Healing of the Thunderbolt and Nahua Entheogenic Medicine (Psilocybe aztecorum and Tagetes lucida)
June 16, 2025 Osiris Sinuhé González Romero, María Del Carmen Macuil García 1 citation
This chapter examines the use of psilocybin mushrooms (known as teonanacatl or “the flesh of gods”) and Mexican tarragon (yauhtli, Tagetes lucida) for therapeutic purposes in Nahua medicine. These entheogenic substances are associated with thunderbolt and rain deities, part of a symbolic complex known as “the healing of the thunderbolt,” reflecting the influence of Tlaloc, the god of rain and...