The practice was forced underground. Hundreds of years later,a medicine woman named Maria...

[narrator]
The practice was forced underground. Hundreds of years later,
a medicine woman named Maria Sabina reluctantly agreed to perform
a mushroom-based healing ritual for a New York banker. And he wrote about it
in that influential LIFE cover story. As mushrooms became popular
with hippies, Sabina observed, “The young people didn’t need me.
Kids ate them anywhere and anytime and they didn’t respect our customs.” Recreational users may not always
turn to shamans, but scientists, in their own way,
have embraced this tradition. I've run about 450 sessions
since we started