Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village - Martin Prechtel NV Amaru rests coiled in bas

Amaru rests coiled in bas relief on a background of other Andean symbols representing god of lightning

and how they establish a relationship with power animals

his experiences at the pioneering center for the treatment of addiction

The informative guidebook defines all Quechua terms

In the Dark Places of Wisdom is no work of fiction

Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: Memoirs from the Living Heart of a Mayan Village - Martin Prechtel NV Amaru rests coiled in basTwenty 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