Psychedelics Enable Divine Communication and Should Be Part of a Full Life
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/by/interesting-times. "Opinion | ‘I Met God’ - The New York Times." June 12, 2026. www.nytimes.com
The Gist
The speaker argues that magic mushrooms and similar drugs actually let you talk to God and have real spiritual experiences. Since these experiences are so powerful and consistent across users, he believes they prove God exists and wants us to use these substances for spiritual growth.
Conclusion
The safe use of certain mind-altering drugs (psychedelics) should be part of living a full life because they allow genuine communication with the divine
Premises
- Psychedelics consistently produce profound spiritual experiences that feel like encounters with God or divine entities
- These experiences are so transformative that 'you cannot be a real atheist after you took psychedelics'
- The nature of these encounters matches descriptions of the divine found in religious texts (indescribable, beyond human comprehension)
- Psychedelics alter consciousness in a way that allows humans to 'comprehend the nature of the divine and communicate with it'
- God is fundamentally good and gave humans psychedelics as a tool for spiritual discovery
- When approached with sincere spiritual seeking, these experiences connect with benevolent rather than misleading entities
Assumptions
- Subjective spiritual experiences during altered states of consciousness reflect objective spiritual realities
- The consistency of mystical experiences across users indicates they are accessing something real rather than just brain chemistry
- Divine entities exist and can be contacted through altered states of consciousness
- God intends for humans to use psychedelics for spiritual purposes
- The speaker can reliably distinguish between genuine divine encounters and deceptive spiritual entities