In Balancing the World, the author illuminates what an ajq ij, or -daykeeper-, is by presenting material he collected in a series of interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality. Frequently labeled as Maya priests, shamans, spiritual guides, or even witches, the men and women called ajq ijab do a variety of work to help their visitors, their ancestors, the spirits and the world itself. Nine interviewees from the Quetzaltenango area in the Guatemalan highlands tell about how they cure and avert illness, perform divinations, communicate with the ancestors and do their...
In Balancing the World, the author illuminates what an ajq ij, or -daykeeper-, is by presenting material he collected in a series of int...
