PSYCHEDELICS
The “Shaman” Who Stormed the Capitol Represents a Small Side of Psychedelic Healing We Must Stay Aware Of
Jacob Chansley is a proponent of psychedelic healing, and a visual demonstration of an uncomfortable area for the space.
Psychedelic healing has thousands of years of good work on its side. More recently, it’s got science on its side in an abundance of university-led, peer-reviewed studies with all sorts of amazing results. And now, just as everything seemed to look so good for psychedelics, a man dressed in horns holding a spear became the poster boy of a political invasion by the far right. His online presence showed how deep he was into the QAnon conspiracy theory. And psychedelics.
As much as we love all the good psychedelics can do, and it’s now clearer than ever that psychedelics can be a huge force for good, we cannot pretend that there’s no chance the two are linked. Instead, we must take him as a very visual warning of what psychedelics can do to a person with certain mental illnesses and extreme political ideologies, or those who may be susceptible to conspiracy theories or delusional thinking.
