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Extracting Pure Mescaline From Peyote or San Pedro Cactus
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From the Book: PEYOTE & Other Psychoactive Cacti by Adam Gottlieb
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1977 Kistone Press
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Typed and Uploaded by Elric of Imrryr
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The isolation of mescaline from cacti containing this
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alkaloid is not difficult to perform and is perhaps one of the
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most rewarding alchemical processes that one can attempt. The
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chemicals required for this process are readily avilable and
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their purchase arouses no suspicion or interest on the part of
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government agencies [This may no longer be true, use reasonable
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caution when purcahsing any chemicals - EoI]. The equipment
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employed is not expensive or particularly complicated or can
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be constructed very easily from ordinary household items.
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The entire process can be carried out in any kitchen in a
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matter of hours by following the instruction below and in the
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final stages one can verify the success of the procedure by actually
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watching the crystals of mescaline precipitate in the solution.
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One kilo (2.2 lbs.) of dried peyote buttons may yield between
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10 and 60 grams of pure white needle crystals of mescaline
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depending upon the potency of the plants used. On the average
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the yield is about 20 grams. The usual underground price for
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a kilo of dried peyote ranges between $125 and $250
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(25<32> to 50<35> per button). From Indians in the southwestern
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USA the price is closer to $50 (10<31> per button). The street
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price for a gram of pure mescaline is $20 to $30 - if
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one is lucky enought to find it. One can obtain from a kilo of
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peyote $200 to $1200 worth of mescaline. If San Pedro is
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employed one may anticipate a yield of 3 to 12 grams of mescaline
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per kilo of dried cactus. One can legally purchase a kilo of
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dried San Pedro for $5 to $10 and from it extract $60 to $250
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worth of mescaline.
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[Note from Elric: The above prices are in 1977 dollars. Neither
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peyote or mescaline are commonly available these days, but San
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Pedro cactus is still legally avialble in most cactus stores.]
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PROCESS
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[NOTE!! In NO CASE should any aluminium cookware, containers, or
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utensiles be used at any point in the process. Stainless Steel is
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the best bet.]
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Grind a kilo of the cactus, place this in a large
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pressure cooker, cover with distilled water and boil for 30
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minutes. Strain the liquids and save them. Return the pulp to the
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pot add more water and boil again for 30 minutes. Strain the
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liquids and combine with the first strainings. Repeat this
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process about five times or until the pulp no longer has a bitter
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taste. Discard the pulp and reduce the volume of the combined
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strainings by boiling in an open pot. Do not use aluminum ware.
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When the liquids have been concentrated to the thickness of cream
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(about 1 quart) stop the boiling and stir in 400 g of sodium
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hydroxide [Carefully and slowly, it will react with the liquid].
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This makes the mescaline more soluble in benezene and less
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soluble in water. If a large separatory funnel is avilable pour
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the liquids into it and add to this 1600 ml of benezene
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[Carefully again]. Shake the funnel well for 5 minutes and let
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stand for 2 hours. If a separatory funnel is not available the
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process can be carried out in a one gallon jug with a siphon
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attached.
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After standing for 2 hours the water layer will settle to
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the bottom and the benzene layer will float to the top. Between
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the two layers will be a thin emulsion layer of mixed water and
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benzene. Drain off the water and emulsion layers if you are
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using a separatory funnel or siphon off the benzene layer if you
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are using the makeshift jug-siphon aooaratus. Be certain that
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neither the water or emulsion layers get into the benezene layer
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when separating. If any of these layers do get into the benzene
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during the separation, pour everything back into the separator,
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let stand and repeat the separation more carefully. It is better
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to leave some benzene layer in the water and emulsion than to get
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the water or emulsion in the benzene. Nothing will be wasted.
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All of the benzene which contains the mescaline will eventually
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be salavaged. Sometimes the layers will fail to separate
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properly. If this is the case immerse the funnel or jug in a
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deep pot of hot water for two hours. This will break up the
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emulsion and bring about the separation.
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Prepare a solution of 2 parts sulfuric acid and 1 part
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water. (Never add water to the acid or it will splatter; add the
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acid a little at a time to the water by pouring it down the
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inside of the graduate or measuring cup containing the water.)
