Where did we establish this? If you don't personally have an experienced friend willing to do this you can always go out and make one. That would also allow for

Where did we establish this? If you don't personally have an experienced friend willing to do this you can always go out and make one. That would also allow for safer and easier access to the illicit substances. If that is too overwhelming and difficult perhaps you're not ready for the experience in the first place. This isn't a dig at anybody. The absolute necessity for a guide is also a completely baseless claim. It is prudent advice I suppose but nobody can really promise you a risk free trip or good results. This is hardly uncharted territory. I'd start with reading some Terence McKenna rather than taking advice from randoms online/offline. There is a reasonable body of work and advice on the subject available for those who seek it but you need to use your own judgment, and have good judgment. Paying for an authority figure (note that I specifically opted not to use the word expert) to do your thinking for you doesn't always work.