Peyote visions are considered good luck and dispensed to those deemed worthy by the god-spirits. Peyote, the Huicholes believe, opens the mind to a new way of experiencing the world. For centuries they have made an annual 300-mile pilgrimage to the deserts of San Luis Potosi to harvest peyote and return with it for use in their sacred rituals. It is the hallucinogenic aspect of the plant which accounts for many of the highly stylized and colorful yarn paintings.The Peyote Journey is just one aspect of Huichol culture and tradition under siege by outside forces, forced which threaten the very existence of this fragile people. Recently, military and local authorities have jailed peyoteros and confiscated the peyote they carried.