There are many ways to journey with psilocybin. Many people think that it will be a bonding to journey on psilocybin together. If your goal is a lighter, more social experience, I agree. If you want to do a deep dive, have a transformational experience, or go very far in - that other person is going to be a distraction. The only person who is going to go fully into the experience is the one who feels the effects first. The second person will usually fall into a caregiving role at that point and not experience the compound as acutely.
If you are working with a guide, schedule two sessions. Your partner can be there as support but again, that too may be distracting. The best approach is probably to be available for the day after when your partner or friend is making sense of their insights.
If you are not working with a guide, take turns. This gives the journeyer all the resources without being pulled out of themselves to check in with the other. To be attentive and present with another person is a great gift. If you decide to do this for your partner, minimize your agenda and ego. Be at service. Follow their impulses. Take away all the distractions or physical barriers between your beloved and their own soul. It isn’t about you. If you want it to be about you and your relationship, choose an Anniversary Refresh or another compound. Psilocybin is for meeting nature, G*d, or the muse. It is beyond your relationship or even who the traveler is. Don’t ask the traveler to narrate their experience for you.
I have been called a psychedelic doula many times. I am here to help you give birth to yourself. If you feel capable of doing this for your partner or friend and your relationship has room for this particular orientation, get a to-go kit.
As we enter a new year, I am planning my own vision quest. Are you?