The Toe Bone and the Tooth: An Ancient Mayan Story Relived in Modern Times: Leaving Home to Come Home

Martin Prechtel

ISBN 10: 0007142676 / ISBN 13: 9780007142675

Published by Thorsons Pub, 2002

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0007142676I4N00

Synopsis:

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Martín Prechtel's much-loved Secrets of the Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart.

The Toe Bone and the Tooth is structured around a previously unpublished mythic Mayan tale of the same name, gifted to Martín by one of the elders of the village in return for helping his son. This ancient tale from the tribal oral tradition forms the backdrop to Martín's own untold story – how he, his Indian wife and two little sons experienced a chilling escape from Guatemalan death squads in the mid-1980s, and how he has continued to live out the myth in the alien context of modern life in the US.

In a unique use of time sequencing, beautiful storytelling, irony, mystery, tragedy, magic and human warmth, Martín shows how this powerful mythic story can be a pattern for everyone's life. Written with characteristic brilliance, warmth and wit, Prechtel demonstrates how his initiation as a Mayan shaman and understanding of their mythology has ensured his survival in the modern world.

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Toe Bone and the Tooth: An Ancient Mayan...
Publisher: Thorsons Pub
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket