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Ritual - Ritual is used as a means of inducing an altered state and also for practical purposes of grounding and of obtaining suitable focus and intention.
◾Trance[1]
◾Sensory deprivation[1]
◾Fasting
◾Sleep deprivation
◾Oxygen deprivation (via smoke inhalation or holotropic breathwork).

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A psychoactive substance is a chemical substance—other than a nutrient or essential dietary ingredient—that alters brain function to produce temporary changes in sensation, perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior.

There are a variety of proposed reasons for the appearance of psychoactive substances in organisms including the following examples:

These animals produce venom used for self-defense against predators. Invertebrates like insects deliver stings, or bites, whilst vertebrates like frogs and toads are "milked" for secretion that are either smoked (eg. Colorado River Toad) or burned into the skin (eg. kambo).

Many of these organisms have been instrumental to the progress of various scientific fields, such as Biology, Medicine, Psychonautics, and continue to reveal their importance with their involvement in major discoveries, such as the discovery of cannabinoid receptors[4] preceding our knowledge of endocannabinoids.[5]