The American Indian Church and its sacramental use of peyote

A review for professionals in the mental-health arena

Bibliographic Data

ID19504047
AuthorsPeter N Jones (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume8
Issue4
Pages277-290
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13674670412331304348
OpenAlexW2062949049
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited38

Psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, counselors, and other people involved in the mental-health fields are increasingly working with American Indians who practice various religious ceremonies and life ways foreign to Western-oriented epistemologies and ontologies. The American Indian Church and its sacramental use of peyote is one such example. This paper provides a brief history of the American Indian Church and its use of peyote, as well as the American Indian beliefs behind the use of peyote and the psychopharmacological data concerning peyote. It is shown that the sacramental use of peyote by the American Indian Church members is not a deviant hallucinogenic disorder and that in fact it provides a means of achieving and maintaining health, balance, respect, and a sense of community among participants and their social relations

Art · Mental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Traditional medicine · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques · Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis · Gender Studies · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Religious studies

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