Editing Third eye (section)

==In Theosophy==
Adherents of [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|theosophist]] [[Helena Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially dormant [[pineal gland]], which resides between the two hemispheres of the brain.{{sfnp|Blavatsky|1893|pp=289–306}} [[Reptile]]s and [[amphibian]]s sense light via a third [[parietal eye]]—a structure associated with the pineal gland—which serves to regulate their [[circadian rhythm]]s, and for navigation, as it can sense the polarization of light. She states that certain functions of the mind are associated with the pineal gland and the acervulus cerebri was absent in children below the age of six.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pineal Gland {{!}} Theosophy World |url=https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/pineal-gland |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=www.theosophy.world}}</ref> [[C. W. Leadbeater]] thought that by extending an "etheric tube" from the third eye, it is possible to develop microscopic and telescopic vision.<ref name="Leadbeater, C.W. Page 79"/> It has been asserted by Stephen Phillips that the third eye's microscopic vision is capable of observing objects as small as [[quark]]s.{{sfnp|Phillips|1980|p={{pn|date=December 2022}}}} According to this belief, humans had in far ancient times an actual third eye in the back of the head with a physical and spiritual function. Over time, as humans evolved, this eye atrophied and sunk into what today is known as the pineal gland.{{sfnp|Blavatsky|1893|p=295}} [[Rick Strassman]] has hypothesized that the pineal gland, which maintains light sensitivity, is responsible for the production and release of [[Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]] (dimethyltryptamine), an [[entheogen]] which he believes could be excreted in large quantities at the moments of birth and death.{{sfnp|Strassman|2001|p={{pn|date=December 2022}}}}