Huichol Indians: their art and symbols
Deer and wolves that speak to man, arrows that carry prayers, serpents that bring rain or impart skill in embroidery, pumas that are messengers of the Gods — are all real in the Huichol beli...
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El Grito: Mexico's Cry for Independence
The Declaration of Independence of the United States eloquently states in its introductory paragraph: "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the political b...
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Beliefs of Mexico's Huichol people: Responsible Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a real human need...
a state of consciousness beyond concept.
And if it does not come through... in positive ways...
it's going to come out in violence.
— Elizabeth...
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Guadalupe and the way of the Huichol
The Huichol way is the way of the Heart. Of utmost importance to the awakening and development of the heart is the sacred Peyote. Peyote looks like a cactus and grows wild in the desert. It has been us...
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