Mad Jesus: The Final Testament of a Huichol Messiah from Northwest Mexico

289 Pages·2004·7.874 MB·English

by  Timothy J. Knab

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J
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The Final Testament of a Huichol Messiah
from Northwest Mexico
Timothy J. Knab
University of New Mexico Press
Albuquerque
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© by Timothy J.Knab
All rights reserved.Published in 
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Knab,T.J.
Mad Jesus :the final testament of a Huichol messiah
from northwest Mexico / Timothy J.Knab.— st ed.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN --- (cloth :alk.paper)
. Mad Jesus.. Huichol Indians—Biography.
3. Shamans—Mexico—Jalisco—Biography.
4. Huichol Indians—Religion.
. Shamanism--Mexico—Jalisco.
. Nativistic movements—Mexico—Jalisco.
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Printed and bound in the USA by Thomson-Shore,Inc.
Typeset in Bembo /
Display type set in Disturbance and Trajan
Design and composition:Robyn Mundy
Production:Maya Allen-Gallegos
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contents
PART I: MAD JESUS: SANTO CRISTO
I. True Jesus 
II. Color Against the Sky 
III. Huicholand 
IV. A Proposition 
V. La Plaza de la Veracruz 
VI. Jesus:Santo Cristo 
VII. Aftermath 
VIII. Little Jesus of the Peyotes 
IX. The Magical Way to Peyoteland 
X. Intimations of the “Evil One” 
XI. Fathers and Forefathers 
XII. To Teakata:The Center of the World 
XIII. At the Earth’s Axis 
XIV. The Journey to Madness 
XV. Return from Darkness 
XVI. Vengeance 
XVII. Drunken Dervish 
XVIII. Crazy Kieli 
XIX. Enchanted Music and Madness 
XX. A Chalice of Blood 
XXI. Song of Evil 
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PART II: THE GOSPEL OF MAD JESUS
XXII. The Other World 
XXIII. Into the World 
XXIV. The Coast 
XXV. A Teacher 
XXVI. The Mothers’Land 
XXVII. Salve María 
XXVIII. The Cult of Santo Cristo 
XXIX. The Apostles 
XXX. A Brother’s Tale 
XXXI. Guadalajara Madness 
XXXII. English Enrique 
XXXIII. Dark City Lights 
PART III: RESURRECTING JESUS
XXXIV. The Death of Jesus 
XXXXV. File of the Dead 
XXXVI. Tracing the Path of Jesus 
XXXVII. White Rocks 
XXXVIII. San Isidro 
XXXIX. Guadalajara 
XL. Holy,Holy Madness 
Afterword 
Glossary 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Selected Readings on the Huichol 
Index 
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PART i
Mad Jesus:
Santo Cristo