
About
Golden Teacher Shaman’s Gift is a sacred and ceremonially revered variant of Psilocybe cubensis, developed with the intention of facilitating guided spiritual healing, ancestral connection, and visionary insight. As the name implies, this strain is often considered a tool for shamans, healers, and facilitators, offering a deeply heart-centered, grounding, and soul-nurturing journey.
History
Shaman’s Gift appears to be a selective lineage within the Golden Teacher family, possibly bred for emotional resonance, spiritual stability, and moderate yet meaningful potency. It’s widely used in intentional healing circles, therapeutic ceremonies, and indigenous-inspired plant medicine work, where its gentle onset and steady visuals promote deep presence and connection.
Its reputation stems from both its energetic profile and its ability to support transformational inner work without overwhelming the participant.
Overview
Fruits are medium-sized, with golden caps, slender white stems, and consistent bruising. Colonization is moderate and stable, making it easy to grow in both personal and ceremonial settings.
Effects are spiritually deep, emotionally nurturing, and visually soft yet symbolic. Users report feelings of oneness, intuitive connection, and ancestral presence, making it ideal for guided group sessions, meditation, prayer, or ceremonial music journeys.
Physical Characteristics
Caps:
Convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity, smooth, viscous when moist, golden brown.
Gills:
Adnate to adnexed, narrow, close, gray to cinnamon in young, becoming nearly black in maturity.
Cognitive Effects
Creativity
Users report an increase in creative thought processes.
Psychoactive Effects
Perceptual
Time may seem to pass slower or faster.
Helps With
Depression
Can provide relief from depressive symptoms for some users.
Anxiety
May reduce anxiety in a controlled setting.
Possible Side Effects
Nausea
Can occur shortly after ingestion, usually transient.
Infusion
Users may experience confusion during the peak of the effects.
Medicinal Chemistry
Similar Species

Species: Psilocybe subcubensis
Edibility: Psychoactive
Key Differences: Smaller cap and stem, less potent in psychoactive compounds.

Species: Psilocybe subcubensis
Edibility: Psychoactive
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