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FEATHERS MUVIERIRaptors, for Huichols as for many Indigenous peoples, are sacred birds who act as messengers between mankind and the spirit world. Their feathers are frequently used in ceremonies. A gringo marakame (shaman) wears hawk feathers on his hat while he prays to Spirit using his muvieri (prayer arrows) and the tail of Kayumari, the Deer Spirit. He also carries a God's eye that will be offered to the Gods at a sacred pilgrimage site. |
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Dr. Tom (tomás) Pinkson's site www.Nierica.com offers examples of Huichol arts and crafts, photo essay on a Huichol shaman family, mythic "bone art" sculptures and other writings and information on shamanism. Dr. Pinkson is a transpersonal psychologist and Clinical Consultant to the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, CA, working with children, adults and families facing life threatening illness. In 1993 he completed an eleven year apprenticeship with Huichol shamans in Mexico in a Bull Ceremony initiating him into the world of the "mara'kame", the shaman.
