Beautiful that you have had the honor of having such a strong connection with your spirit animal already. They are so wonderful
I'm sure that you will find a load of joy in the psychedelic experience!
Tripping is not a shortcut, it only amplifies your mindstate up to infinity.
If you desire mystical experiences, u might not want to extract the pure chemical. While DMT on it's own certainly is very powerfull I have the impression that the full plant spectrum of alkaloids brings a little bit more mystery to the experience
there are a lot of other etheogens u could look into. Shrooms, cacti and ayahuasca beeing the 3 most popular. Each has the potential to completely blow your mind