| Author |
Prechtel, Martín.
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| Title |
The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic : the parallel lives of people as plants, Keeping the seeds alive / Martin Prechtel. |
| OCLC |
724650839 |
| ISBN |
9781583943601 |
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1583943609 |
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1556439253 |
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9781556439254 |
| Publisher |
Berkeley : North Atlantic Books, [2012] |
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©2012 |
| Description |
xxiv, 445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Prechtel, Martín.
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Shamans -- United States -- Biography.
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Shamans -- Guatemala -- Santiago Atitlán -- Biography.
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Human-plant relationships -- Guatemala -- Santiago Atitlán.
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Tzutuhil Indians -- Religion.
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Tzutuhil Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) -- Religious life and customs.
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Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) -- Social life and customs.
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| Summary |
"A memoir, spiritual adventure story, and ecological fable, this book shares the message that plants and humanity are interconnected, and that the survival of one depends upon the other"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Always a place at the table -- Star arches, the lurching earth, and the seed-eyed god -- The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic -- In the shade of the fire flower -- The fiery speech of seeds as time -- The miraculous return of the tree of time -- The Frenchman gets "everything" -- Checkmated by my love -- People as seeds, their youth as chocolate, the dead echoing back to life -- Burning up the memory -- The seeds come back riding "little bald gourd" -- Swimming past the dogs of amnesia, the seeds disappear into the redwoods -- The six donancianas -- Tunneling past centuries, red corn in their cheeks, the old ladies scurry into view -- "Here's your damn corn" -- From their motley hands, the motley seeds surprise the people into beauty -- Seeds of birth and seeds of death return, carrying the whole world -- Our ancient seed jar -- The marriage contract with the wild -- Keeping our agreement with the wild : our ancient seed jars : finding an agreement to keep -- The house of origins -- The famous story of One Eye. |
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