One more thing, and then I shut up, promise.

This divergence of opinion is itself a product of the way psychedelic experience is insufficiently valued and understood across MANY cultures. I have met people who knew really a LOT about growing, making and taking these kinds of drugs, and I think those people are wonderful, invaluable and should be given much more credit for their knowledge than what they are often given. Using the term 'shaman' is I think part of an agenda that attempts to claim some status for that knowledge. And I wholeheartedly support that agenda. But the term 'shaman' sadly is just too pretentious to play that role.