Rock Crystals and Peyote Dreams Explorations in the Huichol Universe |
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| Author:
| Furst, Peter T. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87480-869-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Utah Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.00 |
Book Description:
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A book about the author's time among the Huichol people, considered the most authentically "traditional" of all Mexican Indians, in west Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. It includes transcriptions of myths that function as charters for "being Huichols," descriptions of deities, rituals, beliefs, as well as discussion of the place of hallucinogens in Huichol culture.
A book about the author's time among the Huichol people, considered the most authentically "traditional" of all Mexican Indians, in west Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. It includes transcriptions of myths that function as charters for "being Huichols," descriptions of deities, rituals, beliefs, as well as discussion of the place of hallucinogens in Huichol culture.