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By Tom Soloway Pinkson

ISBN-10: 1594773491

ISBN-13: 9781594773495

actual account of a decade-long apprenticeship with Huichol shamans within the Mexican Sierra Madre

• comprises an insider’s view of the Huichol’s shamanic religious practices, together with their ritual use of peyote

• bargains the Huichol route to sustainable therapeutic for people and our planet

Never conquered by way of Europeans, the Huichol--known for his or her use of peyote in religious ceremonies--have completely retained their historical lifestyle. growing to be from a deeply rooted recognize and reverence for the wildlife, the Huichol’s shamanic religious practices specialize in dwelling lifestyles in concord with all residing issues and provide a route to a really sustainable destiny.

The Shamanic knowledge of the Huichol is the autobiographical account of Pinkson’s decade-long immersion within the shamanic traditions of the Huichol tribes of the Sierra Madre in Mexico. From his first Huichol pilgrimage to Wiricuta (their sacred place of birth) in 1981 to looking out the wasteland for the guts drugs of peyote, Pinkson’s account of his initiation into the drugs teachings of the Huichol brings new lifestyles to this historic eco-centric culture. delivering a guiding gentle if you happen to search to turn into a part of the answer to our planet’s ecological demanding situations, Pinkson empowers readers to settle on their very own course towards therapeutic either on a private and a planetary level.

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