swim was wondering if its possible/feasable to get some psilocybin from 4-meo-indole.
There is an old route to Serotonin where they preform de-O-methylation using AlCl3. For experimental details turn your attention to:
Abramovich, R. A and Shapiro, D., J. Chem. Soc., 1956, 4589; Henecka, H., Timmler, H., Lorenz, R., and Geiger, W., Chem.Ber., 1957, 90, 1060
I can't see why they start with p-methoxy-phenylhydrazone, a number of other counterparts that are easier to get rid of would give better yield in the last step..