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Author | : Thomas C. Maroukis |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2012-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806185961 |
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Despite challenges by the federal government to restrict the use of peyote, the Native American Church, which uses the hallucinogenic cactus as a religious sacrament, has become the largest indigenous denomination among American Indians today. The Peyote Road examines the history of the NAC, including its legal struggles to defend the controversial use of peyote. Thomas C. Maroukis has conducted extensive interviews with NAC members and leaders to craft an authoritative account of the church’s history, diverse religious practices, and significant people. His book integrates a narrative history of the Peyote faith with analysis of its religious beliefs and practices—as well as its art and music—and an emphasis on the views of NAC members. Deftly blending oral histories and legal research, Maroukis traces the religion’s history from its Mesoamerican roots to the legal incorporation of the NAC; its expansion to the northern plains, Great Basin, and Southwest; and challenges to Peyotism by state and federal governments, including the Supreme Court decision in Oregon v. Smith. He also introduces readers to the inner workings of the NAC with descriptions of its organizational structure and the Cross Fire and Half Moon services. The Peyote Road updates Omer Stewart’s classic 1987 study of the Peyote religion by taking into consideration recent events and scholarship. In particular, Maroukis discusses not only the church’s current legal issues but also the diminishing Peyote supply and controversies surrounding the definition of membership. Today approximately 300,000 American Indians are members of the Native American Church. The Peyote Road marks a significant case study of First Amendment rights and deepens our understanding of the struggles of NAC members to practice their faith.
Author | : Omer Call Stewart |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780806124575 |
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Describes the peyote plant, the birth of peyotism in western Oklahoma, its spread from Indian Territory to Mexico, the High Plains, and the Far West, its role among such tribes as the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware, and Navajo Indians, its conflicts with the law, and the history of the Native American Church.
Author | : Daniel C. Swan |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781578060962 |
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An examination of the vibrant traditional and folk arts inspired by the sacramental use of peyote by members of the Native American Church
Author | : Alexander S. Dawson |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520960904 |
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The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well before Europeans arrived in the Americas. While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new book, Dawson argues that peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620. For nearly four centuries ecclesiastical, legal, scientific, and scholarly authorities have tried (unsuccessfully) to police that boundary to ensure that, while indigenous subjects might consume peyote, others could not. Moving back and forth across the U.S.–Mexico border, The Peyote Effect explores how battles over who might enjoy a right to consume peyote have unfolded in both countries, and how these conflicts have produced the racially exclusionary systems that characterizes modern drug regimes. Through this approach we see a surprising history of the racial thinking that binds these two countries more closely than we might otherwise imagine.
Author | : Stacy B. Schaefer |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826319050 |
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The first substantial study of a Mexican Indian society that more than any other has preserved much of its ancient way of life and religion.
Author | : Huston Smith |
Publisher | : Clear Light Publishing |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1997-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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This inspirational book celebrates the faith and courage of members of a traditional church that -- in 20th century America -- still struggling for religious freedom. Their Greatest challenge is the ongoing legal battle against the 1990 Supreme Court decision citing peyote use to deny the Native American Church the First Amendment right to 'the free exercise of religion'. Legislation providing an exemption to the Native American Church was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1997. The eloquent personal testimony offered by Church members from many different tribes demonstrates the spiritual strength of this religious tradition and makes it clear that peyote is not used to obtain 'visions' but to heal the body and spirit and to teach righteousness. Peyote meetings play, which stress abstinence from alcohol, truthfulness, family obligations, economic self-suffering, service, and prayer. This book is important reading for any one who cares about spiritual values, political process, and the individual's freedom to worship according to the dictates of conscience.
Author | : Barbara G. Myerhoff |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Huichol Indians |
ISBN | : 9780801491375 |
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"Ramón Medina Silva, a Huichol Indian shaman priest or mara'akame, instructed me in many of his culture's myths, rituals, and symbols, particularly those pertaining to the sacred untiy of deer, maize, and peyote. The significance of this constellation of symbols was revealed to me most vividly when I accompanied Ramón on the Huichol's annual ritual return to hunt the peyote in the sacred land of Wirikuta, in myth and probably in history the place from which the Ancient Ones (ancestors and deities of the present-day Indians) came before settling in their present home in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental in north-central Mexico. My work with Ramón preceded and followed our journey, but it was this peyote hunt that held the key to, and constituted the climax of, his teachings."--from the Preface
Author | : Carlos Castaneda |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520290763 |
Download The Teachings of Don Juan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda.ÊThe Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. Whether read as ethnographic fact or creative fiction, it is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world.
Author | : Huston Smith |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2007-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520251695 |
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"A Seat At The Table is a valuable and insightful book about a too long overlooked topic - the right of Native American people to have their sacred sites and practices honored and protected. Let's hope it gets read far and wide, enough to bring about a real shift in policy and consciousness.”—Bonnie Raitt "Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless.”—Peter Coyote
Author | : Guy Mount |
Publisher | : Society of North American Goldsmiths |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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"The Peyote Book is an educational handbook for Freinds of the Peyote Road. It is a collection of ancient legends, healing testimonials, spiritual, and philosophical perceptions, songs, stories and artwork inspired by the "Good Medicine." Scientific evaluations of peyote are also included, showing antibiotic activity, plus other medical and psychological benefits. Special attention is focused on the value of peyote in childbirth, concern for legalized religious use (regardless of ethnic ancestry or heritage), and the need for cultivation to prevent extinction in teh natural environment"--Back cover