Peyote may look like a small, unassuming cactus - but it holds a powerful secret. In this episode, we explore the fascinating biology and cultural history of Lophophora williamsii, a plant known for ...

Growing in the desolate desert of Northern Mexico and the Southern region of Texas there lies a cactus whose history is as vast as the desert it inhabits. The “ Lophophora Williamsii,” commonly known ...

Peyote is a small, button shaped cactus native to Mexico and southern parts of the United States. Potent compounds in peyote, such as mescaline, cause it to have a hallucinogenic effect in humans ...

The one that resembles peyote is Astrophytum asterias, known as the star cactus. It is olive-green in color, shaped like a perfect hemisphere and divided into symmetrical segments much like an orange.

Huxley’s account of his experience, 1954’s The Doors of Perception, popularized psychedelic experimentation in general and the peyote cactus in particular. On an afternoon in May, 1953, author Aldous ...

The peyote cactus, or Lophophora williamsii, is unassuming at first glance. It’s small and spineless, unlike other cacti. But inside the small buttons that grow from the plant lies a ...