Abstract
Color and the visionary abilities of the shaman may be related. Interviews with a shaman-artist of the Huichol Indians of northwest Mexico reveal that color is conceptualized as a language which the gods and spirits of sacred sites use to communicate with the shaman. Colors are perceived by the shaman as part of a synaesthetic experience in which color may convert to both songs and language. This visionary color language is depicted in Huichol arts and even in art such as yarn paintings made for sale. These findings suggest further lines of inquiry into entoptic phenomena and other theories of how shamans visualize. The interviews, conducted as part of the author's ongoing research with the Huichol since 1988, also provide a new perspective on the well-known association of sacred colors and cardinal directions.
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