Carl Hayden Smith
Carl Hayden Smith is a professor and researcher who studies consciousness, altered states, and immersive technologies.
Circuit updated July 29, 2026
- Carl Hayden Smith says 78% of IV DMT users see entities, and some meet the entities' children
“like I said, 78% of people are seeing entities, but not just entities, but the children of entities.” 8:16
- Carl Hayden Smith says DMT entities told him he was not scheduled to die in an fMRI scanner
“And then immediately the entities arrive en masse as if to say bang. They gave me like a like a flash of light to say that you're you're made of light. You're like an immortal being. But you're in a human form right now and you're not scheduled.” 1:09
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“And then immediately the entities arrive en masse as if to say bang. They gave me like a like a flash of light to say that you're you're made of light. You're like an immortal being. But you're in a human form right now and you're not scheduled.”
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“you have a light breakfast where you go out snorkeling on the barrier reef. Then you come back and you have a like a 3-hour lomi lomi massage. And then you go into your DMT experience, which can be kind of curated.”
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“I'm a scientist, I'm a professor, I'm I'm still on the fence as to whether these entities are your archetypes or your higher self or you or you in the future or something you're tapping into.”
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“The first one is I see a sign at the corner of my vision which is like, 'You're doing well. Do more. Do more. Take more DMT.' And then it's like, 'You've done enough DMT.'”
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“you're doing these things in a hospital ward where you associate, you know, hospitals with death, dying, disease. And then you're actually trying to trip in that context.”
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“I'm not claustrophobic generally, but the the claustrophobia induced by this incredibly loud very confined, your head's like you you know, you can't move an inch.”
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Carl Hayden Smith says 78% of IV DMT users see entities, and some meet the entities' children
The claim is wild, oddly domestic, and a useful reminder that psychedelic research keeps producing data that sounds like a Pixar sequel written in a hospital ward.
Carl Hayden Smith says DMT entities told him he was not scheduled to die in an fMRI scanner
The psychedelic researcher’s wildest claim is not that DMT produces entities, but that those entities appeared to treat his lab scan like a cosmic false alarm.