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Informationen zum Autor By Hope MacLean Klappentext This comprehensive study of one of the world¿s great indigenous arts explores issues surrounding dreams and visions, ranging from what shamanic vision is to how artists use vision and how they perceive the soul in relation to their art. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive study of one of the world's great indigenous arts explores issues surrounding dreams and visions! ranging from what shamanic vision is to how artists use vision and how they perceive the soul in relation to their art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Peter T. Furst Acknowledgments 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 Notes Glossary of Huichol and Spanish Terms Bibliography Index
