Huichol artwork: masks
The masks are like mirrors that reflect the patterns of face paintings worn during sacred ceremonies. The Huichol people understand themselves to be mirrors of the gods.
The Huichol people believe tha...
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Huichol artwork: celestial things
The eclipse has special meaning for the Huichol, because it represents the eclipse of July 11 1991 at 10:21 A.M. Pacific Coast time. This is the sixth sun according to the ancient Meso-American Calenda...
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The Huichol of Jalisco and Nayarit
The Huichols are a hearty and enduring people numbering about 18,000, most of which live in the Jalisco and Nayarit, two rugged and mountainous states in North Central Mexico.
They are descendents of ...
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Symbolism used by the Huichols
Tacutsi Aramara, the Goddess of Life, is the Mother Goddess. From her have sprung all life forms; humans, animals and plants. Tacutsi not only gives life to all she nurtures, but teaches a manner of li...
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Huichol shamanic art
The Huichol People of central Mexico still follow the age-old shamanic ways of their ancestors, an unbroken wisdom-bridge stretching back into the Paleolithic. The mara'akame, the shaman, still leads p...
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Huichol literature
"The Earth is sick and dying. The lands of the Huichol Indians,
hidden high in the remote Sierra Madre mountains of northwestern Mexico,
are dying. The forests are shrinking, water is b...
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The Huichols: a culture in transition
A Message From Susana Eger Valadez, Director,
The Huichol Center For Cultural Survival And Traditional Arts
Dear Friends on the Internet:
Thank you for your clicking on us to find out about t...
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Symbolic Huichol Art: Journeys of Vision
As I walked through the gardens of La Nueva Posada, my eyes were riveted on the young indigenous girl seated on the garden wall. Her vivid yellow skirt and blue top reminded me of our magazine's masthe...
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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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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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