Lost Saints: Desacralization, Spiritual Abuse and Magic Mushrooms
Mushrooms containing psilocybin have been used in Indigenous healing ceremonies in Mesoamerica since at least the sixteenth century. However, the sacramental use of mushrooms was only discovered by Westerners in the early to mid-twentieth century. Most notably, the meeting between amateur mycologist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2019]
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| In: |
Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 118-139 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wasson, Robert Gordon 1898-1986
/ María Sabina 1894-1985
/ Shamanism
/ Mushroom
/ Psilocybin
/ Hallucinogenic drugs
/ Spirituality
/ Counter-culture
/ Abuse
/ Profanation
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BB Indigenous religions |
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R. Gordon Wasson
B María Sabina B desacralization B spiritual abuse B Psilocybin B magic mushrooms |
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Volltext (doi) |