The ancient spirituality of the modern Maya
Thomas Hart
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قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The ancient spirituality of the modern Maya / Thomas Hartبيانات النشر
البوکرکی : University of New Mexico Press، 2008مالمواصفات الشكلية
xvi, 270 p., [4] p. of plates.: ill.; 27 cm.الموضوع
Mayas - Guatemala ReligionMayas - Guatemala Rites and ceremonies
Maya mythology - Guatemala
اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 452-062( and index.
المحتويات
All god's children: the coming of Christianity -- Adoring the world : the Mayan vision of god -- Sacred time : the Mayan calendar -- Presents for the world : Mayan ceremonies -- Sacred places : shrines and altars -- You need the driver : the Mayan priesthood -- Putting a question : divination -- The owners of sickness : illness and curing -- Here is our mother : corn and the Maya -- Enchanted hills : spirits of the earth -- Stones of the world : ancient relics -- A different person, a different god : Maximin and the saints -- Sometimes the dream is true : revelations in dreams -- They give signs : animal portents -- "We say there's no heaven and there's no hell" : death and after -- Coming out of the shadows: Mayan spirituality in the modern world