They manipulate our brain chemistry to trigger visions, memories, mystical experiences, ego dissolution, emotional healing, and profound insights.
In nature, they can be found in the form of plants, animals, and fungi. The fact that psychedelics are abundant in nature itself is intriguing. There are mescaline-containing cacti such as Peyote and San Pedro, 5-meo-DMT containing toads, a psychoactive species of mint leaves called Salvia, ibogaine containing shrubs, and roughly 200 varieties of psilocybin mushrooms, just to name a few.