What psychedelics / entheogens are is a mystery. We don’t really know. Even if they are synthesised in a LAB, like LSD, they are still a mystery. Every explanation resembles the description of an elephant groped by blind people: a pillar, a long pipe, a huge flat cushion. They are all right, and none is right.
In order to benefit from them, your mindset, preparation, intention, the safety of the setting you choose, and the integration afterwards are crucial.
Last but not least: the more you have worked out for yourself a coherent psychological and spiritual cognitive framework, the more you can have meaningful journeys towards healing and self-realisation.
A long period of preparation and a skilled solid integration are paramount when embarking on psychedelic experience(s) as these substances are very powerful.
They take the participant on a dive, a voyage, into the limitless and bottomless ocean of consciousness. The journey can be beneficent but also harmful.
DISCLAIMER:
Disclaimer: I do not administer any psychedelic substances in my practice.
I do not provide referrals to illegal psychedelic services.