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The Toe Bone and The Tooth: An ancient Mayan story relived in modern times: leaving home to come home - Softcover

Prechtel, Martín

 
9780007142682: The Toe Bone and The Tooth: An ancient Mayan story relived in modern times: leaving home to come home

Synopsis

A previously unpublished Mayan myth, gifted to Martín Prechtel by village elders, forms the unique backdrop to Prechtel's own untold story, from his chilling escape with his family from Guatemalan death squads in the mid-1980s, to how he has continued to live out the spirit of the myth in the alien context of modern life in the US.

Sales Handles
• Secrets of the Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart, Prechtel’s previous books, continue to increase in sales in the US
• Relaunch of the two previous books in the UK in November 2002 will help to strengthen the profile of Prechtel and republicise Toe Bone and the Tooth
• In the tradition of Paulo Coelho, Carlos Casteneda and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Audience:
Fans of spiritual fiction (see above). People with an interest in Latin America. Already well known, Prechtel’s writing has the potential to breakthrough into the mainstream.

Competition:
Martin Prechtel’s story is unique, however the nearest competition in the spiritual fiction field would be Paulo Coelho and Carlos Casteneda

Author:
• Prechtel’s events in the past two years have all been filled to capacity, with between 250-400 people attending his talks.
• Prechtel was Honoured Guest at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatres Spearshaker Talk in 2000
• Author travels continuously across Europe and the US, teaching, lecturing and running workshops, and gives regular interviews on radio and TV
• His recent writers' workshops in New Mexico have sparked the interest of both the UN and UNESCO, as well as tribal governments of Canada and the US, interested in his ongoing campaign to preserve the ancient traditions of all indigenous peoples.

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About the Author

Martín Prechtel was raised on a pueblo reservation in New Mexico before moving to Guatemala to live with the Tzutijil people of Santiago Atitlán. He was first apprenticed as a Mayan shaman and rose to become the First Chief of the village. On returning to the US, he began working in New Mexico as a medicine man. He is now an internationally recognized healer, speaker and artist, who writes frequently for journals and periodicals.

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