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LINKS
AND DOWNLOADS
Make a
selection:
View the plasma presentation that is included in the exhibition
...coming soon
Download a Mythic Visions desktop wallpaper
for your own computer
Instructions: To download wallpaper on a PC,
select the image and screen resolution. When the image pops up,
right-click the image and choose "Save as Wallpaper."
On a Mac, after the image pops up, save the image and follow wallpaper
procedures through the Control Panel/Appearances tools.
Want to learn more?
Here are our some links and suggested readings:
Links:
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Read the Inquirer's November 17, 2003 article that examines the
Huichol shamans' use of hallucinogenic plants and how American scientists
are considering the potential medical benefits of these substances.
Al
Dia
Al Dia newspaper is a media sponsor for the exhibition.
El
Hispano
El Hispano newspaper is a media sponsor for the exhibition.
Eugene
Garfield
Mythic Visions is made
possible in part through generous contributions by the Eugene Garfield
Foundation.
Eugene Garfield:
Essays
on Huichol Art and Culture
Eugene Garfield: Yarn
Painting Photos & Essays
(includes
information about Emeteria Rios Martinez, the artist who created
the yarn painting that now hangs in UPM's Kress Entrance)
Eugene Garfield: Art
at Institute for Scientific Information®
Readings:
| Anderson,
Edward F. |
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1996.
Peyote: The Divine Cactus. 2d ed. Tucson, AZ: University
of Arizona Press. |
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| Benítez,
Fernando |
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1975.
In the Magic Land of Peyote. Translated by John Upton. Austin,
TX: University of Texas Press. |
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| Bernstein,
Susan, ed. |
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1989.
Mirrors of the Gods: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Huichol
Indians. San Diego Museum of Man Papers No. 25. San Diego,
CA. |
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| Berrin,
Kathleen, ed. |
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1978.
Art of the Huichol Indians. San Francisco and New York:
The Art Museums of San Francisco and Harry N. Abrams. |
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| Eliade,
Mircea |
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1964.
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press. |
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| Furst,
Peter T. |
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1976.
Hallucinogens and Culture. Novato, CA: Chandler and Sharp.
1994. "The Mara'akáme Does and Undoes: Persistence
and Change in Huichol Shamanism." In Ancient Traditions:
Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas, ed. Gary Seaman
and Jane S. Day, pp. 113-177. Denver, CO: Denver Museum of Natural
History and University Press of Colorado.
2003. Visions
of a Huichol Shaman. Philadelphia, PA: University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. |
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| Furst,
Peter T., ed. |
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1972.
Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens. New
York: Praeger. New ed.
Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1990. |
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| Huxley,
Aldous |
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1954.
The Doors to Perception. New York: Harper. |
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| Lumholtz,
Carl |
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1900.
Symbolism of the Huichol Indians. New York: Memoirs of
the American Museum of Natural History 3. New York.
1902. Unknown Mexico. 2 vols. New York: Scribner's.
1904. Decorative Art of the Huichol Indians. Memoirs
of the American Museum of Natural History 3, no. 3. New York. |
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| MacLean,
Hope |
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2001a.
"The Origins of Huichol Yarn Painting." American
Indian Art Magazine 26(3): 42-53. |
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2001b.
"The Origins of Huichol Yarn Painting, Part II: Styles,
Themes, and Artists." American Indian Art Magazine
26(4): 68-77, 98-99. |
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| Myerhoff,
Barbara G. |
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1974.
Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
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| Schaefer,
Stacy B. |
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2002.
To Think with a Good Heart: Wixárika Women, Weavers,
and Shamans. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. |
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| Schaefer,
Stacy B., and Peter T. Furst, eds. |
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1996.
People of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, and
Survival. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. |
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| Schleiffer,
Hedwig, comp. |
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1973.
Sacred Narcotic Plants of the New World Indians: An Anthology
of Texts from the 16th Century to Date, pp. 32-44. New York:
Hafner Press. |
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