Reddit reviews Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

this might be of interest to you

http://www.evolveandascend.com/2017/06/19/the-martial-arts-and-magic-mushrooms-connection/

also
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/hidden-psychedelic-history-martial-arts

this too
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062429655/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504291730&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=stealing+fire&dpPl=1&dpID=51MMkc9ZN7L&ref=plSrch

> However, the breakdown was carefully chosen. Because there is no reconstruction of oneself if there is no dissolution first, and that is precisely what happens during the process of the psychedelic experience.

Just want to mention that this isn't unique to humans.

• Dolphins are getting high as kites on puffer fish. They pass the puffer around among their friends and have a great bonding experience.
  
  
• Dogs lick toads for a buzz.
  
  
• Horses go crazy for locoweed.
  
  
• Goats gobble magic mushrooms.
  
  
• Birds chew marijuana seeds.
  
  
• Cats gets knocked out by catnip.
  
  
• Wallabies ravage poppy fields.
  
  
• Reindeer indulge fly agaric mushrooms.
  
  
• Baboons prefer iboga.
  
  
• Sheep delight in hallucinogenic lichen.
  
  
• Elephants get drunk on fermented fruit.
  
  This is from the book Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler from the chapter named "Everybody must get stoned".