An Experimental Method for the Study of Time Perception at the Individual Level -with Reference to a Case Study in a Catholic Community in Mani, Yucatan, Mexico

The aim of this paper is to describe and clarify several aspects of time perception complex from a working hypothetical concept of a small Catholic Community, Mani. The main findings are as follows: The center and the four quarters, the public nature of communal land, re=presentation of mythological facts, public or universal mindedness of prayer and compadrazgo in Catholicism are vital religio-cultural factors in terms of time perception. From the perspective of Maya-Catholicism complex, Catholic church, Maya cross(cruz verde), the center of Maya community k'iwic, sacred ceiba tree(yaxche), and cenote(actun) are surviving relics of remote antiquity. Four analytical models for time perception are proposed for more analytical and heuristic study of time perception both at the individual level and the collective level.