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Add 25 drops of the acid solution one drop at a time to the
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benzene extracts. Stopper the jug and shake well for 1 minute.
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Thenlet it stand for 5minutes. White streaks of mescaline
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sulfates should begin to appear in the benzene. If these do not
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appear, shake the jug more vigorously for two or three minutes
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and let it settle for another 5 minutes. I have found that when
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extracting mescaline from San Pedro it is sometimes necessary to
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shake the mixture more thoroughly and for a longer time to get
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the mescaline streaks to form. This is probably because of the
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lower mescaline content in the plant. This would also apply to
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any peyote that does not have a high mescaline content. After
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the streaks appear add 25 more drops of the acid solution in the
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same manner, shake as before and let settle for 10 minutes. More
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streaks will appear. Add 15 drops of acid, shake and wait about
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15 minutes for more streaks to form. Add 10 drops, shake and wait
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about 30 minutes. Test the solution with wide range pH paper.
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It should show that the solution is between pH 7.5 and 8. Allow
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the mescaline sulfate crystals to completely precipitate. Siphon
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off as much of the benzene as possible without disturbing the
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crystals on the bottom of the jug.
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The next steps are to salvage any mescaline still in the
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water and emulsion layer. Combine the benxene siphonings with
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the water/emulsion layer, shake these well together for 5 minutes
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and let settle for 2 hours as before. Carefully remove the
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benzene layer, treat it again with acid, precipitate the crystals
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and siphoned benzene with the watery layer and repeat this again
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and again until no more crystals precipitate. Siphon off as
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much benzene as possible without drawing crystals through the
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siphon.
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The next step involves removing the remaining benzene
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from the crystals. There are two methods to choose from. The
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first is the quickest, but requires ether, which is dangerious
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and often difficult to procure. Shake up the crystals with the
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remianing benzene and pour it into a funnel with filter paper.
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After the benzene has passed through the filter rinse the jug
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with 100 ml of ether to salvage any crystals in the jug and pour
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the ether over the crystals in the fitler. After the ether has
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passed through the filter repeat the rinsing with another 100 ml
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ether. Then let the crystals dry. If ether is not available or
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if you do not wish to use such a highly combustible substance,
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the precipate and residual benzene can be poured into a beaker.
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The jug should be rinsed several times with a little benzene and
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added to the beaker so that no crystals are left behind. The
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beaker is then placed in a heat bath until all of the benzene has
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been evaporated.
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The next step is to purify the mescaline sulfate
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crystals. After either of these methods has been carried out
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dissolve the dry crystals in 200 ml of near-boiling distilled
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water. Add a pinch of activated charcoal (Norite) and filter
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while still hot through #2 filter paper. The hot water which
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contains the mescaline will pass through the filter. The Norite
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absorbs impurities from the mescaline. After the liquids have
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passed through the filter pour a little more hot water over the
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filter to rinse through any remaining mescaline which may have
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impregnated the filter paper. Add 10% ammonia solution a few
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drops at a time to the hot filtrates until the solution
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registers between pH 6.5 and 7. Place a boiling stone in the
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solution and reduce its volume to 75 ml by boiling. Remove the
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boiling stone and allow the solution to cool to room temperature.
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Place the solution in a freezer or in a refrigerator turned up to
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the coldest possible temperature and the solution to cool almost
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to freezing. Tiny white needle like crystals will form around
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the bottom and sides of the beaker. Break up the crystals with a
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glass stiring rod while the solution is still ice cold and pour
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through a filter. Mescaline sulfate is insoluble in near
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freezing water and will not pass through the filter. Rinse the
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beaker with fresh ice water and pour this over the filter. The
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crystals will now be pure white and can be dried under aheat lamp
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or in an oven at 250<35> F. More mescaline can be salvaged from the
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water that has passed through the filter by boiling these liquids
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down to about 20 ml. adding Norite while hot, filtering through
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#2 paper as before, chilling the filtrate to near freezing once
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more, filtering while cold, rinsing with ice water and drying the
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crystals. This repetition should obtain at leat 2 more grams of
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mescaline sulfate. If large volume mescaline extration is being
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conducted it would be worthwhile to repeat this salvaging
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procedure several more times.
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[DONE]
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Coming Next: Mixed Alkaliod Extraction from Peyote and San Pedro
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Cacti
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