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The allegory of the body as a prison of the soul was visually depicted as a skeleton that imprisons a figure with childish features. One of the earliest examples of this image is the emblem «Infelix ego homo!» included in Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria (1624); however the pictura was incorporated in other media and contexts allowing its survival even to the end of the 19th century. In Mexico, it evolved from an ascetic-moralistic book to a popular pamphlet of ghostly apparitions revealed in dreams. How did this emblem –based on Neoplatonic philosophy– evolve from a book written in Latin to a popular nineteenth century pamphlet? Did it conserve part of its original meaning? KEYWORDS Death; Soul; Hard Liquor; Mexico. RESUMEN: La alegoria del cuerpo como carcel del alma se represento visualmente como un esqueleto que aprisiona a una figura de rasgos infantiles. Uno de los ejemplos mas tempranos de esta imagen lo encontramos en el libro de emblemas de Herman Hugo, el afamado Pia Desideria (1624), sin embargo, la pictura se traslado a otros soportes y contextos lo que le permitio continuar vigente hasta finales del siglo XIX. En el caso mexicano paso de una publicacion de corte ascetico-moral a una popular en la cual apariciones fantasmales se manifiestan a traves de revelaciones oniricas. ?Como fue que este emblema –con visos neoplatonicos– paso de un libro en latin a una hoja popular decimononica? ?Conservo algo de su significado original?

Pia Desideria: Entre el aguardiente y la vida ascética. Las calaveras borrachas claman por el chinguirito (México, 1836)