The Knowing
Original writing from TCOP — articles on shadow work, integration, ceremony, and the practice of walking the path. Where The Mycelium Report gathers the world's psilocybin news, The Knowing is our own voice: slower, deeper, written for seekers.
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Trauma-Informed Psychedelic Guides: What It Means, Why It Matters, and What to Look For in a Guide
Choosing a medicine guide for your journey is essential for your experience. This is one of the most important things I can share about psychedelic ceremonies, and it…
Meeting the Parts of You Waiting to Be Loved:How Shadow Work and Psychedelics Reveal the Gifts Hidden Beneath Fear, Shame, and Conditioning
There is a version of ourselves that we do not show anyone. Not because we are hiding something shameful. But because somewhere along the way we’ve received a…
The Body Remembers: What Psilocybin Shows You About the Wounds You’ve Been Carrying
I have sat in many large-dose plant medicine ceremonies and I have watched the medicine work in every kind of person — the skeptical, the devout, the broken,…
Live Your Life as a Ceremony: Creating Daily Integration Rituals After a Psychedelic Experience
I remember the exact quality of the light coming through the window as the ceremony was ending and I was returning from the psychedelic journey. The way the…
Shared Psychedelic Journeys: Group Ceremony & Community Healing
There is a moment that happens in group ceremony that does not happen anywhere else. You are lying on your mat in the dark. The music is moving…
Psilocybin Mushroom Strains Explained: What They Are, How They Differ, and How to Choose
By Doug Red Hail Pineda · Founder · The Church of Psychedelics If you have spent any time in the world of ceremonial mushrooms, you have heard people…
Why Are Psilocybin Gummies Measured in mg, Not Grams?
If you have ever looked at a psilocybin gummy, maybe one labeled “3mg”, and thought: wait, my capsules say 100mg or 1,000mg, so is this basically nothing? You…
Difficult Journeys: Why Hard Trips Heal
The psychedelic mushroom ceremony had been going for about two hours when she realized she couldn’t make it stop. The music she had chosen felt wrong. The room…
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