Journey to the Mayan Underworld

This book was primarily a travelogue of my first trip to Central America. I returned overland to Chicago in March of 1987. Some strange adventures will be found - hospitalized in San Cristobal, ecstacy in Zipolite, Kundalini in Belize, robbed in Mexico City, my Tree of Life cosmology, fire ceremony in Chamula, jailed in New Orleans. The original version of this book was standard 8.5" x 11", 160 pages, spiral bound with 30 photos. Here's the Table of Contents:

Introduction
Foreword

Chapter One: Stranger in a Strange Land
Mexico City
Night Train to Oaxaca
Christmas in Zipolite
Waylayed in San Cristobal

Chapter Two: Guatemala and Belize
Lake Atitlan
San Pedro Volcano
Antigua
Livingston
Tikal
The Tzolkin: The Book of Destiny
The Book of Changes and the Book of Life
Barton Creek
The Tibetan Chakra System
Isla Mujeres

Chapter Three: The Hidden Mysteries of the Yucatan
Tulum
Coba
Chichen Itza
Uxmal
Xochipilli and Teonanacatl
The Collective Unconscious and the Shamanic Spirit World
Day Glyphs of the Sacred Calendar as Archetypes
Models of Drug Activity
The Puuc Hill Ruins
Mayapan
Dzibilnocac
Palenque
Pacal Votan and the Tree of Life

Chapter Four: Northward Bound
Ocosingo
Festival in Chamula
Weslaco, Texas
New Orleans: An Unexpected Side Trip
Epilog

original front cover

This book will be available soon on CD-ROM