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The "deified" heart: Huichol Indian soul-concepts and shamanic art

Anthropologica42 (1)Published In 2000 • Pages: 75-90

By: MacLean, Hope.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses links between Huichol religiosity and visual art. All Huichol traditional artists are shamans, and their paintings, embroidery and other artistic representations are believed to be products of dreams and visions. The findings support earlier accounts of Huichol arts being inspired under the influence of peyote, and relates to Huichol interpretation of how the human soul is connected to the divine and the flow of communication between them.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Visual arts
Animism
Congregations
Prayers and sacrifices
Shamans and psychotherapists
Travel services
Buying and selling
Religious experience
Acculturation and culture contact
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Huichol
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2016
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Northern Mexico
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
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
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1988-1994
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1965-1994
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
eastern Nayarit and northern Jalisco, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
Hope MacLean
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
56004160
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Huichol Indians