>>41455699 (OP)
Christian here. Done acid once and shrooms a few times.
Any mind altering substance can become degenerate, it has alot to do with what kind of person is taking it and why. Psychedelics are... less dirty I would say than the others. The experience sought after tends to be in pursuit of something higher and such an experience can be delivered by them.
I've had profoundly intimate moments with God on them, i've also had moments where it was abundently clear I was being attack by demonic spirits and it was a bad time.
We are surrounded by an unseen spiritual realm or dimension. The hardware within our brain filters most of this out for our own safety. The spiritual realm is difficult to comprehend for us right now, and it is a battleground, a place of war.
When you take psychedelics, that hardware in your brain is almost sort of chemically overruled for a time. This part of your brain is called the Default Mode network.
The neurological filters stop filtering so well, different regions of the brain that dont talk to each other will. Your consciousness, your spiritual self, is to an extent unshackled from the confines of the brain and dips its toes into that spiritual dimension. This is the beginning of the transcendent experience associated with psyches. The trip.
You are vulnerable in that place, even if you know what you're doing. The direction cannot be fully controlled but if you spend your time in prayer, worship, admiration and communion with God, the Creator, you are in for the most profound encounter of your life
You can also just as likely encounter or be encountered by demonic spirits. Again, you are vulnerable in this place. They can ruin your life, a bad trip can be the beginning of life long mental illness
This is why Christians tend to avoid psychedelics. Yes, you might encounter God. Yes it might be a positive thing, but you can also become a magnet for demons. The gates of your spiritual self open to everything at your own risk