Neo-Nahualism and Other Contemporary Evolutions

As it is well known, Spanish, Mexican, Afro-Mexican & even North-American cultures have had great impact over Mesoamerican's thinking systems. Their ideologies have modified Mesoamerican beliefs & practices in order to produce a variety of religious mixtures. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that, within the colonization process, the fluxes of ideas have always been unidirectional. Mexicans & Occidentals have re-signified Mesoamerican beliefs & practices in order to incorporate them to their own culture. Thus, the main intention of this work is to determine how the non-indigenous peoples have re-signified & utilized the Aztec concept of nahualli within the context of their own cultures. The first part of this article deals with an explanation of the historical evolution of non-indigenous points of view concerning nahualism. The second part analyzes the Internet discourse of those who nowadays call themselves nahuales. References. Adapted from the source document.