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Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Unmasking the Mysterious World of the Living Maya
by Prechtel, Martin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1862045011
- ISBN 13
- 9781862045019
- Seller
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Leominster, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Bedlam Books & Music
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003035
- Title
- Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Unmasking the Mysterious World of the Living Maya
- Author
- Prechtel, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1862045011
- ISBN 13
- 9781862045019
- Publisher
- Element Books
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 304
- Keywords
- Mayan History. Travel. Anthropology. Spirituality. Shamanism.
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