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I'm hoping someone can reply to be ASAP regarding this book-(I'm passing
on the info to an editor/friend at The Sciences).

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HarperCollins:

"A War of Witches:
A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary Aztecs."
by Timothy J. Knab, described on the back cover
as follows:

"Timothy J. Knab, Ph.D., has spent years
researching and working with contemporary Aztecs. Formerly
an anthropology professor at the National University of
Mexico, he has also taught at Wellesley and Tufts, and is
the editor of 'A Scattering of Jades: Stories, Poems and
Mexico, he has also taught at Wellesley and Tufts, and is
the editor of 'A Scattering of Jades: Stories, Poems and
Prayers of the Aztecs.'"


"Aided by two _curanderos_, or healers, anthropologist
Timothy Knab embarks on a riveting adventure of sacred
rituals and journeys into _talocan_, the underworld of
gods and lost souls.... A suspenselful and chilling
personal narraive, "A War of Witches" chronicles Knab's
spiritual immersion into the contemporary Aztec culture
and, ultimately, his transformation into an authentic
_curandero."

Meredith, this guy sounds very Carlos Castaneda to me. Is there any way of
finding out whether this guy is legit?"

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I have no familiarity with this book at all. (Anita?)
Thanks!
Meredith Bruns
The Center for Anthropology and Journalism

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