I knew very little about peyote at that time, but I did know enough to be aware of the problem of getting it past our palates, so I pulverized the dried buttons in a Waring blender and tamped the ...

After about a month, the button becomes soft and full of bruises. For years, Morales refrained from using peyote because doing so was against the law for him.

Peyote is commonly ingested by boiling peyote buttons, small discs found on the top of the cactus, in water, and drinking the liquid.

Peyote is commonly ingested by boiling peyote buttons, small discs found on the top of the cactus, in water, and drinking the liquid.

Even though she is Mexican American and a Catholic, Morales, who charges 55 cents a button, considers it a privilege to provide peyote for ceremonial purposes.

Peyote is a small, spineless, button-shaped cactus capable of producing hallucinatory effects upon ingestion. While there have been movements in recent years to protect indigenous peoples ...

The Sacred Button. Peyote (pronounced pay-oh-tee) is a small, carrot-shaped cactus that grows wild in the valley of the Rio Grande.

He began harvesting peyote at 14, when American Indian elders taught him to cut the buttons without harming the roots.

Peyote embodies the Creator’s spirit Darrell Red Cloud, who is Oglala Lakota, remembers at age 4 using peyote and singing ceremonial songs at all-night peyote ceremonies with his family.

Peyote embodies the Creator’s spirit Darrell Red Cloud, who is Oglala Lakota, remembers at age 4 using peyote and singing ceremonial songs at all-night peyote ceremonies with his family.