Luis Vilhena and the World of Astrology

Abstract

This article consists of a translation of the introduction and conclusion to Luis Rodolfo Vilhena’s book, O Mundo da Astrologia: Estudo Antropológico (The World of Astrology: an Anthropological Study), published by Jorge Zahar Editor (Rio de Janeiro, 1990), as part of the series: Coleção Antropologia Social, edited by Gilberto Velho, here translated and introduced by Graham Douglas.