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Peyote illustrations for glossary
Peyote is a rapscallion. Having tea with Peyote is almost like injesting peyote on the small island south of Okinawa, Taketomijima. It was March, and the hitch-hiking adventure had somehow led us down -- way down -- the Okinawan archipelago. After meeting in a small guesthouse run by an old woman who wore only dust- and dirt-stained scarlet red clothing, Kouhei brought us out to the edge of a jetty. "Take this," he said reaching into his well worn leather bag. "You will see God."