essay
The psychotropic kiéri in Huichol culture
People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 235-263
By: Yasumoto, Masaya, Miyahara, Kunie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the pharmacological and magical effects of peyote. The best-known pharmacological effect of the plant is the altered state of consciousness it triggers when ingested. But the most important use of the plant is its supernatural power to transform itself into divine ancestors or ancestor gods. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Pharmaceuticals
- Congregations
- Animism
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Theory of disease
- Sorcery
- Transmission of beliefs
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Mythology
- General character of religion
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1980-1992
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Masaya Yasumoto ; translated from the Japanese by Kunie Miyahara
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95032453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians