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Reuni n de cuatro conferencias dictadas por el autor, en distintas universidades entre 1954 y 1955. Presenta en l neas muy generales, con el rigor del historiador y la pasi n del amante de nuestras civilizaciones precolombinas, una visi n integradora del pueblo maya desde sus or genes, que rescata la esencia de una tradici n cultural viva en el M xico de hoy.

Para los antiguos griegos, consultar o recibir oráculos significaba comunicarse directamente con los dioses. Por ello, solían recurrir a estos para resolver las más variadas cuestiones de las esferas pública y privada, desde la forja de alianzas políticas hasta la falta de descendencia. En más de un centenar de pasajes de su obra, Heródoto reflejó esta práctica con su característico estilo rico y ameno. Este libro lleva a cabo un análisis crítico y exhaustivo de dichos pasajes oraculares, el cual demuestra que, al margen de su valor como fenómeno religioso, los oráculos...

The Lingua Ignota, "brought forth" by the twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen, provides 1012 neologisms for praise of Church and new expression of the things of her world. Noting her visionary metaphors, her music, and various medieval linguistic philosophies, Higley examines how the "Unknown Language" makes arid signifiers green again. This text, however, is too often seen in too narrow a context: glossolalia, angelic language, secret code. Higley provides an edition and English translation of its glosses in the Riesencodex (with assistance from the Berlin MS) , but also places it ...