Note 4 — APPENDIX 7: JOHN WILSON, THE REVEALER OF PEYOTE

Note the prominence of hearts in the altar elaborated by Wilson. According to Petrullo (The Diabolic Root, 45) “John Wilson ... had received some Catholic instruction.” These probably derive, therefore, from the Catholic “Sacred Heart.” (The heart is present in Huichol religion, but even if not wholly aboriginal [Aztecan influence?] and Catholic-influenced there too, it is quite independent of the Wilson heart motifs.)