Coven - Season 2, Episode 5: María Sabina

In this week’s episode, we welcome the powerful, mystical, and resilient healer + Mazatec sabia (wise woman), María Sabina into our Coven. While widely known as the “mushroom priestess” or the “mother of magic mushrooms,” her story is one of profound and often overlooked tragedy. We discuss her tumultuous journey to embody her calling as a healer, her relationship to and work with the “little saint” mushrooms, and the ways in which her story reflects the shadows of American culture and colonialism. Coven is a Stars, Etc ProductionWritten & Hosted by Jenna Scott and Socorro Erekani Carillo-LopezExecutive Producer: Jenna ScottProduced and Directed by Sierra BarterAudio Engineer: Josh BrumleyAudio Assistant: Christopher Bryan AmaralGraphic Design: Jacob ScottMusic by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna ScottCreated by Jenna Scott and Reilly HailSOURCEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTEhPCMSLA8https://philpapers.org/archive/BENBRT-3.pdfhttps://content.ucpress.edu/title/9780520239531/9780520239531_sabina.pdfMaría Sabina, and Jerome Rothenberg. 2003. Selections. Berkeley: University of California Press.https://chacruna.net/cute-as-children-but-not-handsome-as-adults-maria-sabina-life-magazine-and-cold-war-propaganda/https://fungaonline.com/instead-of-history-of-plant-medicines/