false 209385 0 0 New Mexico 516064 0874779707 9780874779707 27 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175456886m/516064.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175456886s/516064.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/516064.Secrets_of_the_Talking_Jaguar 4.30 104 Rocky Mountain News)

Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter named Mart'n 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.

"The picture [Prechtel] creates of idyllic Indian life is so beautifully drawn that his delight in their culture becomes contagious, as does his grief when civil war creates havoc in their village." --Publishers Weekly]]> 209385 4.46 185 52 1998 809706 155643538X 9781556435386 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584638m/809706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584638s/809706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/809706.Long_Life_Honey_in_the_Heart 4.81 16 Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan culture. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Guatemala's political upheaval in the 1980s, this heady mix of magic, humor, and spirituality immerses the reader in the experiences of Mayan birth, courting, marriage, childrearing, old age, death, and beyond, using the true story of Prechtel's own family and friends.]]> 209385 4.46 185 52 2000 366276 1556436009 9781556436000 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174152813m/366276.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174152813s/366276.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/366276.The_Disobedience_of_the_Daughter_of_the_Sun_A_Mayan_Tale_of_Ecstasy_Time_and_Finding_One_s_True_Form 4.88 16 The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, he revives a hitherto unknown Guatemalan Tzutujil Mayan tale of the beginnings of the world with a poetic retelling of the story, 28 evocative drawings, and a critical analysis that both enlightens and entertains. Having lived with the Mayans and learned their language, Prechtel authoritatively retells the powerful tale of the Tall Girl who weaves the world in a loom, her parents the Sun and the Moon who repudiate her suitors, and the mysterious man who disguises himself as a hummingbird to lure her away. Prechtel expands this archetypal story with five layers of commentary, each teasing out a different wisdom and revealing its relevance to the world today.]]> 209385 4.46 185 52 2001 1027442 0007142676 9780007142675 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180331477m/1027442.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180331477s/1027442.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1027442.The_Toe_Bone_and_the_Tooth_An_Ancient_Mayan_Story_Relived_in_Modern_Times_Leaving_Home_to_Come_Home 4.75 12 209385 4.46 185 52 2003 809705 1556435878 9781556435874 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584637m/809705.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584637s/809705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/809705.Stealing_Benefacio_s_Roses_A_Mayan_Epic 4.88 8 The Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart, this is an expansive, lyrical novel in the tradition of indigenous oral storytelling. Based on the author's many years of living in a Guatemalan village, Stealing Benefacio's Roses interweaves dramatic recountings of village life and the political horrors of civil war with lyric retellings of sacred Mayan myths. The story shifts expertly from timeless, with archetypal characters like Raggedy Boy and the goddess known as the Water-Skirted Beauty, to timely in the book's striking first-person narrative set in the 1980s. Prechtel shows how ancient myths can become a part of life for everyone and help nurture spiritual survival in the modern world. Though it comes third in sequence with the author's other two books, Stealing Benefacio's Roses also stands on its own as a classic work of spiritual seeking and adventure.]]> 209385 4.46 185 52 2006 809708 1568860447 9781568860442 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584639m/809708.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178584639s/809708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/809708.Scandals_in_the_House_of_Birds_Shamans_and_Priests_on_Lake_Atitlan 4.50 4 13976 4.68 38 2 209385 4.46 185 52 1997 809709 3612180142 9783612180148 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/809709.Die_Geheimnisse_des_Jaguars_Eine_Entdeckungsreise_in_die_Welt_der_Maya_ 0.0 0 209385 4.46 185 52 2000