Reading Merlin Sheldrake’s book, it’s great. Apparently, psilocybin is one of the compounds in a fungus that colonizes cicadas, and turn them into zombies. So now we know what seeing the face of God means. You’re a zombie. We are used to talking about cults as being brainwashing operations. But maybe all religion is. Maybe the highest, most exalted form of authentic religious feeling is about surrendering yourself to serve the higher purpose of the fungal gods.