Unknown Huichol: Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780759120266)

The culmination of 34 years of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, this book offers ground-breaking insights into fundamental principles of Huichol shamanism and ritual. The scope and length of Fikes's research, combined with the depth of his participation with four Huichol shamans, enable him to convey with empathy details of shamanic initiation, methods for diagnosis and treatment of illness, and motives for performing funeral, deer and peyote hunting, and maize-cultivating rituals.

Author: Jay Courtney Fikes
ISBN-10: 0759120269
ISBN-13: 9780759120266
Publisher: Altamira Press
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2010
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2011