The Peyote Cult
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The Peyote Cult is a study partly based on field work begun in the summer of 1935 with an ethnological group working with the Kiowa. The discussion of Sahagún describes his work as virtual dictation from Aztec informants, subsequently translated into Spanish with painstaking care. The examination of native knowledge argues that scientific knowledge must test the data of folk sciences, while rejecting a comprehensive distrust of clearly detailed native knowledge.
The account of Mexican peyotism identifies birds as a recognizable feature, naming the humming-bird, green dove and owl among those associated with the Tarahumari. The historical discussion places Kiowa meetings by 1880 or before, while suggesting that the Kiowa probably contributed little or nothing definitive to the ceremony's general shape.
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- Author
- Weston La Barre
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
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