Sacred mushrooms: between demonization and scientific healing
Most people call them “drugs.” But they’re not just that.
In mainstream culture, psychedelic mushrooms are linked to festivals, weird trips, and confused teenagers.
But the truth is much older, deeper, and more sacred.
Sacred mushrooms have been used for thousands of years by shamans, healers, and indigenous people to heal, connect, and reveal.
They are not recreational substances. They are tools of consciousness — of self, of the world, of spirit.
What our ancestors knew (and we forgot)
In the Amazon, Siberia, Mexico, and Africa, sacred plants and mushrooms were a core part of medicine, spirituality, and ritual.
Used with intention, respect, and guidance, these substances were seen as portals — not to illusions, but to inner truths.
Today, many reject them without knowing anything real.
Why? Because we fear what cannot be controlled.
The system doesn’t want you to think for yourself
Instead of asking why you’re suffering, the conventional medical system prefers to sedate you.
Valium, Xanax, antidepressants — they promise calm and balance but don’t treat the root.
Why? Because it’s more profitable to keep you on a prescription than to see you healed.
Psilocybin, LSD, therapeutic MDMA — these are banned because:
👉 they don’t generate billions in profit
👉 they can’t be patented
👉 and worst of all: they make you think for yourself
What science says (not social media)
Dozens of recent studies show:
- Psilocybin significantly reduces anxiety and depression
- It helps with grief, trauma, and fear of death
- It stimulates neuroplasticity (rebuilding brain connections)
- It creates mystical experiences that deeply shift your sense of life and self
Institutions like Johns Hopkins, Imperial College London, and MAPS are leading serious research.
This isn’t just “hippies in the forest” anymore. It’s clinical, measurable science.
I’m not a dealer. I’m a psychologist.
I work with psychedelic-assisted therapy.
I don’t sell mushrooms.
I don’t do “trip services.”
But I’ve seen with my own eyes how people’s lives change.
People lost in mental darkness found meaning again.
Not because the mushroom is “magic”, but because they dared to see what was already within them.
Recreational vs therapeutic — it’s a big difference
Taking mushrooms on your couch with Netflix isn’t therapy.
It’s unstructured consumption, without preparation, without support, without integration.
In a therapeutic setting:
- there’s emotional and psychological preparation,
- there’s professional and empathetic support,
- and there’s integration — turning the experience into real-life transformation
You don’t run from pain here. You face it.
True healing doesn’t come in a pill
No dose of Valium will heal your childhood wounds.
No Xanax will reconnect you to your soul.
Sacred mushrooms are not a shortcut.
They are a catalyst. A mirror. A moment of raw honesty with yourself.
And yes, it can be hard. It can be messy.
But it can also be deeply liberating.
So… where are we heading?
To hospitals where psilocybin becomes part of therapy?
To schools where kids learn about emotions and self-awareness?
To a world where inner healing is as essential as nutrition or fitness?
Maybe. But first, we need to free the mushroom from fear and stigma.