On the Peyote Trail in Mexico

This article was written by Alberto Ruz Buenfil (11 September 1945– 7 December 2023) was a Mexican writer and activist whose work is dedicated to environmental sustainability, and the performing arts. He co-founded two international  theater groups as well as Mexico's first  ecovillage, known as Huehuecoyotl. This article was written for the U.S. based High Times magazine after Ruz Buenfil accompanied a camera crew from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation that was documenting a Wixarika pilgrimage to Wirikuta from the community of Tateikié. Juan Negrín was one of the consultants for the project and Ruz Buenfil worked as the chef for the crew.

"In November 1989, I learned that Juan Negrín planned  to make a documentary for Millennium, a Canadian televisión production company. The subject of the film was to be the Huichol Indians` annual pilgrimage to collect peyote. My girlfriend and I urgently wanted to get involved. But first, we had to convince Negrín that our motives were sincere. When I phoned him, he voiced suspicions. Negrin is zealously protective of the Huicholes (pronounced Wee-chol-les)."

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