Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps and Tables
Preface
Glossary
Introduction
1. An Outline of Weathermaking, Nahualism, and Sorcery in Rural Tlaxcala
2. The Belief System and Structural Context of Bloodsucking Witchcraft in Rural Tlaxcala
3. The Syncretic and Historical Development of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Mesoamerica
4. The Comparative Distribution and Definition of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Mesoamerica
5. Anatomy of a Bloodsucking Witchcraft Epidemic
6. The Empirical Evidence of Bloodsucking Witchcraft: Methodology and Systematic Presentation
7. Natural and Suernatural Explanations: The Logic of Witchcraft and Normative Expectations
8. The Diagnostic and Etiological Analysis of Bloodsucking Witchcraft
9. Social and Psychological Manipulations and the Ex Post Facto Rationalization of the Tlahuelpuchi Complex
10. Aftereffects and the Psychological Context of the Postsucking Period
11. The Social and Psychological Functions of Bloodsucking Witchcraft
12. An Epistemological Approach to the Study of Magic and Religious Supernaturalism
Conclusions
Notes
References Cited
Index
About the Authors