Since I make mention of tiwanaku culture and their use of hallucinogenic snuff i thought id include some pdfs
Vilca seeds within tiwanaku iconagraphy
Iconographic analysis of the ponce monolith
Iconography of tiwanaku psychotropic tablets
Consumo nasal de alucinógenos en tiwanaku un aproximación iconografico
Well they are in spanish
I find it so interesting an entire culture fixated on the visionary experience from anadenanthera, which means bufotenin, It was most likky enhanced with harmala or mescaline cacti but It seems bufotenin was the primary space they were interested in
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I feel there should be a branch of pseudo-bioarcheology that makes assumptions based on pharmacology of the substance that culture uses, like an inverse of terencemckennas idea in foodofthegods. For example I plan on investigating yanomami culture and sort of filter out components that can be correlated to bufotenin and then transpose those models to theoretical assumptions of Tiwanaku culture.
Also I know that people who are experimenting with anadenanthera extracts as a tool for entheogenic or visionary exploration are indirectly learning a lot about what some of these cultures were about. Like that idea of contact with entities or spirits or deities
What about gene selection? One could hypothesize like gene selection pressure towards increased brain receptors for visions.
You know like the gene that predisposes one to alcoholism, if there ever was a gene like that but for psychedelic i bet itd be found in populations descendente of these cultures or others similar with their halllucibogen use.
This might explain why i obsessed over acid and shrooms in highsachool and had no Friends that understood
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And in case you are curious about how they made those stone monuments check out the studies by Joseph davidovits .