Illustration for The Nation

Illustration for The Nation magazine about ancient people taking psychedelics. Featuring Minoan people from 1600 B.C. getting high off darnel (Lolium temulentum), Amanita muscaria, Saffron (Crocus sativus), Mandrake (genus Mandragus), and banded mottlegill (Panaeolus cinctulus).
Art direction: Samantha Schuyler
March 2022