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I'm glad W. Cooper was re-posting , if it was a reposting.

What I found there?

What's wrong with re-posting important material. ?

That sounds crazy. Especially with all the spam and weak Notables (often) ?

The missing link. Why is VanderBilt and her necklace and the black goddess in the box behind the head of her bed - connected to Southern Mexico?!

"transforming themselves into animals, and performing miracles. De Bourbourg was not entirely convinced that

ventriloquism, animal magnetism, or the tricks familiarly employed by conjurers explained the mysteries of nagualism, as the

black art of these Indians is called. Brinton quotes from the Popul Vuh: "Truly this Gucumatz Quetzalcoatl became a

wonderful king[]

All the accounts imply that the religious Order which served the Mysteries of Quetzalcoatl was long established. Those

who followed in the way which he had prescribed lived most severe lives. Children were consecrated to his temples from their

birth and were marked by a special collar. At the end of the second year the child was scarified in the breast. When it was

seven years old it entered a seminary where it took vows covering personal conduct and public duties, including prayers for

the preservation of its family and its nation. There were many of these priestly Brotherhoods, and the Spanish missionaries, in

spite of their theological prejudices and intolerances, were forced to admit that the Aztecan priests were excellent scholars

and lived austere and pure lives. It was said of these missionaries that "in Quetzalcoatl, who taught charity, gentleness, and

peace, they thought they saw a disciple of Jesus Christ."

The kings of the Mexican nations, like those of ancient Egypt, were also initiates of the State Mysteries. Torquemada

described the attainments of Nazahualpilli, the king of Texcuco. This learned man gathered about him masters of the sciences

and arts, and gained a wide reputation as an astrologer and seer. When Montezuma was elected to rule over the complex of

Nahuatlan nations, King Nazahualpilli stood before the young man and congratulated the entire nation for having selected

such a ruler: "Whose deep knowledge of heavenly things insured to his subjects his comprehension of those of an earthly

nature." The interpreter of the Collection of Mendoza described Montezuma as: "By nature wise, an astrologer and

philosopher, and skilled and generally versed in all of the arts, both in those of the military, as well as those of a civil nature,

and from his extreme gravity and state, the monarchy under his sway began to verge towards empire."

The great serpent clothed in quetzal plumes certainly belonged to another race and came from an unknown country.

Lucien Biart says: "It is an incontestable fact that Quetzalcoatl created a new religion, based upon fasting, penitence, and

virtue." In skillful trades and in metalworking, this Amerindian savior reminds one of the craftsman of Tyre who cast the

ornaments for Solomon's Temple. As a benefactor of his people, as a liberator of men's minds and hearts, this Nahuatlan

demigod certainly revealed the attributes of the "Master Builder."

Scattered through the jungle of Yucatan and extending northward into Chiapas and southward into Honduras and

Guatemala are the remains of ancient cities and the ruins of old cultural centers, religious or educational, dedicated to

scientific research and the investigation of the spiritual mysteries of human life. These shrines and temples are adorned with

numerous religious emblems and figures, and closely resemble the temples and schools of the esoteric tradition which were

scattered through the Mediterranean countries, North Africa, and the Near East.

The Aztecs inhabiting the valley of Mexico certainly derived much of their cultural impetus from the more highly

civilized Mayas. These Nahuas practiced elaborate rites and ceremonies, and recognized a large pantheon of divinities. It

seems unlikely that the Aztecs patterned their religious concepts from some inferior cultural tradition. There are positive

indications that the tribes of Central Mexico had received an important intellectual stimulus from the Mayas, and even found

it expedient to acknowledge this indebtedness…."