Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Portal: At the Dawn -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. THE FLORESCENCE OF MAYA SPIRITUALITY -- CHAPTER 1. A New Cycle of Light: The Public Emergence of Maya Spirituality -- CHAPTER 2. Maya Cosmovision and Spirituality: Selecting, Examining, and Stretching Out Filaments of Light -- Part 2. A CULTURAL INHERITANCE -- CHAPTER 3. Ajq'ijab': "To Enter the Mystery Is Our Reality" -- Part 3. THE AESTHETICS OF SPACE, TIME, AND MOVEMENT -- CHAPTER 4. Sacred Geography: Reciprocity, Ritual Sites, and Quatrefoil Mapping -- CHAPTER 5. The Calendar: Unbundling, Interpreting, and Appropriating the Chol Q'ij -- CHAPTER 6. Ceremony: The Fire Speaks -- Part 4. THINKING, CONTEMPLATING, AND ACTING INTO THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 7. The Ancient Things Received from Our Parents Are Not Lost -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |