The Shaman's Mirror : Visionary Art of the Huichol /

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"Huichol Indian yarn paintings are one of the world's great indigenous arts, sold around the world and advertised as authentic records of dreams and visions of the shamans. Using glowing colored yarns, the Huichol Indians of Mexico paint the mystical symbols of their culture--the hallucino...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacLean, Hope, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Symbolism in art.
Huichol textile fabrics.
Huichol mythology.
Huichol art.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Art, Shamanistic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Hallucinogenes et experience religieuse.
Art chamanique.
Textiles et tissus huichol.
Art huichol.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Path to the Sierra Madre
  • 2. Wixárika: Children of the Ancestor Gods
  • 3. Kakauyari: The Gods and the Land Are Alive
  • 4. Gifts for the Gods
  • 5. Sacred Yarn Paintings
  • 6. Commercialization of the Nierika
  • 7. Footprints of the Founders
  • 8. Making Yarn Paintings
  • 9. The Colors Speak
  • 10. Sacred Colors and Shamanic Vision
  • 11. The Artist as Visionary
  • 12. The "Deified Heart": Huichol Soul Concepts and Shamanic Art
  • 13. Arte Mágico: Magical Power in Yarn Paintings
  • 14. Shamanic Art, Global Market
  • 15. The Influence of the Market
  • 16. Ancient Aesthetics, Modern Images.

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