Integration

Altered states do not automatically create moral character. Repeated ceremonies or peak experiences do not guarantee integrity or ethical conduct. Long-term change from psychedelic experiences depends on integrating them into conduct, relationships, spiritual practice, and nervous-system regulation. Preparatory practices such as therapy, recovery work, meditation, yoga, neurofeedback, breathwork, forgiveness practice, IFS, EMDR, and holotropic breathwork are described as useful before intense plant medicine. Gradual preparation is presented as safer than using powerful psychedelics as a first resort.