The Serpent and the
Jaguar: Living in Sacred Time
Author: Birgitte
Rasine
Foreword by
Kenneth Johnson
Page count: 274 pages
(cover to cover)
Book description:
Everything we
do and the way we think is based on a linear conception of time.
Our very ideas of life, success, and happiness are tied to a
non-cyclical, non-organic paradigm that often works against our own
nature and potential. The Maya live in a different
world—close to nature, close to their children and their elders,
and close to time: the sacred and the secular. It may seem we
could not be further removed from the Mayan way of life, but there
is a road built centuries ago we can still access. It’s
called the Tzolk’in, the sacred ritual calendar the Maya have used
since ancient times to guide their personal and spiritual
paths.
For the first time, The Serpent and the Jaguar brings you the
Tzolk’in and all of its 260 days interpreted in the context of
modern life and modern challenges. This book will help you
redefine your relationship with sacred, cyclical time in the face
of our demanding, stressful schedules operating on linear
time.
Included
in the book are:
• The full set
of the 260 Energies of the Day of the Tzolk'in
• Detailed
descriptions of the 20 trecenas and their ruling day signs
• Detailed
descriptions of the 13 numbers
• Introductory
sections on the Mayan Calendar, the day signs, trecenas, and the
numbers
• A guide to
living with sacred time
• Original
illustrations of the Maya day signs by New Zealand painter and
artist Maree Gifkins (along with the traditional depiction of the
day signs and numbers)
Author
Bio:
Writer, poet,
producer, and entrepreneur, Birgitte Rasine serves as the Chief
Evolution Officer (CEO) of LUCITÀ Inc., a hybrid design and
communications firm committed, in its work and practices, to
sustainability. She is also the producer of the well-known
Mayan Calendar Portal (www.maya-portal.net), aka the
MCP, the leading portal web site dedicated to the sacred Mayan
Calendar. Ms. Rasine has produced numerous webinars and
interview sessions on the Mayan Calendar and Mayan astrology,
presenting to MCP audiences such experts and scholars as Kenneth
Johnson, Dr. Robert Sitler, Maya author Gaspar Pedro González, Dr.
Carl Calleman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú
Tum.
It is in this role that she became dedicated to make this
sacred calendar more accessible to people everywhere, across
multiple platforms—a quest that was born of her own journey to
study and integrate the Tzolk’in into her life, as well as her love
of ancient civilizations and their sacred knowledge. From the
MCP web site and webinars, to Facebook and Twitter, to mobile apps
and this book, it is a quest that continues to this day.
A prolific photographer and award-winning poet, Ms. Rasine
holds a BA in Aesthetics of Film from Stanford University, studied
cinematography at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles,
California, and completed a professional masters program in
international relations at the Instituto Universitario Ortega y
Gasset in Madrid, Spain. She sits on the board of directors
of a Czech and Slovak non profit organization in New York City
dedicated to supporting the leaders of tomorrow, and is a member of
several professional organizations including the Association of
Women in Water, Energy and the Environment.
