Gordon wasson biography
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Life Magazine, - Gordon Wasson (Seeking the Magic Mushroom)
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Year: May,
Format: Softcover
Edition: First
Condition: Used, wear to cover, internally very good condition
"Seeking the Magic Mushroom" was a photo essay by amateur mycologist Robert Gordon Wasson describing his experience taking psilocybin mushrooms in during a Mazatec ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico. Wasson was one of the first Westerners to participate in a Mazatec ceremony and to describe the psychoactive effects of the Psilocybe species.[1] The essay contains photographs by Allan Richardson and illustrations of several mushroom species of Psilocybe collected and identified by French botanist Roger Heim, then director of the French National Museum of Natural History.[2] Wasson's essay, written in a first person narrative,[3] appeared in the May 13 issue of Life magazine as part three of the "Great Adventures" se
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High Times Greats: R. Gordon Wasson
From a s issue of High Times comes Peter Gorman&#;s tribute to the late godfather of the psychedelic revolution, R. Gordon Wasson. In honor of Wasson&#;s birthday on September 22, we&#;re bringing you the October, High Times cover story below.
To some, R. Gordon Wasson is clearly the man who pulled the trigger and fired the first round in the psychedelic revolution. To others, he was an extraordinary scholar, an able amateur botanist and anthropologist, a meticulous student of early man’s tro and an ardent traveler.
R. Gordon Wasson was born in Great Falls, Montana, in , the son of a minister. He spent his early years in Newark, New Jersey, attended Columbia School of Journalism, taught there for a short time afterward, then moved to England to study at the London School of Economics. It was while in London that he met and fell in love with Valentina Pavlovna, a Russian emigré studying to become a doctor. In , after Pavlovna had co
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Seeking the Magic Mushroom
photo essay by R. Gordon Wasson
"Seeking the Magic Mushroom" is a photo essay by amateur mycologist Robert Gordon Wasson describing his experience taking psilocybin mushrooms in during a Mazatec ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico. Wasson was one of the first Westerners to participate in a Mazatec ceremony and to describe the psychoactive effects of the Psilocybe species.[1] The essay contains photographs by Allan Richardson and illustrations of several mushroom species of Psilocybe collected and identified by French botanist Roger Heim, then director of the French National Museum of Natural History.[2] Wasson's essay, written in a first person narrative,[3] appeared in the May 13 issue of Life magazine as part three of the "Great Adventures" series.
The essay was part of three related works about mushrooms released around the same time period. It was preceded by the limited release of Mushrooms, Russia and History, a