essay
Shamanism and peyote use among the Apaches of the Mescalero Indian Reservation
Hallucinogens and shamanism • London, Oxford, New York • Published In 1973 • Pages: 53-66
By: Boyer, L. Bryce, Boyer, Ruth MacDonald, Basehart, Harry W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Boyer et al. examine peyote use among the Apache of the Mescalero Reservation, and more specifically attempt to explain why its use, as well as the shamanistic use of hallucinogens, has been abandoned. They conclude that the ascribed 'evil' nature of peyote was derived from its disruptive effects: the role of the shaman as the sole source of religious ecstasy was undermined by ceremonial use of peyote by others, and the 'physiopsychological effects of the hallucinogen resulted in the efficacy of their repression which had resulted from their socialization experiences'. Because this source was processed for its useful information regarding peyote use and because information regarding socialization and personality structure is repetitious in light of other processed Boyer sources regarding the Mescalero, portions of the text have been marked 000 (material not pertinent).
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mescalero Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- Psychologist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Delgra Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- L. Bryce Boyer, Ruth Boyer, and Harry W. Basehart
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72092292
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mescalero Indians