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Author | : Brian P. Akers |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Nature |
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This work presents significant new readings in ethnomycology, a discipline that examines the role of fungi in human affairs. The greatest cultural and historical impact of mushrooms has resulted from psychoactive compounds found in certain species, and native interpretations of their mental effects in humans, as revealed through intensive multidisciplinary studies coordinated by the late R. Gordon Wasson, the father of ethnomycology. Wasson's research in the 1950s led to the elucidation of mushroom cultism in Mexico, a phenomenon dismissed as unfounded rumor by "experts" only a few decades earlier. Discoveries made by Wasson and his collaborators intersect a staggering number of disciplines, so much so that individual fields have had difficulty assimilating them. The Sacred Mushrooms of Mexico presents six texts concerning the mushrooms. Five of them are translations of relevant scholarly sources in Spanish previously unavailable in English. The sixth is a transcript of The Sacred Mushroom, a celebrated episode of the classic television series "One Step Beyond." This TV program may have been the only show in broadcast history in which the host ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms and endured their effects on camera for the viewing pleasure of the home audience.
Author | : Robert Gordon Wasson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Education |
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This book provides an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican culture in Central America and Mexico.
Author | : R. Gordon Wasson |
Publisher | : City Lights |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780872864849 |
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“From now on any comprehensive study of Ancient Mexican civilization must start from (and with) your discoveries.” – Octavio Paz Gordon Wasson’s May 1957 LIFE article describing his encounter with a Mexican shaman woman triggered the psychedelic revolution. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, we present Wasson’s groundbreaking classic, The Wondrous Mushroom, an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican culture. "City Lights can be congratulated on their re-issue of Wasson’s classic of cultural history and ethnomycology. Through his contact with Maria Sabina, the Mazatec mushroom curandera, Wasson brought about the cultural transfusion of an ancient entheogenic ritual into the modern world. In this beautiful and generously illustrated monograph, written with his customary scholarly acumen and literary elegance, Wasson established forever the central role of the visionary teonanácatl mushroom in the religion, art and culture of the Aztecs. A book filled with wondrous details about the meaning and significance of our relationship with these fabulous fungi." – Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., Editor/Author of Sacred Mushroom of Visions R. Gordon Wasson (1898-1986) former Vice President of JP Morgan Trust, authored groundbreaking books and articles on sacred mushroom use, culture, and history.
Author | : Andrija Puharich |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ralph Metzner |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2005-07-25 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1594776288 |
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Over 30 contributors share their expertise on the chemical, biological, cultural, psychological, and experiential dimensions of psilocybin mushrooms • Describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users • Provides firsthand accounts of the controversial Harvard Psilocybin Project, including the Concord Prison and Good Friday studies Teonanácatl was the name given to the visionary mushrooms used in ancient Mesoamerican shamanic ceremonies, mushrooms that contain psilocybin, the psychoactive agent identified by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. The rediscovery of these visionary mushrooms by the Mazatec healer Maria Sabina and mycologist R. Gordon Wasson ignited a worldwide mushroom culture that inspired the consciousness revolution of the 1960s. This book describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users--from artists to psychologists--and the healing visionary inspiration they received. It provides firsthand accounts of studies performed in the controversial Harvard Psilocybin Project, including the Concord Prison study and the Good Friday study. It describes how the use of the psilocybe mushroom spread from the mountains of Mexico into North America, Asia, and Europe by seekers of consciousness-expanding experiences. It also details how psilocybin has been used since the 1960s in psychotherapy, prisoner rehabilitation, the enhancement of creativity, and the induction of mystical experiences and is being studied as a treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Author | : Robert Gordon Wasson |
Publisher | : Timber Press (OR) |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Joseph Lane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-08-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780999015377 |
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Author | : Jeremy Sandford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Mexico |
ISBN | : 9780720604214 |
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Author | : J. R. Irvin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-06-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780982556221 |
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This book presents a true history of the Sacred Mushroom throughout Mesoamerica, offering never-before seen details regarding colonial-era reports, including on the Aztecs, and includes sources on other indigenous cultures, like the Mazatec. It challenges the official narrative that the CIA was not involved in the creation of the psychedelic revolution and counterculture, providing recent discoveries that discount the official "blowback" narrative, and reveals how Gordon Wasson and others were less than honest in their presentations of the historical evidence. It discusses Aztec and Mesoamerican mushroom use and religious rites, including in human sacrifice and cannibalism.
Author | : Enrique González |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2021-08-11 |
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This book is the narration of my ritual experiences with Mazatec shamans. Some of the main aspects of my experiences as a participant in these rituals were: Mystical ecstasy, enlightenment, as well as paranormal psychic phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, magnetism (healing touch). I was also an eyewitness of indigenous traditional medicine healing, through the mushrooms Ceremony, with shamanic chants and prayer. The ceremonies of the sacred mushrooms, involved a direct interface with the world of the sacred -until then unknown to me and this caused me to re-evaluate of my concepts as to the meaning of the universe and my understanding of myself as a human being.