Long Life, Honey in the Heart, Martin Prechtel
Long Life, Honey in the Heart, Martin Prechtel
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Long Life, Honey in the Heart

Author: Martín Prechtel

Narrator: Martín Prechtel

Unabridged: 15 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2022

Synopsis

Martín Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, 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.

About The Author

A 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steph

Yes, I loved this book! Prechtel writes with such imagery, compassion, spirit, and heart. Plus each chapter begins with a segment from his wealth of drawings of Mayan people and their culture. Prechtel grew up on an Indian reservation in New Mexico and subsequently moved to Santiago Atitlan, Guatema......more

Goodreads review by Zackary

It was a good book. Very poetic, very gentle with its elegance. It was deeply moving and profound. I did get however a bit of superstition in his writing. It was superstitious. I believe in everything he says. I believe in the Mayan ways and I support his ideas. I can't really judge a book by conten......more

Goodreads review by Michael

The author is an American who ended up living in a Maya village in Guatemala for a couple decades. He became a trusted member of the tribe and one of its chiefs. This book recounts village life and Maya customs, especially the initiation rituals for boys. It ends in heartbreak, when the Guatemala ci......more

Goodreads review by Monica

Wow, honestly takes my breath away. So deeply incredible to read the stories of this ancient, rich, now dismantled, Guatemalan Mayan tribe, thick in culture and ritual, dripping with wisdom, love, connection. It almost doesn’t feel real, yet it is the most real honey in the heart. I mourn for the re......more

Quotes

"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 The Night Abraham called to the Stars"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

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