Maria Sabina - Selections

Editor's Preface IX THE LIFE Written with Alvaro Estrada 1(82) THE CHANTS The Folkways Chant 83(30) The 1970 Session: Three Excerpts 113(6) The Mushroom Velada: Three Excerpts 119(8) COMMENTARIES & DERIVATIONS Introduction to The Life of Maria Sabina ÁLVARO ESTRADA 127(6) FROM Teo-Nandcatl: The Mushroom Agape VALENTINA PAVLOVNA WASSON AND R. GORDON WASSON 133(7) The Uniqueness of Maria Sabina HENRY MUNN 140(24) Maria Sabina in Mexico City HOMERO ARIDJIS 164(7) FROM Fast Speaking Woman ANNE WALDMAN 171(3) Fast Speaking Woman & the Dakini Principle ANNE WALDMAN 174(9) The Little Saint of Huautla JEROME ROTHENBERG 183(8) The Poet Speaks, the Mountain Sings ... JUAN GREGORIO REGINO 191(3) The Song Begins JUAN GREGORIO REGINO 194(7) Selected Bibliography 201(2) Source Notes and Acknowledgments 203