Balancing the World

Contemporary Maya "ajqijab" in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Other Practices, Ethnic & Tribal, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
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Author: Daniel Croles Fitjar ISBN: 9783653980745
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: September 23, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Daniel Croles Fitjar
ISBN: 9783653980745
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: September 23, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

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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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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