Contemporary Maya Spirituality: The Ancient Ways Are Not Lost Tapa dura - 2006

University of Texas, 2006. Hardcover. VG in VG dust jacket. Former library book but appears never put in circulation and is otherwise like new (the college is recently defunct). Usual institutional markings, but still like new in like dust jacket with label on spine. A superb reading/study/reference copy.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine jacket. in near fine dust-jacket. Octavo in black cloth in off white and yellow jacket; 201 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.; light egde wear to top edge of jacket; o/w a clean, tight copy with clean cloth and clean, crisp, bright pages free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; binding is tight and square; a well-cared-for copy. In English. Contents: Foreword / Daniel Matul Morales -- Portal: at the dawn -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. The florescence of Maya spirituality -- 1. A new cycle of light: the public emergence of Maya spirituality -- 2. Maya cosmovision and spirituality: selecting, examining, and stretching out filaments of light -- pt. 2. A cultural inheritance -- 3. Ajq'ijab': "to enter the mystery is our reality" -- pt. 3. The aesthetics of space, time, and movement -- 4. Sacred geography: reciprocity, ritual sites, and quatrefoil mapping -- 5. The calendar:… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.