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 Supernatural 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
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