Tagged with Oaxaca

Julia Julieta Casimiro de Pineda, one of the founders of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, lives in Huautla de Jiménez, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. All of Huautla feels like an ongoing ceremony. Daily life seems to be ordained by a predetermination, as if every single action had a higher purpose. (more)

When I first encountered the mushrooms, I had been taking antidepressants for years. The mushrooms told me I was an addict and that the pills were toxic to me. After being hospitalized due to my reaction to Paxil at age 19, I decided the mushrooms were right. Eventually, I met a Mazatec grandmother who holds a Niños Santos lineage of curandisimo.  (more)