The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

by Brian C. Muraresku

the very first page none of the savages’ godless habits provoke as much disgust as the sacred beverages that contained ololiuhqui, peyote, and tobacco. While the latter two are familiar, ololiuhqui was likely the most common psychedelic drug used by the Aztecs at the time. In 1960 none other than Albert Hofmann identified the plant as a species of morning glory (Turbina corymbosa) containing ergine, the LSD-like alkaloid that is also present in ergot. Ruiz de Alarcón documents some of its incredible properties. “By drinking it, they consult it like an oracle for everything whatever that they want to know, even those things which are beyond human understanding.”