Maria Sabina, Mother of Mushrooms – While most people are familiar with magic mushrooms, Not everybody is familiar with the lady who introduced the magic mushrooms to western culture. I want to share with you my summation of the story and history of Maria Sabina.
Maria Sabina was a Mazatec curendera (a healer) from Oaxacan village of Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico who welcomed R. Gordon Wasson into the ancient rite of the velada (sacred mushroom ceremony). Wasson famously wrote about the experience in a Time Magazine article called “Seeking the Magic Mushroom” which gave the mushrooms their common name used today.