As an aside, I like to quote this passage from Terry Pratchett's The Carpet People: Other shamen ate the yellow-spotted mushrooms that were found deep in the h

As an aside, I like to quote this passage from Terry Pratchett's The Carpet People: Other shamen ate the yellow-spotted mushrooms that were found deep in the hair thickets and said things like: ‘Hiiiiyahyahheya! Heyaheyayahyah! Hngh! Hngh!’ which certainly sounded magical. Pismire said things like, ‘Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise. Have you noticed the way the wild tromps always move around two days ahead of the sorath herds? Incidentally, don’t eat the yellow-spotted mushrooms.’ Which didn’t sound magical at all, but worked a lot better and conjured up good hunting. Privately some Munrungs thought good hunting was more due to their own skill. Pismire encouraged this view. ‘Positive thinking,’ he would say, ‘is also very important.’ https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/childrens-article/the-carpet-people-by-terry-pratchett-extract https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/childrens-article/the-car... Don't eat the yellow-spotted mushroom, folks. I guess it's not trendy to say it, but the magical shamen have had one too many.