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Huichol conceptions of the soularticle 1967 • Furst, Peter T.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
During fieldwork conducted in the mid-1960s the author found that traditional Huichol religion remained fundamentally unaltered by Christian influence. The Huichol continued to recognize a num...Myth as history, history as mythessay 1996 • Furst, Peter T.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document revisits the centrality of peyote in Huichol origin mythology, religiosity, and identity. Drawing on a range of historical and ethnographic evidence, the author shows that peyote...Introductionessay 1996 • Schaefer, Stacy B. & Furst, Peter T.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document covers some of the factors that have allowed the Huichol to retain their pre-Christian religion with few accommodations to the dominant Catholic faith. The most important reason ...Konrad Theodor Preuss (1869-1938) on the Huicholsessay 1996 • Preuss, Konrad Theodor & Furst, Peter T.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This work documents aspects of Huichol culture and economy as observed during travels by the author from 1905 to 1907. While much of the discussion is devoted to the author’s own adventures, p...Bibliographyessay 1996 • Schaefer, Stacy B. & Furst, Peter T.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document provides bibliographic references for chapters in the edited volume [i]People of the Peyote[/i], including: Casillas Romo and Chávez (1996), Franz (1996), Furst (1996), Lemaistre...