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The Roots
" I'm a big history buff, " Hawkins says. " I
love mythologies and things like that, so
it was really easy for me to just fall in love
with Mesoamerican mythologies and study
their religion. "
His wife's doctoral studies gave her
access to research archives in Mexico City,
so Hawkins could explore a wealth of information,
including Mesoamerican use of
herbs and intoxicants. He was fascinated
by how creative the Indigenous people
were, by how Aztec and Nahua tribes used
agave, by how they revered the plant and
wove it into their mythologies.
His epiphanies changed his palate.
" I used to drink nothing but Scotch and
Irish whiskey, " he says. " When I started
studying mezcal, I fell in love with it and
voraciously started researching and absorbing
information. "
He traveled around Jalisco to learn from
whoever would teach him. " I still love it, "
he says. " I still find it fascinating and I still
Aztecs depicted Mayahuel sitting on top of the maguey plant (Agave),
being partially fused with the plant's leaves.
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