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Psychedelic Journeying

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Below is essential information to know when considering a psychedelic journey for healing or spiritual purposes.

1. Why choose a psychedelic journey in your healing or spiritual process?

 

A psychedelic journey is not simply about altering perception, it is a doorway into the sacred. These medicines invite us to listen deeply to the wisdom of our own soul, to encounter the Divine, and to remember our place in the great web of life.

 

They may:

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  • Help release old wounds, patterns, or grief that block the spirit’s flow.

  • Reconnect us to the sacred feminine, the ancestors, the Earth, and Source.

  • Offer visions, symbols, and insights that open new pathways of becoming.

  • Rekindle awe, humility, and gratitude for the mystery of existence.

 

The medicine does not give us anything we do not already carry, it reveals what is hidden, and invites us to walk more fully in our truth.

 

2. What is a guide?

 

A psychedelic guide is a trusted companion, a space-holder, and a protector of the sacred container. They may come from traditional lineages, clinical training, or community experience, but their role is the same:

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  • To walk beside you as you step into the unknown.

  • To witness without judgment.

  • To tend the space so you can fully enter your process.

 

3. Why is it important to have a guide?

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In altered states, we are vulnerable; body, mind, and spirit. A guide ensures that you are not alone in those vulnerable places. They:

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  • Anchor the space with presence and grounded energy.

  • Protect your dignity, consent and well-being.

  • Remind you, when the path feels overwhelming, that you are safe and held.

  • Hold reverence so you may surrender more deeply into the medicine’s teachings.

 

4. What do guides do?

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  • Preparation: supporting you in setting intention, review health and safety, and calling in allies and supports for the journey, both physical and spiritual.

  • Hold the space: tending to the physical and energetic space so you can travel inward.

  • Witness: holding your story, your tears, your revelations without judgment.

  • Ground: offering gentle words, drumming, or presence when you feel lost or afraid.

  • Care: ensuring your body is cared for so your spirit may soar freely.

 

5. How do they serve?

 

Guides serve as midwives of transformation. They do not shape what the medicine reveals, but they help birth it safely into the light of your awareness. Their service is one of humility and devotion to the mystery.  Their role is:

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  • Respect your autonomy and your inner healing intelligence.

  • Protect the sanctity of the experience through clear boundaries.

  • Honour the cultural and spiritual roots of the medicines.

  • Support you in carrying your insights back into your daily life.

Questions to ask your guide (to ensure ethics & alignment)

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It is essential to choose the right guide for you, it is wise to ask:

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  1. Do you have any formal training in counselling, healing (energetic and otherwise), guiding psychedelic journeys, ethical practice?

  2. How do you prepare people and screen for risks?

  3. What practices do you use to open and close the container?

  4. How do you support me if I feel overwhelmed or frightened?

  5. What are your ethics around touch, intimacy, consent and confidentiality?

  6. How do you offer integration and support after the journey?

  7. How do you honour the lineages and traditions of the medicines you serve?

  8. Can you provide references or community testimonials?

  9. How do you handle money and access, do you offer sliding scale or reciprocity?

  10. What are your limits, when do you refer to medical/therapeutic professionals or spiritual elders/healers?

What is integration?

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Integration is the sacred weaving, the act of bringing the visions, teachings, and blessings of the journey into the fabric of everyday life. Without this weaving, even the most luminous revelations remain like unanchored stars, shining but far away.

Integration can look like:

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  • Journaling or creating art that captures your visions and feelings.

  • Rituals that anchor new beginnings.

  • Therapy, talking circles or trusted conversations.

  • Shifts in relationships, boundaries, or life direction that embody your truth.

  • Time in nature, prayer, or meditation to listen again to the whispers of spirit.

 

How does a guide help with integration?

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A guide’s role extends beyond the ceremony. They help you anchor the medicine’s teachings through:

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  • giving space for your story and helping you name the lessons.

  • offering perspective when confusion or doubt arises.

  • Grounding practices: suggesting rituals, journaling, or small steps to embody change.

  • pointing you toward therapists, elders, or communities that can hold you.

  • reminding you that integration is not a one-time task but a lifelong unfolding.

 

In essence:


A psychedelic guide is both practical and spiritual; a grounded presence who ensures safety while also holding the journey as sacred. They are not there to heal you, but to walk beside you as you open to the medicine, protect the space so you may go deeper, and help you carry the gifts of the journey into your life.

For more information, please reach out

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