Salvia divinorum is a perennial labiate used for curing and divination by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. The psychotropic effects the plant produces are compared to those of the other hallucinogens employed by the Mazatecs, the morning glory, Rivea corymbosa L., Hallier f. and the psilocybin-containing mushrooms. A discussion of the role of ska María Pastora in the native "pharmacopeia"...

This dissertation opens the doorway to the recognition inthe United States of the potential for the reversal of organicillness through the use of the entheogen ayahuasca, an agentknown as a “Divine Intelligence”. This sacred drink has beenused for millennia by over seventy indigenous groups in theUpper Amazon and Orinoco basin for healing, shamanic journeys and divination. (...