Psychedelic Drugs: Hallucinations or Hightened Consciousness

This debate is as old as the hills, but let’s explore it anyway.  It’s a fun and fascinating topic, wouldn’t you say?

The question is, while under the influence of a mind altering substance, particularly mushrooms, Peyote, and for the purpose of this post MDMA (Ecstasy), is it more likely to have a genuine paranormal experience, or is the altered state of consciousness responsible for these otherworldly encounters?

Let’s do this by going through each of the above mentioned drugs, talk about the common effects, {more. . .)