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
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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Timothy Leary
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Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and author known for strongly advocating psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound". Acco
Seeking the Magic Mushroom
…use into popular culture. The essay influenced the nascent counterculture in the United States and led many hippies and spiritual seekers (including Timothy Leary) to travel to Mexico in the 1960s in search of the mushroom. In the 1970s, Wasson expressed misgivings about the wide publicity the essay brought to…
Leary in 1970
Leary at the State University of New York at Buffalo during a lecture tour in 1969
Timothy Leary, family, and band at the State University of New York at Buffalo during his 1969 lecture tour
Leary in 1969