Nagual

Nagual ( Aztec Nahuatl, naualli, "something hidden " mask " covering " or " veil " ) is an Aztec patron deity.

The Aztecs took part, he could occur in either animal or vegetable form, and each is so closely associated with a person that death or wounding both meet, Nagual and man. Also deities were attributed naguals: So should be about the hummingbird the nagual of Huitzilopochtli have been.

This mythological figure stirred the imagination of the Spanish colonial rulers to such an extent that Brasseur de Bourbourg (1859 ) and Brinton (1894 ) is much more than a traditional saw pagan myth, who survived in fragments and mixes with Christian influences. They recognized this as the Nagualism, a supposedly strong secret organization that was allegedly widespread and whose members are from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds came. They should be connected by means of occult rites, whose main aim would be ( as the fear of the white men in the midst of indigenous peoples ) to overthrow their western society, abolish the Christian religion and the state.

The word Nagual had a variety of different meanings among the various tribes of Central America, due to breakdown and the Aztec migration. One of the meanings was The Witch and transforming itself was needed for individuals, of which it was assumed that they were capable of metamorphosis. Another meaning was the personal guardian spirit or totem.

There are connections to the 260 -day Maya - Quiché calendar. The Christian Version: An old woman mentioned spontaneously St. John as the nagual of El Palmar. Another example: An Indian media, which is owned by the earth spirit is known as aj - nagual mesa ...

In the New Age Movement nagual is mainly connected to Carlos Castaneda, he had used this ancient and equivocal in his books and made ​​it the cornerstone of his doctrine or the teachings of Don Juan Matus.