¿Lo sagrado es político? Cosmopolítica y defensa territorial en la Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca

This article reflects on the sacred as a political category based on ethnographic research in the Mazatec Highlands of Oaxaca. Beyond religious or symbolic interpretations, the sacred is understood as a force that sustains vital bonds between humans, non-humans, and more-than-human beings. The profanation of caves and mushrooms is framed as an ontological wound that disrupts coexistence and motivates territorial defense practices. In this context, the sacred emerges as a relational strategy that challenges both contemporary Indigenous struggles and the frameworks of modern rationalism. Recognizing it implies opening horizons of cohabitation and assuming an ethical-political stance in anthropological research.