The use of hallucinogenic plants for healing purposes was virtually unknown in the Western world until the early 1950s, when amateur mycologist R. Gordon Wasson participated in a healing ceremony in central Mexico.

Authors

• Person: Stroud C, Posey Norris SM, Matney C Organization: National Academies Press
  History and Current Status of Psychedelics and Entactogens ... - NCBI

Sources

• History and Current Status of Psychedelics and Entactogens ... - NCBI www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Stroud C, Posey Norris SM, Matney C · National Academies Press via serper

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• hallucinogenic plants concept
• Western world location