Was he by any chance hanging out with a crowd of people "detached from reality and pure reasoning", or consuming media written or recorded by people detached fr

Was he by any chance hanging out with a crowd of people "detached from reality and pure reasoning", or consuming media written or recorded by people detached from reality and pure reasoning? Psychedelic use is associated with reinforcing personality traits related to openness to new ideas and "absortion". So do naturally occurring religious experiences. It's a tale as old as humanity, it's not the altered brain chemistry alone, it's the setting.