{"product_id":"maria-sabina-r-g-wasson-v-p-wasson-mushroom-ceremony-of-the-mazatec-indians-of-mexico-yellow-sleeve","title":"Maria Sabína, R. G. Wasson, V. P. Wasson – Mushroom Ceremony Of The Mazatec Indians Of Mexico (yellow sleeve)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Folkways Records – FR 8975\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album,\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 1957\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Field Recording, Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrized high-esoterica published by Smithsonian Folkways in 1966 capturing the first (known) recordings of a Mazatec Mushroom ceremony held by the late shaman and poet Maria Sabina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story goes in 1955 American author and ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson and wife Valentina travelled to a town in the Sierra Mazateca area tucked away in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca and became the first westerners to participate in a sacred psilocybin mushroom ceremony, called veladas, led by Sabina.  Controversially and despite assurances to Sabina that her location and identity remain a secret, the duo published their account in a Life magazine article, prompting numerous early hippies, scientists and other young people to travel to Mexico seeking the hallucinatory experience.  The psychedelic generation was born and the rest is history.  Sadly Sabina was ostracised from her community, attracted endless attention with the police, had her house burned down and family members murdered as a result of the unwanted exposure to western attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe raw field recordings capture Sabina in a trance-like state ingesting psilocybin mushrooms (Maria's holy children) and leading a healing Virgil in the ancient indigenous Mazatec language.  It’s an undiluted account of this historically important and contentious event that laid the foundation for a network of subcultures to flourish.  Rare original excellent 1957 copy with liner notes (NM\/VG+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Chjon Nka\u003cbr\u003eA2 Chjon Nca Catain\u003cbr\u003eA3 Santo\u003cbr\u003eA4 Papa Papai\u003cbr\u003eA5 Na? Ai-Ni Tso\u003cbr\u003eA6 Ji Ñai Na\u003cbr\u003eA7 Jan Jesu Cri\u003cbr\u003eA8 Ji Ñai\u003cbr\u003eB1 San Pedro\u003cbr\u003eB2 Soso Soso\u003cbr\u003eB3 Name Of Plants\u003cbr\u003eB4 Pedro Martinez\u003cbr\u003eB5 Don't Be Concerned, Old One\u003cbr\u003eB6 Birds\u003cbr\u003eB7 Humming, Etc\u003cbr\u003eB7 Soft Singing\u003cbr\u003eB8 Finale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Maria Sabína - Mushroom Ceremony Of The Mazatec Indians Of Mexico [Full Album · 1957]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lpHpXugZOHI\" height=\"240\" width=\"377\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55697277321598,"sku":"FR 8975","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_0247_7b1447c3-2865-45b6-9e6a-92b431084c20.jpg?v=1749214196","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/maria-sabina-r-g-wasson-v-p-wasson-mushroom-ceremony-of-the-mazatec-indians-of-mexico-yellow-sleeve","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}