Many people find these things to be adequate spiritual foundations. I'm glad they have found them, but their religions do not work for me. As Psychedelicists, my coreligionists and I depend on direct, intense spiritual experience. Although the Bill of Rights says that the government shall not establish any religion, those religions which are based on church, book, or dogma are legally established in the sense that they and their members alone receive constitutional protection for' their practices, persons, and property. LSD and other sacraments are illegal, and those who use them are subject to legal sanctions.
Psychedelic sacraments are the sine qua non of our religion.
Depriving a Psychedelicist of LSD, sacred mushrooms, peyote, or other sacraments is akin to depriving a fundamentalist of his Bible or a Catholic of her church. Psychedelic experience is the foundation of my practice. During the Reformation, many clergymen feared that the printing press would make the Bible available to the common person. They feared that the untutored and unwashed might criticize the church and clergy or even set up their own churches. This is exactly what happened, and the reformers came to be known as Protestants.