Entheogens and the Mystic Path: Sacred Medicines, Sacred States

From the soma of the Vedas to the burning bush of Moses, from the sacred vine of the Amazon to the bread and wine of the Eucharist, the sacred has often arrived through the senses—through taste, scent, vision and altered perception.

Entheogens—referring to substances capable of “generating the divine within”—have long served as catalysts for mystical experience. Used with reverence, these plant and medicinal allies can open doors to the numinous. They dissolve the ego’s grip, unveil archetypal realms and reconnect us with the Earth’s intelligence. In the Upanishads, the seers drank soma to glimpse Brahman. In Gnostic Christianity, the Eucharist was not just a symbol, but a portal. In Rosicrucian alchemy, the “philosopher’s stone” may have been as much inner as chemical.

At Mysticity, we do not promote escapism or mere recreational use of these sacred spiritual medicines. We honor entheogens like psylocybin mushrooms, LSD, salvia divinorum, cannabis, peyote, San Pedro cactus, mescaline, 5-MEO DMT and ayahuasca as sacraments—tools for healing, integration and awakening. When paired with music, ritual and mystical intention, they can help us remember what we already are: luminous, interconnected and whole spiritual beings.

The question is not whether the divine speaks through spiritual medicines. The question is: Are we listening?