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My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »

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Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village

by Martin Prechtel

ISBN13: 9780874779707
ISBN10: 0874779707
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Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter named Martin Prechtel wandered through the brilliant landscapes of Mexico and Guatemala. Arriving at Santiago Atitlan, a Tzutujil Mayan village on the breathtaking shores of Lake Atitlan, Prechtel met Nicolas Chiviliu Tacaxoy--perhaps the most famous shaman in Tzutujil history--who believed Prechtel was the new student he had asked the gods to provide. For the next thirteen years, Prechtel studied the ancient Tzutujil culture and became a village chief and a famous shaman in his own right. In Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, Prechtel brings to vivid life the sights, sounds, scents, and colors of Santiago Atitlan: its magical personalities, its beauty, its material poverty and spiritual richness, its eight-hundred-year-old rituals juxtaposed with quintessential small-town gossip. The story of his education is a tale filled with enchantment, danger, passion, and hope.

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This powerful memoir of an American who was adopted by a shaman and allowed to study the secrets of a Tzutujil Mayan village in deepest Guatemala "offers readers a privileged and rare glimpse into (the village's) complex and spiritually rich life" ("Rocky Mountain News"). 15,000.

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ISBN:: 9780874779707
Foreword:: Bly, Robert W.
Author:: Bly, Robert W.
Author:: Prechtel, Martin
Publisher:: Tarcher
Location:: New York
Subject:: Religion
Subject:: New Age
Subject:: Mayas
Subject:: Shamanism
Subject:: Shamans
Subject:: Spirituality - Shamanism
Subject:: Tzutuhil Indians
Subject:: Shamanism x
Subject:: Santiago Atitlâan
Subject:: Anthropology - General
Subject:: Tzutuhil Indians -- Religion.
Subject:: Shamans -- United States.
Subject:: Biography-New Age
Subject:: Biography - General
Copyright:: 1998
Edition Description:: 1st trade paperback ed.
Series Volume:: WP 1997:1
Publication Date:: 19990831
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: from 12
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 8.92x6.20x.84 in. .80 lbs.
Age Level:: from 18

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