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Andrew R. Gallimore (Alieninsect)

British neurobiologist, pharmacologist, and DMT researcher who argues that DMT entity encounters — particularly the recurring mantis/insectoid archetype — are genuine interactions with intelligent beings in orthogonal dimensions of reality, not hallucinations. Developer (with Rick Strassman) of the DMTx extended-state protocol that allows sustained multi-hour access to the DMT dimension.

FieldDetails
Full NameAndrew Robert Gallimore
Known As@alieninsect, Alien Insect
LocationOkinawa, Japan
RoleComputational Neurobiologist / Pharmacologist / Chemist / Author / DMT Researcher
StatusACTIVE
PlatformX (@alieninsect ~30K followers), Alien Insect On Drugs (Substack), alieninsect.net, Joe Rogan Experience, multiple podcast circuits
Current AffiliationOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan
Notable WorksAlien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game (2019), Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World's Strangest Drug (2025, foreword by Graham Hancock), DMTx extended-state protocol (co-developed with Rick Strassman)
CategoryAcademic Researcher / Pharmacologist / Author

Assessment: STRONG EVIDENCE (Scientific / Experiential)​

Andrew Gallimore is one of the most credentialed scientists actively arguing that DMT entities are real. Unlike most consciousness researchers who hedge on the ontological status of DMT encounters, Gallimore stakes a clear position: the beings encountered under DMT — including the consistently reported mantis/insectoid archetype — are "discarnate intelligent agents" residing in orthogonal dimensions that the brain can tune into when DMT reconfigures its neural processing. His dual background in computational neuroscience and pharmacology gives him unusual credibility in bridging hard science with experiential claims. The DMTx protocol he co-developed with Rick Strassman represents the most ambitious attempt to date to extend DMT journeys from minutes to hours, enabling sustained investigation of entity encounters and dimensional exploration.

His work is directly relevant to this project because it provides a scientific framework for understanding why intelligence agencies (CIA Gateway Process, Project Stargate) invested in consciousness technologies that access non-physical realms — and why that research was classified.

Background​

Gallimore holds a PhD and works at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. His academic background spans computational neurobiology, chemistry, and pharmacology, giving him a multidisciplinary toolkit for investigating how psychedelic molecules alter the brain's reality-generating processes.

His interest in DMT goes beyond clinical pharmacology into what he calls the "alien information theory" framework — a model proposing that the brain is fundamentally a reality-generating system that constructs our everyday world from an underlying informational code. DMT, in this framework, does not create hallucinations but rather switches the brain's "reality channel" to access normally hidden orthogonal dimensions of a higher-dimensional reality he calls the HyperGrid.

In 2015, Gallimore and Rick Strassman published a pharmacokinetic model for continuous intravenous DMT infusion — the DMTx protocol — which can extend the DMT state from roughly 10-15 minutes to several hours. This protocol is now being developed for clinical implementation, representing the first serious attempt to allow sustained, scientifically monitored exploration of the DMT dimension.

Core Thesis: The Mantis/Insectoid Archetype and Real Dimensions​

Gallimore's work intersects heavily with the mantis/insectoid entity phenomenon — the recurring appearance of large, praying-mantis-like beings across three independent domains:

1. DMT Encounters In clinical DMT studies (Johns Hopkins, Imperial College London, Rick Strassman's original 1990s trials), subjects consistently report encountering insectoid or mantis-like entities. These beings are described as 6-9 feet tall, radiating intelligence and authority, often supervising procedures performed by smaller entities (frequently described as "Greys"). Gallimore documents these as a distinct category of "discarnate intelligent agents" within the DMT dimension.

2. Alien Abduction Accounts Abduction researchers including Dr. John E. Mack of Harvard have catalogued accounts describing nearly identical mantis-like beings overseeing medical procedures — matching the DMT reports despite subjects having no knowledge of each other's experiences. The morphological consistency across independent experiencers is, in Gallimore's view, evidence that something real is being perceived rather than generated by the brain.

3. Ancient and Indigenous Traditions The San people of southern Africa worship a praying mantis deity called Kaggen — a shapeshifting creator god associated with trance states and shamanic consciousness. Similar insectoid archetypes appear across cultures that use consciousness-altering practices, suggesting a deep cross-cultural pattern.

