Of Herbs, Animals and other Poisons: Magical Renewal in El peregrino indiano by Antonio Saavedra Guzman

El peregrino indiano by Antonio de Saavedra Guzman incorporates new substances into the magic spell. In addition to La Araucana, there are ingredients that come from other discursive traditions: the Renaissance treatises of natural history, the Bible, bestiaries, emblematic literature, magic and grimoires.