Thanks for the link. The mysterious decline of the Wari Empire continues to puzzle historians... :^)
Posted on 03/24/2025 7:19:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A study published in the journal Antiquity [2022] suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new bonds with surrounding communities. The findings offer some of the clearest archaeological evidence demonstrating how ancient civilizations used psychoactive substances for recreation and social cohesion...
The Wari civilization flourished in the Peruvian Andes... Excavations revealed evidence the Wari were brewing large quantities of a beer-like drink known as chicha. The alcoholic beverage is common to a number of ancient civilizations in the region, however, spiking it with a hallucinogenic substance is unusual.
Alongside evidence of the plants used to brew chicha, the excavations revealed traces of vilca seeds. These seeds are known to contain a psychoactive substance called bufotenine.
Traditional uses of vilca generally involve either smoking or inhaling the powdered seed. But curiously, no smoking or snuffing paraphernalia was found at the Quilcapampa site. Instead, the traces of vilca were detected near signs of chicha brewing. There are anecdotal accounts of vilca being added to beverages but this is the first archaeological evidence to indicate the hallucinogenic substance was consumed in an alcoholic drink...
The presence of the vilca-spiked beer, particularly at the Quilcapampa outpost, suggests it was used to forge strong social connections with outlying communities. Perhaps as a way to expand the Wari empire without military force, Biwer speculated.
(Excerpt) Read more at newatlas.com ...
A version of this article was originally published in 2022.
Thanks for the link. The mysterious decline of the Wari Empire continues to puzzle historians... :^)
An earlier and probably healthier version of Ecstasy.
bufotenine
I wonder if that’s the same chemical from toad licking.
There is a clink ghey make up in alaska too that is hallucinogenic and bootleggers brew it there. Quite potent too I guess.
Yep!...............
Date rape.
Unless there are figs or pomegranates available.
You guess... “guys talk, ya hear things...” yer not foolin’ me... ;^)
Ages ago when I used to go to a comedy club around here (well, not so near now, plus it’s probably long gone) I saw a comedian from somewhere Down South, and like many of them, he had a merch table where he sold his (at that time) cassettes, one of which was called “Lick a Toad” I think. That was one off his then-current and bigger bits.
I wonder if anyone’s using this stuff now?
If it turns your brain to mush and makes you happy, happy, happy someone, somewhere is using it.
At least I don't think this is the stuff that makes your nose run uncontrollably.
They had a show on it, a cops in Alaska show. I’m surprised you were able to read my post. Wow was it messed up- I forgot to check it before posting it 😆
The post was supposed to read “there is a drink they make in alaska...”
I haven’t had the drink. But have had some mushrooms before back in my idiot years (20’s and 30’s)- They are wild on their own but I think thouhg the drink would be quote potent.
I think that is peyote- not sure though. It was what they used in young,guns movie I think- if I remember right. They were puking and snot running out their noses in the movie.
Better article
https://abusablepast.org/celebrating-to-survive-a-peoples-history-of-chicha-beer-in-bolivia/
It has been a couple of decades since I studied Peruvian cultures and only bits remain.
I just watched the scene again, I guess there weren’t any snot, but they did pukez- I had heard thst peyote does that-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EiI8xNDH79g
Is there an amazon or other link to this fine product?
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