Part 16/21:
Hancock discusses the importance of psychedelic substances like ayahuasca, peyote, and psilocybin—used historically for spiritual exploration and communication with non-material realms. He considers these as tools humanity has forgotten but once employed to access higher states of consciousness, revealing universal spiritual motifs—like the Milky Way journey or the constellation of Orion—found in disparate cultures worldwide.
He advocates a re-evaluation of consciousness exploration as an integral part of understanding ancient cultures and their technologies, positing that mind powers or psychic abilities might have been a significant component of past civilization's knowledge.