Mescalina y ritual del cactus de san Pedro: evidencias arqueológicas y etnográficas en el norte de Perú
Revista de Neurología 2006 Francisco Javier Carod-Artal, C Vázquez-cabrera 27 citations
INTRODUCTION: The San Pedro cactus contains the alkaloid mescaline and other derivates of phenethylamine with hallucinogenic properties. This cactus was used throughout history by a number of different pre-Columbine cultures and civilisations that settled in northern Peru. In this article we review the ethno-archaeological and ethno-historical evidence of the ritual use of the San Pedro cactus...