R Gordon Wasson Life Magazine
Gordon wassons brother found in cia archives.
R gordon wasson life magazine. In 1963 wasson began researching the identity of indian soma with the theory that it could be identified as the amanita muscaria mushroom. Wasson md a new york pediatrician has spent the last four summers in remote mountains of mexico. Life magazine may 13 1957 great adventures iii the discovery of mushrooms that cause strange visions secret of divine mushrooms vision giving mushrooms are discovered in a remote mexican village by a us.
Posted on july 1 2017 september 13 2020 by jirvin thomas was the consul general of the newly created israel founded on may 13 1948. The author of this article a vice president of jp. He wrote up his experience in a famous article in life magazine in 1957.
Wasson was one of the first westerners to participate in a mazatec ceremony and to describe the psychoactive effects of the psilocybe species. Wasson is also credited with having collected the first herbarium sample of salvia divinorum in 1962 during his travels in mexico. Robert gordon wasson september 22 1898 december 23 1986 was an american author ethnomycologist and vice president for public relations at jp.
Incorporated together with his wife valentina p. The essay contains photographs by allan richardson and illustrations of several mushroom species of psilocybe collected and identified by french botanist roge. Wasson wrote an article about his experience in life magazine in 1957 when his editor coined the phrase magic mushroom.
On february 13 1957 life magazine published a 15 page article detailing experientially wassons first experiences with the shamaness maria sabina. His wife valentinas russian upbringing included a comfort with wild mushrooms in contrast to wassons innate fear and repulsion. The fantastic style of the text coupled with.
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. Banker who describes the strange ritual and effects of eating them. In 1957 when wall street banker r.
Gordon wasson and maria sabina. In the course of cia funded research wasson made contributions to the fields of ethnobotany botany and anthropology. Gordon wasson wrote in life magazine about his and photographer allan richardsons experience as the first white men in recorded history to eat the divine mushroom he likely didnt anticipate the counterculture they would create and the debate they would spark within it.
Robert gordon wasson was an international banker amateur mycologist and author.