We live at a time when confused and undisciplined thinking clashes with narrow-minded bigotry. Thus, it is more important than ever to keep an open mind – open to new ideas, open also to rigorous scholarship. Too often, wishful thinking has misled well-intentioned academics and the media are notorious for sensationalism. I, therefore, applaud the authors for proposing the establishment of an Interdisciplinary Committee to evaluate the discoveries they present and the conjectures they make in The Psychedelic Gospels.