F J Carod-Artal

Hallucinogenic drugs in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.

Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) 2015 F J Carod-Artal 112 citations

The American continent is very rich in psychoactive plants and fungi, and many pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures used them for magical, therapeutic and religious purposes. The archaeological, ethno-historical and ethnographic evidence of the use of hallucinogenic substances in Mesoamerica is reviewed. Hallucinogenic cactus, plants and mushrooms were used to induce altered states of...