Unknown Huichol

Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Jay Courtney Fikes ISBN: 9780759120280
Publisher: AltaMira Press Publication: November 16, 2010
Imprint: AltaMira Press Language: English
Author: Jay Courtney Fikes
ISBN: 9780759120280
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication: November 16, 2010
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Language: English

The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles of Huichol shamanism and ritual. The scope and length of Fikes's research, combined with the depth of his participation with four Huichol shamans, enable him to convey with empathy details of shamanic initiation, methods for diagnosis and treatment of illness, and motives for performing funeral, deer and peyote hunting, and maize-cultivating rituals.

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The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles of Huichol shamanism and ritual. The scope and length of Fikes's research, combined with the depth of his participation with four Huichol shamans, enable him to convey with empathy details of shamanic initiation, methods for diagnosis and treatment of illness, and motives for performing funeral, deer and peyote hunting, and maize-cultivating rituals.

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