Cebil is the name given to a shamanic snuff prepared from
Anadenanthera Colubrina seeds and pods with perhaps 4500 years of historical use in the southern Andean region and in the Chaco of Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Cebil is also the common name used for the plant itself. The use of Cebil by Inca shamans to foresee the future was reported by Western science as far back as the 15th century. Up to the present day these seeds are being used in ritualistic contest by shamans in the form of snuff, or roasted and smoked, as a means to enter the visionary spirit world.