Those are "magic mushrooms" ( hallucinogens ). West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin was arrested on April 16 at an airport for drug possesion. He had a bag of these "shrooms"(
Click here for how that ended ). So the libs think we are supposed to take the ideas of a man on drugs as useful.
I'd have answered earlier, however, I couldn't access replies for awhile.
As noted, they are peyote. Some Indian tribes used them in religious ceremonies.
A chap named Carlos Castaneda claimed he met an Indian shaman who revealed to him all sorts of " magic", such as transforming himself into an animal, through the use of peyote. Carlos wrote several books about his "trips" with the shaman.