The Mazatecs Indians' creation of linguistic art through the use of a hallucinogenic mushrooms

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Hawthorne, Elizabeth
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1995
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Article
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Mazatec Indians , Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic --Mexico , Indians of Mexico , Mazateco poetry , Indians of Mexico --Religion , Mushroom ceremony , Shamanism , Mazatec Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
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Hawthorne, Elizabeth. (1995) The Mazatecs Indians' creation of linguistic art through the use of a hallucinogenic mushrooms. In: Lambda Alpha Journal, v.25-26, p.44-50
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The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms by the Mazatec Indians stimulates their artistic creativity, producing chants composed of a special language. Author examine the chemical composition of the mushrooms, the necessity and importance of the shaman in the mushroom ritual and the role of linguistic creation in Mazatec society.

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Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology
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Lambda Alpha Journal
v.25/26
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http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1258
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0047-3928
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Lambda Alpha Journal, v.25-26, 1994-1995