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PEYOTISM AND
SCARCE BOOK
By
Privately
Published by C.
This book is a pictorial Soft Cover in fine condition with 51 pages and with 12 Full Page black and white photographs of the peyote ceremony.
There is also an excellent description of an actual peyote ceremony.
CONTENTS
1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2. TAOS PEYOTISM 3. NAVAJO PEYOTISM 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL - MYSTICAL FUNCTIONS Appendix: DESCRIPTION OF A PEYOTE CEREMONY Selected References Appendix
EDITORS NOTE RE: DESCRIPTION OF A PEYOTE CEREMONY
TEXT. The text is taken from a description of the Navajo Peyote ritual given in testimony before the Navajo Tribal Council. The ritual is described in language designed to make it more easily understandable to council members, some of whom speak very little English.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
The photographs were taken at a ceremony conducted near Included as observers at the Indian's invitation were Dr. Abram
Hoffer, Dr. T. Weckowicz, psychiatrist, and Dr. Duncan Blewitt, chief psychologist with the psychiatric services branch of the provincial health department. Dr. Humphrey Osmond , psychiatrist and superintendent of the Weyburn mental hospital, took part in the service. A Saskatoon Star-Phoenix photographer
recorded the event. These were the first White men to witness the Peyote
ceremony of the Native American Church in
EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE
I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
We will never know for
certain just how long the Indians of our Southwest have been using Peyote, but
when the Spanish came to
In Spanish Inquisition
documents of 1631 occasional references are made to the use of Peyote by the
Queres, and also the Tewa and Tano, groups of hese During the proceedings
it was brought out that an Isleta Indian, who had lived among the Hopi Indians
after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, had brought Peyote with him from the Hopi
people of
In 1891 the ethnologist
Mooney discovered that the Indians in This emergence
of a "Peyote cult" was in contrast to the older form of collective
Peyotism which consisted of tribal participation in a dancing rite with the
use of Peyote as a mere component. The tribal rite can still be found in
Anthropologists are still trying to discover the origins of the Peyote ritual. Until they come up with a better explanation, we shall have to be satisfied with the Indian version. The following account was given to Dr. David F. Aberle by an old Kiowa Apache man. === Etc. Etc. and so much more. PEYOTIST
MORE ABOUT == Native American
Church, a religious denomination which practices Peyotism or the Peyote
religion, originated in the
Peyote was used in the
territory of modern
Peyotist beliefs vary considerably from tribe to tribe, belief in Peyote personified as a god called Mescalito by some practitioners, but often include belief in Jesus as a Native American culture hero, an intercessor for man or a spiritual guardian; belief in the Bible; and association of Jesus with Peyote.
Peyotists believe in a
supreme God. The "
Traditionally, peyote is used in pursuit of bona fide religious faith in daily ceremonies, and at all times. Peyote rituals can be conducted by oneself and with the Creator, or with a guide, or in a group, and at any place or time the Spirit or Creator and the participant deem them necessary. Peyote ceremonies are not conducted only in tipis or hogans however, in some cases ceremonies may be limited to a certain number of people but this varies from tribe to tribe.
For some chapters of the Native American Church, the peyote ritual begins at 8 p.m. Saturday and continues through the night. The ritual includes prayer, the eating of peyote, Peyote songs, water rituals, and contemplation. It ends with breakfast Sunday morning. The peyote ritual is believed to allow communion with God and the deceased, and to give power, guidance, and healing. The healing may be emotional or physical, or both.
Those Church members who feel that they need structure believe that the communal ingestion of peyote and the ceremony of the Church meeting help participants get into a proper relationship with each other and with God. In turn, they believe, this leads to an ability to live a good day-to-day life. A good life is considered to be one that is kind and responsible, and embodies love.
MORE ABOUT = The Navajos
(British English: Navajo, Navajo: Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the
The Navajo Nation constitutes
an independent governmental body that manages the Navajo reservation in the
Four Corners area, including over 27,000 square miles of land in
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