During an Entheogenic Ceremony, participants receive messages that generally appear in the form of visions.
These messages are not passed through images, words or sensations, but are passed through archetypes.
The mind of those receiving the message must be capable of interpreting the archetypes of the message so that its meaning is available to the individual in a conceptual form.
Colours, symbologies, textures, shapes, sounds, and sensations are additional elements at the top level of archetype (paragraph on Thought, States of Consciousness, and Archetypes ⇒). Some (but not all) visions that appear during an entheogenic session are the brain's interpretations of archetypal messages that are received [55]: in most cases, visions do not have a specific meaning in themselves but are significant for the brain of the person producing them. This concept is very clear to a true spiritual master, whether a shaman or a guru; in fact, such a person will never try to interpret the visions of another.
In order to interpret the archetype message as correctly as possible, one must be in a particular psycho-physical-spiritual state; moreover, it is fundamental to be in an Entheogenic State of Consciousness, which breaks through the protecting walls of the conscious psyche (built for ordinary state of consciousness) and predisposes the participant's mind to receiving archetypal messages, as has been amply described in the chapter Entheogenic State of Consciousness (⇒).
In any case, one cannot expect to be in ideal conditions for interpreting an archetypal message from one moment to the next simply by entering an Entheogenic State of Consciousness.
Intercepting and interpreting an archetype message is not as easy as reading a book. It must follow a period of preparation consisting of a long phase of liberation from all constructs planted in the mind by the socio-religious system; there are several insulating layers that separate our nature as human beings capable of interpreting an archetype message, and our psychological construct: religious indoctrination, ingrained culture, transmitted fears and taught beliefs.
Many of the psychological structures present in people living in modern society are scarce or absent in those such as Amazonian shamans, who were raised in simply-structured societies, far away from the subjugations of modern society, living a life surrounded by simple things and in close contact with nature, in full harmony with it.