Nondualism and the supernatural

It is a very popular thought among psychedelic intellectuals that psychedelic experience reveals that nondualism is the truth about reality. The very word “nondualism” and it adjectival forms are supposed to somehow express in language that transcends language a concept that transcends conceptual thought. Rhetorically, this has the advantage of creating an automatic shield from any analytical criticism. Theoretically, nondualism is supposed to be distinct from monism, since monism is opposed to dualism or any kind of pluralism, leading to a dualism of monism vs nonmonism; but how does nondualism escape a duality of nondualism vs dualism? In practice, the term “nondualism” is supposed to imply a rejection of supernaturalism, since the supernatural is thought to presuppose the natural as the realm that it transcends. But naturalism equally presupposes the supernatural as the realm that it rejects. We can acknowledge that we need to understand the concept of the natural in order to understand the concept of the supernatural and vice-versa and yet believe that one is more fundamental than the other. The proponent of naturalism thinks that supernaturalism is just a faulty theory about nature. But an intelligent defender of supernaturalism can reply that the naturalist always promises but never delivers naturalistic explanations of things like love, freedom, and the meaning of life, and instead is forced by his own assumptions effectively to deny them. If it seems unacceptable to you, as it does to me, to deny the reality of those things, then you can instead accept that the supernatural realm is the fundamental reality of which the natural is a part.