Peyote Effect - From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs Dawson Alexander S.Pevná vazba
Peyote Effect - From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs Dawson Alexander S.Pevná vazba The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well before Europeans…
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Peyote Effect - From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs Dawson Alexander S.Pevná vazba
The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well before Europeans arrived in the Americas. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S.
For nearly four centuries ecclesiastical, legal, scientific, and scholarly authorities have tried (unsuccessfully) to police that boundary to ensure that, while indigenous subjects might consume peyote, others could not. In this provocative new book, Dawson argues that peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620. Moving back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border, The Peyote Effect explores how battles over who might enjoy a right to consume peyote have unfolded in both countries, and