Gordon Wasson Maria Sabina
Robert gordon wasson september 22 1898 december 23 1986 was an american author ethnomycologist and vice president for public relations at jp.
Gordon wasson maria sabina. Maria sabina and her mazatec mushroom velada. By george and florence cowan and willard rhodes r. In 1955 banker r.
Her life and chants new wilderness poetics english central american indian languages and spanish edition alvaro estrada r. One of his most famous expeditions was in the oaxaca region of mexico where he encountered a maztec priestess caundera named maria sabina. She reluctantly introduced him to psilocybin mushrooms amidst a healing ceremony.
Wasson partook in a sacred ceremony that eventually led to the inspiration behind one of his most iconic time magazine articles seeking the magic mushroom wasson shared his first hand experience of the life changing journey. Free shipping on qualifying offers. Hardcover january 1 1974.
Over time the story of maria sabina her fame and her mystery caught the attention of media and personalities from many parts of the world and from other disciplines. His wife valentinas russian upbringing included a comfort with wild mushrooms in contrast to wassons innate fear and repulsion. Maria sabina and her mazatec mushroom velada.
One of the first was an american robert gordon wasson an economist by profession best known for his studies in ethnobotany the interaction between humans and plants. Gordon wasson an amateur connoisseur of mushrooms was introduced by the mazatec shaman maria sabina to the ancient teonanacatl the psilocybe mushroom called nti si tho in mazatec little one who springs forth. Gordon wasson who was freelancing as a journalist at the time.
Gordon wasson and maria sabina. That changed on june 29 1955 when a vice president of jp. Gordon wasson author see all formats and editions.
Gordon wasson traveled to mexico with a photographer to the mud hut of the mazatec curandera medicine woman maria sabina and they became in wassons words the first white men in recorded history to eat the divine mushrooms. Her life and chants new wilderness poetics english central american indian languages and spanish edition. They explored the issue together and in 1955 wasson travelled to mexico where he sought evidence of hallucinogenic mushrooms and their use by native people.
Wasson was deeply impressed by his mushroom experience. In 1955 maria sabina was visited by r. Robert gordon wasson was an international banker amateur mycologist and author.
Maria sabina called them her saint children.