María Sabina: Selections Volume 2

by María Sabina and María Sabina

Book Overview

A shaman and visionary-not a poet in any ordinary sense-Mar a Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jim nez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520239539
• ISBN13: 9780520239531
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"