The Serpent and the Jaguar: Living in Sacred Time
Birgitte Rasine'sThe Serpent and the Jaguarstands out among the plethora of recent books on Mayan calendars by offering us a profoundly practical approach to the Tzolk in, guiding readers in applying the wisdom of the ancient count of suns to their own daily lives. She gracefully avoids the hype and self-serving tendencies that infect the 2012 phenomenon, and instead inspires us to reflect upon ourselves in ways that our fast-paced modern lifestyle rarely allows. --Robert Sitler, PhD, Director, Latin American Studies, Stetson UniversityBirgitte Rasine s intuitive and my hard-science approach may produce fundamentally different world views of the Mayan Calendar, but with this book, I get the feeling that Birgitte is just like me, trying to capture the attention of the seekers of sacred time. She wishes to lead them to deeper insights, rather than offering stimulating, or comfortable, lies. My own works have a similar aim ... Some readers may reject my message and move on, but others respond to something, something that will entice them closer to the Real Maya, ancient and modern... the farmers, poets, weavers and kings, the warriors, captives, charlatans and sages that populate the lively world that Birgitte and I love. --Mark Van Stone, PhD, Professor of Art History, Southwestern CollegeBeginning with the ground-laying Foreword by Kenneth Johnson, to the process for accessing personal guidance described by the author, Birgitte Rasine, to the poetic daily rendering of the Tzolk in calendar, this book is far and away the most accessible and spiritually commanding work of its genre.The Serpent and the Jaguaris a must read, and one to be practiced faithfully above all for understanding the cyclical nature of the Maya way that guides our own path for consistently living a fruitful life in any era, at any time, from day to day. Indeed, this work of art is a measure and celebration of sacred time. The wisdom it contains is abundant and precise, the language pragmatic yet liltingly poetic, its comforting and uplifting nature unparalleled.The Serpent and the Jaguarbelongs in every collection dealing with the Maya culture. --Jim Young, PhD Author and editor, 2013! The Beginning is Here