Izinkolo eziningi ziveze imibono yazo ngokwamukelekayo ukudliwa njengendlela yokudakwa kwezinhloso zokomoya, zokuzijabulisa noma zokwelapha.Izinto ezisebenza ngengqondo nazo zingadlala indima enkulu ekuthuthukiseni inkolo nemibono yezenkolo kanye nasemicikilishweni. Encwadini ethi Inside the Neolithic Mind, ababhali, abavubukuli uDavid Lewis-Williams noDavid Pearce bathi izidakamizwa ze-hallucinogenic zakha isisekelo senkolo ye-neolithic nobuciko be-rock.Imikhuba nezithombe ezifanayo zitholakala kubantu bomdabu "benkathi yamatshe" yangaleso sikhathi eNingizimu Melika besebenzisa yaje. Ezinye izazi ziphakamise ukuthi izinkolo zasendulo zamaGrikhi zasebenzisa ama- entheogen, afana neKykeon enkabeni yezimfihlakalo ze -Eleusinian, ukwenza umbono noma isimo sokuphupha.Ucwaningo olwenziwe nguJohn R. Hale, uJelle Zeilinga de Boer, uJeffrey P. Chanton kanye noHenry A. Spiller lukhombisa ukuthi iziphrofetho zeDelphic Oracle zashiwo ngabaPristikazi ngaphansi kwethonya lomhoshana wegesi okhishwe emhlabathini.Okutholakele kwabo kushicilelwe ku Ukubuza i-Delphic Oracle: Ukubuka konke / i-Tale edakisayo . Imininingwane yemivubukulo, ye-ethnohistorical, ne-ethnographic ikhombisa ukuthi amasiko aseMesoamerican asebenzise izinto ze- psychedelic kumasiko okwelapha nawenkolo.Ama- Aztec asendulo ayesebenzisa izitshalo nezilwane ezahlukahlukene ze-entheogenic emphakathini wabo, kufaka phakathi i- ololiuqui ( Rivea corymbosa ), teonanácatl ( Psilocybe spp.