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J(eys to the lllysteries of Xiballca"Do xot these nitiarions,"writcs Le Plongeon,vividlv recall o nind $,llatIleroch saidhe saw lri! visions? 'hatblazi g housrofcrystal,burninghotand cy cold that placewherewer he borvof lire, hequiverofarro$,s, hsword of frre-that other where he had to cross dre babbtirg strearn,and theriverol fire and drose xremitiesofthe Earth ullof all kindsofhuge beastsandbirds or d,eh$itaiion where rppcared neofgreatglorysittinguponrheorbof thesun -and, asd\ldoesnot fi tamarindree n thernidstof theearth,that he was old wasdre T}ee ofKnowledge, ind its sinile in tJre alabash ree, nthe n;ddle of dre roadwhere hoseof Xibalbaplaced he Leadof HunhunAhpu,after acrificingim for having iiled to supporr h irsr rialofthe niria-tion) * * * 'l hesewr $e astul ordeals drat dre cmdidates for irLitiation ntothesacredmvsteriesad opass hrough n Xibalba.Do theynotseem nxactcouuterpart fwhathappenedn a milder brmat dre ritiation ntorheElusin,ian rrrvsteries?nd also hegreatermysreries fEglpt" fron which rhese ,erecopied?Doesnot the rcitalofwllat thecandidarso rhen,ystcriesn Xibalbawere equiredoknow. eforc eingadmiued, * * recall omind heworrdtririsirnilarbaasaid o beperlbmedby theMahatnas.heBrothers India,andofseveral fthe passagesfthe bookofDaniel,rvho adbeen rritiatedo tlre nys-teris fthe Chaldeansr Magiwhich,accordingo Eubulus,weredjvidedintothree lassesr genera,hehighesr eirrg hnosi ieamed?" See z.ad,Ulrt '-Es anonettu Mo)asarul {ht Qlihes.)In his ntroductorlnoteso rhePoPoLtlt, DL G[thriepresents numbero1 mportantparallelismset{en this sacred ook of dre Quich6sand rhesacred ritingsofother gfeat ivili,ations.n rhe ests hroughwhichHunahpuand Xldanque are forced to passhefinds ttre fotlorvhg analogywith dre signsol the zodiacasenployed n dre Myst i.s ol dre [,gypriars,Chaldeans,ndGreeks:

'Aries,crossirrghe iverofmud.Tirurus,crossinghe iverofbltnd. Gen-ini. deteclirgdre wo durnmykilgs. Cancel tlre Houseof Darhess.Leo, heHouseofSpears.Virgo, he Houseol Cold (theusurl rip to HelJ). ,ibra,drellousr of Tigers (fehre po;e). Scorpio, he House of Fire. Sagitrarius,he

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ar lrRrcar{ r r {0rar1sY r0Lrsrrr r45Houseof Bats,where he God Camazotz ecapitatesne ofthe heroes. apri-corn, heburnineon thescatToldhe dualPhanit). Aquarius,heirashes eingscatteredn a river. Pisces hir ashes urning into r.ar-y'',{,i, dd later back nto

It would seemmoreappropriateo assignhe river ofblood to Arics mdthat ofmud to Taums, ard it is not at aI improl,able dnt in the ancient olm ofthe egendheorderofthe riverswas eversed. r. Gud ie'smostastorisllirgconchnions hiseltort o denti$Xibalbawith theaociertcolrtinent fAdmtis.He seesn the welve rinces fxibalba dremlersofdrc Atlarteanenpire,andiI thedestructnD ftheseprinasby thenagicofHunahpuand Xbalanque tlallegoricaldepiction ofthe tngic end ofAtlantis. '[o the nitiated, howevcr, t isevident hat Ada*is is sinply a slnbolic frgurc n which is set orth thmysreryoforigins.

Concerned r;marilywith th problenrs f mysticalanatomy,Mr. Pryserelates he various symb

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by crossnrg ver he riversor br gesmrde Iiom theirblo$'guns asa subdcanalog) o the dcscertofthe spiritualnatureofrnan into the physical odythroughcertain uperyhysicalhannets ratmavbe ikexcd o rhcblovgunsortubes.The lal,ardn is alsoar appropriatc mblen ofthe spinalcord and drepower esident ,itlLir ts tinv crntralopening.'lhe two youthsuc irNitc.l {)play he"GameolLifb" with dreGodsofDeath,ard only*idr theaiclofsuperllatunl power mparted o them bv the "Sages" an hev triurnphover hesegloonylords.The tests eprcsent resoulwanderimgh,rugh tLesu!-zodia.dlrealms fthe created nivcrse; reir inalvictoryover LeLorclsofDeadr epre-sents hasccnsionl thspiritualand lluniled cimcn,usnessiom the owerxaturewhichhasbeen$4rollrconsuned y the ireo{qriritualpurification.

l hattheQuich6s ossessedheke,vso drex,Ftcry ofregenerations evident rom an analysisfthe symbols ppcaring por the nragesfrheirpriestsalrd gods. In Vol. ll of the A aL6 lel Lea j\a.ianal d( M4xico s ftprc/uce.ltheheadofan nngeBDeralivonsideredo representQuetzllcoad. he sculp-tuing is distinctryOriental n character nd or the cronn ofthe headappearbodrdre housand etaled ur$urstoi spirihralllun,inariorand heserpent fthe iberated pirralirc. The Hindu dra,{z is urur;st:}ableand t frquend}apparsn the retigious rt ofthe dree ,Anericas. ne(r1 hecarved oxolirl,sofCentralAnerica s adorlred ith thc heads f tlvo elephants idi thcir driv-ers.No suchannnaL arc cxistedn theW'esternlemisptrcre ince rehisrorictimesaDdit s evident rat hecaningsarc he resultofcontactwirh hedistanrconrineni f Asia.,qmong re N{ysteries{ the CentralAmcrican ndjans s arenarkable octrirrc onceningdrconsccratedurtlesol as hevwerecallednr Europe.nagic apes. ecausehcirgloryszs {:tal to rno talvisio4 thegods.whenappearingo the dtiattd priests,robedhenrelves , d,se anrles..\ile-goryand table ikcu'ise re h mandeswith lvlich the secret loctrire isevcrerveloped. uchamagic ape f conccalnents thePofol 'zi, anddecpwitlinits i,ldssits hegodofQui.L6 plilosoph,\.l'hen,assivc vramids.emfles. ndnonolithsofCentral Anerica rnal bc likencdalson, d1e aerofgods.whoseupperparts tle enshroudedrrnagic martlesofnrvisibilitr'.