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Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic Romance_Gift_Guide Bestselling author Candice Millard spinsA definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid twentieth century through Aldous Huxleys The Doors of Perception, after which the word psychedelic was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: the earliest Andean cultures depicted mescaline containing cacti in their temples. Mescaline was