People speak of “Grandmother Ayahuasca” as a teacher connected to the plant. Absinthe users spoke of the “Green Fairy” who was especially inspiring to artists and poets. PhD mycologist Paul Stamets has asserted that mushrooms have a consciousness and they are a spiritual teacher. We are people of the Northern Woodlands (mushroom habitat), these mushrooms were highly prevalent in all of our ethno-spiritual cultural art, even in our holiday cards up until the paradigm shift of 1945. Never let someone push you into trying something that you don’t feel called to try. But, likewise, be VERY suspicious of anyone claiming to be a voice for indigenous European revival who endorses an Abrahamic view of entheogens. It’s almost certain that these mushrooms would have been one ingredient in the Aryan sacred drink called Soma. They’ve been an amazing teacher for me. What guides you might be different. Just know that shamanic spiritual guides are there for you, too. Your intuition will bring you to them if you want them.