THE SERPENT AND THE JAGUAR

REVIEWS:

Birgitte Rasine’s The Serpent and the Jaguar stands out among the plethora of recent books on Mayan calendars by offering us a profoundly practical approach to the Tzolk’in, guiding readers in applying the wisdom of the ancient “count of suns” to their own daily lives. She gracefully avoids the hype and self-serving tendencies that infect the 2012 phenomenon, and instead inspires us to reflect upon ourselves in ways that our fast-paced modern lifestyle rarely allows.
— Robert Sitler, PhD, Director, Latin American Studies, Stetson University

Birgitte Rasine’s intuitive and my hard-science approach may produce fundamentally different world views of the Mayan Calendar, but with this book, I get the feeling that Birgitte is just like me, trying to capture the attention of the seekers of sacred time. She wishes to lead them to deeper insights, rather than offering stimulating, or comfortable, lies. My own works have a similar aim ... Some readers may reject my message and move on, but others respond to something, something that will entice them closer to the Real Maya, ancient and modern... the farmers, poets, weavers and kings, the warriors, captives, charlatans and sages that populate the lively world that Birgitte and I love.
— Mark Van Stone, PhD, Professor of Art History, Southwestern College

Beginning with the ground-laying Foreword by Kenneth Johnson, to the process for accessing personal guidance described by the author, Birgitte Rasine, to the poetic daily rendering of the Tzolk’in calendar, this book is far and away the most accessible and spiritually commanding work of its genre. The Serpent and the Jaguar is a must read, and one to be practiced faithfully—above all for understanding the cyclical nature of the Maya way that guides our own path for consistently living a fruitful life in any era, at any time, from day to day. Indeed, this work of art is a measure and celebration of sacred time. The wisdom it contains is abundant and precise, the language pragmatic yet liltingly poetic, its comforting and uplifting nature unparalleled. The Serpent and the Jaguar belongs in every collection dealing with the Maya culture.
— Jim Young, PhD, Author and editor, 2013! The Beginning is Here

Author bio:

Writer, poet, producer, and entrepreneur, Birgitte Rasine serves as the Chief Evolution Officer (CEO) of LUCITÀ Inc., a hybrid design and communications firm committed, in its work and practices, to sustainability.  She is also the producer of the well-known Mayan Calendar Portal (www.maya-portal.net), aka the MCP, the leading portal web site dedicated to the sacred Mayan Calendar.  Ms. Rasine has produced numerous webinars and interview sessions on the Mayan Calendar and Mayan astrology, presenting to MCP audiences such experts and scholars as Kenneth Johnson, Dr. Robert Sitler, Maya author Gaspar Pedro González, Dr. Carl Calleman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum.

It is in this role that she became dedicated to make this sacred calendar more accessible to people everywhere, across multiple platforms—a quest that was born of her own journey to study and integrate the Tzolk’in into her life, as well as her love of ancient civilizations and their sacred knowledge.  From the MCP web site and webinars, to Facebook and Twitter, to mobile apps and this book, it is a quest that continues to this day. 

A prolific photographer and award-winning poet, Ms. Rasine holds a BA in Aesthetics of Film from Stanford University, studied cinematography at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California, and completed a professional masters program in international relations at the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, Spain.  She sits on the board of directors of a Czech and Slovak non profit organization in New York City dedicated to supporting the leaders of tomorrow, and is a member of several professional organizations including the Association of Women in Water, Energy and the Environment.