Rock crystals & peyote dreams : explorations in the Huichol universe / Peter T. Furst.

Author/creator Furst, Peter T.
Format Book
Publication InfoSalt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2006.
Description327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Huichol Indians--Social life and customs.
Huichol Indians--Religion.
Huichol mythology.
Mexico--Social life and customs.

Variant title Rock crystals and peyote dreams
Contents Introduction -- "How one goes being Huichol" -- The chasm between the worlds -- "Hunting the deer peyote to find our life" -- Kiéri and the solanaceae : nature and culture in Huichol myth and ritual -- The magical birth, life, and make-believe death of Kiéri the sorcerer -- Who are the Huichols, anyway? -- Huichol traditions of the soul -- How the world was destroyed by water and Dog woman gave birth to a new human race -- The half-bad Káuyumari : a Huichol version of the pan-Native American trickster-culture hero -- Child saint into child shaman, Cathedra into 'Uwéni : how the Huichols adapted and transformed some Catholic icons into their own -- Afterword.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 304-315) and index.
LCCN 2006010246
ISBN0874808693 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780874808698