&gt; <i>As anyone who has worked with DMT or Ayahuasca can tell you, you don&#x27;t need to travel far to reach the outer limits of space or even have contact experiences</i><p>The effects of drug-induced illusions <i>are</i> scientifically interesting to a number of research fields, including biochemistry and neurobiology. It may also be valuable for self-discovery and personal actualization. However, if you claim to be able to discern cosmological facts from these experiences, we are now firmly in the realm of religion.<p>&gt; <i>and this is very easy to test should the completely anti-scientific legal mechanisms preventing such a study be overcome</i><p>There have been a lot of studies testing supernatural powers, with and without the influence of drugs, in the sixties and seventies. None of these have ever yielded anything. But if it&#x27;s very easy to test, as you claim, then go ahead and test it. The James Randi foundation offers a sizable prize for you if you can show this works: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_...</a>