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Cenote: Chichen Itza's Sacred
Entrance to the Underworld
Chac Mool in Merida's antropological museum |
 Main pyramid: a largely Toltec creation |
And there it appeared: the Kukulkan (Toltec: Quentzalcoatl)
pyramid of Chichen Itza, World Heritage Monument. Immediately I was filled with awe. The
pyramid embodies the Maya World as such, the culmination of the excellence of an entire
culture. However, several "Chichen Itza's" exist, depending on the
interpretation of the ones who studied it. The most exciting is an outsider's view:
Chichen Itza as center of Cosmic Mother worship..... |
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First of all John Major Jenkins has to be mentioned. He
revolutionarized the entire concept of Chichen Itza. According to him it was the center of
the 2012 Maya Calendar prophesy. His approach deserves it to be accepted by the world of
science. I at least will support it wherever I can. The core of the teaching is the
galactic alignment, in which the sun (God) will appear "exactly" above the Mouth
of Xibalba (Cosmic Womb) in the Milky Way. This phenomenon was prophesized thousands of
years ago |
 Face of Kukulkan on top of the pyramid: the Toltec
Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Snake/Dragon) |
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Venus Temple with the Snakes as guardians |
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It means that the Cosmic Mother is the Dark
Abyss in which the Old God (world) will die in order for the New to be born. It reflects
Reality As-It-Is. Everything, without exception, is continuously dying and being (re)born.
Life is cyclic e.g. reflects a Cosmic Spiral. That's why Her Son is a Serpent (originally
a Dragon). So, Chichen Itza is the Death and Rebirth cult site per excellence. It is
reflected by its name: "Sacred Well". The latter being the "cenote",
the Mouth to the Underworld, in its deep water the mystery of rebirth taking place |
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Suddenly, I realized that if it is true that
Chichen Itza is a cult place for Mother Worship, then there should be other visible clues.
And yes, they were there. It is called the Venus temple....What immediately struck me were
the feminine looking carvings on all sides. Some say this is Tlaloc the Teotihuacan Rain
God. First of all it proves that Teatihuacan culture had penetrated Chichen Itza.
Secondly, Tlaloc is the Son of the (Teotihuacan) Great Mother. He is Her dynamic aspect.
This is excactly what the carvings try to suggest |
 Cosmic Mother and Son (Tlaloc) |
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 Cosmic Mother and Son (Tlaloc) |
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 Mother's Web of Life |
One more striking thing. The Maya parallel to
Tlaloc is the Rain God Chac Mool. In Chichen Itza he can be seen in the Temple of the
Warriors. His typical pose: leaning behind with a Vessel between his legs. The Rain God
represents abundance. The Vessel is the Womb of the Mother from where this abundance
originates*. (Oppositely, the Vessel served as container for sacrifices). Not surprisingly
thus, that the Chac Mool originally did not belong to the Temple of the Warriors but the
Venus Temple!
There seem to be some twenty Chac Mool images on the Chichen Itza site..... *
It makes Chac Mool the "Mayan Parcival!" |
 Cosmic Mother and Son (Tlaloc) |
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 Cosmic Mother and Son (Tlaloc) |
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 Venus Star |
On my way to another highlight - the Ball
Court - I passed a structure with countless skulls. Later I read in a Chichen Itza
booklet, that these skulls were only symbolic, obviously there had been no ritual killings
in Chichen Itza! Is this an attempt to "pacify" the past, just because
"death" is impopular nowadays? Ritual death reflected Cosmic "Death and
Rebirth". It was a ritual in which the victims (usually) felt like choosen ones, on
their way to being born again. Cruel? Certainly, but such was the conviction of the people
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In the Ball Court this Cosmic Drama of
"Death and Rebirth" was ritualized. A rubber ball had to be thrown through a
ring on the wall. Loosers were beheaded and thus enjoyed the entry into the Underworld
where they would be transformed into new (celestial) Beings |
 Jaguar Temple with Ball Court |
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 Ball Court |
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 Ball Court |
In order to feel the full potential of
"Death and Rebirth" I took position in the center of the Ball Court enjoying a
short moment of silence and meditation |
 Ball Court ring |
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 Image of a beheaded man |
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 Temple of the Warriors |
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 Cosmic Mother/Tlaloc |
The Temple of the Warriors: an exclusive male
domain? Not so. While high on the walls the Rain God Chac Mool is flaunting, in the steles
around the compound I (again) found carvings which indicated a clear Tlaloc/Mother
presence. It is indicative for Maya culture in general. While the Son places himself in
the forefront, he cannot erase his Origin, the Cosmic Mother. Those who have eyes see it.
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 Cosmic Mother/Tlaloc |
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 Chac Mool on the wall |
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 Chac Mool masks |
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 The Rain God Chac Mool with the Cosmic Vessel |
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