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The peyote cult by Weston La Barre is an anthropological monograph written in the early 20th century. It examines the peyote religion among Indigenous peoples of Mexico and the United States, combining ethnography, history, botany, pharmacology, and psychology. The study traces peyote’s diffusion from Mexico into the Plains, compares rituals and doctrines across tribes, and analyzes the rise of the Native American Church alongside legal and social controversies.
The opening of the monograph lays out the author’s fieldwork among numerous tribes, extensive acknowledgments to Indigenous collaborators and scholars, and a promise—reinforced in a reprint note—to synthesize a rapidly growing literature. The introduction defines peyote, distinguishes it from other narcotics, summarizes its physiological effects and non-ritual uses, and sketches its spread from Mexican ceremonial contexts to Plains all-night tipi meetings, including variants linked to leaders such as John Wilson and Jonathan K
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