Spiritual Growth

Men, or Tz’ikin in K’iche’ Maya, is the far-seeing Eagle, the great bird that soars far above the highest peaks of mountains and pyramids, high above the din of mankind, where only sacred silence and the breath of winds reign.Sweeping across vast stretches of sky on broad powerful wings, Men enters the dreams of men and women to impart important messages and revelations. Made of legend, his breadth and acuity of vision surpasses that of any other living thing, and that is why

The following is an excerpt from "The Serpent and the Jaguar" by Birgitte Rasine. For those of us used to living with the no-nonsense, business-like Gregorian calendar, it can be a bit of a stretch to integrate not only a completely different timekeeping system (260 instead of 365 days, 13-day weeks, and no specific beginning or end), but also a vastly different conception of time - the concept of sacred time. The ancient Maya lived - and their descendants continue to do so