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Mixing the Kykeon

Webster, Peter; Perrine, Daniel M.; Ruck, Carl A. P. · 2000

AI-verified citationSRC-WEBSTER-2000
identifier / locator
Eleusis: Journal of Psychoactive Plants and Compounds, New Series 4, 2000
url
https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/lsa/lsa_article1.pdf
verification note
Erowid mirror PDF downloaded and first pages read 2026-08-25; title, authors, venue, and the "Ergine Hypothesis" framing confirmed against the document itself.
reliability notes
  • The direct intellectual precursor of the 2026 experiment: proposes alkaline hydrolysis of ergot alkaloids as the kykeon mechanism.
  • Advocacy venue and hypothesis-originator co-authorship (Ruck); a proposal, not an experimental result.

Evidence drawn from this source

Context· weakTIK-E011

'Mixing the Kykeon' (2000): the alkaline-hydrolysis proposal the 2026 paper executed

what the source states
Webster, Perrine, and Ruck's 2000 paper re-evaluates the Road to Eleusis hypotheses against published criticism and proposes, as the "Ergine Hypothesis," that chemical hydrolysis of ergot alkaloids could yield a psychoactive, less toxic preparation — presented as grounds for new chemical and psychopharmacological research.
what we infer
The direct precursor: the 2026 experiment is this 26-year-old proposal finally run, with Ruck co-authoring both. Continuity of personnel across proposal and validation is exactly why the network flag matters for independence accounting.
limitations
  • A proposal in an advocacy-adjacent venue, not a result; included as the mechanism's provenance.
Webster, Peter (2000)AI-verified citationTIK-C005