Narcotic Ololiuqui of the Aztecs

[Ricardo]

A contribution to our knowledge of Rivea Corymbosa

The Narcotic Ololiuqui of the Aztecs

By Richard Evan Shultes, 1941

http://wlbcenter.org/Schultes%20Publications/1941%20A%20contribution%20to%20our%20knowledge%20of%20Rivea%20corymbosa.pdf

[Bejeeber]

Thanks Ricardo - interesting about the Aztec connection, and the references to stuff like it's use as a topical "benumbing" agent.

Benumbing. Benumbing.

Also weird to see talk of a dose in the range of 13 seeds inducing hallucinations..??!! Were those seeds back in the good 'ol days more potent due to soil and/or climate conditions or other factors, or is the reporting just skewed and inaccurate? This I ponder. 

[Jubal]

Thanks Ricardo - interesting about the Aztec connection, and the references to stuff like it's use as a topical "benumbing" agent.

Benumbing. Benumbing.

Also weird to see talk of a dose in the range of 13 seeds inducing hallucinations..??!! Were those seeds back in the good 'ol days more potent due to soil and/or climate conditions or other factors, or is the reporting just skewed and inaccurate? This I ponder. 

I just read that the recipe often used changes the molecule. I don't have a link handy, but that could explain the 13-seeds explanation.