Theosophical University Press Online Edition

Esotericism Of The Popol Vuh

by Raphael Girard

Translated from the Spanish with a Foreword by
Blair A. Moffett

from TheTheosophicalSociety Website

 

 

Contents

 

Foreword by Blair A. Moffett

Illustrations

 

Chapter 1

Introduction

 

Chapter 2

Esotericism of the Popol Vuh

 

Chapter 3

Cosmogony and Creation of the Universe

 

Chapter 4.

The First Three Ages of the World

 

Chapter 5

The Marvelous Story of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

Hunahpú and Ixbalamqú Conquer the Giants

The Four Hundred Boys

 

Chapter 6

The Biography and Genealogical Tree of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

The Life and Trials of Their Parents, the Seven Ahpú

Origin and Significance of the Ball Game

 

Chapter 7

The Parthenogenetic Conception of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

 

Chapter 8

Infancy of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

The Third Regent

Origin and Significance of the Palo Volador

Chapter 9

Youth of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

The Hunahpú Codex

Development of the Social, Economic, and Religious Practices as Explained by the Quiché Document

 

Chapter 10

Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué in Xibalbá

 

Chapter 11

The Deification of Hunahpú and Ixbalamqué

 

Chapter 12

Cosmogonic, Astronomic, and Chronological Meaning

 

Chapter 13

The Fourth and Final Age: Era of Quiché-Maya Culture

 

Chapter14

The History of Maize and of the Quiché-Maya Civilization

 

Chapter 15

The Original Maya, Quiché, and Lenca Tribes

Panorama of the Prehistory and Peopling of Honduras

Quiché Emigration

 

Chapter16

The Dance of the Giants

 

 

Appendices A and B

 

Glossary

 

 

 

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