Meher Baba wrote, “If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God.”[While not a Christian, and writing in 1966, Meher Baba succinctly sums up many Christian’s attitudes to drugs. While one may be left with an impressive, even legitimately life-changing experience, one has to question the source and can never be entirely sure it wasn’t all just an illusion. Is this a route Faust would have taken, and if so, what would the consequences have been for him? If Christianity and other religions are truly founded or shaped by drug experiences then perhaps they are the ones deceived by the Devil’s illusions (and he being one himself)—and Faust is the only rational one.]From Wikipedia:
‘God in a Pill? Meher Baba on L.S.D. and The High Roads was a 1966 pamphlet containing messages from Meher Baba speaking out against taking illicit drugs such as marijuana and LSD, ultimately saying they were harmful “physically, mentally, and spiritually.”The pamphlet was published in 1966 by Sufism Reoriented using quotes by Meher Baba where he disparaged the view that hallucinogenic and psychedelic drugs, especially LSD, but also marijuana, psilocybin, and other drugs, might be used to elicit meaningful spiritual insight. Meher Baba wrote, “If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God.” It was compiled from letters to several academics in the West including Allan Cohen, Robert Dreyfuss and Richard Alpert.’Pasted from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_a_Pill%3F>
Furthermore, consider this: Simulacra and Simulation. Is it just coincidence that our age of technological advancement with its “modifications” and simulations of reality is simultaneously an age of psychoactive drug use? Are entheogens just part of the simulation or a simulacrum? Are the experiences they give us real, a simulation of reality, or an experience of something that doesn’t exist?