Siddur Tefillot: A Woman's Ladino Prayer Book (The Sephardic Classic Library ; Vol. 10. Paris B. N. , Esp. 668; 15th C)

Love describes six principal types of ritual practice used by local village shamans in the Mayan-speaking Mexican peninsula of YucatÁn to mediate between villagers and the spirit world. He presents them in turn from the simple to the complex, but notes that the demarcations between them are not clear or strict, and part of the shaman's art is to elaborate and improvise within basic outlines. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)