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People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, and Survival

By Peter T. Furst , Stacy B. Schaefer

Book information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
1996
ISBN
082631905X, 9780826319050
Open Library ID
OL22382651M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
7 MB (7718260 bytes)
Pages
576\0
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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