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Huachuma is a fast-growing columnar cactus,
Echinopsis pachanoi It is native to the Andes of
Ecuador, but it is cultivated all over Ecuador
and other places in South America. In its natural
environment San Pedro grows up to 20 feet high
and is multi branched.The cactus is light to dark
green, sometimes glaucous (covered with a bluish,
greyish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that
rubs off easily). Generally it has between 4-8
ribs.Groups of 1-4 small, yellow to light brown,
spines are located at the nodes which are evenly
spaced apart (circa 2 cm apart) along the ribs.
Huachuma contains a number of psychoactive
alkaloids, including mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyph
enethylamine, 0.11 2.3), and also
3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyph
enethylamine, 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenethylamin
e, 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine,
anhalonidine, anhalinine, tyramine, hordenine and
3-methoxytyramine. Mescaline is an entheogen and
also found in Peyote (Lophophora Williamsii), as
well as other species of the Echinopsis genus
such as Echinopsis peruviana, and Echinopsis
scopulicola.
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Uses of Huachuma Huachuma has a long history of
traditional use. It has become the most popular
cactus in neo-shamanic rituals due to its
excellent fertility and ease of cultivation.
Huachuma is used by shamanic cultures in the
Andes as a means to See and for esoteric healing
rituals. Huachuma is sometimes used in
conjunction with other sacred plants, such as
coca, tobacco, Brugmansia and Anadenanthera. Huach
uma is used by Andean shamans for guidance,
decision making, healing, spiritual communion,
trance, and ecstatic soul flight to access other
realms in the three worlds of spirit. Huachuma
helps one attain and remain in balance with the
natural world. Huachuma Ceremony Huachuma has
been used throughout history by many ancient
precolumbian civilizations. Huachuma is a
shamanic sacrament, a marvelous healing medicine,
and a magnificant spiritual teacher which fueled
the genersis of Andean civilization. For more
than 4,000 years, the Huachuma ceremony has been
a continuous tradition in Ecuador and Peru to the
present day. Maestro huachumeros claim that much
of the knowledge and insightsthey possess comes
directly from the plants themselves. Maestro
huachumeros are pure animists in believing that
all aspects of creation, from the elements to
mountains and stones, as well as plants and
animals are all living conscious entities, each
at their magnitude of existence from infinity to
infinity.
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