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Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
This fascinating study is a narrative account of the author's personal search for a better understanding of the Peyote religion. It is a phenomenological presen
Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-08 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Despite challenges by the federal government to restrict the use of peyote, the Native American Church, which uses the hallucinogenic cactus as a religious sacr
Language: en
Pages: 136
Pages: 136
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
An examination of the vibrant traditional and folk arts inspired by the sacramental use of peyote by members of the Native American Church
Language: en
Pages: 298
Pages: 298
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:
What is it in peyote that causes such unusual effects? Can modern medical science learn anything from Native Americans' use of peyote in curing a wide variety o
Language: en
Pages: 164
Pages: 164
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
The largest religion begun, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans, Peyotism includes the use of peyote in its ceremonies. As a sacred plant of div