Lluvia Seca: Un Análisis Profundo de la Obra de José Luis Parise

• The Rising of the Sylphs: Instructions for invoking air elementals (sylphs) to alter atmospheric pressure.
• The Seal of the Nivkh: A specific magical seal (sigil) allegedly from Siberian shamans to stop or start rain.
• The Gaucho’s Prayer for Drought: A syncretic prayer mixing Catholic saints with pre-Columbian nature spirits.
• Practical Herbalism: Which plants to burn to create "dry smoke" that mimics dry rain.
• Precautions: Warnings about "backlash" (the return of negative energy threefold) when performing weather magic.

, a man raised with a strict European education, who finds himself caught between his modern life and his forgotten roots. When a fire threatens an indigenous reservation, Lucio impulsively performs an ancient ritual to make it rain—a practice taught to him by his grandfather, the "Nagüelo".

Lluvia Seca is the first novel by Argentine researcher and psychoanalyst José Luis Parise