Support peak or mystical-type experiences without imposing them

The manuals converge on the idea that profound altered states can be meaningful and therapeutically relevant, but do not need to be forced into a single template. Across the extracts, peak, mystical, spiritual, and ego dissolving experiences are all treated as potentially important, with emphasis on recognising relief, love, expansion, safety, trust, unity, peace, awe, and insight, then helping the person make sense of what happened in a way that supports coping and integration. They also agree that facilitators need to contain intensity without overreacting to it. The sources describe supporting people through shifts from tension and fear to relaxation and well-being, encouraging acceptance and nonreactivity during intense altered states, and allowing space for reflection when experiences feel transformative or hard to put into words. In this sense, the manuals present profound experiences as something to be held and translated, rather than judged only by whether they match a strict mystical criterion. The main differences are in emphasis and framing. The LSD manual explicitly warns against rigidly requiring full mystical experiences for benefit, while the 5-MeO-DMT review focuses more on ego dissolution and oneness as common states that can also be challenging. The ibogaine case report is more cautious and interpretive, stressing that subjective experience may be central to perceived benefit and that recovery should not be framed as guaranteed or uniformly therapeutic, whereas the other extracts speak more directly about therapeutic use of the experience itself.