Mystery Babylon
Maya
- the Creator
- The Word
- Oxomoco
- wife, Cipactonatl
- progenitors of the human race
- dwelt in a cave at Cuernavaca
- Atlantean Adepts
- Itzama
- Zamna
- Itzamna
- the Skillful Hand
- The Yucatecan hero
- father, Hunab-Ku
- supreme deity
- the holy one
- priest from the east
- pictured as
- an ancient man with prominent and strangely shaped nose
- toothless or with one crooked fang
- rising from mouth of serpent or turtle
- symbolizing that he came from the sea
- healed the sick
- live to old age
- buried at Izamal/Itzamal
- body divided among 3 temples
- 1. skillful hand
- 2. heart
- 3. the rest of his remains
- Kulkulkan
- Central American
- feathered, plumed or winged serpent
- entire process of creation took place within the green and azure coils of the plumed serpent
- erect and crowned
- winged
- feathered and plumed
- throughout Americas
- overshadowed dynasty of rulers and priests
- they assumed his name and mask-symbol
- Priests
- seldom took part in war
- distinguished by costume combining elements of male and female attire
- wisdom symbol
- when given wings became spirit wisdom or illumination
- Nagas
- hooded
- serpent gods of India
- messenger and servant of the earth-mother because it dwelt below ground
- Deganawida
- power of evil personified by Atotarho
- old war chieftain
- had cluster of venemous serpents on his head in place of hair
- descended invisibly from the sky
- Quetzalcoatl
- a descendent of Imos of the line of Chan
- legendary grandson of Noah
- mom, Sochiquetzal
- unversal creator-god
- virgin
- created by the breathe of Tonacatecotli
- Codex Telleriano-Remensis
- conception made known by an ambassador from the god of the Milky Way
- born
- day of 7 Canes
- as a 9 year old
- name
- associated with the Tonalamatl
- he who was born of the virgin
- the great one
- Lord of the Winds
- Toyliatlaquatl
- Gucumatz
- the plumed serpent
- declared himself "a snake"
- Tlavizcalpantecutli
- Seyacatl
- Mexitli
- the vine
- wine from core of the aloe
- Votan
- the heart
- signifies life
- The Popul Vuh
- Gucumatz
- The Senate Book of the Quiches
- destroyed by Nunex de la Vega
- Bishop of Chipas
- copied by Aguilar
- The Book of the Azure Veil
- ran in Lucifer
- theosophical magazine
- September 1894 - February 1895
- The Mysteries of Xibalba
- 12 princes of Xibalba may have been rulers of the Atlantean empire
- an account of the perilous journey
- made a journey through a subterranean passage which terminated at the root of heaven
- de Bourbourg
- snake's hole
- the road of light
- came to America by command of God
- came from the land of the seven colors
- Tezcucan
- Lord of the Great Hand
- Divine Book
- migration of the Aztecs from Asia
- founded Votanic Empire
- founded four temples
- Codex Vaticanus A
- 1. for the princes
- 2. for the people
- 3. the House of Fear or Serpents
- 4. The Temple of Shame
- Children consecrated in his temples were marked by a special collar
- at the end of the 2nd year the child was scarified in the breast
- when 7 entered seminary
- took vows of personal conduct and public duties
- prayers for preservation of family and nation
- he built houses under the earth
- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun
- traces of subterranean grottoes and rooms have been discovered near monuments of the Nahuas
- near Pyramid of the Sun at San Juan Teotihuacan
- built the House of the Bat
- temple with subterranean labyrinth inhabited by weird monsters
- House of Darkness
- ruled over by Camazotz
- body of a man
- wings and head of a bat
- 7th test of heroes
- deposited records of his nation in the keeping of certain aged men called guardians
- Mendieta, in Ecclesiastical History, describes him as
- white man
- strong formation of body
- broad forehead
- large eyes
- flowing beard
- habits were ascetic
- never married
- condemned sacrifices except of fruit or flowers
- known as the god of peace
- Ornaments
- right hand held sceptor ornamented with precious stones
- sickle
- terminated in a crook like a bishop's crosier
- shield on left arm
- long white robe reaching to his feet
- covered in design of red crosses
- short embroidered tunic
- miter spotted like Tiger
- turquoise earrings
- golden collar supporting fine shells
- legs encased in gaiters of tiger-skins
- black sandals
- among Lacandones, represented as snake with many heads
- snake killed and eaten at times of great national peril
- especially at eclipses
- regarded as portents of disaster
- appeared as great sorceror, magician or necromancer
- initiate
- follower and teacher
- did penance by pricking his limbs and drawing blood
- stained the maguey points
- bathed in spring called xicapaya
- established rite at Tulla and Cholula
- Recumbent statue of him in the temple at Tulla
- always covered with blankets
- owned all the wealth of the world
- had great abundance of xochicacatlao
- cocoa-trees of different colors
- invented hieroglyphics
- died or disappeared on the day of 1 Cane
- Tezcatlipoca
- personification of sorcerors
- the primitive religious cult of Mexico
- the old priesthood which practiced human sacrifice
- the red god of war
- adhered to policy of war
- resented the peaceful and gentle faith of Quetzalcoatl
- contrived to poison Quetzalcoatl
- doctrines corrupted by false teachings and interpretations
- Quatzelcoatl left Tulla
- ordered his palaces set ablaze
- journeyed to Cholula
- Cholulans deeply admired him
- great pyramid was built in his honor
- remained 20 years
- continued journey to Tlapallan from which he had come
- turned to the east and went to the sea a few miles south of Veracruz
- blessed 4 young men who accompanied him
- bade them return to their homes
- promised to return and restore kingdom among them
- entrusted secrets to an Order of priests governed by a hierophant
- the Mysteries of the Feathered Serpent
- went to seashore
- removed his clothing and snake mask of turquoise
