Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel

by Anonymous, G.B. Gordon (Contributor)

This text is a quality reproduction of a book of the same title published by The Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in 1913. The 107 photographs contained in the original printing have been enlarged approximately nine percent to provide the reader with an enhanced version of the original.

Genres: Poetry, Religion

107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1837

About the author

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* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
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See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[The Esoteric Jungle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This link to Maya Cosmogeny of the Beings of the Deep Ages (one column being that data culled from the Chilam Balam) is the most important scholarship of the Many Americas Original High Ones’ (Amerindians and Maya) teachings since they themselves were being decimated as Shaman in the 1600’s and such lore more full was being obliterated but still passed along for a spell. There is no way to make sense of all the data in the Chilam Balam unless you know first the correct order of all their ages of beings, then such key brings easy and full understanding of the text, but only then.

No one until today has recapitualted all their lore as I have fully and clearly here, from the first beings to fell man form of today, as the Old Shaman once taught.

How ironic then some link in some backwater goodreads review to pass by, here it will sit unnoticed and Chilam Balam an enigma.

https://theesotericjungle-my.sharepoi...

[Daniel Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good info, but hard to get through.

[Quetzal · Rating 3 out of 5]

No sé si fue culpa de la traducción en la versión de Mercedes de la Garza o si el texto contenía conceptos católicos editados para evitar la quema de la obra por parte de algún inquisidor, pero es una lástima tener que examinar a profundidad entre líneas para encontrar un rasgo verdaderamente yucateco en una obra de origen indígena, (divulgada desde antes a la Conquista). Sobre todo, es una lástima presenciar la cantidad de conocimiento perdido sobre religión maya que en este libro queda transformado en un híbrido extraño entre lo indígena y lo judeo-cristiano.
Aun así, los apartados sobre astronomía son verdaderamente impresionantes.

3.5/5