Book of the day > Maria Sabina by Gusmano Cesaretti
Join us tomorrow (Sunday, 6/14, 4-6 at Arcana) for a book signing tomorrow for the Book of the day > Maria Sabina by Gusmano Cesaretti. Conaculta.
Maria Sabina (1888-1985) was a healer, curandera, and Shaman in the Sierra Mazateca in the state of Oaxaca. She used the power of the sacred mushroom as part of her ceremonies that cured hundreds in her community throughout her lifetime. This association with the Psilocybin mushroom resulted in an unlikely late in life counterculture notoriety that brought her into contact with the likes of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Mick Jagger.
In this newly-released book from Mexico's Conaculta, noted Italian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Gusmano Cesaretti shares his personal story of self-discovery when this great woman allowed him to enter her sacred world. Gusmano is one of the first to extensively document the Chicano Car Clubs and Street writers of Southern California, has worked extensively for decades with directors Michael Mann and the late Tony Scott, and his Fragments of Los Angeles 1969-1989 is one of our favorite photography books about the city.