Interview with Rick Strassman

Rick Strassman M.D. is the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, a modern psychedelic classic, which chronicles Rick’s experiences conducting a human research trial with DMT between 1990-1995. He’s been kind enough to lend PsypressUK his thoughts on psychedelic literature, writing and his latest projects.

The depth and breadth to which psychedelic literature reaches is increasingly vast. Rick mentioned a variety of works including LSD Psychotherapy by Stanislav Grof, Peter Stafford’s Psychedelic Encyclopaedia and My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann, when PsypressUK asked him to cite some works that have influenced him over the years. All of which have seemingly helped shape the man.

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1952, Rick Strassman went on to attend the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University in New York, where he obtained a medical degree with honours in 1977. With much of his working life dedicated to psychiatry, Rick also held strong Buddhist beliefs and it appears that this dichotomy has exerted a strong force on the paths of his life.