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The Dialogue of Earth and Sky: Dreams, Souls, Curing, and the Modern Aztec Underworld
Timothy J. Knab
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Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1K; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
In Mexico's Sierra Norte de Puebla, beliefs that were held before the coming of Europeans continue to guide the lives of modern Aztecs. Anthropologist Knab learned the prayers and techniques for curing maladies of the human soul, and from his long association with these people has constructed a thorough account of their ancient beliefs and practices. This book is an important record of a culture that has maintained a precolumbian cosmovision for nearly 500 years, revealing that this system is as resonant today with the ethos of Mesoamerican peoples as it was for their ancestors. Timothy Knab knows the ... Read more
In Mexico's Sierra Norte de Puebla, beliefs that were held before the coming of Europeans continue to guide the lives of modern Aztecs. Anthropologist Knab learned the prayers and techniques for curing maladies of the human soul, and from his long association with these people has constructed a thorough account of their ancient beliefs and practices. This book is an important record of a culture that has maintained a precolumbian cosmovision for nearly 500 years, revealing that this system is as resonant today with the ethos of Mesoamerican peoples as it was for their ancestors. Timothy Knab knows the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816528806
SKU
V9780816528806
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