TOLTECS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
by Sanchez, Victor
ISBN: 1879181355
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Toltecs of the new millenium is a book that deals with survival of the spiritual tradition of the ancient toltecs at the dawn of the third millenium.
If the profundity and the richness of prehispanic indigenous knowledge is something which is normally accepted without difficulty, due to written testimonies, pictographs, and archeologists which give testimony to them, as well as myths, legends and oral traditions which speak of the greatness of the ancient toltecs, it is almost always assumed that this richness is a thing of the past from which, perhaps, we can "glean" a few isolated features. But it is not that way.
In this very moment there exist in Mexico indigenous groups which have been able to survive and keep practically intact their way of life, their religion, and original culture and who are the direct inheritors of the spiritual tradition and the material culture of the historical toltecs.
In an era in which the search for spiritual paths is intensified due to the growing pressure of the crises of our time, the discovery of the survival of the toltec tradition constitutes an event without precedent.
In a first part, Victor Sanchez reveals to us how and why he enters into contact with the surviving toltecs and the spiritual task revealed to him among them.
In the second part, he gives us a brief sketch of the characteristics of Toltequity, the geographic and historical location of the ancient toltecs and the way in which they linked and transmitted their tradition to those indigenous groups which keep alive that tradition. He tells us also of some characteristics of the lineage or group of indigenous peoples with whom he connects as a participant.
And in the third part, the author gives us some examples of what he proposes as a new and more consistent way to approximate the indigenous world; what he terms "anti-anthropology" and which refers to the necessity to "submerge oneself" fully as a participant in that world, assuming the necessary transformation of one`s person as a requisite for entrance into the "separate reality". In this section, which in a way is the most important part of the book, Victor Sanchez relates three experiences lived in the world of the Wirrarika; the indigenous peoples of Mexico who have kept in their purest form the practices of ancient Toltequity. Each one of these experiences corresponds to a phase of the process which carried him each time further inside the way of the Toltec tradition.
One of the fundamental proposals of Toltecs of the New Millenium is that in the elements, forms and practices of Toltequity, the searcher of our time can find the keys which bring him to encounter the toltec which, secretly, we all carry inside, and constitute thus the seed of new Toltequity which each time with more force, begins to manifest itself beyond the confines of the strictly indigenous, representing a substantial alternative for non-indigenous peoples who live in modern society.
One of the principal values of this book is that, placing itself at a prudent distance from academic studies of the so-called "scientific anthropology", as well as esoteric literature or "new age" dealing with indigenous knowledge, the author presents to us the testimony of an experience which, without limiting itself to the narrow conceptual framework of the academic investigator, rigorously relates the practical experiences among indigenous peoples of flesh and blood, whose concrete existence can indeed be verified.
Offers us a rare glimpse into the life and practice of Toltec spiritual warriors. Tracing their lineage to a time before the Aztec, Toltec recognize Earth as a living being, share a profound communion with their land, and demonstrate unusual powers of perception. Learn how their indigenous survival skills at the dawn of a new millennium encourage our renewed commitment to a better way of life. 8 pages of color plates.
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