Pineal Gland

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The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis or the "third eye") is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and photoperiodic (seasonal) functions. It is shaped like a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and is located near to the center of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two rounded thalamic bodies join.
 
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is a naturally-occurring tryptamine and potent psychedelic drug, found not only in many plants, but also in trace amounts in the human body where its natural function is undetermined. Structurally, it is analogous to the neurotransmitter serotonin and other psychedelic tryptamines such as 5-MeO-DMT and 4-HO-DMT. DMT is created in small amounts by the human body during normal metabolism by the enzyme tryptamine-N-methyltransferase. Many cultures, indigenous and modern, ingest DMT as a psychedelic in extracted or synthesized forms. Pure DMT at room temperature is a clear or white to yellowish-red crystalline solid. A laboratory synthesis of DMT was first reported in 1931, and it was later found in many plants.
 
Melatonin, also known chemically as N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is a naturally occurring hormone found in most animals, including humans, and some other living organisms, including algae. Circulating levels vary in a daily cycle, and melatonin is important in the regulation of the circadian rhythms of several biological functions. Many biological effects of melatonin are produced through activation of melatonin receptors, while others are due to its role as a pervasive and powerful antioxidant with a particular role in the protection of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.

Products containing melatonin have been available as a dietary supplement in the United States since 1993. Foods may contain trace amounts of melatonin, but no food has been found to elevate plasma melatonin levels. Over-the-counter sales of the hormone remain illegal in many other countries, and the U.S. Postal Service lists melatonin among items prohibited by Germany.

Melatonin, which is produced by the pineal gland, is of the tryptamine group.

Tryptamine is a monoamine alkaloid found in plants, fungi, and animals. It is based around the indole ring structure, and is chemically related to the amino acid tryptophan, from which its name is derived. Tryptamine is found in trace amounts in the brains of mammals and is believed to play a role as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter.

Tryptamine is also the backbone for a group of compounds known collectively as tryptamines. This group includes many biologically active compounds, including neurotransmitters and hallucinogens.

So, melatonin and DMT are related, one as a neurological hormone which regulates biological functions, and the other as a naturally-occuring psychedelic found in small amounts in the human body.
 
Take a detour for awhile. One pineal definition:

Pineal

Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.

Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.

The pineal body is also called the epiphysis? See the word in the above paragraph in blue ink and the following two descriptions of another word.

Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday on January 6 celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus
Epiphany (feeling), the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something

Notice the spelling of the words epiphany and epiphysis above. Cooincidence?

The pineal gland is shaped like a pine cone (see previous definitions) and the following photo of a pine cone statue in Rome in the Vatican Square?

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...and the Pope's staff has a pine cone on it in the following photo?

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Ryder":3lp29sjr said:
Linked to the mystical/spiritual third eye, the ajna chakra.
"When thine eye becomes single, thy whole body is filled with light."

Interesting...

Matthew 6:22. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light.

Genesis 32:30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
 
chrisy":blo79m1p said:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/pineal/

Excellent article chrisy. Calcified pineal gland as the result of flouride consumption, usually in water, reportedly reduces the ability of the pineal gland.

I have located some references that say "serrapeptase" can de-calcify the pineal gland.
 

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