{"product_id":"long-life-honey-in-the-heart-isbn-9781556435386","title":"Long Life, Honey in the Heart","description":"Martín Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in \u003ci\u003eLong Life, Honey in the Heart,\u003c\/i\u003e an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan culture. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Guatemala's political upheaval in the 1980s, this heady mix of magic, humor, and spirituality immerses the reader in the experiences of Mayan birth, courting, marriage, childrearing, old age, death, and beyond, using the true story of Prechtel's own family and friends.\"It's an encyclopedia of beauty...like some poem of Neruda's, it is a treasure house of language, in service to life.\"—Robert Bly, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Abraham called to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\"Friend, if you have picked up this book, hold it. Don't set it down. Let it call. Let it enter. Let it undo the latch of forgetfulness It is not an academic study, nor event the personal account it at first appears. It is a hymn from the living heart of the universe, echoing in our being with praise and remembrance of that we didn't know we remembered.\"—Paul Weiss, Director, Whole Health Center, Bar Harbor, Maine\u003cp\u003eA master of eloquence and innovative language, Martín Prechtel is a leading thinker,  writer, and teacher whose work, both written and oral, brings to life the pre-modern  subtleties of any living language. His life, well documented in his books, has taken  him from the Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico, where he grew up, to the Guatemalan  village of Santiago Atitlan, where he was the student and eventual successor of a  powerful shaman. Eventually Prechtel became a principal member of the village body  of spiritual leaders, responsible for introducing the young people to the meanings  of their ancient stories and guiding them through their long rituals of initiation.  Today Martín Prechtel lives once again in his native New Mexico and is active as  a writer, teacher, speaker, musician, and healer. Using ceremony, language, story,  and healing he helps people in many lands reconnect with a sense of place, a sense  of the daily sacred, and their search for the Indigenous Soul.\u003c\/p\u003eA Story of Initiation and Eloquence from the Shores of a Mayan Lake","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305140211941,"sku":"NP9781556435386","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781556435386.jpg?v=1767731698","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/long-life-honey-in-the-heart-isbn-9781556435386","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}