Mushroom Ceremony Of Mazatec Indians Of Mexico 1957

[Forkbender]

I found this gem whilst digging deep:

Mushroom Ceremony Of Mazatec Indians Of Mexico (1957)

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Artist: Shaman woman Maria Sabina

Folkways Records FR 8975, this is a US pressing of the impossible to find "Mushroom Ceremony Of the Mazatec Indians Of Mexico" This recording, made by Gordon Wasson in 1956, attempts to chronicle a religious ceremony involving the ingestation of psychedelic mushrooms by Indians who are attempting to communicate with the Divine Spirit. Lots of wild, hallucinatory chanting and the like, which might even appeal to fans of phonetic sound poems or dadaist utterings. Another unusual historical document that only Folkways would have released.

The originals came out in 1957 with a blue cover and this press has the tan cover from 1966.

"HERE IS A SHAMANIC PERFORMANCE COMPLETE. DR WASSON, A PIONEER IN THE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF MUSHROOMS IN RELIGIOUS RITUAL, GIVES US A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN AUTHENTIC "CONSULTATION" OF THE SACRED MUSHROOM, IN SOUND. THE OCCASION WAS THE ILLNESS OF A YOUTH. THE MUSHROOM, THROUGH THE MOUTH OF MARIA SABINA, A FEMALE SHAMAN, DECREED THAT THE BOY MUST DIE. HE HEARD THE BAD NEWS AND DIED DAYS LATER. DR. WASSON TAPED THE ENTIRE VELADA. DR. WASSON IS ABLE TO PROVE THAT THE WORDS AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHANT ARE PRE-CORTES, GOING BACK FOR MANY CENTURIES. NOTHING LIKE THIS RECORD HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE NEW WORLD; IT IS RIVALED IN THE OLD WORLD ONLY BY THE VEDIC CHANTS OF INDIA".

Recorded by V. P. & R. G. Wasson in Huautla de Jiménez, in the Mazatec Mountains in the northern corner of the State of Oaxaca, July 21, 1956.

01 chjon nka.mp3
02 chjon nka catsin.mp3
03 santo...nana.mp3
04 papa papai.mp3
05 na ai-ni tso.mp3
06 santo...ji nai...na.mp3
07 jan jesu cristo.mp3
08 ji nai.mp3
09 san pedro.mp3
10 soso soso.mp3
11 name of plants.mp3
12 pedro martinez.mp3
13 don't be concerned, old one.mp3
14 birds.mp3
15 humming, etc..mp3
16 soft singing.mp3
17 finale.mp3

Quality: 192Kbps

Enjoy!

 

[Getafix]

Thanks!!

I was just going through one of the final chapters of The Jaguar that Roams the Mind, reading about the destruction of the rainforest by oil companies, and was feeling pretty sad... Finding this post certainly cheers me up.

Well, I still feel sad actually.