i never said you NEED psychedelics to enjoy the music...
i have yet to take any psychedelics[waiting for my 1st acid trip, probably next week] and i DO enjoy music of course.
what kind of shamans? and yes, you said it yourself... JUST is the magic word here... music was a way to get into a trance state, psychedelics was a DIFFERENT one, meditation another, fasting another... no method is "better" or "worse"...
now the problem with psychedelic drugs is their widespread use and ppl ignoring their strength/potential...the majority dont know what the phuck is going on that's why so many "bad trips" etc etc...
I think that mushrooms or other psychedelics are more than "just fun". ..
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spirituality had/has/can have a direct connection with psychedelics