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Sanches describes the Toltec tradition living on in the practice of contemporary indigenous people of Mexico, and explains how this wisdom is available to sincere readers. According to the author, his work is "witness and participant in one of the most profound and powerful spiritual traditions of the mesoamerican indigenous world. . . ".
About the author
Victor Sanchez has lived for fifteen years with indigenous peoples of Mexico and has dedicated his life to the preservation of their tradition. He is the author of
The Teachings of Don Carlos, and gives workshops worldwide.
Summary
Victor Sanchez offers us a rare glimpse into the life and practice of Toltec spiritual warriors. Tracing their lineage to a time before the Aztec, the Toltec recognize Earth as a living being, share a profound communion with their land, and demonstrate unusual powers of perception.
Sanchez describes the Toltec tradition living on in the practice of contemporary indigenous people of Mexico, and explains how this wisdom is available to sincere readers. Learn how their indigenous survival skills at the dawn of a new millennium encourage our renewed commitment to a better way of life, in harmony with spirit and nature.
Additional text
"Anthropologist Sanchez here continues his accounts (e.g., Teachings of Don Carlos, Bear, 1995) of indigenous peoples of Mexico with this testimony of his participation in a Toltec pilgrimage to Humun' Kulluaby. The opening chapters outline the Mesoamerican heritage of the Toltecs (or Wirrarika, as they call themselves), tracing their lineage to a time before the Aztecs. Sanchez then takes the reader on some of the typical moments in his encounters with Toltecs, stripping away the academic anthropologic nature of the study and providing an intimate portrayal of their relationship with nature. In spite of outside influence, the Toltecs have managed to protect their belief of Earth as a living being not to be penetrated by religious or scientific investigation. Sanchez continues this tradition by taking his own personal pilgrimage along with Toltecs and writes of his communion with the land. The account is neither a travelog nor a complete synthesis of the religious scene but a condensed approximation in the recounting of a pilgrimage. For large libraries with collections in the spiritual traditions of Central America."
