You dont need hallucinogens to experience ultimate reality, all you have to do is become directly aware of the present moment
I agree through meditation, prayer, etc., which requires effort/time/skill, it is possible to connect to ultimate reality. However, in a society where
most barely have enough time to wipe their ass, let alone get proper sleep, this is not practical for everyone. Therefore, psychedelics play, like they always have, an important role in connecting humans to higher dimensions and glimpsing ultimate reality.
Imagine if it was mandatory that all politicians were required to experience a mystical dose of mushrooms before being eligible......we probably would be living in a better society.
IMO and others, psychedelics, and mushrooms in particular, are a vehicle for man's next quantum leap.