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My Experience During A Peyote Ceremony
I ate a mescaline cactus in Mexico and learned a beautiful life lesson
Peyote is a small cactus growing in the Northern States of Mexico, also called ‘Abuelo’ (grandfather) by the native people. It has been used in traditions for centuries by the Huichol tribe and is thought to heal many illnesses, like snake bites, wounds, skin disease, tuberculosis, diabetes, and colds, among many other ailments.
In modern ceremonial use, Peyote is a powerful natural medicine that could ‘heal’ you from your ego and to become a better person to others around you. It can teach you vital lessons about yourself and your community. It contains the active ingredient mescaline. Peyote is currently on the list of endangered plant species, and it should never be used as a recreational drug.
Ayahuasca
I first heard about Peyote during a talk with friends about ayahuasca. Abuelita (ayahuasca) has been intriguing me for a while because I felt I had internal mental questions that needed an answer that I couldn’t reach with a normal state of mind. Experiences from other people made the curiosity for ayahuasca grow more and more, but I was ‘stuck’ in Mexico because of COVID travel restrictions. And I didn’t want to take this sacred medicine to another place than where it…
