Drugs for mental/spiritual exploration

[Helm]

That which cannot be put into words serves no communal function. It only is of significance to the one experiencing it. The world will not be bettered by a man's psychedelic experience, nor will it be better if said man is in love.

So, from a social materialistic point of view, this is a non-argument.

From a personal point of view, whereas the case you present is interesting, I tend to favour the scientific approach to explaining such phenomenae. The need to make the leap of faith from brain synapses to 'newfound understanding' is of questionable origin. It may lie in man's omnipresent ability to delude himself so as to feel the world a safer, more understandable place. The 'I understand infinity now! Oh how great is this world! Hold me tight." factor, so to speak. As strong as the sensation would be, there can be made no safe assertion that it indeed is of any real significance. My personal choice is that I do not care for the highs and lows I will experience in my life. I only care for knowledge, understanding, ultimately the result of those being the freedom to be unbound from human limitation and instinctual urge. I cannot see how quaffing pills or shooting up can further me in that path. If I can take the shortcut to see god in a drug, if my seeing god lies in the dependency of this drug, I'd rather not see god, and take the long, taxing way there.