[quote by=pc31 link=Blah.pl?b=cc,m=1102355870,s=43 date=1104012381]if abused they can be worthless.my ancestors smoked a mixture of shrooms,datura plant and gypsom weed.the mixture called hallutionations but interpted correctly they help the populace avoid many a catastrophe.
they all used at sometime or another but only the medicine man,the shaman tripped regularly.
the shaman if favored by the people could have more power than a cheif.he considered it his duty to achieve visions on a constant basis.so as to help his people.
one such medicine man was so highly regarded that his people listen to him not the cheif and in the end he led his people to war against their oppressor.the man was geroimo.......
he had a vision that he died from sickness instead of a bullet so he was fearless in war.
after the indian wars he was arrested by the government and jailed in texas i believe and died on a march to florida while being transfered.
peyote is also an indian choice for visions.from the peyote comes organic acid called mescaline.
there is and always will be the arguement that without the strycnine the buzz would be better but stryc actually heightens the buzz.
their is a warrior right of passage when he goes off alone for an undetermined amout of time to persue his visions so that he knows his course in life.munching peyote buttons near the campfire included.
higher knowledge is experience it seems but if you don't learn from them they are a waste.
[/quote]
Well said PC, you ever read the Carlos Casteneda books?