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The peyote (/ p eɪ ˈ oʊ t i /; Lophophora williamsii / l ə ˈ f ɒ f ə r ə w ɪ l i ˈ æ m z i aɪ /) is a small, spineless cactus which contains psychoactive alkaloids, [2] particularly mescaline (see also: cactus alkaloids). [3] Peyote is a Spanish word derived from the Nahuatl peyōtl ([ˈpejoːt͡ɬ]), meaning "caterpillar cocoon ...
The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a syncretic Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and elements of Christianity, especially pertaining to the Ten Commandments, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote. [2]
Illegal except Peyote: Illegal except Peyote: Illegal except Peyote: Legal: Mescaline is listed under Table 1 of Italy's "Tabelle delle sostanze stupefacenti e psicotrope" making it illegal to purchase, transport or sell. However, psychoactive cacti (with the exception of peyote) can be legally purchased from florists, garden centers and online ...
Many cacti are known to be psychoactive, containing phenethylamine alkaloids such as mescaline. [1] However, the two main ritualistic (folkloric) genera are Echinopsis, of which the most psychoactive species occur in the San Pedro cactus group (including Echinopsis pachanoi, syn. Trichocereus pachanoi, Echinopsis Peruviana, syn. Trichocereus peruvianus and Echinopsis lageniformis, syn ...
Peyote. Psychoactive cacti, which contain mainly mescaline: Peyote; Other Lophophora; Peruvian Torch cactus; San Pedro cactus. Trichocereus macrogonus var. macrogonus (syn. Echinopsis peruviana) Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi (syn. Echinopsis pachanoi) Trichocereus bridgesii; Other Echinopsis
Indigenous people find it increasingly difficult to harvest their sacred plant and they have had to ask for intervention from the Mexican government to protect a section of their trail. As Pedro Medellin, the head of a government, wrote in a study on peyote distribution in Huichol sacred areas, "If peyote disappears, then their whole culture ...
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Common names are “Peoti”, “Peotillo”, “Peyote” and “Peyotillo”. When a new highway was built north of the city of San Luis Potosí that passed through a population of Pelecyphora aselliformis , 1226 specimens of the species were relocated to the El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden near San Miguel de Allende .