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Mesoamerican

Era · ~2000 BCE — present (Maya / Aztec / Nahua / Zapotec)Region · Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize

A family of cosmologies — Maya, Mexica/Aztec, Toltec — featuring precise calendars, a layered cosmos, and the conviction that human ceremonial action sustains the world.

Core beliefs

  1. 01A layered cosmos: thirteen heavens, nine underworlds, this middle earth.
  2. 02Cycles: the Tzolk'in (260 days), Haab' (365 days), Long Count.
  3. 03Quetzalcoatl / Kukulkan: the feathered serpent uniting heaven and earth.
  4. 04Reciprocity with deities through ritual offering.

Practices

  • Calendar divination (day-keeping)
  • Pyramid ritual at solstices/equinoxes
  • Sacred plant ceremonies (cacao, sacred mushroom)
  • Mythic re-enactment

Key figures

  • · Maya day-keepers (ajq'ij)
  • · Don Juan Matus (Castañeda, contested)
  • · Modern teachers like Don Miguel Ruiz

Bridges to other traditions

  • Quetzalcoatl ↔ kundalini ↔ Christ
  • Calendar cycles ↔ yugas ↔ aeons

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