Touching the Timeless (Millenium: Tribal Wisdom for the Modern World)

This episode examines the roles, practices and goals of spiritual systems across the world by drawing on specific ethnographic examples. Specifically examines ways in which various cultures make meaning out of spiritual practice, and the conception of practices as 'creating', 'maintaining' or 'balancing' the world. The episode begins with presenting the story of the 'Hidden Valley' from Nepal, but centers around the extensive Huichol pilgrimage led by a shaman, famous for ending in the procuration of peyote, a potent entheogen used in ceremony. Encounters between Catholicism and Huichol beliefs addressed in conflicted character 'torn between worlds'. The episode furthers this investigation by covering Najavo chanting and sand painting processes, and exploring the meaning and purpose of these traditions. Full Episode of 'Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World'. Anthropology based documentary TV series from early 90s. Do not own, and will take down upon request by content holder. Hosted by Anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis, produced by Canadian Learning Television.