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Crash Course in the Nature of Mind

By Julie Scharper

Roland Griffiths' psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens.

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Drugs: The Sacred Mushroom

Not long ago The New York Times carried a dispatch from Mexico telling about the descent of hippies on Huautla de Jimenez in quest of the “sacred mushrooms.” With the dispatch appeared a photo of a priestess of the rite, Maria Sabina.

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On María Sabina, One of Mexico’s Greatest Poets

Long before 1960s counter-culture, an indigenous Mexican healer was creating extraordinary poetry under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms.

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This Mexican Medicine Woman Hipped America to Magic Mushrooms, with the Help of a Bank Executive

María Sabina was well-respected in the village as a healer and shaman. She’d been consuming psilocybin mushrooms regularly since she was seven years old, and had performed the velada mushroom ceremony for over 30 years before Wasson arrived.

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