When he was young, Santos de la Torre lived in extreme poverty, however, on his conversations with Mexican writer Fernando Alarriba, as soon as he had his first experience with Hikuri (peyote) he found a mystic reality that he gradually understood with the help of his father, a Mara'akame (Huichol Chaman) that guided him in the interpretation of his visions and dreams.

Besides working on the field, Santos started looking for new ways of expressions, that, besides from being groundbreaking, meant a deep experience when it came to myths, Gods, ancestors and principles that created the Huichol cosmogony.

De la Torre has gone on pilgrimages in all sacred territories of the Wixárika people, and bases his work in personal visions like on explanations about rituals and chants of the Mara´akames; from a tender age he has practiced meditation, dream interpretation, and stayed close to the ancestral memory of the Huichol community thru the use of peyote.

[citation needed] Pensamiento y alma Huichol was created in 1997 Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre station as part of the RATP Group - Mexico City Metro alliance.

[3] Despise the international renown of this work, Santos de la Torre didn't receive the payment agreed by the Government of Mexico during the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo, nor he got invited to the inauguration of this mural, plus this was not installed the way it should be, being fixed later.

Filmarker Nicolas Echavarria took this incident at the beginning of Eco de la montaña, a film focused on the elaboration of a new mural that works like a trip to the spectator to dive into the rituals, beliefs, symbols and visions of the Huichol community.

Thanks to this film, Santos de la Torre was again the center of attention of Mexican art and allowed him to travel to places like UAE and Germany, expanding the list of countries that have welcomed thanks to his work that also include France and India.