PEYOTE: THE DIVINE CACTUS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
PEYOTE IN MEXICO..........................3
   The Spanish Conquest and Peyote........4
   Native American Use of Peyote.........11
PEYOTE IN THE UNITED STATES..............25
   Native American Traditions............25
   Possible Origins of Peyotism..........31
   Native American Oppression............34
   The Attraction of Peyotism............39
   The Spread of Peyotism................42
PEYOTE CEREMONIES........................49
   Preparations for the Ceremony.........50
   The Basic Plains Ceremony.............54
   Variations of Ceremonies..............58
   Versions..............................62
   Christian Influences..................62
   Peyote Music..........................65
   Memories of a Navajo V-Way Ceremony...66
THE PEYOTE USER'S EXPERIENCE.............79
   Phases of the Experience..............83
   Important Aspects of the Experience...84
   Visions...............................92
   Adverse Reactions....................102
MEDICINAL USE OF PEYOTE.................106
   Use by Native Americans..............106
   Early Uses by Anglo-Americans........111
   Possible Antibiotic Actions..........114
   Psychiatric Uses.....................115
PHARMACOLOGY OF PEYOTE..................120
   Physiological Effects................120
   Physiological Action of Mescaline....123
   Dosages..............................125
   Toxicity of Mescaline................125
   Tolerance............................127
   Cytogenetic Effects..................128
   Mescaline, LSD, Psilocybin,
      and Marijuana.....................129
CHEMISTRY OF PEYOTE.....................133
   Alkaloids............................133
   Peyote Alkaloids.....................138
   Peyote Alkaloids in Other Cacti......141
   Chemically Different Species
      of Peyote.........................143
   Mescaline............................144
   Structure-Activity Relationship
      of Mescaline......................147
   Biosynthesis of Peyote Alkaloids.....149
BOTANY OF PEYOTE........................153
   Botanical History....................155
   Common Names of Lophophora...........159
   Plants Confused with Peyote..........162
   Morphology...........................165
   Biogeorgaphy.........................168
   Ecology..............................171
   Characteristics......................175
   Evolution............................177
   Cultivation..........................178
   Conservation.........................180
LEGAL ASPECTS OF PEYOTE.................183
   Narcotics, Drugs, and Addiction......185
   Religious Freedom....................187
   The Comprehensive Drug Abuse
      Prevention and Control Act
      of 1970...........................197
   The American Indian Religious
      Freedom Act if 1978...............201
   The United States Supreme Court
      Decision of 1990..................201
   Congressional Actions Since 1990.....204