The Mazatec people shared their knowledge of psilocybin use with the world. The psychedelic space owes everything to their generosity and altruism.
Historias y Memorias Mazatecas is a project born from the commitment of a Mazatec family to preserve and celebrate their traditions and cultural heritage, and today it needs our support.
HMM is a project supported by the Fungi Foundation that aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the Mazatec people. The HMM archive contains one of the most comprehensive collections of Mazatec records, textiles, historical artifacts, videos and sound recordings gathered by a member of their community, including many never-before-seen photographs and videos of several curanderos and curanderas.
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Due to urbanization, colonialism and globalization, indigenous cultures are at serious risk of disappearing. This is why it is crucial to preserve their knowledge and create spaces to celebrate them.
Now, more than ever, we must recognize the Mazatec people's profound influence on the psychedelic community. It's time for us to show our support.
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The curator and guardian of this collection, Inti García Flores, is a Mazatec historian from La Salle University, Puebla, and a secondary school teacher in San Mateo Yoloxochitlan. Inti and his family have been working for years to restore the HMM archive, an invaluable and unique collection of videos, photographs and documents that his father, Renato García Dorantes, produced during his lifetime documenting the history and traditions of the Mazatec community.
Many of these documents, photographs, and videos were rapidly deteriorating due to the weather conditions of the Mazatec Sierra. Thanks to the generous support of various donors, this historical treasure is now undergoing a restoration process that will ultimately lead to the opening of the Historias y Memorias Mazatecas Museum in Huautla de Jiménez in November 2025.
We continue working on the restoration and cataloguing of the HMM archive, which will be part of the museum and cultural center —designed by Mexican architect Juan Tonatiuh Velázquez— to safeguard, exhibit, and celebrate the Mazatec cultural legacy contained in the collection.
With your contribution, we can continue digitizing videographic and bibliographic materials, restoring textiles, photographs, video tapes, and archaeological artifacts, training people for the ongoing maintenance of the museum’s collection, and translating documents, among other essential tasks.
This project wouldn't be possible without the generous support of
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