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The Reginos Spiritual Movement and Neomexicanism

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Definition of Reginos Movement: Mexcianism in the New Age of Aquarius

The movement of the Reginos is eclectic; it reclaims particular autochthonous traditions (Aztec, Mayan, Olmeca or Zapoteca) and its followers are prepared to dialog with other cultural traditions (from India, Tibet, or Islam); the Mexicanist doctrine here finds itself integrated into a worldwide project whose aim is shared by New Age followers: the awakening of cosmic consciousness (De la Peña 2002, p. 81). Reginos has established strong links with Buddhism, popular Catholicism and New Age, and the guardians of indigenous traditions (Galovic 2002).

Regina: The Source of Inspiration

Antonio Velasco Piña, the author of several books on the awakening of an eclectic spirituality that fuses the Tibetan and the Mexica or Aztec (De la Torre and Gutiérrez Zúñiga 2011b) is considered the intellectual of “Reginos spiritual movement,” that combines a holistic interpretation of the New Age with the recovery of the indigenous...

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de la Torre, R. (2015). The Reginos Spiritual Movement and Neomexicanism. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_5-1

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