Time And Reality In The Thought Of The Maya

Author : Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0806123087

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Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya by Miguel Leon-Portilla Pdf

In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel León-Portilla explores the Maya Indians’ remarkable concepts of time. At the book’s first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars. Like no other people in history, the ancient Maya were obsessed by the study of time. Their sages framed its cycles with tireless exactitude. Yet their preoccupation with time was not limited to calendrics; it was a central trait in their evolving culture. In this absorbing work León-Portilla probes the question, What did time really mean for the ancient Maya in terms of their mythology, religious thought, worldview, and everyday life? In his analysis of key Maya texts and computations, he reveals one of the most elaborate attempts of the human mind to penetrate the secrets of existence.

Author : Miguel León Portilla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:552116553

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Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya by Miguel León Portilla Pdf

Author : Miguel León Portilla,Alfonso Villa Rojas
Publisher : Boston : Beacon Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Indian calendar
ISBN : UVA:X006113937

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Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya by Miguel León Portilla,Alfonso Villa Rojas Pdf

Author : David T. McNab
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889206939

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Circles of Time by David T. McNab Pdf

Documents the experiences of Aboriginal people, their history and recent negotiations in Ontario, providing insight into the historiography of the treaty-making process in the last 25 years.

Author : James Maffie
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607322238

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Aztec Philosophy by James Maffie Pdf

In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought. Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics—the Aztecs’ understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality—underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics,\ and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion. Drawing upon linguistic, ethnohistorical, archaeological, historical, and contemporary ethnographic evidence, Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas.

Author : José Argüelles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439028

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The Mayan Factor by José Argüelles Pdf

Visionary historian Arguelles unravels the harmonic code of the ancient Maya providing valuable keys to understanding the next twenty years of human evolution.

Author : Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781556438967

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13 B'aktun by Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez Pdf

As 2012 looms with its promise of radical cultural and spiritual change, humankind is increasingly seeking strategies to survive and thrive. In 13 B’aktun, Gaspar Pedro González turns to the traditional Mayan belief system to navigate this uncertain future. The term 13 B’aktun refers to the thirteenth cycle of 144,000 days in the Mayan Long Count Calendar. Many scholars believe that this cycle is set to end on December 21, 2012. Framed as a fictional dialogue between a contemporary Mayan father and son, the book explores such questions as “Will life continue on Earth?” and “Will there be another creation at the end of this era?” The father imparts the knowledge of his ancestors and shares his direct mystical experiences that bring alive traditional beliefs about creation and the divine purpose of humanity, the Earth, and the universe. Through the father’s poetic words, the author helps us to critically reflect on our existence, the state of the modern world, and human destiny. In addition to ancient Mayan wisdom, 13 B’aktun incorporates the insights of modern philosophers, scientists, and religious texts concerning consciousness, human behavior, and predictions for the future. What unifies all of these sources is the message that despite our existing world dilemmas, there is still time to change our ways. The only book on 2012 by a Mayan author, 13 B’aktun draws on the storytelling experiences of the author’s childhood and his academic research as an adult. Countering the widespread hype and misinformation surrounding 2012, González blends past and present thought into a persuasive plan for moving into the new era.

Author : Daniel Balderston
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-03-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780822383024

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Out of Context by Daniel Balderston Pdf

In Jorge Luis Borges's finely wrought, fantastic stories, so filigreed with strange allusions, critics have consistently found little to relate to the external world, to history--in short, to reality. Out of Context corrects this shortsighted view and reveals the very real basis of the Argentine master's purported "irreality." By providing the historical context for some of the writer's best-loved and least understood works, this study also gives us a new sense of Borges's place within the context of contemporary literature. Through a detailed examination of seven stories, Daniel Balderston shows how Borges's historical and political references, so often misread as part of a literary game, actually open up a much more complex reality than the one made explicit to the reader. Working in tension with the fantastic aspects of Borges' work, these precise references to realities outside the text illuminate relations between literature and history as well as the author's particular understanding of both. In Borges's perspective as it is revealed here, history emerges as an "other" only partially recoverable in narrative form. From what can be recovered, Balderston is able to clarify Borges's position on historical episodes and trends such as colonialism, the Peronist movement, "Western culture," militarism, and the Spanish invasion of the Americas. Informed by a wide reading of history, a sympathetic use of critical theory, and a deep understanding of Borges's work, this iconoclastic study provides a radical new approach to one of the most celebrated and—until now—hermetic authors of our time.

