First, for context I came across this subreddit a couple of months ago and while I’ve wanted to try and start learning sorcery, I live in a house with seven people so it is almost never quiet and I’m not able to create a completely dark space as share a room. Because of this I decided that in the mean time I would try to utilize things like weed and psilocybin mushrooms to help aid in my learning. When I’m on weed, I feel as if half of my “soul” is inside of my body and half of it is outside. I start seeing from behind my eyelids and my subconsciousness completes most tasks for me. When I’m on psilocybin, it feels as if there is a new voice in my head trying to guide me through certain steps to achieve something. At first I didn’t listen to it but this last time I did. I didn’t have any of the usual feelings but I felt that it was trying to get me into my bed and as soon as I did I started seeing these weird swirls which would flit around the room. I closed my eyes and it felt as if my mind was going into the state in between wake and sleep, a state I’ve been trying to reach for a long time as I’ve been attempting to lucid dream and astral project. Is there an ally associated with psilocybin mushrooms as there is with devil’s weed and Don Juan’s smoke ally? Any insight is appreciated.
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If you take mushrooms your gonna get a psychedelic experience.
But you don't really need it. Entities can come at you when you're doing tensegrity or bog-standard techniques like astral projection.
You will want to read through the various posts here regarding substances (halfway down the page):
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/wiki/misc_practices/
It is also highly suggested to read through the following:
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda_instruction/comments/1mtnumo/a_strategy_for_beginners_chat_log_for_aug_1617/
https://www.reddit.com/r/castaneda/wiki/index/statement/
Suffice to say, I have been entirely sober since 2023, and I have incredibly mind-blowing experiences. You do not need a completely dark room because a sleep mask will work almost as well. It is not required that it be quiet, in fact, listening to the sounds of the world is an exercise in the books, and the lack of quietness might actually be of benefit to you, as it will exacerbate your internal dialogue.
You do not need to use substances... at all. It will eventually only be a hindrance to you.
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