Balancing the World : Contemporary Maya "ajq’ijab" in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Name: Balancing the World
Brand: Peter Lang AG
SKU: 9783631654736
Price: 7200 KES
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ISBN: 9783631654736

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by Daniel Croles Fitjar

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 3631654731

ISBN-13 9783631654736

Edition New

Publisher Peter Lang AG

Imprint Peter Lang AG

Country of Manufacture DE

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 17th, 2014

Print length 140 Pages

Weight 304 grams

Dimensions 15.30 x 21.60 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America History of the Americas Social groups: religious groups and communities Religious groups: social & cultural aspects History of the Americas

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Balancing the World is a collection of material from interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality in Guatemala. Nine interviewees talk about the work of the ajq’ijab, or daykeepers. They explain how they cure and avert illness, perform divinations, communicate with the ancestors and do their part in balancing the world.

In Balancing the World, the author illuminates what an ajq’ij, or «daykeeper», is by presenting material he collected in a series of interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality. Frequently labeled as Maya priests, shamans, spiritual guides, or even witches, the men and women called ajq’ijab do a variety of work to help their visitors, their ancestors, the spirits and the world itself. Nine interviewees from the Quetzaltenango area in the Guatemalan highlands tell about how they cure and avert illness, perform divinations, communicate with the ancestors and do their part in balancing the world. Most of them agree that they have been chosen for this responsibility and they see it as both a gift and a burden.

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