Huichol – A Shamanic people from Mexico
“In Huichol, the term “nierika” refers to a portal between so-called ordinary and non-ordinary realities. It is a passage way and at the same time a barrier between two worlds. Nierika, a decorated ceremonial disk, is also said to mean mirror as well as the face of the deity” – Hofman & Schultes
Quetzalcoatl is a great mythical figure evoking wisdom and civilization and is also one of the most ubiquitous and changeable of characters. One of his qualities is to be reborn during each period of history, but with a different face each time around. He always retains the halo of the ancestral aura but also possesses new meanings and a psychic charge that intermingles present yearnings with reverberations from the past.
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