R. Gordon Wasson
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Robert Gordon Wasson was an American author, ethnomycologist, and a Vice President for Public Relations at J.P. Morgan & Co.
Wasson in 1955
Seeking the Magic Mushroom
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"Seeking the Magic Mushroom" is a 1957 photo essay by amateur mycologist Robert Gordon Wasson describing his experience taking psilocybin mushrooms in 1955 during a Mazatec ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico. W
R. Gordon Wasson
…Research (credited by Wasson at the end of his subsequent Life piece about the expedition). In May 1957, Life magazine published an article titled "Seeking the Magic Mushroom," which introduced psychedelic mushrooms to a wide audience for the first time. Six days later, his wife Valentina's first-person account of their…
Psilocybe caerulescens var. caerulescens. Wasson ingested this species on June 29, 1955. The experience became the basis for his 1957 essay.
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