In this week’s episode, we welcome the powerful, mystical, and resilient healer + Mazatec sabia (wise woman), María Sabina into our Coven. While widely known as the “mushroom priestess” or the “mother of magic mushrooms,” her story is one of profound and often overlooked tragedy.

We discuss her tumultuous journey to embody her calling as a healer, her relationship to and work with the “little saint” mushrooms, and the ways in which her story reflects the shadows of American culture and colonialism.

Coven is a Stars, Etc ProductionWritten & Hosted by Jenna Scott and Socorro Erekani Carillo-Lopez

Executive Producer: Jenna Scott

Produced and Directed by Sierra Barter

Audio Engineer: Josh Brumley

Audio Assistant: Christopher Bryan Amaral

Graphic Design: Jacob Scott

Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott

Created by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail

SOURCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTEhPCMSLA8

https://philpapers.org/archive/BENBRT-3.pdf

https://content.ucpress.edu/title/9780520239531/9780520239531_sabina.pdf

María Sabina, and Jerome Rothenberg. 2003. Selections. Berkeley: University of California Press.

https://chacruna.net/cute-as-children-but-not-handsome-as-adults-maria-sabina-life-magazine-and-cold-war-propaganda/

https://fungaonline.com/instead-of-history-of-plant-medicines/