser, Class 2, operating power 1 mW (12 x 35 mm). The paper states only Class 2 lasers at 1 mW or less were used.

Mount: Tripod

Optic: Diffraction grating lens

Source: Goler, D. (2025). Detailing a Pilot Study: The Code of Reality Protocol. IPI Letters. DOI 10.59973/ipil.158

Surface: Non-reflective surface, for example a flat closet door or a concrete pole

Distance: 4 to 6 feet from surface

Claimed sample: The paper claims observations from more than 1,000 participants but publishes no participant-level dataset, recruitment description, null denominator or statistical recurrence analysis.

Substance as reported: Vape pen loaded with 1.0 g of N,N-DMT, 3.8 V or 4.8 V battery

Proposed controlled study

What: Randomized, blinded, matched-control design with pre-registered outcomes, blinded scoring and a declared sample size. Designed, not yet run. Needs ethics review, a statistician and a qualified laser safety officer.

Where: https://dmtcode.com/methods

Dmtcode community observation configuration

What: The configuration described on /prepare and sold as kits. A later adaptation for home observation, not the configuration reported in the 2025 paper.

Laser: Red 650 nm pointer on a stand; the kit pointers are vendor rated 5 mW, FDA Class IIIa (Class 3R). The Triad and Circle ray box is under 1 mW. Ratings are listed per emitter on /prepare.

Optics: Three window diffraction grating (100, 300, 600 lines per mm), holographic gratings (500 and 1000 lines per mm), acrylic lens and prism set

Controls: Sober baseline first, naive first session, laser off intervals, surface swaps, draw before comparing, report nulls

Reference material only. Nothing on this page is medical advice or a personal recommendation.

Adults 18 and older only.

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.

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