Mescaline is an important part of the life's work of the American chemist Alexander Shulgin, who used it as a starting point for synthesizing dozens of novel psychedelic compounds that are documented in his 1991 book PiHKAL ("Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved"). The ritual use of the peyote cactus has occurred for at least 5700 years by Native Americans in Mexico and other mescaline-containing cacti such as the San Pedro have a long history of use in the South American continent, from Peru to Ecuador. Mescaline was first isolated from peyote in 1897 by the German chemist Arthur Heffter. It is one of the oldest known hallucinogens and the parent compound of the psychedelic phenethylamines, one of the two major subclasses of psychedelic compounds (along with tryptamines). It occurs naturally in the peyote cactus ( Lophophora williamsii), San Pedro cactus ( Echinopsis pachanoi), Peruvian Torch cactus ( Echinopsis peruviana) as well as the Cactaceae plant and the Fabaceae bean families. It is not a recommendation and should be verified with other sources for accuracy.ģ,4,5-Trimethoxyphenethylamine (also known as mescaline) is a naturally-occurring classical psychedelic substance of the phenethylamine class.
See responsible use section.ĭISCLAIMER: PW's dosage information is gathered from users and resources for educational purposes only. WARNING: Always start with lower doses due to differences between individual body weight, tolerance, metabolism, and personal sensitivity. Mescaline, Peyote, San Pedro, Cactus, Buttons