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Peyote Cult 5TH Edition

by Weston La Barre

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For half a century, readers on peyotism have devoured La Barre’s fascinating original study, which began when the author, at age twenty-four, studied the rites of fifteen American Indian tribes using Lophophora williamsii, the small, spineless, carrot-shaped peyote cactus growing in the Rio Grande Valley and southward.

 

Continuing his research from the 1930s through the 1980s, Weston La Barre reviews topics such as the Timothy Leary-Richard Alpert “experiments” with peyote and other psychotropic substances, the Carlos Castaneda phenomenon, the progress of the Native American Church toward acceptance as a religious denomination, the presumptions of the Neo-American Church, the legal ramifications of ritual drug use, and the spread of peyotism from the Southwest to other North American tribes.

 

This new edition of La Barre’s classic study includes 334 new entries in the latest of his highly valued bibliographical essays on works relating to peyote, not just in anthropology but in a variety of fields including archeology, economics, botany, chemistry, and pharmacology. The bibliography lists important contributions in popular media such as newspapers, audiotapes, and films, as well as in scholarly journals.

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**** Cited in BCL3. This is the paper edition of the expanded, updated classic study first published in 1938, revised for the fifth time in 1989.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

For half a century, readers on peyotism have devoured Weston La Barre’s fascinating original study, which began when the author, at age twenty-four, studied the rites of fifteen American Indian tribes using Lophophora williamsii, the small, spineless, carrot-shaped peyote cactus growing in the Rio Grande Valley and southward.

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Table of Contents

1. Preface to the fifth edition
2. Preface to the second edition
3. Preface to the first edition
4. Illustrations
5. Introduction
6. Botanical and physiological aspects of peyote
7. Theethnology of peyotism
8. Comparative study of Plains peyotism
9. Psychological aspects of Peotism
10. Historical interpretations
11. appendix 1.Peyote in Mexico
12. appendix 2.Peyote and the mescal bean
13. appendix 3.Peyote and the Teo-nanacatl
14. appendix 4."Plant worship" in Mexico and the United States
15. appendix 5.Chemistry of peyote
16. appendix 6.Physiology of peyote
17. appendix 7.John Wilson, the revealer of peyote
18. appendix 8.Christian elements in the Peyote Cult
19. appendix 9. TheNative American Church and other peyote churches.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780806122144

Author:

La Barre, Weston

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press

Author:

Weston La Barre

Location:

Norman :

Subject:

General

Subject:

History

Subject:

Religion

Subject:

Indians of north america

Subject:

United States - General

Subject:

Native American Studies - Tribes

Subject:

Rites and ceremonies

Subject:

Peyotism

Subject:

Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies.

Subject:

Indiens d'Amâerique

Subject:

Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes

Subject:

Peyotl

Subject:

Native American Studies

Subject:

World History-General

Edition Number:

5

Edition Description:

Fifth Edition

Series Volume:

174.

Publication Date:

20120231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

8 bandw illus., 1 map

Pages:

356

Dimensions:

8.5 x 5.5 in

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"Synopsis" by Firebrand,

For half a century, readers on peyotism have devoured Weston La Barre’s fascinating original study, which began when the author, at age twenty-four, studied the rites of fifteen American Indian tribes using Lophophora williamsii, the small, spineless, carrot-shaped peyote cactus growing in the Rio Grande Valley and southward.