Author : Alexus McLeod
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009218771

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An Introduction to Mesoamerican Philosophy by Alexus McLeod Pdf

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the philosophical traditions of the precolonial Mesoamerican peoples, including the Maya, Aztecs, and Mixtecs.

Author : Alexus McLeod
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498531399

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Philosophy of the Ancient Maya by Alexus McLeod Pdf

This book investigates some of the central topics of metaphysics in the philosophical thought of the Maya people of Mesoamerica, particularly from the Preclassic through Postclassic periods. This book covers the topics of time, change, identity, and truth, through comparative investigation integrating Maya texts and practices—such as Classic Period stelae, Postclassic Codices, and Colonial-era texts such as the Popol Vuh and the books of Chilam Balam—and early Chinese philosophy.

Author : Ronald Wright
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143198192

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Time Among the Maya by Ronald Wright Pdf

The Maya of Central America have been called the Greeks of the New World. In the first millennium ad, they created the most intellectually and artistically advanced civilization of the Americas. Throughout the ensuing centuries, as neighbouring empires fell in warfare and to the Spanish invasion, the Maya endured, shaken but never destroyed. In Time Among the Maya, Ronald Wright's journey takes him not only to the lands of the ancient Maya, but also among the five million people who speak Mayan languages and preserve a Mayan identity today. His travels begin in tiny Belize, exploring the jungles and mountains of Guatemala, bloodstained by civil war, and end in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Embracing history, politics, anthropology, and literature, this book is both a fascinating travel memoir and the study of a civilization.

Author : Benjamin Lee Whorf
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262730065

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Language, Thought, and Reality by Benjamin Lee Whorf Pdf

Writings by the pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf, including his famous work on the Hopi language as well as general reflections on language and meaning.

Author : Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004252363

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The Ritual Practice of Time by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo Pdf

Calendars of Mesoamerican civilisations are subjected to what is categorised as “ritual practices of time”. This book is a comparative explication of rituals of time of four calendars: the Long Count calendar, the 260-day calendar, the 365-day calendar and the 52-years calendar. Building upon a comparative analytical model, the book contributes new theoretical insights about ritual practices and temporal philosophies. This comprehensive investigation analyses how ritual practices are represented and conceptualised in intellectual systems and societies. The temporal ritual practices are systematically analysed in relation to calendar organisation and structure, arithmetic, cosmogony and chronometry, spatial-temporality (cosmology), natural world, eschatology, sociology, politics, and ontology. It is argued that the 260-day calendar has a particular symbolic importance in Mesoamerican temporal philosophies and practices.

Author : Vassilis Vitsaxis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781935244042

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Thought and Faith: Revelation, redemption-salvation, time, and the triadic approach to the godhead by Vassilis Vitsaxis Pdf

Author : Kayt Bryans
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781039146075

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The Collective Uprising by Kayt Bryans Pdf

Michael has been captured by the Clippers and brought to the evil Pruner who removes his internal clock and banishes him to a remote and desolate time-space reality. Weak and injured, Michael knows he needs to find help to stop the Pruner, not only for his own survival, but for the Collective as a whole. Thirteen-year-old Maya hears someone calling her name ... from inside her mind! Michael has succeeded in communicating with Maya and she is drawn into his treacherous story. He coaches her in meditation, setting intentions, and shifting to different time-space realities in order to evade capture. Soon Maya is practising daily, awaiting the moment she will send out a Mayday message to unite the Collective and to come face-to-face with the Pruner. Will Maya be able to contact the Collective and transmit the Mayday message before she gets caught? Will it be too late for Michael?