peyote

Peyote (peyote) is a small brown cactus, which in nature is growing barely rising above the earth. Botanical name: "Lophophora williamsii". Other names - mezcal, Tortillas, lofofora.
On top of this cactus is located a few buds without needles, slightly reminiscent of the fungus. It is in these buds and is mescaline, and eat these buds, although some tribes of Indians eat and root, and the whole plant. Mescaline can be extracted from plant material or produced artificially. Except of peyote, mescaline is also contained in the cactus San Pedro, which is more popular than peyote as quickly grow in contrast to the latter.

Since ancient times peyote was used by aboriginal people in Northern Mexico and the southwestern United States as part of traditional religious practices, there is the fact that mescaline causes rich visual hallucinations that it was important for the ancient Indian cults.

The traditional cooking of peyote preserved in the same form and in our days. The buds break with cactus, cut into small slices. They are then dried in the sun for several days. Then grind them and pour boiling water to gain a semblance of tea. Can be eaten raw and peyote, but he has bad taste.

Mescaline obtained from some peyote cactus is one of the three psychotropic substances, the use of which resorted don Juan during the training of Carlos Castaneda described in his books "the Teachings of don Juan", "a Separate reality", "Journey to Ixtlan" and others In his essay "Doors of perception" Aldous Huxley describes his first experiment with mescaline. In the books of Stephen king often mentions describes the use of this drug as a drug. In the book of hunter Thompson's "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas", the main characters are constantly consumed mescaline. Mescaline took the heroes of the movie "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas". As well as the effect of mescaline addressed in the film "Domino", directed by Tony Scott. The main characters in the coffee was poured mescaline.