Description
People of the Peyote explores the Huichol Indians of Mexico, who’re highest known for his or her worship of the peyote cactus. Ritually harvested each and every year, the peyote flower plays a central role in such a lot Huichol observances of the yearly ceremonial round. The Huichols have been probably the most culturally persistent indigenous group in Mexico and have maintained their pre-Christian religion with most effective 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 students at the Huichols and indigenous peoples of Mexico.