A few presidents ago, I was quite upset about U.S. involvement in a war. I read in the local paper that the president had ...

Abelardo Tut Uicah (left), a H-men (Maya shaman), carefully places maize dough cooked underground in a traditional Maya pib ahead for a Ch’a Cháak ceremony. Image courtesy of Mark Viales.

Set in the 1950s, Rough Magic tells the story of what happens when a pretty apprentice magician goes to Mexico to escape her fiancé, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will ...

After he left, according to the article, a Maya shaman had done an energetic cleansing or purification of the site. I thought this was a remarkable way to express dissatisfaction and opposition ...