Abstract
Before looking into Vasconcelos' account of the Enchanted Garden, as he calls this island, it is essential to say a few words about Vasconcelos' views and attitudes indeed about his cultural theories which he consistently applies throughout his work. Vasconcelos, regarded as a philosopher in Mexico, considered that Iberian civilization, that is the civilization of Spain, of Portugal and its somewhat modified reproduction in Latin American, was superior to what he persistently called Anglo-Saxon culture, namely the culture and civilization of the United States and England. He thought that the cultural achievements of the Anglo-Saxons in their colonies were, at best, nonexistent, at worst, pernicious. The Spaniards, on the other hand, had endowed their colonies with an artistic and humanistic tradition which, though debased and disfigured in many places, was still alive and could become the basis of a truly great world culture in the future.
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