Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

A cult is not a whole religion which dominates or connects with all of cultural life—it is much more restricted in emphasis. It appears that we are dealing with a major series of religious ideas and institutions here” (Williams 1968:77).