The practice of such individuals is an art of the highest degree and makes use of intentions, thoughts, sounds, symbols, ritual, and countless other factors to generate the sought after experiences and realizations.
If one is seeking to learn from mushrooms, it is actually easier to understand what is happening with somewhat larger or stronger dose.
There seems to be a difference between taking the mushroom into one’s body versus taking an extract or tea. There is also the ritual sense of taking communion, or sharing in a sacrament when the mushroom body is ingested and this tends to promote feelings of symbiotic relationship between the eater and the mushroom. When mushrooms are eaten, there is often the urge to get them out of one’s mouth and into one’s stomach as soon as possible, given their taste. While tempting, the best advice is to take the time to chew them thoroughly. Mushrooms are not easy to digest and the more work done in the mouth, the better, as it is easier on the digestive track. Mushroom eaters are wise to pay careful attention to what happens in their gut while in the experience. The gut is an important matrix of our emotions and all aspects of the mushroom experience have an emotional component. To learn what one’s physical sensations mean and the emotional baggage they bring, the mushroom eater must pay attention and explore the experience.
The mushroom eater should try not to be fearful and should accept what comes. Once the new body-mind of mushrooms has been assumed, a new and profound level of control can be established, but it takes some time.
