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in many cultures psychedelics have been
used in Rites of Passage and to gain
wisdom usually administered in specific
religious and healing ceremonies
in North America some indigenous peoples
use peyote
cactus that grows in northern Mexico and
a small region of South Texas
Adrian Primo
I come from five generations of peyote
people myself being the sixth and then
my son being the Seventh Generation
is a very intimate medicinal herb we use
it as a guide we use it as a means to
synchronize with the universe my
grandparents explained to me at a very
young age that we could acquire any
means of Success Through medicine and
peyote if we approached it with the
right intent
peyote use can touch on many aspects of
life
how this medicine is able to heal
there's a lot of complex facets
within indigenous
forms of thought we believe that like
the spirit
exists somewhere back there in the
subconscious it's connected to the
universe so this plant medicines helps
you reach those depths of your ability
to manifest whatever it is you can
picture in your mind maybe you're
picturing pain going away maybe you're
picturing your cancer going away maybe
you're picturing your body being Health
maybe you're a picture in education
whatever it is that you're picturing
your subconscious brain has that power
to create that for you and this medicine
is just a tool to help you to reach that
point
feel of the doctor also when we think
about how native people have used these
substances it was a ritual so there's
something still really important about
the setting the ritualistic aspect so
you can see this positive outcome you
can hear the positivity around you all
of that then gets encoded into the brain
in a manner that when you're not in that
hallucinogenic state it still stays with
you
a Peyote Cactus can take over 10 years
to reach maturity
the arrival of Europeans Native American
tribes have often been persecuted for
peyote use and had limited access to the
plan
now commercial interests and poachers
are putting pressure on peyote's fragile
ecosystem
recently a philanthropist purchased 605
Acres of peyote land here in South Texas
to provide access for members of the
Native American Church
which teaches native American traditions
sometimes elements of Christianity and
regards peyote as the sacrament
in order to assure that this medicine is
going to be available we have to have
some kind of direct connection with this
land
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and this land I think is an answer to a
prayer from years ago that there will be
medicine for our children
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this land now means the world to all of
us Mother Earth and what she has
provided us this represents the future
it's about what you are going to teach
your children your grandchildren and
what you're going to leave behind
the essence of of generational
responsibilities
words cannot suffice what the spirit
feels in connecting with this land
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