People over the millennia have reported having deeply moving religious experiences either spontaneously or while under the influence of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms or the Amazonian brew ayahuasca.
Experiences that people describe as encounters with God or a representative of God have been reported for thousands of years, and they likely form the basis of many of the world’s religions.
Although modern Western medicine doesn’t typically consider ‘spiritual’ or ‘religious’ experiences as one of the tools in the arsenal against sickness,
these encounters often lead to improvements in mental health.
A personal encounter with the “ultimate reality” or God – spontaneous or under the influence of a psychedelic drug can bring positive changes in psychological health even decades after the initial experience.