I'm a philosopher and drug user. I can answer this! We have three selves: Our self, the self-in-the-world and the self-in-society. Think of a pathos, logos and

I'm a philosopher and drug user. I can answer this! We have three selves: Our self, the self-in-the-world and the self-in-society. Think of a pathos, logos and ethos take on the self. Mushrooms and pot both cripple our self-in-society which lets us more fully explore the other two. Basically, you can't know who you are until you stop seeing yourself through the filter of others. Drugs let you do that. It's like how you become more attuned to your hearing when you're denied your vision.