Dr. James Fitzsimmons
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So it's not something I know a lot much about.
Was it utilized by the Maya?
As I said, they had other drugs.
Mushrooms, yeah.
Lots of different types of mushrooms.
When we see the Maya doing shrooms, they usually, it's usually bunches of shrooms.
So they're not just holding like one shroom.
They usually got like a fistful of them.
And they're just like, like they're just downing them.
No, it actually seems like they're having a party.
Like, it seems like, you know, I think there is a religious component to it.
Like, drawing a hard line between religion and politics...
is, doesn't work for the Maya.
So I think being able to do that, I think is very difficult to sort of, to make that leap.
But in the context that we see them having mushrooms, it's usually a mushroom party.
And there are occasionally things that look like, even in the image, that look like they're tripping.
So like they'll be chewing on it.