Journey with us beyond the doors of perception in this interview by Luke Hancock, where guest Batuhan Bintas, drawing on firsthand experience in the Imperial College London DMT Study, recounts strange tales of encounters with DMT Entities, the Cosmic Serpent, abduction by Mantidae surgeons, being haunted by a Succubus, DMT Elves that sing creation into existence, as well as the Universality of the experiences, and the greater implications of contact with that Realm. Join us in this discussion about what this contact with the 'other' reveals about the nature of consciousness and humanity's place within a much larger and stranger cosmos than we ever dreamed possible.Episode link: https://hancockhour.com/podcast/batuhan-bintas/---------------See also Batuhan's short film about the connection beween the Anatolian deity Shahmeran, and the spirit of Ayahuasca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJK8g8ETYzMBatuhan Bintas ( @batuhanbintasofficial ) is an animator, independent researcher, and global speaker exploring the deep intersections of consciousness, ancient mythology, and altered states.He has spoken internationally at gatherings such as Boom Festival, Ozora Festival, and Breaking Convention, while his visuals have been presented at major cultural events, including Glastonbury Festival. Alongside his public work, Batuhan is also a volunteer participant in DMT research conducted at Imperial College London, grounding his creative and mythological inquiry in lived research experience.He is currently developing a documentary series exploring DMT entities and the history of psychedelics, examining recurring visionary archetypes across ancient civilizations and cross-cultural shamanic traditions alongside insights from modern psychedelic science. Through AI-driven visual storytelling and comparative research, his work traces symbolic patterns that appear across humanity’s oldest cultures and today’s psychedelic experiences, asking enduring questions about origin, memory, meaning — and whether these extraordinary encounters point to a shared symbolic language or a deeper continuity within human consciousness itself.---------------Guest links:https://www.batuhanbintas.com/DMT Entities Webinar: https://dandelion.events/e/j3ro1https://www.youtube.com/@UCyy3A-V5xHHR--6qx5jnxVg https://www.instagram.com/batuhanbintas---------------Books mentioned:Communion, by Whitley Strieber: https://amzn.to/3Nu82CTSupernatural, by Graham Hancock: https://amzn.to/3NDvv4vDMT: The Spirit Molecule, by Rick Strassman M.D.: https://amzn.to/49GxVIk---------------CHAPTERS""""""""00:00 Coming up01:12 The DMTx trials15:19 Jinn & Islam19:33 Ontology of DMT entities25:35 Islamic art & DMT32:23 The pine cone & Legality40:16 Consciousness Suppressors49:40 DMT Entities53:35 Abduction & Mantis Surgeons1:04:10 Bad trips1:21:21 dREamALITY1:34:44 Spirit Love & the Succubus1:48:49 Souvenir & Mushroom Magic2:05:00 Shahmaran2:12:40 Magic Carpets2:17:35 AI
