Disturbance in Dreams as Related to Peyotism among the Navaho
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen T. Dittmann
Harvey C. Moore
American Anthropologist, vol. 59, no. 4, New Series, August 1957, pp. 642-649
Description
Hypothesis was that Navajo whose traditional method of problem solving had broken down, would resort to peyote cultism. Dream examination used as a method of revealing psychological disturbance.