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Psychedelic Beer May Have Helped the Wari Unite Outsiders and Build Their Pre-Inca Empire in Peru
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Researchers have discovered that Wari’s civilization, which existed in Peru over 1,200 years ago, would have been used to mix beer with hallucinogenic plants to consolidate political and social relations. Archaeological analysis shows that drinking was consumed on rituals and collective hospitality, meaning to create cohesion between elites and communities, thus contributing to the extension of the influence of this civilization and other times.
Psychedelic beer may have helped the Wari unite outsiders and build their pre-Inca empire in Peru
A new study suggests that the Wari, a pre-Inca civilization that flourished in the central Andes between 600 and 1000 CE, may have used a hallucinogenic beer to unify their multicultural realm. The study, published in La Revista de Arqueología Americana, hypothesizes that Wari elites mixed a psychedelic substance called vilca—derived from the seeds of […]
The Pre-Inca community is said to have lulled rivals with psychedelic Vilca beer. This could have provided long-lasting openness and empathy
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