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Surfers of the Zuvuya: Tales of Interdimensional Travel

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This is one of my favorite books, and also one of those books that had a very deep and spiritual influence on my life. How I came across it was very cosmic indeed. Someone who I met on a trip to Guatemala recommended it to me. This is a good starter for those who want to know what the Mayans were all about. It's written in a science FICTION(??) format so very easy to follow and really interesting to read. Whether or not you believe the Mayans came from outer space, it makes an interesting read since it's fiction(??). BTW, I recently started to integrate the Mayan calender into my life and my life is fulfilling as ever. enjoy

This book helps the reader to learn about expaning one's sense of the Universe... you will go along with uncle Joe Zuvuya as he shows how to open your mind to the REAL possibilites of existence. Time and space collide in this fun to read novel. I loved it... it made me think, and it was a very enjoyable story. It is a must for anyone looking to embrace the collective conscousness that is quickly ushering us into a new age.

I don't understand why someone would buy a book explicitly claiming to be about a Jive-Talking Dimensional-Double and end up disappointed that it wasn't an academic tretise on native tradition.
Jose's ability to bring the magic of Maya to diverse audiences is unrivaled. The message of the Maya is not reserved only for those willing to digest volumes of stodgy punditry, or obscure antropological reporting. The appeal and truth of Surfers of the Zuvuya comes from the basic premise that only by attuning to our intuitive, dream-centered selves will we fully appreciate the wonder of the time we experience.
Personally, when it comes to the Maya, i love the stodgy punditry and academic tretises, but i also love the inspired artistic visions. I find it beautiful that a former Princeton Professor would publish such an unorthodox, personal book, which would without doubt marginalize him in the eyes of his peers, out of the simple conviction that other similar dream-inspired souls might draw value and solace from it.
The frustrated idea that all things Mayan must be approached with a lack of humor and imagination most assuredly has nothing to do with the authentic Mayan perspective, but rather the intellectual conditioning of an imperial culture which takes everything, especially itself, way too seriously.
THANK YOU UNCLE JOSE FOR NEVER BEING AFRAID TO STEP OUT OF LINE, FOR NEVER BEING AFRAID TO BE LAUGHED AT, AND FOR THE EXAMPLE OF FEARLESSNESS & CONVICTION YOU HAVE BEEN TO ALL US DREAMERS!!!

This is probably Arguelles' most accessible book. It is a delightful read, but deceptively dense with information. I would say that you should start with this book before reading any of his other books.

As an example of how to surf the imaginal world it is in a category of its own.

Very highly recommended.

Jose Arguelles is a great writer and he did it again with his book "Surfers of the Zuvuya". I could relate to the tales that he wrote to the public in this book. I have read several of his books "Mayan Factor", "Manifesto for the Noosphere", "Earth Ascending", all are discriptive in easily undersstandable language that I can relate to.

easy read (you'll still be rereading it in your subconscious, in your future dreams, etc).

cantankerous skeptics, this is fiber your bowels can't handle.

laugh and hang ten.

:)

In 1990 I was engaged in a group of a special kind of contact. Before meetings I used to hear some people talking about this book and how wonderfull it could be. I felt that I couldn't go forward without reading it. So, I did.
I usually discard a book, of this kind of subject, after some ridiculous statements, but in this case it should be different. I couldn't lose anything which could be in the middle of this book.
But it was, at least, curious when the guy who wrote the foreword (I do not remember his/her name) made an advertising of his/her own book.
I started the reading and almost threw it away many times before the end of the first chapter. I couldn't understand how the author could write this "thing". But I couldn't quit and I read it as a sacrifice till the last page.
It seems that this book was sent to the press witout a revision. There was some subjects (around three) which would be detailed on the following chapters but it didn't happen.
I thought that this book was already buried but I saw it again in the Internet. I can understand why. The mayan calendar expires in 2012 and this is the new wave. The author wrote The Mayan Factor.
I wouldn't say "don't buy this book". Try it. Ten bucks and five hours ... it's almost nothing ... like this book.

What a joke. Taking a serious subject like this and reducing it to cartoon charachter ridiculous dialogue and talking about it like it's lightweight comedy is just horribly disrespectful and exploitative, to say the least. In my opinion, this "author" (using the term very loosely here) just wants you to join his organization, and I would bet you sending in some money to support his cause is involved. What a con artist approach to a sacred subject. Don't waste your money. The writing isn't even respectably done. Sounds like a used car salesman having a good time listening to himself tell lies. I would give this no stars if possible.

I don't know where this guy gets off. But his entire rant about Paco Votan(who the freak is this guy) and his self-declared state of being a prophet is enough to make any sane person laugh himself to tears. The book has a nice cover though and his map of the universe bears a strikingly close resemblance to the Qabalah's Tree of Life. I would like to point out that it might be useful to UFO worshippers that waste all of thier free time sitting around the Nevada desert, you can cover your face while you sunbathe. The only unfunny thing about it was that I actually paid money for it.