Published by University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2013
ISBN 10: 0887558143 ISBN 13: 9780887558146
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ex-Library copy with usual library stickers on cover, moisture dimple on top edge of about 50 pages, otherwise without flaw. 6 X 9" 130 pages. In 1956, pioneering psychedelic researchers Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond were invited to join members of the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to participate in a peyote ceremony hosted by the Native American Church of Canada. Inspired by their experience, they wrote a series of essays explaining and defending the consumption of peyote and the practice of peyotism. Hoffer's sister, journalist Fannie Kahan documented the religious ceremony and wrote a history of peyote. Their writing advocates for Indigenous legal, political, and religious rights and offers important insights into how psychedelic researchers interpreted the peyote ceremony.