Explore Mescaline through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like peyote or hallucinogen. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mescaline in a sentence
Mescaline meaning
A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).
Synonyms of Mescaline
Using Mescaline
- The main meaning on this page is: A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).
- Useful related words include: peyote, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug.
- In the example corpus, mescaline often appears in combinations such as: of mescaline, mescaline in, mescaline and.
Context around Mescaline
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mescaline
- In this selection, "mescaline" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, germany, dried, taken, containing, producing and crystals stand out and add context to how "mescaline" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and dried mescaline containing cacti and and germany mescaline in raw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mescaline" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mescaline
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I remember once, doing mescaline with some school chums, someone told me that mesc was made with rat poison. (19 words)
LSD was also far more potent, making it more economical and practical than mescaline for both research and recreational use. (20 words)
CIA experiments using various psychedelic drugs such as LSD and Mescaline drew from Nazi scientist research during World War II. (20 words)
His letter explained his motivations as being rooted in an idea that the brain is a reducing valve that restricts consciousness and hoping mescaline might help access a greater degree of awareness, (an idea he later included in the book). (40 words)
Print. * According to Paul Strathern 's book Sartre in 90 Minutes, Jean-Paul Sartre experimented with mescaline, and his description of ultimate reality (in Nausea ) as "viscous and obscene" was written under mescaline's influence. (35 words)
In Lophophora williamsii ( Peyote ), dopamine converts into mescaline in a biosynthetic pathway involving m-O-methylation and aromatic hydroxylation. citation Tyrosine and phenylalanine serve as the metabolic precursors to synthesis of mescaline. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Canada, France, The Netherlands and Germany, mescaline in raw form and dried mescaline-containing cacti are considered an illegal drug.
In Lophophora williamsii ( Peyote ), dopamine converts into mescaline in a biosynthetic pathway involving m-O-methylation and aromatic hydroxylation. citation Tyrosine and phenylalanine serve as the metabolic precursors to synthesis of mescaline.
Mescaline producing cactus bio-synthesize tyrosine into mescaline when injected with it. citation Precursor to natural phenols Tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL) is an enzyme in the natural phenols biosynthesis pathway.
Print. * According to Paul Strathern 's book Sartre in 90 Minutes, Jean-Paul Sartre experimented with mescaline, and his description of ultimate reality (in Nausea ) as "viscous and obscene" was written under mescaline's influence.
Apart from that, although he boasted of having taken mescaline and cocaine in his youth, his persistent drug of choice was mint candy.
Both Aldous Huxley (experimenting with mescaline) and Robert Graves (mushrooms) quoted Wordsworth’s poetry to convey the tenor of their experiences.
LSD was also far more potent, making it more economical and practical than mescaline for both research and recreational use.
Others go a little further: Last spring, after having pored over existing recipes on the internet, Elliott devised his own “” (slang for “technique”) in the hunt for clean mescaline crystals.
Ultimately, researchers were disappointed to discover that, despite superficial similarities, a mescaline trip had very little in common with chronic conditions like schizophrenia or psychosis.
Melissa Explains It All Melissa Joan Hart revealed that while she was on Sabrina The Teenage Witch she was also experimenting with weed, mushrooms, ecstasy, and mescaline.
I remember once, doing mescaline with some school chums, someone told me that mesc was made with rat poison.
Although this new direction cannot be attributed entirely to mescaline or Huxley, it had made a strong impact on politics, art and religion.
As with LSD, synesthesia can occur especially with the help of music. citation An unusual but unique characteristic of mescaline use is the "geometricization" of three-dimensional objects.
Because of this, very few studies concerning mescaline's activity and potential therapeutic effects in humans have been conducted since the early 1970s.
Bedford (1974) p. 142 He also wrote that he looked forward to the mescaline experience and reassured Osmond that his doctor did not object to his taking it.
Christianity and mescaline seem well-suited for each other; the Native American Church for instance uses the drug as a sacrament, where its use combines religious feeling with decorum.
CIA experiments using various psychedelic drugs such as LSD and Mescaline drew from Nazi scientist research during World War II.
His letter explained his motivations as being rooted in an idea that the brain is a reducing valve that restricts consciousness and hoping mescaline might help access a greater degree of awareness, (an idea he later included in the book).
Huxley (1954) pp. 21–25 Huxley feels that human affairs are somewhat irrelevant whilst on mescaline and attempts to shed light on this by reflecting on paintings featuring people.
In 1954, Zaehner published an article called The Menace of Mescaline, in which he asserted that "artificial interference with consciousness" could have nothing to do with the Christian "Beatific Vision".
Common combinations with mescaline
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of mescaline 7×
- mescaline in 6×
- mescaline and 5×
- and mescaline 4×
- into mescaline 2×
- with mescaline 2×
- the mescaline 2×
- on mescaline 2×
- mescaline was 2×