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People Of The Peyote Explores The Huichol Indians Of Mexico, Who Are Best Known For Their Worship Of The Peyote Cactus. Ritually Harvested Each Year, The Peyote Flower Plays A Central Role In Most Huichol Observances Of The Annual Ceremonial Round. The Huichols Have Been The Most Culturally Persistent Indigenous Group In Mexico And Have Maintained Their Pre-christian Religion With Only Minimal Accommodation To Catholicism. Eighteen Essays Explore Huichol Ethnography, Ethnohistory, Shamanism, Religion, Mythology, Art, Ethnobotany, Society, And Other Topics. The Authors, Including Huichol Contributors, Are An International Array Of Scholars On The Huichols And Indigenous Peoples Of Mexico-- Introduction / Stacy B. Schaefer And Peter T. Furst -- Myth As History, History As Myth : A New Look At Some Old Problems In Huichol Origins / Peter T. Furst -- Huichol Ethnohistory : The View From Zacatecas / Allen R. Franz -- Konrad Theodor Preuss (1869-1938) On The Huichols / Translated From The German By Peter T. Furst -- The Crossing Of The Souls : Peyote, Perception, And Meaning Among The Huichol Indians / Stacy B. Schaefer -- How One Goes Being Huichol ... / Ramón Medina Silva -- The Shaman

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Author

Stacy B Schaefer; Peter T Furst; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

University of New Mexico Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585303376

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Religion