- called to the sea
- out of the waters came a raft of serpents
- stepped upon and carried away into the land of the sun's beginning
- destroyed himself by fire
- ashes changed into birds
- Thunderbird
- most powerful
- large hawk, eagle or grouse
- lord of flying things
- similar to pheonix
- nested in flames
- symbolized initiation
- new world order
- originally on great seal
- could use its wings as a bow to shoot arrows
- small meteors believed to be heads of the arrows
- caused thunder and lightning
- thunder due to flapping of their wings
- flashes of light caused by opening and closing of their eyes
- if person struck by lightning, accepted as holy men
- thunderstorms result of contest between thunderbird and huge rattlesnake
- serve as messengers between mortals and heavenly beings
- heart became the morning star
- remained four days in the underworld
- ascended to heaven as a god
- descended invisibly from the sky
- personally received offerings during feasts held in his honor
- every 7 days ascended to the sky
- every 7 days followed path to abode of the dead
- every 7 days put on nature of a serpent and he became truly a serpent
- every 7 days he put on the nature of an eagle and again of a tiger and he truly became an eagle and a tiger
- tribes in which priests are found
- arid region of the Southwest
- southern Mississippi basin
- the Plains
- esoteric teachings decreases among the more northerly and northeasterly tribes of the continent
- given drugs to intensify psychic faculties
- hypnotic influence
- Peyote sect
- the ghost-shirt religion
- Kings of the Mexican nations were initiates of the State Mysteries
- Rites and ceremonies of initiation imported to Peru by ancestors of Manco Capac
- cradle of first successful utopia
- claimed to be direct descendant of the sun god
- Cuzco
- Manco established religion of the sun
- brought with him a divine bird in a sacred wicker hamper
- reformed social and religious life of tribes of Aymara Quichua
- Amaru
- God of Peace
- America
- Land of the Plumed Serpent
- Priests ruled both Americas
- from chief centre in the Cordilleras
- strong centre in Guatemala
- Amerindic concept of cosmogony paralleled that of the Chaldeans and others who dwelt in Euphrates valley
- vigil
- most widely practiced religious discipline of the Amerinds
- world consists of 3 regions
- human beings inhabiting the surface of the central zone
- humans originated in a paradisaical land
- destroyed by a flood
- a few righteous persons were preserved and took refuge on a tall plant
- growing rapidy, broke through the surface of the middle land
- above the middle land an airy expanse extending to the abode of the Sky-Father
- subterranean levels extending downward to the place of the earth-mother
- like the underworld of the pre-Homeric Greeks
- the Iroquois League
- Amerinds
- Deganawida
- born of immaculate conception
- possessed power to work miracles
- prayed, fasted
- practiced vigils
- confirmed in his mission by the Great Father
- Hiawatha
- his first and most distinguished disciple
- founder of the Inca Dynasty
- experimented in socialized living
- colonists from Central America
- 1631 - account of Red. Anello Oliva
- Icona
- created men and all things
- son, Bacab
- born of virgin called Chibirias
- scourged and crowned with thorns
- tied upon a cross with extended arms and died
- arose after 3 days
- ascended into heaven to be with his father
- Echuac
- Manitos
- order of beings
- secrets of healing, prophecy and magic
- powerful governing spirits
- giants
- superhuman manlike creatures
- human beings could turn to for help and guidance when necessity arose
- the intelligence controlling and directing the "wonderful power"
- souls of the illustrious deed
- between manitos and mankind
- the Olds and the Trues
- the sages of long ago
- the great chieftains
- warriors
- statesmen
- 2 groups
- those that concern the individual
- magic power which may influence the life of man
- may be influenced by human activity
- those that concern the social group
- orenda
- channeled through totem
- totemic animal or bird was spirit guardian
- each indian had its own totem
- identical in principal with the guardian daemon of Egyptian and Chaldean Mysteries
- preserves it manitou
- social and family concept
- Great Lodge in the sky
- filled with strange light
- resembled earthly council place
- venerable sachems
- handsome old men
- faces full of kindness
- council fire
- smoking of the calumet
- speaches and discussions
- superphysical senate where all matters of grave import were decided
- when concluded, priest returned along the sky road and reported the decisions
- Algonkins
- three ranks
- waubeno
- meda
- jossakeed
- the highest
- no white man admitted
- Pueblo Indians
- had lots of secret societies in a village
- The Midewiwin
- Great Medicine Society of the Ojibways
- shamans
- initiated both men and women into the secrets of the art of healing
- control of vital current coursing through the nerve centers of the human body
- enlighten human mind and soul and to bind the initiates to the service of their people
- lodge rooms
- enclosures open to the sky
- connected each other through doors and passageways
- 4 degrees travelling toward the east
- Manabozho
- Great Rabbit
- initiate-priest
- servant of the Good Spirit
- had birchbark rolls which depicted the arrangements of the lodges
- included many strange photographs
- Cross important symbol
- Senecas
- 1919 - Arthur C. Parker invited into lodge in to witness their ceremonies
- legend of Red Hand
- learned to love all the creatures of the earth
- spoke language of birds and animals
- the animals discovered by scent that he was killed and gathered in council about his body to try to bring him back to life
- each creature gave part of himself to restore Red Hand
- lastly, the Bear grasped his hand, raising him by the strong grip of his paw