Maria Sabina and the Mazatec Tradition: How the West First Learned About Magic Mushrooms
In short: Maria Sabina was a Mazatec healer from Oaxaca, Mexico, whose ceremonies with sacred mushrooms were documented by an outsider in 1957. That article introduced many people in the West to the mushrooms, and the attention changed her life and her community in...
What Psilocybin Does in the Brain: What Imaging Studies Have Found
In short: Psilocybin, the compound in "magic mushrooms," changes how brain regions communicate. Brain imaging studies suggest it quiets a network linked to self-focused thinking and temporarily increases communication between regions that don't usually talk to each...