Balancing the World; Contemporary Maya "ajq'ijab" in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala - Hardcover

Fitjar, Daniel Croles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631654731 ISBN 13: 9783631654736

Verlag: Peter Lang D, 2014

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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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Biografía del autor:

Daniel Croles Fitjar studied religion at the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at the University of Bergen (Norway) as well as US history and colonial history at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). His studies have focused on theories of religion, indigenous religions and eurocentrism within the study of religion and history. The author has also lived and worked in Quetzaltenango (Guatemala).

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• Verlag: Peter Lang D
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3631654731
• ISBN 13: 9783631654736
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158