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A war of witches : a journey into the underworld of the contemporary Aztecs / Timothy J. Knab.
- Title
- A war of witches : a journey into the underworld of the contemporary Aztecs / Timothy J. Knab.
- Author
- Knab, T. J.
- Publication
- San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1995.
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| Text | Request in advance | F1221.N3 K53 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 224 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Chronicles the author's spiritual immersion in Aztec culture and his transformation into a "curandero" or healer, revealing the supernatural underworld of Aztec cosmology.
- Subject
- Knab, T. J
- Nahua magic
- Nahuas > Religion
- Nahuas > Rites and ceremonies
- Witchcraft > Puebla de Zaragoza
- Shamanism > Puebla de Zaragoza
- Rites and ceremonies > Puebla de Zaragoza
- Manners and customs
- Nahua magic
- Nahuas > Rites and ceremonies
- Rites and ceremonies
- Shamanism
- Witchcraft
- Nahua (Indiens) > Religion
- Nahua (Indiens) > Rites et cérémonies
- Rites et cérémonies > Puebla
- Sorcellerie > Puebla
- Chamanisme > Puebla
- Nahuas (Indios) > Religión
- Nahuas (Indios) > Ritos y ceremonias
- Brujería > Puebla
- Chamanismo > Puebla
- Ritos y ceremonias > Puebla
- Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) > Social life and customs
- Mexico > Puebla de Zaragoza
- Puebla (Mexique) > Moeurs et coutumes
- Puebla > Vida social y costumbres
- México > Vida social y costumbres
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Discoveries -- The cave -- The curer -- Talocan -- The Nagual -- The witch -- Following the pathe -- uring and killing -- The war of witches : the beginning -- Cruz -- The War of Witches: The End -- Afterword : Tracing the Path to Talocan.
- ISBN
- 0062512641
- 9780062512642
- 006251265X
- 9780062512659
- LCCN
- ^^^94041813^
- OCLC
- 31605981
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library