xico. These mescal beans were a type of drug that gave peculiar sensations of levitation and brilliant colour images This drug in fact was a predecessor of the drug used today in raves. Whether the drugs were used for a spiritual searching or for fun, each of the Dionysian societies found it as a consequential part of their every-day lives.Throughout time, there has always been a society that resembles that of the Dionysian societies. The Indian tribes in New Mexico sought out visions from gods on their vision quests, tortured themselves in order to see their omens from the gods, and often used and abused the drugs and alcohol that they found around them in nature. Today, millions of people around the world seek the knowledge of their own futures, hoping to get a diminutive speck of control back into their lives. Gangs brutally batter their own members in an initiation, just so they can be a part of something, and ravers experience drugs and dance until dawn. Although the Dionysian culture seems like it is hopeless, the assurance that one day society will learn from its mistakes is a hope for all mankind....
