The only way I know how to talk to angels is to accept that you're already in hell.
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A lot of the idiosyncracies of shamanism make far more sense through this lens.
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Psychedelic drugs, ritual and rites of passage, social ostracism etc. all lead towards particularly excruciating styles of life & experiences.
You *need* this in order to experience spirits as real.
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Accidental events like near-death experiences and neurological damage can also put you in this frame, but are obviously not too scalable.
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I still wouldn't recommend it at random.
Effective, yes, but there are more than one kind of spirit world to experience.
No guarantee people will come back whole, or remotely sane.
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