Santa Barbara: Ross-Erickson Inc., 1981. First edition, wrappered issue. 238pp. Covers rubbed and toned; textblock edges toned; bump to upper-fore corner. About very good, with uncreased spine.
An oral autobiography and transcriptions of two chanting/curing sessions by the Mazatec curandera Maria Sabina (1894-1985), whose traditional healing ceremonies utilized the revelatory power of psilocybin mushrooms. Translation and commentaries by Henry Munn; essay by R. Gordon Wasson; preface by Jerome Rothenberg. Solid ready copy of this scarce work of psychedelic ethnobotany.
