Psychonautics isn't limited to drug use.

Man, I just wanna say I like your outlook. Few people manage to simultaneously entertain spirituality and materialism. That "axiom of grounding" really resonates with me, and is the reason I entertain metaphyiscs and spirituality alongside materialism. Limiting yourself to one school of thought limits your potential.

My experiences with entities have been quite... Unexplainable. My experience with Lady Salvia is one of the ones that made me question whether or not these things truly exist. Lady Salvia is a recurring entity that people have taken note of for hundereds of years. The indigenous people who use it call her "La Pastora," the Shepherdess, or "Hierba Maria," denoting Mother Mary. And even when it found its way to America, people noticed the feminine presence this plant embodies.

Lady salvia appeared in my mind's eye as a glowing feminine form of white light. But my mind's eye was so vivid that it seemed like she was actually there, which is strange as a I have aphantasia. She telepathically told me to stop smoking weed. And I did for half a year.

Other people have had similar experiences with her. And she always appears to people differently, someone said they saw her as a black woman with dreads before.

This is just one entity that's common across thousands of people's experiences. Mother Ayahuasca and the feminine presence many feel from DMT is also one of these recurring entities. And as for a scarier but common entity, there's the Hat Man, a shadowp person wearing a wide brim hat that appears to people in sleep paralysis, dreams, on deliriants, before or after traumatic experiences, and sometimes on other hallucinogens like DMT.

I've had experiences with all three of these entities. Personally, I feel that if they weren't real, so many people wouldn't be seeing and feeling them.

But I've also had encounters with entities that are similar to your experience - more physical than mental.

Also, I dislike new age spirituality as well. I still look into it because it's important, but most new age spiritualists don't know what they're talking about and blatantly deny science

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