Molesky-Poz opens with a discussion of how the public emergence of Maya spirituality is situated within the religious political history of the Guatemalan highlands, particularly the recent pan-Maya movement. She investigates Maya cosmovision and its foundational principles, as expressed by Ajq'ijab'. At the heart of this work, Ajq'ijab' interpret their obligation, lives, and spiritual work.

In subsequent chapters, Molesky-Poz explores aspects of Maya spirituality?sacred geography (the reciprocal relationship between the earth and humans, sacred places, and the significance of the cross or quatrefoil map), sacred time (how the 260-day sacred calendar is "the heart of the wisdom of the Maya," the matrix of Maya culture), and ritual practice (the distinct way and method of ancestral study, with special attention to fire ceremonialism). She confirms contemporary Maya spirituality as a faith tradition with elaborate historical roots that has significance for individual, collective, and historical lives, reaffirming its own public space and legal right to be practiced.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Daniel Matul Morales
Preface. Portal: At the Dawn
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part 1. The Florescence of Maya Spirituality
Chapter 1. A New Cycle of Light: The Public Emergence of Maya Spirituality
Chapter 2. Maya Cosmovision and Spirituality: Selecting, Examining, and Stretching Out Filaments of Light

Part 2: A Cultural Inheritance
Chapter 3. Ajq'ijab': "To Enter the Mystery Is Our Reality"

Part 3: The Aesthetics of Space, Time, and Movement
Chapter 4. Sacred Geography: Reciprocity, Ritual Sites, and Quatrefoil Mapping
Chapter 5. The Calendar: Unbundling, Interpreting, and Appropriating the Chol Q'ij
Chapter 6. Ceremony: The Fire Speaks