Peyote Hunt The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians

Name: Peyote Hunt The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians
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ISBN: 9780801491375

ISBN-10: 0801491371

ISBN-13: 9780801491375

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barbara G. Myerhoff

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Ramón Medina Silva, a Huichol Indian shaman priest or mara'akame, instructed me in many of his culture's myths, rituals, and symbols, particularly those pertaining to the sacred untiy of deer, maize, and peyote. The significance of this constellation of symbols was revealed to me most vividly when I accompanied Ramón on the Huichol's annual ritual return to hunt the peyote in the sacred land of Wirikuta, in myth and probably in history the place from which the Ancient Ones (ancestors and deities of the present-day Indians) came before settling in their present home in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental in north-central Mexico. My work with Ramón preceded and followed our journey,…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/31/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English