TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniel Croles Fitjar
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653047103
TI  - Balancing the World
T2  - Contemporary Maya "ajq’ijab" in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04710-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048732
N2  - 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 part in balancing the world. Most of them agree that they have been chosen for this responsibility and they see it as both a gift and a burden.
KW  - Spiritualität, Ritual, Schamanen, Vorfahren
LA  - English
ER  -