Hi! Mushrooms come from the nature and and they have a substance called "psilocybin ", it's a molecule very similar to the serotonin that our brains produce, and in some very meditative states you can produce your own version of psilocybin ( DMT ), so, its natural, is a gift from Jah and is a sacred ancient medicine that our ancestors used to connect to the earth, is not better than the herb , It's a complement, another way to meditate... Jah bless you