{"title":"Maria Sabina","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaria Sabina's works offer a unique window into the rich tapestry of arts and culture, blending mysticism with deep cultural insight. Readers will find a thoughtful exploration of indigenous traditions and spiritual practices, rendered with sensitivity and authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough evocative storytelling and reflective prose, Sabina invites readers to engage with themes of nature, ritual, and identity. These books are ideal for those interested in cultural heritage and the transformative power of ritual experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maria-sabina-by-maria-sabina-9780520239531","title":"Maria Sabina","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shaman and visionary—not a poet in any ordinary sense—María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jiménez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide. She is a principal instance and a powerful reminder of how poetry can arise in a context far removed from literature as such. Seeking cures through language—with the help of Psilocybe mushrooms, said to be the source of language itself—she was, as Henry Munn describes her, \"a genius [who] emerges from the soil of the communal, religious-therapeutic folk poetry of a native Mexican campesino people.\" She may also have been, in the words of the Mexican poet Homero Aridjis, \"the greatest visionary poet in twentieth-century Latin America.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese selections include a generous presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and a complete English translation of her oral autobiography, her \u003ci\u003evida\u003c\/i\u003e, as written and arranged in her native language by her fellow Mazatec, Alvaro Estrada. Accompanying essays and poems include an introduction to \"The Life of María Sabina\" by Estrada, an early description of a nighttime \"mushroom velada\" by the ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, and an essay by Henry Munn relating the language of Sabina's chants to those of other Mazatec shamans, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455622529260,"sku":"9780520239531","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cd6e5befbe212d91da6d25ca9493619a.jpg?v=1774817717"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/maria-sabina.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}