Since the dawn of humanity, humans have been using psychoactive plants and chemicals to expand consciousness, approach deity, and self-awaken.

Psychedelics have long been linked to profound spiritual experiences. Psychedelics can transcend ordinary states of consciousness. They allow a deep exploration of one’s inner world.

Studies consistently show that psychedelics improve emotional well-being. They do so by inducing a range of experiences.

These experiences give people an enhanced sense of meaning and purpose in their lives.

Non-Western cultures have used psychedelic plants and fungi as sacramental tools for thousands of years.

It has even been proposed that they have significantly influenced the development of religions worldwide.

“How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn’t matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for even a glimpse of what exists for those who can become open to it.”– Sasha Shulgin

“The hallmark feature of the mystical experience, that we can now occasion with high probability, is the sense of the interconnectedness of all things – a sense of unity, a sense of openheartedness or love, and a noetic quality suggesting that this experience is more real than everyday waking consciousness. I believe that the experience of unity is of key importance to understanding the potential existential shifts that people can undergo after having these kinds of experiences.” -Roland Griffiths

“If we recognize the power of entheogenic substances to open us to the universal truth and full dimension of human experience, and if we accept the role of the shaman as hierophant and psychopomp into this realm, as enacted for example by the Huichol mara’akame, we have to conclude that today in Western society we are deprived of two key resources for complete human growth. Young people, in their hunger for meaning, will still gravitate toward entheogens. The more experienced among us may try to ease their journey, but in the absence of qualified guides not all will benefit from their experience.”– Rick Doblin

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