Join world renowned shaman and ceremonial leader Brant Secunda for an evening ceremony and sacred dance. Learn about the Huichol Tribe of Mexico, listen to ancient indigenous chanting, enter the visionary world of Huichol art, and dance your prayers into the altar of Mother Earth.
This special community ceremony is an opportunity for prayer and positive affirmation, to create personal and planetary healing, and to celebrate together in the sacred circle.
$25/advance
$35/door
Student & senior discounts available. Kids are free!
BRANT SECUNDA
Brant Secunda is an internationally acclaimed and recognized shaman, healer, ceremonial leader and teacher in the indigenous Huichol tradition of Mexico.
After completing an intensive 12-year apprenticeship, Brant founded the Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies in 1979. His work has been documented on television, radio, and in articles and books throughout the world.
HUICHOL TRIBE
VIRARICA • The Healing People
The Huichol are a small tribe of approximately 35,000 people living near Ixtlan in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. Protected by their ancient forests, they are said to be one of the last tribes in North America to have maintained their pre-contact traditions.
Shamanism pervades every aspect of Huichol life. Through ceremony, sacred dance, pilgrimage, and shamanic artwork, they endeavor to connect the human heart to the heart of creation.
DEER DANCE CEREMONY
A Healing Celebration of Life and Light
According to Huichol cosmology, the origins of this ceremony date back to the birth of the Sun. The dance is a reenactment of creation itself and honors our sacred relationship to the light. Kauyumari (The Magical Deer Spirit) is representative of our super-conscious mind and acts as an intermediary between our hearts and the spiritual world of nature.