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Abstract
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In order to ascertain the validity of reports on peyote as observed by Vincent M. Petrullo in his study of the Delaware Indians, nine mature members of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania submitted together to extreme peyote intoxication. Confirmation was made of the ability to control the visual manifestations of peyote intoxication as reported by the Indians. It was demonstrated that the drug is a strong anti-aphrodisiac, which would account for the totally non-sexual character of the peyote ceremonies. A hint is made of a possible explanation of the belief in the approach to the God-head described by the Indians, in terms of the apparent split personality between rational conscious processes and the sensory conscious processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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