Materialists believe that nothing is real that exists outside measurable phenomena. But psychedelic experiences and psilocybin can't be easily explained in these terms. The change in someone who senses a relationship with the transcendent that didn't exist before is real even if the experience was an illusion. Consciousness and spiritual formation are linked. Even without magic mushrooms.

—This animation was created to accompany the Quillette article "On The Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate" by Matthew Blackwell. Revitalized as my first NFT.