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1) The Wheel of time: the Shamans of ancient Mexico, their thoughts about life, death and the universe
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"A collection of quotes, drawn from eight of the books that [Castaneda] wrote about the classical training of a shaman initiate, a training he underwent for thirteen years under the guidance of don Juan Matus."--Jacket
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"In this study of complex beliefs in which Aztec religion and Spanish Catholicism blend, Lafaye demonstrates the importance of religious beliefs in the formation of the Mexican nation. Far from being of only parochial interest, this volume is of great value to any historian of religions concerned with problems of nativism and syncretism.
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"In this comprehensive study, Enrique Florescano traces the spread of the worship of the Plumed Serpent, and the multiplicity of interpretations that surround him, by comparing the Palenque inscriptions (ca. A.D. 690), the Vienna Codex (pre-Hispanic Conquest), the Historia de los Mexicanos (1531), the Popul Vuh (ca. 1554), and numerous other texts. He also consults and reproduces archeological evidence from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua,...
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Our knowledge of ancient Mexico and Central America first came to us through Spain. At first sight their civilization appeared to the invading Spaniards to be drowning in blood. They received an impression of stupefying horror--every day of the calendar produced a reason for the wholesale slaughter of victims. But some among them paused to wonder how a world of such unimagined wealth, with an art of astonishing richness, could evolve within an atmosphere...
13) The eagle's gift
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"In this haunting and deeply personal book, Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason ... Castaneda emerges, for the first time, as ... a sorcerous leader"--Cover.
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