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ˈNagualism
[f. Central American nagual, a guardian spirit, esp. some beast or bird, supposed to be inseparably attached to a person.]
A system of superstition and mysticism practised by a secret sect or society formerly existing in Central America.
1883Brinton in Folk-Lore Jrnl. I. viii. 249 The learned Abbé..is not entirely satisfied that animal magnetism, ventriloquism, and such trickery, can explain the mysteries of nagualism, as the Central American system of the black arts is termed. 1896Jevons Introd. Hist. Relig. xvi. 207 Nagualism is one of the ancient forms of worship, and consists in choosing an animal as the tutelary divinity of a child.
So ˈNagualist, an adherent of Nagualism.
1894Science 9 Mar. 136/2 The Nagualists were also adepts in occult art. |