Secrets of the Talking Jaguar
by Prechtel, Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG to VG-/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0874779006
- ISBN 13
- 9780874779004
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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
Twenty-five years ago, a young musician and painter named Martin 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.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Junction (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40771
- Title
- Secrets of the Talking Jaguar
- Author
- Prechtel, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG to VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0874779006
- ISBN 13
- 9780874779004
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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