I had been sitting inside with the old gentleman most of the morning while he helped me translate a tape of one of his fantastic stories I had made several days before.
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A war of witches
a journey into the underworld of the contemporary Aztecs
1st ed.
by T. J. Knab
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An overheard plot to do away with an unwanted son-in-law begins this mesmerizing and astonishing journey into the Aztec underworld - a world of magical dreams and mysterious healing, shadowed by a deadly justice.
Aided by two local curanderos, or healers, American anthropologist Timothy Knab embarks on a spellbinding adventure of sacred Atzec rituals and mystical dream journeys into Talocan, the underworld of gods and lost souls. Along the way, he begins to understand the Aztec belief system and the art of healing, as well as the dark past of San Martin - infamous throughout Mexico for its brujos, or witches, and a mysterious "War of Witches" fifty years earlier that may never have ended.
Capturing time and place as surely as a jeweler sets a stone, Timothy Knab chronicles his spiritual immersion into the contemporary Aztec culture and, ultimately, his remarkable transformation into an authentic curandero.
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Nahuas, Rites and ceremonies, Social life and customs, Religion, Witchcraft, Nahua magic, Shamanism, Aztec mythology, Aztecs, Witchcraft, mexicoPlaces
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A War of Witches: A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary Aztecs
January 1998, Westview Press
Paperback
in English
- Reissue edition
0813333873 9780813333878
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A war of witches: a journey into the underworld of the contemporary Aztecs
1995, HarperSanFrancisco
in English
- 1st ed.
0062512641 9780062512642
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