Gallimore argues that the consistency of these reports across cultures, time periods, and modalities (DMT, meditation, abduction, shamanic trance) cannot be explained by cultural contamination or random neural noise. Instead, he proposes these encounters represent genuine contact with entities in dimensions orthogonal to our own — dimensions the brain normally filters out but which DMT makes accessible.

The Alien Information Theory Framework​

Gallimore's theoretical framework, published in Alien Information Theory (2019), proposes:

  • The Code: Reality is fundamentally informational. A computational code generates the physical three-dimensional world we perceive (the "Grid").
  • The HyperGrid: Our perceived 3D reality is actually a cross-section of a higher-dimensional structure — the HyperGrid — containing orthogonal dimensions with their own physics, entities, and geography.
  • DMT as Channel Switcher: The brain is a reality-generating system that normally operates on one "channel." DMT reconfigures the brain's neural processing to tune into other channels — other dimensional cross-sections of the HyperGrid.
  • Entities as Residents: The beings encountered under DMT are not hallucinations but actual residents of these orthogonal dimensions — intelligent agents with their own agendas, social structures, and technology.
  • The Brain as Antenna: Consistent with the "reducing valve" model (Aldous Huxley, Tom Campbell), the brain does not generate consciousness but filters a broader informational reality down to a manageable stream. DMT loosens this filter.

Key Quotes​

"Entity encounters experienced with DMT are real and genuine interactions with beings... discarnate intelligent agents." — Andrew Gallimore, multiple interviews and Substack posts

"DMT switches the reality channel by allowing the brain to access information from normally hidden orthogonal dimensions of reality." — Andrew Gallimore, Alien Information Theory (2019)

"The beings at the deepest levels of reality are far more interesting than extraterrestrials in spacecraft." — Andrew Gallimore, Joe Rogan Experience #2403 (October 2025)

Where He Has Said It: Key Appearances (2019-2025)​

  • Joe Rogan Experience #2403 (October 2025) — Major long-form interview covering DMT entities, the HyperGrid, and why beings at deeper levels of reality matter more than physical extraterrestrials
  • Aubrey Marcus Podcast #491 (February 2025) — Extended-state DMT research and entity encounters, with Carl Hayden Smith
  • Third Eye Drops / Mind Meld #434 (June 2025) — Discussion of Death by Astonishment, overlap between DMT entities and UFO abduction experiences
  • Hamilton Morris Podcast (May 2023) — DMT Entity Diplomacy, continuous DMT infusion project, Reality Switch Technologies
  • Mind Escape Podcast #274 (February 2023) — DMT entities and machine elves
  • McKenna Academy Podcast — Exploring the DMT realm and the nature of reality
  • Psychedelics Today (2019) — Accessing high-dimensional intelligence through DMT
  • Alien Insect On Drugs Substack — Ongoing articles including "The Case for DMT Entities" and "Yes, DMT Aliens Might Be Real"

The DMTx Protocol: Extended-State DMT​

The most concrete scientific contribution Gallimore has made to consciousness research is the DMTx (extended-state DMT) protocol, developed in collaboration with Rick Strassman:

  • The Problem: Standard DMT experiences last only 10-15 minutes, making sustained investigation of the DMT dimension impossible.
  • The Solution: A target-controlled intravenous infusion protocol that maintains stable DMT blood levels for hours, allowing subjects to remain in the DMT state for extended periods.
  • The Pharmacokinetic Model: Published in 2015, the model uses standard pharmacokinetic principles to calculate infusion rates that maintain a target DMT concentration in the brain.
  • Current Status: The DMTx protocol has moved from theory to practice. In March 2026, Eleusis — a legal luxury psychedelic immersion facility on the island of Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — completed its first Extended State DMTx cohorts using the Gallimore-Strassman protocol. Gallimore serves as chief scientist. On March 31, 2026, Eleusis announced the results: "This wasn't surface-level insight. Sustained states. Real-time guidance. What people came back with says everything." This represents the most ambitious consciousness research program since the CIA's Gateway Process — and the first time sustained DMT entity contact has been attempted in a purpose-built, legally sanctioned facility.
  • Eleusis Facility: World's first legal DMTx center. Introductory package $9,500 (four-day stay, two extended DMTx sessions). Team includes Dr. Andrew Ferber (MD), Chris Timmermann (Imperial College), Carl Hayden Smith. Gallimore calls the program "SETI for the mind" — establishing sustained two-way communication with seemingly superintelligent entities encountered in the DMT state.

