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San Pedro (Trichocereus / Echinopsis pachanoi) is a thin, columnar cactus native to the Andes in South America. It grows much faster than peyote, shoots 12 inches or more in a year, and produces occasional large, white, nocturnal flowers.

Like peyote (and the Peruvian cactus among others), San Pedro contains mescaline - one of the longest studied psychedelics in the world and the first to which that term was applied. The effects have been described as empathogenic (similar to MDMA) and potentially life-changing, promoting radical introspection, healing, and a sense of wonder and awe.

 

You should notice effects within 15-40 minutes of taking San Pedro, but it may take up to 3 hours to peak. It can take another 3 hours to come down, with the whole experience usually taking around 10 hours, although there is usually some afterglow. Residual stimulation can make it difficult to sleep after the primary effects have disappeared.

Many people are amazed at how different San Pedro (and mescaline in general) differs from other psychedelics they have tried. It is normal to feel relaxed and in control, for example, even during heavy tripping.

 

Common visual effects include vortices of colored light, flashes in peripheral vision, kaleidoscopic patterns, and white, ghostly contours around people. Travel outside the body is common according to curanderos (healers), as is synesthesia (eg, "Feeling" and "smelling" of faces and sounds), mild depersonalization, and disturbances in spatial awareness. At the same time, ordinary objects in your environment can seem more interesting, beautiful and amazingly mystical - properties that define the mescaline experience.

This can be accompanied by clear and connected thoughts, self-realization, empathy and euphoria. However, bad trips and dysphoric symptoms are more common in people who do not pay attention to the setting and setting and / or have a history of mental illness.

 

 

 

 

 

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SAN PEDRO 

(HUACHUMA) 

PEYOTE

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