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Ariocarpus retusus, the “False Peyote” of huichol tradition

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  1. Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles

    Peter T. Furst (anthropologist)

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Participated in two Huichol peyote pilgrimages in 1966 and 1968. The second journey resulted in the first documentary film on the peyote ritual, “To Find Our Life: The Peyote Hunt of the Huichols of Mexico.”

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Furst, P.T. Ariocarpus retusus, the “False Peyote” of huichol tradition. Econ Bot 25, 182–187 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860078

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