La rama dorada

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«El grito se produce en los umbrales de la voz humana: ahí donde el ruido y el silencio se confunden y aniquilan a la palabra.» Este libro relata la historia de un exceso. Un exceso que ha acompañado a la humanidad desde sus orígenes y que tiene un potencial creador, destructivo, coercitivo y liberador: el acto de gritar. El grito tiene raíces primordiales y una íntima cercanía con lo indómito, sin embargo, los seres huma - nos han sabido administrar —dirigir, controlar— su energía de las más diversas maneras: como medio de comunicación, cura terapéutica, herramienta de...

En este acercamiento antropohistórico al fenómeno de las curaciones milagrosas, Theo Löbsack se pregunta seriamente qué secreto tienen los "charlatanes" que son capaces de curaciones súbitas, con la aparencia completa de un milagro por medios convencionales y excepcionales, en distintas épocas.

We studied the important events in the life and work of Puerto Rican scientist and politician Narciso Rabell Cabrero (1873-1928). He lived in the turmoil of the change of sovereignty from the Spain regime to the United States of America regime during the American-Hispanic War of 1898. Despite this turmoil, he made contributions in the natural history of Puerto Rico, especially in paleontology, archaeology, pharmacy, botany and politics. Rabell Cabrero was a man without boundaries. A genealogical summary is also provided.