Healing of the Thunderbolt and Nahua Entheogenic Medicine (Psilocybe aztecorum and Tagetes lucida)
June 16, 2025 Osiris Sinuhé González Romero, María Del Carmen Macuil García 1 citation
Psilocybin mushrooms (teonanacatl) and Mexican tarragon (yauhtli, Tagetes lucida) are used therapeutically in Nahua medicine, associated with thunderbolt and rain deities such as Tlaloc. Healers and ritual specialists often undergo initiation through being struck by lightning, dreams, visions, altered states, or persistent illness. Entheogenic healing rituals are conducted in quiet natural settings, with purification practices including fasting, ritual baths, and sexual abstinence. Mushroom use serves divinatory purposes, diagnosing illness and addressing problems like lost items, missing persons, unfaithful spouses, or enemies' actions.