peyote gravy

peyote gravy (uncountable)

1. A mixture of peyote and water used ceremonially and medicinally.
   • 1987, Omar C. Stewart, Peyote Religion: A History‎, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1990, →ISBN, page 269:

     During the ritual, held in a living room of a dwelling, the leader sits, at the west of the room; […] Peyote is usually ground fine and mixed with water to make a “gravy.” One button or one spoonful of peyote “gravy” is taken each round.

   • [2002 October, Jerry Mader, The Road to Lame Deer, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page unknown:

     I am lost in the songs and the firelight, and so I don't see the Fireman begin the first serving of the sacred plant. […] Next comes the tea, […] and at last a mason jar full of a mixture of tea, powder, and shredded cactus affectionately called peyote gravy.]

   • 2005 January 5, Blackbear, “Re:smatterings”, in alt.horror.werewolves‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-24:

     I can speak generally though and will speak of the Peyote ceremony which came to our people [Osage] through the Dineh (Navaho) in relatively recent times. […] A peyote gravy is passed around and you may eat as little or as much as you wish.

   • 2018, Tommy Orange, There, There, 1st; Everybody Reads edition, New York: Vintage Books, published 2020, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 217:

     You'd always had skin problems. Since you can remember. Your dad used to rub peyote gravy on your rashes. That worked for a while. Until he wasn't around anymore.