Unknown Huichol

Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-11-16
Mått169 x 245 x 22 mm
Vikt583 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor281
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759120266

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter 1. Confessions Of A Hybrid AnthropologistChapter 3 Chapter 2. Shamanic Initiation And Ancestor VenerationChapter 4 Chapter 3. Entering The AfterlifeChapter 5 Chapter 4. Interdependence And Continuity In Huichol CosmologyChapter 6 Chapter 5. Seeking Sacred Indexes To Celebrate Life's LogosChapter 7 Appendix A. A Huichol Woman's BurialChapter 8 Appendix B. Funeral Ritual Song ExcerptsChapter 9 Appendix C. Deer Hunting And Reincarnating RitualsChapter 10 Appendix D. Death and Mourning Among the HuicholChapter 11 EndnotesChapter 12 Bibliography

This invaluable book offers an alternative interpretation on what it means to be human. Jay Fikes unites his experiences as an aspiring shaman with his dedication to scholarly accuracy; he presents the Huichol religion from a perspective unfettered by modern, Western, science-vectored assumptions. His book integrates sympathetic and discerning interpretation of nuances in Huichol shamanic initiation, myth, ritual, and pilgrimage, creating an insightful portrait of a people whose annual cycle of rituals and pilgrimages have, until recently, sustained their harmonious relation with nature and with their divine ancestors. Fikes's book will become a landmark in comparative religion.