Produced by Curtis Weyant, Julia Miller, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Case Western Reserve University Preservation Department Digital Library) Transcriber’s Note: A number of typographical errors and inconsistencies have been maintained in this version of this book. Typographical errors have been marked with a [TN-#], which refers to a description in the complete list found at the end of the text. A list of words that have been inconsistently spelled or hyphenated is found at the end of the present text. The less-comon characters that are used in this version of the book. If they do not display correctly, please try changing your font. † Dagger ‡ Double dagger œ oe ligature ū u with macron ō o with macron ‖ double vertical lines NAGUALISM. A STUDY IN Native American Folk-lore and History. BY DANIEL G. BRINTON, A.M., M.D., LL.D., D.Sc., Professor of American Archæology and Linguistics in the University of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA: MACCALLA & COMPANY, PRINTERS, 237-9 DOCK STREET. 1894 _Nagualism. A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History._ _By Daniel G. Brinton, M.D._ (_Read before the American Philosophical Society, Jan’y 5, 1894._) CONTENTS. 1. The words _Nagual_, _Nagualism_, _Nagualist_. 2. The Earliest Reference to Nagualism. 3. The _Naualli_ of the Aztecs; their Classes and Pretended Powers. 4. The Sacred Intoxicants; the _Peyotl_, the _Ololiuhqui_, the _Teopatli_, the _Yax Ha_, etc. 5. Clairvoyance and Telepathy during Intoxication. 6. The _Naualli_ of Modern Mexico. 7. The _Tonal_ and the _Tonalpouhque_; the Genethliac System of the Nahuas. 8. The Aztec Sodality of “Master Magicians.” 9. The Personal Guardian Spirit. 10. Folk-lore of the Mixe Indians. 11. Astrological Divination of the Zapotecs. 12. Similar Arts of the Mixtecs. 13. Nagualism in Chiapas, as Described by Bishop Nuñez de la Vega. 14. Nagualism Among the Quiches, Cakchiquels and Pokonchis of Guatemala. 15. The Metamorphoses of Gukumatz. 16. Modern Witchcraft in Yucatan and Central America; the Zahoris and Padrinos. 17. Fundamental Principles of Nagualism, Hatred of the Whites and of Christianity. 18. Its Organization and Extent; its Priesthood. 19. Its Influence in the Native Revolts against the Spanish Power. 20. Exalted Position of Woman in Nagualism. 21. This a Survival from Ancient Times. 22. A Native Joan of Arc. 23. Modern Queens of Nagualism.