Also, it goes without saying, if it weren't for the DMT, Ayahuasca wouldn't really do anything, ya know? Have you taken Harmalas/Caapi/Rue on their own without DMT in heavy dosages? Sure there's some stuff there but it ain't DMT land lol. Ayahuasca needs an Entheogenic component, whether DMT, or mushrooms, or something else, even Cannabis can work in a bind if you're wired in a way for it to tap you into some of those aspects to some degree, you need a Light, otherwise the Harmalas are just medicinal and there's nothing really there, certainly nothing worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, or necessitating ceremonies, or anything even particularly spiritual, no action at all. If DMT was not in Ayahuasca, Ayahuasca wouldn't be sought out, at all, it would be completely uninteresting and unappealing, there'd be nothing there. So when you say "DMT trip", well, remove the DMT from the equation, and you don't have anything truly worthwhile.
The magick and the mysticism and the spiritual connection and all the stuff we can experience, the main action of Ayahuasca, comes from the DMT, even though the Ayahuasca effects come from the Harmalas, and so for example, Psilohuasca and Ayahuasca are both Ayahuasca even though you use different Light sources, but it's the Psychedelic/Entheogenic component that is the main element, even though the Harmalas are the main active ingredient, the DMT is the experiential component that without it there's just nothing really there, and this is coming from a guy who has taken Harmalas, in full/heavy dosages, daily pretty much, for 12 straight years and ongoing, speaking from extensive experience, there's not really much of anything to the Harmalas themselves without a Psychedelic component, and a lot of the things people experience with DMT/Ayahuasca can be experienced also with other Psychedelics/Entheogens, because it's the Psychedelic/Entheogenic component which is what gives the active effects, and so what you're really saying is that you don't seem to realize that the DMT is the most important aspect of Ayahuasca, so reducing it down to a "DMT trip" is a rather silly thing to do, because that's where all the magick comes from, without it, no magick.
Also, nevermind the fact that DMT is endogenous to the body and is very likely released at death, near-death, possibly birth and some other things, and is likely the source for spontaneous naturally occurring mystical experiences.
Btw, you can also orally activate DMT using Moclobemide, which gives you the exact same effects/experiences that you get when taking it with Harmalas, except that the Harmala effects are not in the equation, so you get to see what the DMT itself does without being filtered through the effects/synergy of the effects of the Harmalas. And i assure you, it's just the same and just like it is when using the Harmalas, so the main shebang definitely comes from the DMT, and to reduce DMT down to a "trip" is to do it a huge disservice and injustice, imo.
