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Culture summaryessay 2016 • Schaefer, Stacy B.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This is a culture summary of the Huichol. Information is presented on major aspects of Huichol culture....The loom and time in the Huichol worldarticle 1989 • Schaefer, Stacy B.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document investigates the significance of the loom in mythology and the concept of time. The Huichol Goddess of Creation formed the present universe and learned weaving from the spider, passing the knowledge on to the Huichol Earth Goddess so th...The crossing of the soulsessay 1996 • Schaefer, Stacy B.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document remarks on Huichol regional and individual variations in the use of, and the rituals around, the sacred cactus. The author builds on earlier work, finding significant community-level distinctions in the organization of peyote-hunting pi...The cosmos containedessay 1996 • Schaefer, Stacy B.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document identifies two broad cultural meanings that enable the Huichol to maintain their traditions, centered on the temple as microcosm. Firstly, Huichol identity is maintained though ceremonial activities and the temple cargos. Secondly, bala...Glossaryessay 1996 • Schaefer, Stacy B.
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document provides a glossary of Huichol and Spanish terms for chapters in the edited volume [i]People of the Peyote[/i], including: Casillas Romo and Chávez (1996), Franz (1996), Furst (1996), Lemaistre (1996), Preuss (1996), Schaefer (1996 "The...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 is the centrality of traditional Huichol religion—an enorm...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 (1996), Preuss (1996), Schaefer (1996 "The cosmos contain...