Maria Sabina

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Maria Sabina was a Mazatec curandera and shaman from Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for her ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms and her influence on Western psychedelic culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatec person
curandera
human
shaman
associatedWith Huautla de Jiménez mushroom ceremonies
R. Gordon Wasson NERFINISHED
entheogenic practices
psychedelic movement of the 20th century
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
culturalContext Mazatec indigenous tradition
culturalImpact popularization of the term “magic mushrooms” in the West
ethnicGroup Mazatec people NERFINISHED
familyName Sabina NERFINISHED
givenName Maria NERFINISHED
healingMethod diagnostic visions
ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms in ritual context
influenced Western understanding of psilocybin
ethnomycology
inspired Western psychedelic researchers
counterculture figures in the 1960s
languageSpoken Mazatec language NERFINISHED
Spanish
legacy icon of psychedelic spirituality
symbol of indigenous knowledge about entheogens
locatedIn Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Sierra Mazateca NERFINISHED
name Maria Sabina NERFINISHED
notableFor ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms
influence on Western psychedelic culture
occupation curandera
healer
shaman
performed velada ceremonies
placeOfBirth Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico NERFINISHED
region Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca NERFINISHED
religiousConcept communication with divine through mushrooms
religiousElement use of sacred chants in ceremonies
religiousPractice Mazatec shamanism
ritualLanguage Mazatec ritual poetry
spiritualRole mushroom priestess
subjectOf R. Gordon Wasson’s Life magazine article on magic mushrooms
usedSubstance Psilocybe mexicana NERFINISHED
psilocybin mushrooms
viewedMushroomsAs sacred medicine
“holy children”

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