The Post-Axial Age and Mayan Mythology  I  Myths of the Popul Vuh and Prechtel on Rematriation
Channel: Mathias Warnes
Date: 22/10/2023

Reupload with lowered sound levels for background music. 

0:00 Karen Armstrong on Post-Axial Age Mythologies
5:56 Introducing the Mayans and the Popul Vuh
12:17 The Preface: Ojer Tzil (Earlier Logos)
17:57 Mayan Creation Myth vs. Genesis: Quetzal Coatl and Heart of Sky
24:54 Mayan Anthropogony: After Animals, Mud, Wood, and Corn People
28:57 The Hero Twins (Hunahpuh and Xbalanque) and Adventures
32:30 The Outcome: Discovery of Corn and Creation of the Four Humans
36:35 Introducing Martín Prechtel: Life, Work, Essays
39:20 Prechtel against Civilization: Indigenous Spiritualities
43:00 Prechtel against the Axial Age: Can Modernity be Composted?
45:20 Prechtel on Pathways & Origins: Against Witzel's Mode of Theorizing
48:52 Conclusion: Prechtel on Rematriation and Initiation / Rites of Passage