The God/Spirit experienced in the Huichol peyote ritual can be interpreted in many different ways. In order to experience the God or spirit, they eat peyote. While the experience happening during the Huichol Peyote ritual is only a phenomenon inside their head, this practice is what makes them connect with their god, and is certainly real to them, it is just not reality due to the fact that they are hallucinating after the peyote is consumed.
I think that there is definitely a difference between a "real" experience and an experience in one's head. An experience in someone's head is only real in their mind. It is not real life. I personally do not believe that it is reality, although when one experiences it, they are put into an alternate reality. This happens when hallucinogens are taken. No matter how they are going about it, whether it is occurring from a drug or their just their imagination, it is merely just there in their mind. …show more content…
Peyote is not meant to be eaten and causes a high when doing so. The consumer has an "out of body" experience, which in turn, lets them connect with their God. The Huichol could definitely argue whether it is real or not. For them, it is real life. Their whole life is dominated by their religion and beliefs. In The Huichol's life, everything that is simulated by eating the peyote is real. In order to purify themselves, they confess their sexual sins and change the names of worldly objects before going about the peyote ritual. They believe that this will give them the full experience of connecting with their