Joshua Bassett said he saw the image of Jesus Christ in the sky while taking the hallucinogen Ayahuasca.
The 23-year-old actor-singer, appearing Wednesday on the Zach Sang Show, explained his experience in graphic detail, as he said it led him to embracing religion.
The Oceanside, California native said that he ‘struggled a lot with addiction’ at one time, ‘and there were a lot of different paths that’ he took involving multiple narcotics.
‘I would do like, magic mushrooms, I would frequently go to the beach and try to have these experiences and try to understand the truths of the world,’ Bassett said. ‘I started doing some deeper plant medicines – one of them being Ayahuasca.’
The Stuck in the Middle actor said that the life-altering experience occurred on the second occasion he used Ayahuasca.
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Joshua Bassett, 23, said he saw the image of Jesus Christ in the sky while taking the hallucinogen Ayahuasca. Pictured in LA in June
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The 23-year-old actor-singer, appearing Wednesday on the Zach Sang Show, explained his experience in graphic detail, as he said it led him to embracing religion
‘This is gonna get real, and I’m fine with being labeled as an insane person because even I was in denial about this for a while,’ Bassett said. ‘And I’ve done enough to know I wasn’t hallucinating: I wake up – immediately I felt naked, and by naked, I meant spiritually naked, where there was no filter, no veil.
‘And I realized that the ugliness that is in me and I saw it in everyone else in the room too, like I could see right through them.’
Bassett said he ‘realized that there are no things hidden’ as he felt his soul ‘falling to the pits of hell – a hell I do not believe in.’
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‘As I hit the ground in hell, I was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of demons who were mocking me and laughing at me and torturing me,’ Bassett said. ‘And as I thought about the abuses that I experienced as a kid, they laughed and they mocked harder.’
Bassett acknowledged the potential skepticism people might have while listening to his story.
‘And now you might say “Josh, you were just hallucinating, you were on a thing” – I’m telling you now, as much as I know that I am here right now, breathing, standing before you … as real as I know that I am here right now, I know that this was a real experience,’ Bassett said.
He continued: So I had the thought, “The devil’s had a hold of me my whole life” – I literally see the devil and he’s laughing at me and I start to see all these different things in my life, and eventually I get up and I go to the bathroom and I realize like how horrific what I’m experiencing is, and that I need to get out of there, like immediately.’
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The Stuck in the Middle actor said that the life-altering experience occurred on the second occasion he used Ayahuasca
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Bassett said, ‘I look up and I see Jesus in the sky – and I’m like, “No way, there’s no way” – and the first thought I had was, my dad was right’
Bassett said he couldn’t drive anywhere, as he was under the influence of a substance.
‘I knew I couldn’t leave because I was technically on this plant or whatever, so they couldn’t let me drive,’ Bassett said, ‘but I was just like I’m gonna get out of this house and run as fast as I can.’
Bassett continued, ‘So I go out I grab my keys and the lady running the thing kind of goes and grabs my hand and she goes, “You know I can’t let you leave” and I literally see this demon over her eyes and I’m like, I see the devil in her eyes.
‘Again, I don’t care if you think I’m crazy – this is the truth, so I’m saying this to her – “I see the devil in your eyes” – I lose my voice, I’m screaming.
He added: ‘Eventually, I go outside … and I look up and I see Jesus in the sky – and I’m like, “No way, there’s no way” – and the first thought I had was, my dad was right.’
Bassett said he experienced a rush of emotions, including confusion, comfort and dread.
‘I was like, “What is going on right now?”‘ Bassett said. ‘It was the most insane experience of my life, and I was immediately filled with like a relief, but like a terror there’s more to the spiritual world that I’m aware.
‘And I think for a while I was in denial that evil exists and I was always on the path that “It’s all love, it’s all love” – but evil is real.’
Bassett is one of a number of celebrities who have publicly spoken about their experience on Ayahuasca, which include NFL stalwart Aaron Rodgers, actor Will Smith and musical artists including Machine Gun Kelly and Miley Cyrus.