The Balam: Rise of the Bolontiku
The Balam: Rise of the Bolontiku

Author: William Lloyd Jenkins

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1493195182

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The Bolontiku fiercely want to inhabit Paradise, or as mankind calls it... home. This war has raged for many millennia as the Bolontiku try to corrupt, coerce, and destroy mankind to take what we have been given. Every time the Bolontiku has attempted to rise, the Balam and the Chosen have been there to stand and fight. This generation's Chosen have not been trained as long or as intensely as in previous generations. Are they strong enough to force the Bolontiku back to the depths of the Underworld or will they fall? David Greystone, an Agent with the FBI, is the leader of the Chosen. Will he be able to lead the Chosen against the evil that is coming or waver in his convictions and lose everything that we know? Follow the story of the Chosen as they raise up and fight against the Bolontiku for the fate of humankind.

The Maya Apocalypse and Its Western Roots
The Maya Apocalypse and Its Western Roots

Author: Matthew Restall

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-08-26

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1538154994

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This fascinating history explores the cultural roots of our civilization’s obsession with the end of the world. Busting the myth of the ancient Maya prediction that time would end in 2012, Matthew Restall and Amara Solari build on their previous book, 2012 and the End of the World, to use the Maya case to connect such seemingly disparate historical events as medieval European millenarianism, Moctezuma’s welcome to Cortés, Franciscan missionizing in Mexico, prophetic traditions in Yucatan, and the growing belief today in conspiracies and apocalypses. In demystifying the 2012 phenomenon, the authors draw on their decades of scholarship to provide an accessible and engaging explanation of what Mayas and Aztecs really believed, how Judeo-Christian apocalypticism became part of the Indigenous Mesoamerican and modern American worlds, and why millions continue to anticipate an imminent Doomsday.

2012 and the End of the World
2012 and the End of the World

Author: Matthew Restall

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2011-01-16

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 144220611X

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Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall and Amara Solari introduce, explain, and ultimately demystify the 2012 phenomenon. They begin by briefly examining the evidence for the prediction of the world's end in ancient Maya texts and images, analyzing precisely what Maya priests did and did not prophesize. The authors then convincingly show how 2012 millenarianism has roots far in time and place from Maya cultural traditions, but in those of medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Revelatory any myth-busting, while remaining firmly grounded in historical fact, this fascinating book will be essential reading as the countdown to December 21, 2012, begins.

The Power of Stars
The Power of Stars

Author: Bryan E. Penprase

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-05

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 3319525972

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Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a readable, beautifully illustrated journey through world cultures and the vibrant array of sky mythology, creation stories, models of the universe, temples and skyscrapers that each culture has created to celebrate and respond to the power of the night sky. Sections on the archaeoastronomy of South Asia and South East Asia have been expanded, with original photography and new research on temple alignments in Southern India, and new material describing the astronomical practices of Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Beautiful photographs of temples in India and Asia have been added, as well as new diagrams explaining the alignment of these structures and the astronomical underpinnings of temples within the Pallava and Chola cultures. From new fieldwork in the Four Corners region of North America, Dr. Penprase has included accounts of Pueblo skywatching and photographs of ceremonial kivas that help elucidate the rich astronomical knowledge of the Pueblo people. The popular “Archaeoastronomy of Skyscrapers” section of the book has been updated as well, with new interpretations of skyscrapers in Indonesia, Taiwan and China.With the rapid pace of discovery in astronomy and astrophysics, entirely new perspectives are emerging about dark matter, inflation and the future of the universe. The Power of Stars puts these discoveries in context and describes how they fit into the modern perspective of cosmology, which has arisen from the universal human response to the sky that has inspired both ancient and modern cultures.

The Madrid Codex
The Madrid Codex

Author: Gabrielle Vail

Publisher:

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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This volume offers new calendrical models and methodologies for reading, dating, and interpreting the general significance of the Madrid Codex. The longest of the surviving Maya codices, this manuscript includes texts and images painted by scribes conversant in Maya hieroglyphic writing, a written means of communication practiced by Maya elites from the second to the fifteenth centuries A.D. Some scholars have recently argued that the Madrid Codex originated in the Petén region of Guatemala and postdates European contact. The contributors to this volume challenge that view by demonstrating convincingly that it originated in northern Yucatán and was painted in the Pre-Columbian era. In addition, several contributors reveal provocative connections among the Madrid and Borgia group of codices from Central Mexico. Contributors include: Harvey M. Bricker, Victoria R. Bricker, John F. Chuchiak IV, Christine L. Hernández, Bryan R. Just, Merideth Paxton, and John Pohl. Additional support for this publication was generously provided by the Eugene M. Kayden Fund at the University of Colorado.

Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh

Author:

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0684818450

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One of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.

The Myths of the Opossum
The Myths of the Opossum

Author: Alfredo López Austin

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Published in 1990 under the title Los mitos del tlacuache, this is the first major theoretical study of Mesoamerican mythology by one of the foremost scholars of Aztec ideology. Using the myth cycle of the opossum and the theft of fire from the gods as a touchstone, Lopez Austin constructs a definition of myth that pertains to all of Mesoamerican culture, challenging the notion that to be relevant such studies must occur within a specific culture. Shown here is that much of modern mythology has ancient roots, despite syncretism with Christianity, and can be used to elucidate the pre-Columbian world view. Analysis of pre-Columbian myths can also be used to understand current indigenous myths. Subtopics include the hero and his place in the Mesoamerican pantheon, divine space and human space, mythic event clusters, myth as truth, and the fusion of myth and history. This book presents a unique description of the Mesoamerican world view for students of comparative religion, history of religion, folklore, ethnology, and anthropology.

Ancient Maya Politics
Ancient Maya Politics

Author: Simon Martin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-06-18

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 1108483887

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With new readings of ancient texts, Ancient Maya Politics unlocks the long-enigmatic political system of the Classic Maya.

Accessing Your Multidimensional Self
Accessing Your Multidimensional Self

Author: Stephanie South

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-03

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780976775959

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Love, love above all. You only advance according to your own effort. In order to evolve, you must learn something new. Accessing Your Multidimensional Self: A Key to Cosmic History unveils the seeds of a new galactic knowledge base as woven through the seven volumes of the Cosmic History Chronicles. Cosmic History articulates not the past world but the coming world and is derived from a memory stream that not only traces back hundreds of thousands of years, but also extends into other galaxies. It is based on the GM108X (Galactic Mayan Mind transmission) passed from "Votan" to "Red Queen."