Are religious or spiritual experiences real? How can something be real if there is only one person experiencing it? If we look at this question in western scientific terms, it is only a stimulation and does not reflect reality at all, but if we look towards the east or to a shaman for example, they might have a very different view.

Let’s say we ingest a mushroom, even though a state is caused by the mushroom, we might be seeing the spiritual realm as it is, rather than a false state.

Wearing glasses might offer an important analogy here. Without glasses the world is blurry, put the glasses on and the world becomes clear. They change the way the brain responds to the world. Are we seeing the world in a false way, or in a more accurate way?

Can we apply this analogy to different drugs or induced states from prayer and meditation, say?