Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page i mad Jesus Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page ii m ad Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page iii J esus The Final Testament of a Huichol Messiah from Northwest Mexico Timothy J. Knab University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page iv © by Timothy J.Knab All rights reserved.Published in                Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knab,T.J. Mad Jesus :the final testament of a Huichol messiah from northwest Mexico / Timothy J.Knab.— st ed. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN --- (cloth :alk.paper) . Mad Jesus.. Huichol Indians—Biography. 3. Shamans—Mexico—Jalisco—Biography. 4. Huichol Indians—Religion. . Shamanism--Mexico—Jalisco. . Nativistic movements—Mexico—Jalisco. I.Title. F.HM  .—dc  Printed and bound in the USA by Thomson-Shore,Inc. Typeset in Bembo / Display type set in Disturbance and Trajan Design and composition:Robyn Mundy Production:Maya Allen-Gallegos iv | Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page v For my children | v Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page vi contents PART I: MAD JESUS: SANTO CRISTO I. True Jesus  II. Color Against the Sky  III. Huicholand  IV. A Proposition  V. La Plaza de la Veracruz  VI. Jesus:Santo Cristo  VII. Aftermath  VIII. Little Jesus of the Peyotes  IX. The Magical Way to Peyoteland  X. Intimations of the “Evil One”  XI. Fathers and Forefathers  XII. To Teakata:The Center of the World  XIII. At the Earth’s Axis  XIV. The Journey to Madness  XV. Return from Darkness  XVI. Vengeance  XVII. Drunken Dervish  XVIII. Crazy Kieli  XIX. Enchanted Music and Madness  XX. A Chalice of Blood  XXI. Song of Evil  vi | Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page vii PART II: THE GOSPEL OF MAD JESUS XXII. The Other World  XXIII. Into the World  XXIV. The Coast  XXV. A Teacher  XXVI. The Mothers’Land  XXVII. Salve María  XXVIII. The Cult of Santo Cristo  XXIX. The Apostles  XXX. A Brother’s Tale  XXXI. Guadalajara Madness  XXXII. English Enrique  XXXIII. Dark City Lights  PART III: RESURRECTING JESUS XXXIV. The Death of Jesus  XXXXV. File of the Dead  XXXVI. Tracing the Path of Jesus  XXXVII. White Rocks  XXXVIII. San Isidro  XXXIX. Guadalajara  XL. Holy,Holy Madness  Afterword  Glossary  Notes  Bibliography  Selected Readings on the Huichol  Index  | vii Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page viii Mad Jesus Interior_Final 1/9/04 3:13 PM Page 1 PART i Mad Jesus: Santo Cristo