Peyotism and Mescausm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Omer C Stewart (Department of Anthropology University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 90 |
| Pages | 297-310 |
| Publication date | 1980-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1980.11909000 |
| OpenAlex | W2770851062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The identity, origin, use and relationship of Peyote or Peyote buttons and mescal, mescal buttons, mescalbeans or mescaline continue to be confused. This paper examines the history of the confusion and uses ethnohistorical data to clarify the situation. Although Peyote, Lophophora williamsii and mescalbean, Sophora secundiflora, share the same general growth area, mostly in Mexico, the Spanish and Mexican reports on Peyote use are ancient and numerous, while nothing has been written about the use of mescalbeans south of the border. The use of the term mescalbean to refer to the red seed of Sophora secundiflora did not appear in print until 1914. A recent study shows that the greatest use of mescalbeans has been as beads. The paper concludes that theorists have inflated the importance of the relationship between mescalbeans and Peyote
Archaeology · Art · Confusion · Ethnology · Geography · Nothing · Sociology · Anthropology · Botanical Research and Chemistry · History · Philosophy · Psychology
The botany and chemistry of hallucinogens
An Investigation of Ethnographic and Archaeological Specimens of Mescalbeans (Sophora secundiflora) in American Museums
The Teaching of Don Juan
Prehistoric psychotropic drug use in Northeastern Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas
The Teachings of Don Juan
The Origins of Plains Mescalism
Origin of the Mescal Bean Cult
Mescalism and Peyotism
The Mescal Bean Cult of the Central and Southern Plains
Peyotism, 1521-18911
A Kiowa Mescal Rattle
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |