Spiritual Bypassing with Psychedelics May 7, 2023 Lynne Nardizzi Psychedelic Bypassing: The many ways the mind can excuse abuse, ignore the darker sides of ourselves, categorize the vast scale of emotions into little boxes of “good” and “bad,” and cast aside anything deemed “lesser than” — all in the pursuit of a more enlightened life. Avoidance is mistaken for healing.