synesthesia or the psychological state of seeing music and hearing colors. This leads us back to our roots: our prayers and songs. o Peyote is a type of cactus distinguishable by its protrusions or buttons. Louis Lewin receives a sample of dried peyote buttons. The following is a brief timeline of the history of peyote and mescaline over the last 120 years: 1887 German scientist Dr. Peyote had also found its way back to Europe. By the 1800s, peyote use in Mexico had been forced underground. Yazzie, who lives in New Mexico with his wife and four children, writes in the notes for Charity: “We all face a point in our lives where we question ourselves, our strength, our faith, and our spirituality. MODERN HISTORY OF PEYOTE AND MESCALINE USE. Accompanying the vocals are water drum and gourd, played on some tracks by Yazzie and on others by Vernon Salabye. Yazzie’s harmonized vocals on Charity resound as a sincere longing for healing, comfort, and wisdom. By the time he was 13 he was so inspired by his experiences with the Native American Church that he began composing music for ceremonies.Ĭharity: Songs of the Native American Church is the new CD from this spiritual vocalist, completing a four-album series that honors the powerful touchstones of faith, hope, love, and charity. hang wind chimes to invite the element of wind to make music with me. Kevin Yazzie, a Diné from Arizona, was raised with a deep respect for the medicine and music of Native ceremonies, and he later found his life’s calling there. Which includes the ceremonial use of the peyote cactus for religious ceremonies. Despite attempts by governments to criminalize the use of peyote cactus and other sacred plants, the medicine continues to be a centerpiece for the Native American Church, established in 1910 to protect religious freedom. For thousands of years, peyote has been sanctified as a medicine for emotional healing and spiritual connection among the indigenous peoples of North and Central America.
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