Paja Faudree

Introducing Xka Pastora , One of the World’s Newest “Drugs”

April 8, 2026 Paja Faudree

Abstract This chapter concerns the psychedelic plant xka pastora, aka Salvia divinorum, which has long been used in healing rituals by Indigenous people from Mexico’s Sierra Mazateca, the one place on Earth where the plant is endemic. Recognizing that perspectives of Indigenous people are largely absent from the “psychedelic renaissance,” this research compares how Indigenous people understand...