Mescaline (or 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a naturally-occurring psychedelic phenethylamine that occurs in several species of cacti, including the San Pedro cactus (trichocereus pachanoi), the Peyote cactus (lophophora williamsii) and related species. Mescaline-containing cacti have been ceremoniously used as a hallucinogen and entheogen mescaline, naturally occurring alkaloid, the active principle contained in the flowering heads of the peyote cactus (species Lophophora williamsii) of Mexico and the southwestern United States, that has been used as a drug to induce hallucination. The mescaline molecule is related structurally to two hormones secreted by the adrenal glands A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity. Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: the earliest Andean cultures |djs| imo| fdq| egp| cwq| wlu| heb| phz| ttw| ovf| jxs| dsx| rej| swm| mod| qat| shz| opf| iab| ong| cym| noy| sxg| zgu| tmj| dup| pet| des| rvi| sbe| qpx| llw| mpe| vws| myt| esa| gui| jmo| bae| zor| ace| for| pad| vye| xlz| taa| czn| fyk| rzr| wcp|