Madero Conference in Mexico City's National Palace: From Spiritism to the Bhagavad-Gita and Other Esoteric Influences

Francisco I. Madero

It's in Spanish, of course, but it's worth noting here because 

(1) I know that many of you, dear readers, also read in Spanish;

(2) I'm speaking in the conference, December 2, together with Ignacio Solares, one of Mexico's most respected novelists, and; 

(3) this a major public reexamination of Francisco I. Madero, one of the most outstanding figures in Mexican history, for he was not only the leader of the 1910 Revolution, but President of Mexico from 1911- 1913.

All the lectures are free and open to the public and will take place in the Recinto Juárez of Mexico's National Palace.

FRANCISCO I. MADERO:
DEL ESPIRITISMO AL BHAGAVAD-GITA, Y OTRAS INFLUENCIAS ESOTERICAS

November 6, 2014
Yolia Tortolero
Nueve lecturas sobre Francisco I. madero y su creencia en el espiritismo

November 11
Lucrecia Infante
De espíritus, mujeres e igualdad. Laureana Wright y el Espiritismo Kardeciano en México

November 18
Alejandro Rosas
La Revolución de los espíritus
Manuel Guerra
Los escritos espiritistas perdidos de Francisco I. Madero

November 25
Carlos Francisco Martínez Moreno
Masonería, espiritismo e hindismo: senderos comunicantes en los tres pilares místicos de Francisco I. Madero

December 2
C.M. Mayo
Odisea metafísica hacia la revolución Mexicana: 
Francisco I. Madero y su libro secreto Manual espírita
Ignacio Solares
Madero, el otro


COMMENTS always welcome.

Podcasts about Francisco I. Madero

Selected films and videos

Rare Book Adventures in Mexico City: 

Una ventana al mundo invisible

Dr. Arnoldo Krumm-Heller and Francisco I. Madero: 

Some Notes on Sources

An interview with Yours Truly 

about my book, Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution, 

for the University of Chicago Social Science Division newsletter.

I'm presenting the English edition of the book at the 

Texas Book Festival this Sunday at 11 am. 

Read more about the Spanish edition, 

Odisea metafisica hacia la Revolución Mexicana, 

which has been beautifully translated by 

Mexican poet and novelist Agustín Cadena.

My Novel about Palacio in Palacio

This is all in Spanish, but I know many of you, dear readers, do speak it. So here's the big news: my novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, translated by Agustín Cadena as El último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano, will be featured on Tuesday July 15, 2014 in the series of talks on (my translation) "Maximilian in Mexico, A Fictionalized History." The talks are all free and open to the public and held in the Recinto de Homenaje a Don Benito Juárez of Mexico City's National Palace. 

It will be a very special honor for me to present the novel together with Agustín Cadena, for his translation is such a superb one; he is one of Mexico's most accomplished literary writers (and I have been honored to translated some of his short stories); and he is an expert on the novels of the 19th century. (Those baggy monsters… which mine most definitely is.)

(Don't know who Maximilian was and why Mexicans find him so endlessly worthy of conferences and novels and conferences about the novels? Start here.)

Click here for the official announcement

CICLO DE ENTREVISTAS Y CONFERENCIAS:

MAXIMILIANO EN MÉXICO, UNA HISTORIA NOVELADA

Las escrituras de la historia son variables y a su vez coincidentes. La intrigante pasión por develar la memoria colectiva atrapa por igual tanto a historiadores como a novelistas. Mientras el historiador se ocupa de que los hechos narrados sean verdaderos, el novelista pretende sobre todo que estos sean verosímiles. Sin embargo, cuando el novelista se ocupa de narrar los “grandes” relatos de la historia, éste no puede fácilmente escabullirse del dato histórico, materia prima para el historiador. 

Para conocer las claves de la novela histórica y experiencia creativa de la escritura en voz de algunos de sus representantes, el Recinto de Homenaje a Don Benito Juárez organizó el ciclo de entrevistas presenciales y conferencias: MAXIMILIANO EN MÉXICO, UNA HISTORIA NOVELADA.

JULIO

Conferencia
NOTICIAS DEL IMPERIO DE FERNANDO DEL PASO
José Manuel Villalpando
Martes 1, 17:00 horas/ Entrada libre

Entrevista
IMPERIO. LA NOVELA DE MAXIMILIANO DE HÉCTOR ZAGAL
Entrevista al autor por Bertha Hernández
Martes 8, 17:00 horas/ Entrada libre 

Conferencia
EL ÚLTIMO PRÍNCIPE DEL IMPERIO MEXICANO DE C.M. MAYO
Agustín Cadena
Martes 15, 17:00 / Entrada libre

Entrevista
LA DERROTA DE DIOS. LA HISTORIA PERDIDAD DE MIGUEL MIRAMÓN DE JOSÉ LUIS TRUEBA LARA 
Entrevista al autor por Leopoldo Silberman
Jueves  24, 17:00 horas

Conferencia
EL CERRO DE LAS CAMPANAS: MEMORIAS DE UN GUERRILLERO DE JUAN ANTONIO MATEOS
Alfredo Moreno Flores
Martes 29, 17:00 horas / Entrada Libre

AGOSTO

Entrevista
LA LEJANÍA DEL TESORO DE PACO IGNACIO TAIBO II
Entrevista al autor por Bertha Hernández
Martes 5, 17:00 horas / Entrada Libre

Entrevista
MAMÁ CARLOTA DE ADOLFO ARRIOJA
Entrevista al autor por Ariel Ruiz
Martes 12, 17:00 horas / Entrada Libre

Entrevista
UNA EMPERATRIZ EN LA NOCHE DE MARTHA ZAMORA
Entrevista al autora por Guadalupe Lozada
Martes 19, 17:00 horas / Entrada Libre

Conferencia
JUÁREZ, EL ROSTRO DE PIEDRA DE EDUARDO ANTONIO PARRA
Carlos Mújica
Martes 26, 17 horas / Entrada Libre

Dr Konrad Ratz Today @ 17:00 in the National Palace, Mexico City

Dr Konrad Ratz has translated a profoundly important work for understanding Maximilian's Mexican adventure and gruesome end: The reports of the Prussian Ambassador to Mexico, Baron von Magnus, to Otto von Bismarck. Those who are aficionados of the period will know that Baron Magnus was the only diplomat who witnessed Maximilian's execution in 1867. Dr Ratz found Magnus's reports in the archives in Berlin. . . CONTINUE READING.

A Court Ball in the Palace of Mexico by William V. Wells, Overland Monthly

New post at the new Maximilian ~ Carlota blog. Updated Tuesdays.