The Dialogue of Earth and Sky: Dreams, Souls, Curing, and the Modern Aztec Underworld,9780816524136

The Dialogue of Earth and Sky: Dreams, Souls, Curing, and the Modern Aztec Underworld

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ISBN13: 9780816524136
ISBN10: 0816524130
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Arizona Pr
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Author Biography

Timothy J. Knab is presently Professor of Anthropology at the Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, in Cholula, Mexico.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
PROLOGUE: THE "PATH" 1(10)
CHAPTER 1. EARTH AND SKY, BODY AND SOUL: THE DIALOGICS OF LIFE ON THE EARTH AND LIFE IN THE MOST HOLY EARTH 11(30)
Three Levels of the Cosmos
13(9)
The Soul: On the Earth, in the Earth, and in the Sky
22(15)
Imbalances of the Soul and Disease
37(4)
CHAPTER 2. DREAMS AND DREAMING: JOURNEYS OF THE SOUL 41(32)
Everyday Dreams
42(10)
Dreamtales
52(21)
CHAPTER 3. "I BESEECH THEE MOST HOLY EARTH": PRAYERS FOR THE EARTH 73(24)
Prayers for the Lords of the Earth
76(2)
Talocan: The World Reflected
78(19)
CHAPTER 4. LIFE IN THE HOLY EARTH: THE AZTEC UNDERWORLD IN THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE SIERRA DE PUEBLA, A GEOGRAPHY 97(36)
The Underworld: Alternate Geography
98(4)
The Axis with Four Sides
102(4)
Four Regions of Darkness
106(7)
Talocan Melauh: The True Heart of Darkness
113(4)
Through the Dark Mists: The Indeterminate Geography of Talocan
117(5)
Inhabitants of the Underworld
122(8)
Concepts and Cosmovision: From Natural to Supernatural
130(3)
CHAPTER 5. DREAMS AND CURING: THE DIALOGIC OF CURING 133(24)
Dreamtales and the Dialogic Process
135(5)
Transforming the Dream: The Dreamtale
140(5)
Interpreting an Interpretation
145(5)
Interpreting the Causes of Conflicts
150(3)
Ritual as Conflict Resolution
153(2)
The Dialogue of Earth and Sky
155(2)
EPILOGUE: SERVING THE MOST HOLY EARTH 157(4)
NOTES 161(4)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 165(10)
INDEX 175

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