Mystics and magicians Mexico. Bersnev Pavel Valerievich

The book presents unique materials on the spiritual life of the Mexican people of the Whicholi-the mysterious Indian tribe, in the worldview of which the Triad “Deer-La-Mais” and pilgrimage to the sacred desert of the viricoth plays a special role. The work contains new data -myths, rituals, shamanic practices that are not previously known to either Russian humanitarian science or the general public. The book is based on the field materials of the anthropologist, religious scholar and ethnographer Pavel Bersnev, who conducts ethnological research in Latin America for almost twenty years, and modern anthropological and ethnographic works on the spiritual and material culture of the Whichols from the time of the Astek Empire to the present day. The book will be interesting both to specialists - anthropologists, religious scholars, ethnographers, culturalists, and the general public, interested in the traditional spiritual culture of Mesoamerics and shamanic practices of Latin America.