The visions of Luciano Perez, contemporary native American Shaman
Religion October 1, 1993 DOI: 10.1006/reli.1993.1028 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Perez describes visions as central to his shamanic development, providing spirit contact, revelation, and power. He recounts childhood visions of the 'little people' and calling voices, a revelatory vision in 1973 that began his spiritual quest, and a 1989 healing vision in a chiropractor's office while seeking help for severe back pain. |
Abstract
This paper presents an interview on the visions of the contemporary Native American shaman Luciano Perez. Born of southern Mexican Indian (P'urepecha) ancestry in Laredo, Texas, on 31 December 1950, he was trained in shamanic practice by the Lakota Sioux spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog. He begins the interview with general comments on visions, how he experiences them and how they have matured him as a visionary providing him with spirit contact, revelation and power. He then remembers visions in childhood of the ‘little people’ and of hearing voices calling him. His first adult experience was a revelatory vision at the beginning of his spiritual quest (1973). Finally, he reports a healing vision from 1989 in a chiropractor's office where he sought medical help for severe back pain.