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- Publication Name
- Unknown Huichol
- Title
- Unknown Huichol
- Subtitle
- Shamans and Immortals, Allies against Chaos
- ISBN-10
- 0759120269
- EAN
- 9780759120266
- ISBN
- 9780759120266
- Release Date
- 11/16/2010
- Release Year
- 2010
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Unknown Huichol : Shamans and Immortals, Allies Against Chaos
- Item Length
- 9.7in
- Publisher
- Altamira Press
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
- Topic
- Shamanism, Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Item Weight
- 20.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 281 Pages
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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.
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Altamira Press
ISBN-10
0759120269
ISBN-13
9780759120266
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110867737
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unknown Huichol : Shamans and Immortals, Allies Against Chaos
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Shamanism, Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
Number of Pages
281 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F1221.H9f55 2010
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Unknown Huichol is imbued with the message that we must be attentive to our consciousness - even if this puts us at odds with establishment thinking and anthropological precepts about the cognitive, experiential distance between 'informants' and researchers. Jay Fikes has shown that there is a lot we have yet to learn about the Huichol; he has made major strides toward filling our gaps of knowledge., An important new study in comparative religion and philosophy, this fascinating and dramatic account is based on Jay Fikes's in-depth research, spanning more than three decades, on Huichol ceremonial life and worldview. Many of its unique insights reflect the author's personal knowledge of the shamanic experience. Fikes also reveals and clarifies fundamental long-term themes in Mesoamerican religion and worldview. Unknown Huichol contributes to symbolic anthropology, the anthropology of religion and of art, and to broader anthropological theory., An important new study in comparative religion and philosophy, this fascinating and dramatic account is based on Jay Fikes "s in-depth research, spanning more than three decades, on Huichol ceremonial life and worldview. Many of its unique insights reflect the author "s personal knowledge of the shamanic experience. Fikes also reveals and clarifies fundamental long-term themes in Mesoamerican religion and worldview. Unknown Huichol contributes to symbolic anthropology, the anthropology of religion and of art, and to broader anthropological theory., Fikes, who teaches anthropology at Yeditepe University in Turkey, calls himself a "hybrid anthropologist." He has not only studied shamanism as a professional researcher among the Huichol of west-central Mexico over the last 30 years, he has also participated in their religion by ingesting peyote and undertaking pilgrimages to their sacred centers. And he believes, as they do, in the imminence of spirits and the possibility of communicating with ancestors and deities. Fikes has produced here a very readable, at times engaging, m lange of ethnographic description and personal revelation based upon his long encounters with Huichol shamans. The author gives special attention to Huichol notions of the soul and afterlife and to description of their elaborate funerary rituals. Peter Furst's book, Rock Crystals and Peyote Dreams: Explorations in the Huichol Universe (CH, Jul'07, 44-6313), covers much the same ground more thoroughly and in greater depth, though without the narrative of personal spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries., Fikes, who teaches anthropology at Yeditepe University in Turkey, calls himself a "hybrid anthropologist." He has not only studied shamanism as a professional researcher among the Huichol of west-central Mexico over the last 30 years, he has also participated in their religion by ingesting peyote and undertaking pilgrimages to their sacred centers. And he believes, as they do, in the imminence of spirits and the possibility of communicating with ancestors and deities. Fikes has produced here a very readable, at times engaging, mélange of ethnographic description and personal revelation based upon his long encounters with Huichol shamans. The author gives special attention to Huichol notions of the soul and afterlife and to description of their elaborate funerary rituals. Peter Furst's book, Rock Crystals and Peyote Dreams: Explorations in the Huichol Universe (CH, Jul'07, 44-6313), covers much the same ground more thoroughly and in greater depth, though without the narrative of personal spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries., Fikes, who teaches anthropology at Yeditepe University in Turkey, calls himself a "hybrid anthropologist." He has not only studied shamanism as a professional researcher among the Huichol of west-central Mexico over the last 30 years, he has also participated in their religion by ingesting peyote and undertaking pilgrimages to their sacred centers. And he believes, as they do, in the imminence of spirits and the possibility of communicating with ancestors and deities. Fikes has produced here a very readable, at times engaging, mélange of ethnographic description and personal revelation based upon his long encounters with Huichol shamans. The author gives special attention to Huichol notions of the soul and afterlife and to description of their elaborate funerary rituals. Peter Furst's book, Rock Crystals and Peyote Dreams: Explorations in the Huichol Universe (CH, Jul'07, 44-6313), covers much the same ground more thoroughly and in greater depth, though without the narrative of personal spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries., This invaluable book offers an alternative interpretation on what it means to be human. Jay Fikes unites his experiences as an aspiring shaman with his dedication to scholarly accuracy; he presents the Huichol religion from a perspective unfettered by modern, Western, science-vectored assumptions. His book integrates sympathetic and discerning interpretation of nuances in Huichol shamanic initiation, myth, ritual, and pilgrimage, creating an insightful portrait of a people whose annual cycle of rituals and pilgrimages have, until recently, sustained their harmonious relation with nature and with their divine ancestors. Fikes's book will become a landmark in comparative religion., Fikes, who teaches anthropology at Yeditepe University in Turkey, calls himself a "hybrid anthropologist." He has not only studied shamanism as a professional researcher among the Huichol of west-central Mexico over the last 30 years, he has also participated in their religion by ingesting peyote and undertaking pilgrimages to their sacred centers. And he believes, as they do, in the imminence of spirits and the possibility of communicating with ancestors and deities. Fikes has produced here a very readable, at times engaging, mlange of ethnographic description and personal revelation based upon his long encounters with Huichol shamans. The author gives special attention to Huichol notions of the soul and afterlife and to description of their elaborate funerary rituals. Peter Furst's book, Rock Crystals and Peyote Dreams: Explorations in the Huichol Universe (CH, Jul'07, 44-6313), covers much the same ground more thoroughly and in greater depth, though without the narrative of personal spiritual encounters that Fikes provides. Fikes was also coeditor of a volume of translations of Huichol myths collected in the 1930s, Huichol Mythology by Robert M. Zingg (CH, Jun'05, 42-5955). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Confessions Of A Hybrid Anthropologist Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Shamanic Initiation And Ancestor Veneration Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Entering The Afterlife Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Interdependence And Continuity In Huichol Cosmology Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Seeking Sacred Indexes To Celebrate Life's Logos Chapter 7 Appendix A. A Huichol Woman's Burial Chapter 8 Appendix B. Funeral Ritual Song Excerpts Chapter 9 Appendix C. Deer Hunting And Reincarnating Rituals Chapter 10 Appendix D. Death and Mourning Among the Huichol Chapter 11 Endnotes Chapter 12 Bibliography
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-030547
Dewey Decimal
299.784544
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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