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mescaline
[ mes-kuh-leen, -lin ]
noun
- a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
mescaline
/ -lɪn; ˈmɛskəˌliːn /
noun
- a hallucinogenic drug derived from mescal buttons. Formula: C 11 H 17 NO 3
Word History and Origins
Origin of mescaline1
Example Sentences
Rather than LSD, the drug was mescaline, a psychedelic compound made by certain cacti.
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized LSD in 1938, and Aldous Huxley popularized his experience on mescaline, a psychedelic compound made by certain cacti, in his 1954 book The Doors of Perception.
“This Is Your Mind on Plants,” by Michael PollanThe world-famous omnivore goes deep on three drugs — opium, caffeine and mescaline — tying scientific and historical explorations to gripping personal dramas.
Instead of peyote he experiments with a synthesized form of mescaline and with a different variety of cactus, the San Pedro, that he grows in his garden.
Early tests combining LSD, mescaline, or psilocybin with talk therapy delivered promising results.
Notwithstanding his own loftier goals, it is questionable whether mescaline and LSD gave Huxley the enlightenment he craved.
He collected about 30 reports on undergraduate mescaline trips.
It is common to have a bad psychological reaction to LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin.
Lysergic acid (LSD), mescaline, and psilocybin cause illusions and hallucinations.
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