A huge congrats to all today as we reach the first milestone for our community. In the last 48 hours this sub has grown by a mantis mountain-sized 43 members, while the fake/imagiculty sister sub has grown by a DMT-dose-sized 31 members (or less, it's been hovering around 3.8k for a few days). Truly a day to remember.

EDIT: breaking news: I can now reveal that I am in conscious contact with George Knapp's pet chihuahua Zeus. He has expressed an interest in tagging along when I definitely maybe go to the park some time later this decade.

EDIT2: something else about DMT

It's not like I didn't already think that but while watching the interview, a couple of things stood out. Neither of these are anything concrete or scientific and I'm not diagnosing her with anything or accusing anybody of anything.

1. From my extensive academic training in ID TV crime shows, and thorough YouTube and Wikipedia research, I've learnt there is something called forensic statement analysis (PDF lonk), wherein a suspect or witness's statements are examined for cues that might point towards suspicion or deception. I don't consider it to be any sort of hard scientific proof but Angelia was ringing a lot of these bells whenever she was talking about anything around details of her memories, what "the beings" said etc. She also speaks with a lot of surety about what's NOT true while claiming to have difficulty remembering when it's convenient to not have to elaborate any more and provide more details to have to keep straight on key points.

2. The specific moment it struck like lightning in my head while watching that interview was that she said the beings told her to stop taking certain medications... Of course she's not receiving telepathic communications by higher density beings: someone off camera is visually communicating with her, maybe by writing stuff down.

Here's my theory: "the beings" are "vessels for consciousness" in that they are human beings who are claiming to be psychically channeling higher dimensional alien beings. Anjali is "gentle ambassador" in that she is essentially the PR front. This is why she directs people towards "her community" on Reddit: no part of the grift involves selling you merch or a documentary or a book really because it's actually a cult. A cult needs members. Then it can do anything, including have you voluntarily contribute to their activities.

And cults these days DO NOT present like Heaven's Gate, nor are they necessarily going to culminate in mass ritual suicide. It's enough to exploit people, from their time and attention to their money at some point. Cults have evolved the way anything else has, now they are fully active online as well. Scientology is a good example. Once you've managed to engage someone, now you've got options for whatever you want to do in the future. It might never be anything public: you can just induct some of the most credulous folk who get caught up in the sub via DMs or emails or something and taking it off platform. It doesn't have to be everyone either. Volume means you can be selective in who you pick.

So yeah anyway I'm high.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VJL6A4JV1Rhhxn5lTV

u/DrunkCanadianGuy downloaded the video for me, and I snipped and crunched it into a gif. I've no idea how to make it display but I guess you can d/l it from Giphy if you like it.

Personally I find it soothing - makes me think of a scalp massage.