Rear cover: "This study is based on observation, verbatim texts of myths, ethnographic data, participation in the rituals, and other publications of Huichol ethnology. The peyote complex is expertly set in the wider context of Huichol religion, society, and theory. The study concludes with a review of some recent theories of Turner, Geertz, and Levi-Strauss, which, in turn, are synthesized to provide the basis for sophisticated analysis of meaning and function of the deer-maize-peyote symbol-ritual complex....Should be useful to all seriously interested in understanding alien world views." - Choice
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This is the greatest ethnography i have ever read... While that's not saying an enormous amount, it is also one of the most fascinating and worthwhile books of non-fiction i've read, and that is saying a lot. Cohesive, illuminating, not too long, focussing on a culture which is very simple except for its complex religion, which, as with many native peoples, is really its entire life. Not being long, it reads like an essay with this as its thesis. A must for anyone interested in the cultural ecology of religion, or in native American peoples; the Huichol are one of the most interesting.
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Our Father, Tatei Matinieri, Los Angeles, Our Mothers, Elder Brother Deer Tail, First Mara'akame, North American, Tamatsi Maxa, San Luis Potosi, First People, Purple Maize Girl, Growing Boy, Mexico City, Our Great Grandfather, Sacred Deer Person, Animal People, Clearer of the Fields, Mary Douglas, New York, Our Mother Dove Girl New!
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Our Father, Tatei Matinieri, Los Angeles, Our Mothers, Elder Brother Deer Tail, First Mara'akame, North American, Tamatsi Maxa, San Luis Potosi, First People, Purple Maize Girl, Growing Boy, Mexico City, Our Great Grandfather, Sacred Deer Person, Animal People, Clearer of the Fields, Mary Douglas, New York, Our Mother Dove Girl New!
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