PDF-(BOOK)-Sorcery in Mesoamerica

Approaching sorcery as highly rational and rooted in significant social and cultural values Sorcery in Mesoamerica examines and reconstructs the original indigenous logic behind it analyzing manifestations from the Classic Maya to the ethnographic present While the topic of sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology is well developed in other areas of the world it has received little academic attention in Mexico and Central America until now   In each chapter preeminent scholars of ritual and belief ask very different questions about what exactly sorcery is in Mesoamerica Contributors consider linguistic and visual aspects of sorcery and witchcraft such as the terminology in Aztec semantics and dictionaries of the Kaqchiquel and Kiche Maya Others explore the practice of sorcery and witchcraft including the incorporation by indigenous sorcerers in the Mexican highlands of European perspectives and practices into their belief system Contributors also examine specific deities entities and phenomena such as the pantheistic Nahua spirit entities called forth to assist healers and rain makers the categorization of Classic Maya Wahy coessence beings the cult of the Aztec goddess Cihuacoatl and the recurring relationship between female genitalia and the magical conjuring of a centipede throughout Mesoamerica   Placing the Mesoamerican people in a human contextas engaged in a rational and logical system of behaviorSorcery inMesoamerica is the first comprehensive study of the subject and an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Mesoamerican culture and religion     Contributors Lilián González Chévez John F Chuchiak IV Jeremy D Coltman Roberto Martínez González Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos Cecelia F Klein Timothy J Knab John Monaghan Jesper Nielsen John M D Pohl Alan R Sandstrom Pamela Effrein Sandstrom David Stuart. This brief summarises the main legal issues debated during the three-day conference on Sorcery 2 Despite cultural differences, people are remarkably alike whether they live in the modern West or in traditional African societies. Thus, rather than viewing African religions as SORCERY PACKSuitability: All CharactersRecommended: Magicians, Magician Subclasses, Warlocks, LegerdemainistsInk and quill, parchment (sheet), writing stick, chalk (piece).; weighs Levitation. Harrison Ford and a Lemons. Katy Perry and a Rabbit?. Beach . trick. Ripping Bodies apart. Compare: African Shaman (from Ch. . 6. ). Tricking Police. Illusion vs. Magic vs. Sorcery. Illusion. What does Mesoamerica mean?. Meso. . = middle. America = North and South America. STOP AND JOT. What does Mesoamerica mean?. Where is Mesoamerica located?. Mesoamerica is the region that is now Mexico and Central America. . TIME. PERIODS. CULTURES. 7000-2000 BCE. ARCHAIC . . 2000-100 BCE. FORMATIVE . Olmec. _________________________. Zapotec. 100 BCE – 900 CE. CLASSIC . . Mayan. _________________________. Teotihuacan. Meso = means middle. Refers to any cultures that lived in present-day Mexico & Central America. Olmec Civilization. One of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations. Located near Gulf of Mexico. Knowledge of them comes from excavations of 2 main sites = San Lorenzo and La Venta . How did the history of . Meroë. and Axum reflect interaction with neighboring civilizations?. Both . Meroë. and Axum traded extensively with neighboring civilizations. . Both . Meroë. and Axum developed their own distinct writing scripts. . The first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degree presents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins the degrees of shamanic initiation - each marked by its own portion of esoteric knowledge. One of Australia\'s most eminent anthropologists, A. P. Elkin focuses on karadji, or men of high degree, who possess magical powers and who serve as channels between the Dreamtime beings and their own communities. As psychologists and psychic experts, the karadji are essential to the groups\' social cohesion. They are believed to cure and kill mysteriously, make rain, anticipate future events, and appear and disappear at will. Not content to explain away these phenomena, Elkin boldly suggests that we enter into the karadji worldview and try to understand this remarkable culture on its own terms. Winner of the Society for Economic Botany\'s Mary W. Klinger Book AwardA triumph of four-field anthropology. Botany, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, and a small bit of physical anthropology are seamlessly united. . . . Without integration of the fields, few or none of the interesting conclusions in this work could have been reached.--American AnthropologistContains a watershed of interesting and exciting information. . . . For those with a serious interest in food history and foodways, it is an invaluable source of up-to-date information on one of the most beloved and revered foodstuffs in the Americas.--Austin ChronicleA unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field of cultural food studies.--ChoiceMcNeil has here assembled an impressive stable of scholars to examine all aspects of cacao development and use in Mesoamerica from its discovery to its use by the modern Maya.--American ArchaeologyIn this collection of 21 papers, the authors discuss the linguistic, chemical, agricultural, medicinal, economic and social aspects of the cacao plant, often in exhaustive detail.--Cambridge Archaeological JournalI highly recommend the book for specialists as well as for the general public interested in knowing more about cacao the reading is not complicated and is presented from an anthropological perspective.--Journal of EthnopharmacologyA volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane and Arlen Chase. Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases. The Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica: A Reader brings together twenty-three of the most influential essays by leading scholars to reveal the rich variety of cultures and societies that existed in ancient Mesoamerica. Winner of the Society for Economic Botany\'s Mary W. Klinger Book AwardA triumph of four-field anthropology. Botany, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, and a small bit of physical anthropology are seamlessly united. . . . Without integration of the fields, few or none of the interesting conclusions in this work could have been reached.--American AnthropologistContains a watershed of interesting and exciting information. . . . For those with a serious interest in food history and foodways, it is an invaluable source of up-to-date information on one of the most beloved and revered foodstuffs in the Americas.--Austin ChronicleA unique, extremely useful collection on chocolate use in Mesoamerica that sets a standard to follow in the expanding field of cultural food studies.--ChoiceMcNeil has here assembled an impressive stable of scholars to examine all aspects of cacao development and use in Mesoamerica from its discovery to its use by the modern Maya.--American ArchaeologyIn this collection of 21 papers, the authors discuss the linguistic, chemical, agricultural, medicinal, economic and social aspects of the cacao plant, often in exhaustive detail.--Cambridge Archaeological JournalI highly recommend the book for specialists as well as for the general public interested in knowing more about cacao the reading is not complicated and is presented from an anthropological perspective.--Journal of EthnopharmacologyA volume in the series Maya Studies, edited by Diane and Arlen Chase. -. is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending . from . central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, . number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.