Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya
Title | Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya PDF eBook |
Author | Gabriela Jurosz-Landa |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2019-03-26 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1591433355 |
An initiate’s inside account of ancient Maya spiritual practices alive today • Includes a Foreword by José Luis Tigüilá NABÉ kaxbaltzij, spokesperson of the Maya municipality • Details the initiation process the author went through to become a Maya shaman-priestess, including rituals, prayers, and ceremonies • Explains the foundational spiritual wisdom of the Maya calendar as a living entity, its cycles of time, and the significance of “the counting of the days”, which helps keep time itself alive • Examines the power of dance and Maya ceremonies, Maya future-telling, and communication with ancestors through the sacred fire Offering an insider’s experiential account of ancient Maya spiritual wisdom and practices, initiated Maya shaman-priestess Gabriela Jurosz-Landa opens up the mysterious world of the Maya, dispelling the rampant misinformation about their beliefs and traditions, sharing the transcendent beauty of their ceremonies, and explaining the Maya understanding of time, foundational to their spiritual worldview and cosmology. The author, an anthropologist, details the initiation process she went through to become a Maya shaman-priestess in Guatemala, including rituals, prayers, the presence of numinous forces, and the transmission of sacred knowledge. She explains the spiritual wisdom of the Maya calendar as a living entity, its cycles of time, and the significance of “the counting of the days,” which helps keep time itself alive. She examines Maya spiritual and cosmological concepts such as how the universe is shaped like a triangle over a square. She reveals the profound power of dance in Maya tradition, explaining how ritual dance halts the flow of time, reactivates primordial events, and captures vital energies that keep the Maya spiritual tradition vital and alive. Exploring other Maya secret knowledge, she also details Maya ritual attire, Maya future-telling with the calendar, the reading of the Tzi’te beans, and how the Maya communicate with ancestors through the sacred fire. Illustrating how contemporary Maya life is suffused with spiritual tradition and celebration, the author shares the teachings of the Maya from her initiate and anthropologist point of view in order to help us all learn from the ancient wisdom of their beliefs and worldview. Because, to truly understand the Maya, one must think like the Maya.
Popular a Memoir
Title | Popular a Memoir PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Van Wagenen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0525426817 |
Documents a high school student's year-long attempt to change her social status from that of a misfit to a member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor and unexpected surprises.
Jaguar Wisdom
Title | Jaguar Wisdom PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Maya calendar |
ISBN | 9781567183726 |
The Mayan people and their Sacred Calendar continue to be a subject of fascination. "Jaguar Wisdom" presents an accessible introduction to the spiritual teachings and practices of the ancient and contemporary Mayan people. Since the Sacred Calendar remains the foundation of the Mayan spiritual tradition, "Jaguar Wisdom" introduces its complete magical system including correspondences, ritual astrology, and divination. Illustrations, glossary, bibliography, & index.
Hands of the Maya
Title | Hands of the Maya PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Crandell |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780805066876 |
Photographs and simple text describe what daily life is like for Maya villagers, showing how they prepare meals, weave clothing, make roofs, and create art and music.
Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom
Title | Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom PDF eBook |
Author | Hardie Grant Books |
Publisher | Hardie Grant |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9781784882464 |
Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom is a collection of some of her best and most empowering quotes. This is the ultimate keepsake for fans of Maya Angelou's beautiful poetry, as well as for anyone looking for a bit of in-the-moment inspiration to have in their back pocket. Some quotes from Maya Angelou: 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.' 'You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.' 'Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.' 'History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.'
Wisdom of the Maya
Title | Wisdom of the Maya PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Bonewitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2000-08-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781859060384 |
The Maya
Title | The Maya PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Benedict |
Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1780283369 |
Gerald Benedict uncovers the real meaning behind the Mayan Prophecies for 2012, and rather than being a disastrous cataclysmic change he reveals that it is the dawn of a new age - an evolutionary development away from materialism and cynicism towards a more spiritual and ethical stance, and a true understanding of our place in the universe