Hello El Mescalero,

Welcome to the Nexus.  Thanks for sharing that great intro essay with us.  I really enjoyed reading it.  As a woman born in the 1960's, who did a lot of things through the late 1980's then took some time off (except for cannabis) I felt a great personal resonance with your bio.  I even got a chance to sit in a peyote circle, once in 1987 . . .

Anyway, glad you decided to quit lurking and formally sign up.  Lots of great subfora here including one for cactus . . .Also the links in the upper right hand corner were written by folks in the know who really took their time to develop topics such as the wiki (lots of extraction teks here), the FAQ and the Health & Safety sections.

Huxley's book was one of the first ones I read back in the early 1980's when I started becoming curious about psychedelics.  He was an amazing person.

Again, a warm welcome to you and I look forward to seeing you around.