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In the mid-1800s, a 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli was unearthed on the side of the volcano Popocatapetl near Tlamanalco . The statue is of a single figure seated upon a temple-like base. Both the statue and the base upon which it sits are covered in carvings of sacred and psychoactive flowers including mushrooms (Psilocybe aztecorum), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), morning glory (Turbina corymbosa), sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia), possibly cacahuaxochitl (Quararibea funebris), and one unidentified flower. The figure himself sits crosslegged on the base, head tilted up, eyes open, jaw tensed, with his mouth half open. The statue is currently is housed in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia of Mexico.

It has been presented by Wasson, SchultesRichard Evans Schultes (Jan. 12, 1915 Apr. 10, 2001) was a Harvard ethnobotanist, famed for his work in entheogenic and hallucinogenic drugs. He was the first to identify the Mexican ololiuhqui and contributed to modern ethnobotanical knowledge of indigen, and Hoffman that Xochipilli represents a figure in the throes of entheogenic ecstasy. The position and expression of the body, in combination with the very clear representations of hallucinogenic plants which are known to have been used in sacred contexts by the Aztec support this interpretation.