Secretly, inspired by stories of life-changing revelations induced by psychedelics, my plan was to try magic mushrooms for the first time and figure myself out. It started at a rooftop office party ...

We stood in a junkyard, deep in the exurbs of Indianapolis. Tanned, muscular pyrotechnics guys and stunt riggers weaved between the skeletons of picked-over cars to do their work: final checks on the ...