The Maya

An initiates inside account of ancient Maya spiritual practices alive today

Includes a Foreword by Jos Luis Tigil NAB kaxbaltzij, spokesperson of the Maya municipality

Details the initiation process the author went through to become a Maya shaman-priestess, including rituals, prayers, and ceremonies

has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New Worlds greatest ancient civilization. Coe and Houston update this classic by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student.

The noosphere, identified in the early 20th century as intrinsic to the next stage of human and terrestrial evolution, is defined as Earth’s “mental sphere” or stratum of human thought. Manifesto for the Noosphere, the final work by José Argüelles, predicts that the noosphere will be fully accessed on December 21, 2012—bu

As the Mayan calendar comes to a close, we are entering into a time of great opportunity for spiritual growth and higher planetary consciousness. The ancient Maya foresaw this awakening and thus embedded within their archetypal symbols instructions for harnessing the energies activated during this transformational period.

The Mayan Calendar has taken on special prominence with the buzz around 2012, a date that many claim is the end of that calendar.

Christ and the Maya Calendar approaches the significance of 2012 by spiritually penetrating phenomena of today. Drawing on the book of Revelationwhich provides an archetype for understanding spiritual history, as well as on Rudolf Steiner's Apocalyptic indications, a completely new context for grasping the end date of the Maya calendar emerges.