Long before psychedelics entered laboratories, clinics, or courtrooms, they lived quietly in temples, ceremonies, and prayerful spaces. They were not framed as drugs or treatments, but as sacraments, teachers, and doorways to the divine. In the modern United States, psychedelic medicine often finds itself caught between science and spirituality, praised in research journals while raising concern in religious spaces. This tension is not accidental. It reflects an older questio