Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village - Martin Prechtel
Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter namedĀ Martin PrechtelĀ wandered through the brilliant landscapes of Mexico and Guatemala. Arriving at Santiago Atitlan, a Tzutujil Mayan village on the breathtaking shores of Lake Atitlan,Ā PrechtelĀ met Nicolas Chiviliu Tacaxoy--perhaps the most famous shaman in Tzutujil history--who believedĀ PrechtelĀ was the new student he had asked the gods to provide. For the next thirteen years,Ā PrechtelĀ studied the ancient Tzutujil culture and became a village chief and a famous shaman in his own right.InĀ Secrets of the Talking Jaguar,Ā PrechtelĀ 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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Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village - Martin Prechtel
Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village - Martin Prechtel
Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter namedĀ Martin PrechtelĀ wandered through the brilliant landscapes of Mexico and Guatemala. Arriving at Santiago Atitlan, a Tzutujil Mayan village on the breathtaking shores of Lake Atitlan,Ā PrechtelĀ met Nicolas Chiviliu Tacaxoy--perhaps the most famous shaman in Tzutujil history--who believedĀ PrechtelĀ was the new student he had asked the gods to provide. For the next thirteen years,Ā PrechtelĀ studied the ancient Tzutujil culture and became a village chief and a famous shaman in his own right.InĀ Secrets of the Talking Jaguar,Ā PrechtelĀ 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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Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter namedĀ Martin PrechtelĀ wandered through the brilliant landscapes of Mexico and Guatemala. Arriving at Santiago Atitlan, a Tzutujil Mayan village on the breathtaking shores of Lake Atitlan,Ā PrechtelĀ met Nicolas Chiviliu Tacaxoy--perhaps the most famous shaman in Tzutujil history--who believedĀ PrechtelĀ was the new student he had asked the gods to provide. For the next thirteen years,Ā PrechtelĀ studied the ancient Tzutujil culture and became a village chief and a famous shaman in his own right.InĀ Secrets of the Talking Jaguar,Ā PrechtelĀ 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.
