Bryan Johnson broke the internet last night.

𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝟱𝗴 '𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗲' 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀.

But the stream is 6 hours long!

So I put together the best parts for you🧵 𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮!

For legal reasons, it's always been tough to show yourself taking a dose online.

But Bryan found a way to show us he took the entire dose, with a clever tool.

He even threw a lil extra lemon juice in the glass to make sure he got it all.

𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗠𝗧 works.

And what they found suggests your sense of self is basically a controlled hallucination your brain can just... turn off.

The world as we know it might be about to change 🧵 Your brain normally operates at something called 'criticality.'

It's a perfect balance point between chaos and order. This balance is what keeps you feeling like 'you' across time.

And we've always thought that it's set.

But a new DMT study says otherwise:

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴.

Trick or treat?
Flying witches?
Spooky costumes?
Bubbling cauldrons?

Didn't start in pagan lore.
It actually started...𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙎𝘿. 𝗜𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀.

The end of October marked Samhain (𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 “𝘚𝘰𝘸-𝘪𝘯”) — the New Year’s Eve of the ancient world.

People believed on this night, the "veil" between worlds was at its thinnest, allowing you to speak to the dead.

But there was a twist:

Alcoholics Anonymous was built on LSD.

Its founder, Bill Wilson, said:

“𝙋𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧.”

Yet for 65 years, AA denied it.
Here’s the story they tried to bury 🧵 December 1934.

Bill Wilson lay dying in Towns Hospital, ravaged by alcoholism.

His doctor, Dr. Silkworth, uses a radical treatment to try to cure him.

High doses of the hallucinogen known as:

𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄:

You had to get high before you could rule.

And no ruler was exempt.
Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Cicero, Augustus.
All drank the same ego-dissolving potion.

They called it: The Eleusinian Mysteries.
The drug cult that birthed democracy 🧵 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗕𝗖𝗘, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:

Before you could lead people, you had to experience death.

On the temple it read: "𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚"

But the Eleusinian Mysteries weren't just some psychedelic party...