Stephen Neil Gill
Psilocybe Cubensis
Mushroom Shaman




4+ Decades have passed since my encounter with Suzanne, a contemporary model sporting close to the scalp hairstyle, chiseled white boyish features, dark brown straight hair, tight sumptuous lean body and a warm radiant smile.
We were working on a fine art series when I discovered through conversation that she was a shaman. That would be the first and last time to this date 9/8/2025 that I would cross the path of a shaman.
Suzanne offered to sell me psilocybe mushrooms and I obliged by purchasing a large quantity that was used on three separate occasions. Two times with my wife watching over me and the last one with two friends.
The three experiences super charged my spiritual energy and inspired the following poem which chronicles the preparatory procedure I used before ingesting the nausiating dried psylicibe mushrooms bearing the taste of rancid popcorn.
The Psilocybe Mushroom Shaman

I sit
on top
of a hill

I follow time
by the position
of the sun

I carry
nature's bonds
in my mind
and soul

I never mess
with anyone

I hand out
the recipe
when someone
asks me nicely

23 grams
of dried mushrooms
per 130 pounds
Add a few grams
For extra weight
use that ratio
precisely

I READ OUT LOUD
THE WARNING LABEL
FAST FOR 24 HOURS
drink liquids
(and keep them
in the middle
of the table)

I recite
my lines

Stay inside
with your angel

Relax
Smoke weed
Prepare
DO NOT ENGAGE
WITH OTHERS

Astral Projection
is on the horizon
BEHOLD
The Holy Grail of Revelations
It Smothers