Different aspects of the Aztec culture including religion, diet and food — hunting practices and the use of chocolate and hallucinogenic plants.
The Aztecs of Mexico had a varied diet that ranged from simple vegetables and a few domesticated animals to the consumption of human flesh. There was also the ingestion of many different hallucinogenic plants and herbs. Most of the plants and herbs eaten for this purpose and, more importantly, the act of cannibalism were practiced in conjunction with religious and spiritual ceremonies.
Read more at Suite101: The Aztecs and Religious Consumption http://nativeamericanfirstnationshistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-aztecs-and-religious-consumption#ixzz0pzXO61gG
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