There is no doubt that knowledge changes people Mrrzy.
Indeed the notion that a molecule can convey/organize knowledge is foreign to most people. There are more things in heaven and Earth Horatio...
I was an aetheist both before and after psilicybin.
It did not turn me into the Pope. :^/
It is a great leveler to the psyche. Its not a trick like magic.
It is more likely the Pope would see science in a different light.
Of course if you or others could speak from experience, your dilemma would become moot.

As for Mollie, the simple act of conveying a means and need to communicate with others is the therapeutic action.