BOTANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PEYOTE 10
Botany 10
Ethnobotany 11
Names for peyote 14
Etymology of “peyotl” 16
Identification of peyote 17
Physiology of Peyote Intoxication 17
THE ETHNOLOGY OF PEYOTISM 23
Non-ritual Uses of Peyote 23
Ritual Uses of Peyotl 29
Huichol 30
Tarahumari 33
Comparison of Mexican peyote rituals 35
Mescalero Apache and transitional forms of ritual 40
Kiowa-Comanche type rite 43
Comparison of Mexican, transitional, and Plains peyotism 54