2011? -or- 2012?

By: Gerry Young
(© 2010 by the Author)
(Originally written in June, 1986)

Author's note:

Please let it be known that this and all other chapters of "2011?  2012?" are NOT necessarily in accordance nor in agreement with that of the Webmaster of this site.  What you are about to read is strictly from the deranged thoughts of this author.  From his travels and study, he makes no apology for what is written here.

CHAPTER FOUR

~~~ OTHER PYRAMIDS ~~~

Throughout the world, from the deserts of Egypt to the sub-oceanic floors of the Atlantic (Atlantis) and the Pacific (Lemuria/Mu), from the jungles of Mexico to the mountains of Peru, stand innumerable pyramids of all sizes and shapes.  Hundreds, perhaps thousands, still remain undiscovered by modern Mankind.

Of those that are presently known, this author has knowingly climbed only four to their summits—one in Peru, and three in Mexico.

In October of 1975, while on a pilgrimage in search of a specific Spiritual retreat in Peru, I had an opportunity to visit the two-thousand-year-old adobe pyramid of Pachacamac overlooking the Pacific Ocean, about a two-hour drive south of Lima.  Though not very tall, it has an enormous base area, and I was somewhat reminded of the structures erected by the Mound Builders here in our own United States of America.  Sad to say, the Pachacamac Pyramid was in a terrible state of disrepair at the time, though I’ve seen recent photos on the Internet that make me envious at not being there today.

My lady companions for the daytime side trip left me to my own meanderings over and around the pyramid, and I eagerly climbed to the summit.  Alone, I stood there, gazing out over the tranquil Ocean of Peace.  A sense of conquest and a serene spirit of Joy and Happiness filled my being.  Nowhere else had I ever experienced the feeling that I was standing on such 'Holy' ground.

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For the next three years, just about all that I could talk about to my friends and acquaintances was my trip to Peru.  Then, in 1978, a very dear friend gave me a beautiful book entitled He Walked the Americas, by L. Taylor Hansen.  That extraordinary book is a collection of legends heretofore only passed orally from one Indian generation to the next.  Hansen took it upon himself to record and permanently preserve those unique legends that are part of a vanishing heritage and civilization.

Throughout North and South America, there is a thread of similarity in certain legends which weaves its way through nearly all the diverse Native American  cultures.  The Golden Thread, to which I am referring, pertains to one man who was variously known as the Prophet, the Healer, the Lord-of-Wind-and-Water.  He was said to be able to walk on water, still the storms, quiet the volcanoes, calm the earthquakes, heal by the laying-on of hands, and manifest food from out of nowhere.

The nearest date that can be ascertained for his appearance in the Americas is around 100 A.D.  It is said that he made his first appearance on these continents at Pachacamac, Peru.

There, the people who loved him, built a pyramid-temple to him, and it was from upon the summit of the temple that he blessed the people before leaving to travel to other parts of the continent.

The feelings which I experienced on top of the Pachacamac Pyramid in 1975 were in no way influenced by the legend that I later read in 1978.

Also mentioned in Hansen's book is the legend of a pyramid built in the Valley of Mexico in honor of the Prophet who was there known as Quetzal-Coatl.

In September, 1979, I was vacationing in Mexico and was excited about the prospect of visiting the pyramids at the ancient Teotihuacan ('City of the Gods'), some twenty miles outside Mexico City.

Awe-inspiring, Teotihuacan was beyond my wildest imaginings.  The long thoroughfare, now known as the Avenue of the Dead, is lined with pyramid after pyramid—enough, it is said, for the Ancients to have worshiped at a different pyramid-temple each day of the Aztec Calendar-year.

At the Northern extreme of the Avenue of the Dead is the Pyramid of the Moon, the second largest structure at the site, and upon which (I firmly believe) I experienced conscious recall of a past incarnation as an Aztec priest.

Just off to the East side of the midsection of the Avenue of the Dead is the Pyramid of Quetzal-Coatl (named this in He Walked the Americas), now known as the Pyramid of the Sun, the largest structure at Teotihuacan.  Being 243 feet tall, it was then thought to be the largest known pyramid in the Western World, but another has taken over that honor:  The Great Pyramid of Cholula (in the Yucatan Penninsula) has bypassed not only the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, AND the Great Pyramid on the Giza Plateau in Egypt!  To my knowledge, by volume and mass (but not in height), the Pyramid of Cholula is now considered the largest in the entire world.  Its base is 1,476 feet square, and its height is 217 feet, and there are more than five miles of tunnels within the structure.

Off the Southern extreme of the Avenue of the Dead is the Temple of Quetzal-Coatl, so-called even today, which is the third largest structure in the ancient city.  According to Hansen's book, this pyramid was under construction when the Healer, the Prophet, the Plumed Serpent, arrived at Teotihuacan.  After gaining favor with the people, he instructed them on the finishing details of the interior chambers.

To quote from He Walked the Americas, page 140:

In the Great Temple, the Plumed Serpent fashioned the Hall of the Four Directions.  To the east was the golden room of the Sunrise;  to the north the crimson of the flame-curtains which drop down from the skies in winter;  to the west the blue of the Sunset Ocean mosaiced in turquoise and emerald with the bluish iridescence of the Xiuhtotl;  while in the south, for the snows of the Far Lands, this room was finished in pearl and silver with the frost-like beauty of delicate feathers.

So, once again we return to the four Cardinal Directions, and this time we are given specific colors to help aid in bringing about the Law of Harmony and Order into our personal environment.  To state the directions, colors, and Natural Energies simply:

North……………Red………………Soul, Psychic, Wisdom

East……………..Yellow…………...Understanding, Inspiration

West …………….Blue……………...Conscious Knowledge

South……………White…………….Physical Manifestation

If you have ever studied anything about color, you already know that red, yellow, and blue are the only three 'Primary' colors, while the 'Natural' Energies of the South contain and blend together the 'Natural' Energies of all the other three 'Primary' (Cardinal) Directions, manifesting same into various unique personalities, each with a multitude of different shadings, hues, and tones through individual receptivity or rejection of the para-physical Energies.

Now that's a thought for consideration.

To be continued...

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