Connection to Deep State / Consciousness Control​

Gallimore's work connects to the broader consciousness control narrative in several ways:

  • Suppressed Research: DMT research was effectively banned for decades after the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Strassman's 1990s studies were the first FDA-approved human DMT trials — a gap of over 20 years during which no legal clinical research occurred.
  • Gateway Process Parallel: The CIA's classified Gateway Process report (declassified 2003) describes consciousness accessing other dimensions through altered states — precisely what Gallimore's framework proposes DMT enables. The convergence between classified intelligence research and open DMT science suggests both are measuring the same phenomenon.
  • Why It Was Classified: If consciousness can genuinely access other dimensions and interact with non-human intelligences, the military and intelligence implications are enormous — explaining why programs like Gateway and Stargate were classified rather than published.
  • Entity Consistency: The mantis/insectoid archetype appearing across DMT, abduction, and Gateway experiences suggests a single underlying phenomenon being accessed through multiple modalities — a phenomenon intelligence agencies investigated behind classification walls.

The Counterargument​

  • Neurological Explanation: Mainstream neuroscience attributes DMT entity encounters to the drug's effects on serotonin 2A receptors, which can generate complex visual and social hallucinations. The consistency of reports may reflect shared neural architecture rather than external entities.
  • Cultural Contamination: Critics argue that the internet age has spread descriptions of DMT entities widely enough that new users enter the experience with preformed expectations, potentially biasing their reports.
  • Confirmation Bias: As a researcher who personally believes in the reality of DMT entities (having experienced them himself), Gallimore may interpret ambiguous data through a lens that confirms his thesis.
  • Unfalsifiability: The claim that entities exist in "orthogonal dimensions" is difficult to test empirically — critics argue this makes the framework unfalsifiable and therefore unscientific.
  • Peer Review Gap: While Gallimore's pharmacokinetic work is peer-reviewed, his broader "alien information theory" framework has not been subjected to the same level of formal academic scrutiny.
  • DMT Consciousness Travel — The broader thesis that DMT enables access to real dimensions, of which Gallimore is a leading scientific proponent
  • DMT Entity Encounters — Documentation of the entity encounter phenomenon Gallimore researches
  • Rick Strassman — Gallimore's collaborator on DMTx and the pioneer of modern clinical DMT research
  • Terence McKenna — Earlier proponent of the reality of DMT entities ("machine elves") whose work Gallimore builds upon with a neurobiological framework
  • Whitley Strieber — Experiencer-author whose "visitor" encounters include insectoid beings matching the mantis archetype Gallimore documents
  • Interdimensional UAP Hypothesis — The broader framework proposing UAP/entities originate from other dimensions rather than distant planets — consistent with Gallimore's orthogonal-dimension model
  • Gateway Consciousness Simulator — The CIA program that investigated consciousness accessing other dimensions through altered states, paralleling DMT research
  • Tom Campbell — Physicist whose "My Big TOE" virtual-reality model of consciousness shares structural similarities with Gallimore's HyperGrid/Code framework

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Eleusis first Extended State DMTx cohort completion announcement

Eleusis announces completion of first Extended State DMTx cohorts. Source: @EleusisMind on X, March 31, 2026.

In February 2026, Eleusis was announced as the world's first legal luxury psychedelic immersion facility, debuting in March 2026 on Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Gallimore serves as chief scientist, applying the DMTx protocol he and Strassman developed theoretically in 2015 in a purpose-built, medically supervised facility.

On March 31, 2026, Eleusis announced the completion of their first Extended State cohorts. The facility uses target-controlled IV (TCIV) infusion to maintain breakthrough-depth DMT states for 30-60+ minutes — far beyond the 10-15 minute duration of conventional smoked or injected DMT. Gallimore describes the program's goal as "SETI for the mind": establishing sustained two-way communication with the nonhuman, seemingly superintelligent entities consistently reported in DMT experiences.

The Eleusis team includes Chris Timmermann (who led Imperial College London's DMTx pilot study), Dr. Andrew Ferber (MD), Carl Hayden Smith, and former NFL player Jordan Poyer. The facility charges $9,500 for an introductory four-day package including two extended DMTx sessions.

This represents the most significant milestone in Gallimore's career — the transition of DMTx from a theoretical pharmacokinetic model (2015) to an academic pilot study (Imperial College, 2023) to an operational, repeatable program in a dedicated facility (2026).

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