Tag: psilocybin mushrooms

The Oregon Model: Origins and Inspirations

This is the speech address given by Thomas Eckert for the Horizons conference in New...

Mazatec Shamanic Knowledge and Psilocybin Mushrooms

The roots of Mazatec shamanism, widely recognized for ritual use of psilocybin mushrooms, extend to...

Psychoactive Mushrooms in Mexico: Overview of Ecology and Ethnomycology

Anya Ermakova provides an overview of the psychoactive mushrooms found in Mexico & the cultural...

The “Unsung History” of Psilocybin Research: Gastón Guzmán and His Scientific Contribution

Mycologist Gastón Guzmán Huerta dedicated his life to discovering and researching mushrooms of the genus...

Two Projects Seek to Change the Legal Status of Peyote and Mushrooms in Mexico

Mexico is currently debating ritual and traditional uses, as well as non-Indigenous and therapeutic uses...

The Cost of Omission: Dr. Valentina Wasson and Getting Our Stories Right

Stop us if you’ve heard this one: ambitious, brave, and pioneering white man travels to...

Magic Mushrooms, Memory and Resistance in the Sierra Mazateca

By Way of Introduction This article is the result of an ongoing exercise of analysis...