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Succulentmeditator t1_j6peha6 wrote

Reply to comment by Fkappa in TIL Maria Sabina was an indigenous medicine woman who introduced the western world to psilocybin. Her community's rituals were appropriated for power and fame, and she died in poverty. by kerblooee

It’s spelled “Hofmann”; the other well known, 60’s yippie activist, Albert “Abbie” spelled his name as Hoffman. Here’s an article on the sequence of western rediscovery of ceremonial Psilocybe species use: https://inecol.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/bitstream/1005/111/1/8451_2008-10264.pdf

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