tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post8031379604739567395..comments2024-03-27T22:28:22.956-06:00Comments on Jim & Carole's Mexico Adventure: Teotihuacan: "Where the gods were born"Jim Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04923490491088874998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-29562027567045801332011-10-18T21:11:06.800-05:002011-10-18T21:11:06.800-05:00Thank you for explaining all of the monuments in d...Thank you for explaining all of the monuments in detail! I will definitely look over this site again before going to Teotihuacan! I also enjoyed reading your description on Palenque. I went there without a guide book, and was totally lost! Thank you for your efforts, they are greatly appreciated! Keep up the good work!yavirachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842958435856734552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-71269095482867056652010-11-05T12:34:06.952-06:002010-11-05T12:34:06.952-06:00We are thinking of taking this tour and now I'...We are thinking of taking this tour and now I'm convinced we should! Thanks for sharing! Excellent job.Lalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12645597976933453819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-15982164760108634712010-09-12T12:30:54.632-05:002010-09-12T12:30:54.632-05:00Carol, nice to hear from you. I have not met your ...Carol, nice to hear from you. I have not met your Mom, but I'll keep an eye out. As to the jaguar in the mural of the next to last photo, my information is that he is not drinking from an olla, but blowing on a trumpet or horn of some sort. Also, the decorations above the jaguar include depictions of Tlaloc, the rain god. Venus, the Morning Star was revered by many Meso-American civilizations from Chichen Itza to the people in the Colima area on the mid-Pacific Coast. However, I am not sure that Venus is represented here. There was no mention of it in the material I researched. Of course, there are often conflicting opinions about much of this ancient world, and the people of Teotihuacan left no written language, so maybe we'll never know for sure.Jim Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923490491088874998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-40675492719856193572010-09-11T14:53:03.575-05:002010-09-11T14:53:03.575-05:00My study of pre-Columbian archaeology led me to yo...My study of pre-Columbian archaeology led me to your web site. Great Job!!<br />By the way my mother lives in Ajijic what a coincidence.<br />My name is Carl de Borhegyi son of the late Maya archaeologist Stephan F. de Borhegyi, and the son of Suzanne Forrest-de Borhegyi. I guess I was wondering if you knew her at all? She is very involved in my research and is helping me edit my manuscript titled Breaking The Mushroom Code. It leads me to my question regarding the jaguar mural you have on your site and your thoughts as to the contents in the jar that the jaguar is drinking from.<br />The mural depicts the underworld jaguar below a number of five-pointed stars representing the planet Venus as the Evening Star, a symbol of underworld sacrifice, depicting the goggled eyed god Tlaloc with jaguar fangs. The jaguar is depicted drinking from a jar or olla which I now firmly believe contains a ritual beverage consumed before sacrifice that includes hallucinogenic mushrooms. This sacred beverage causes the effects I call underworld jaguar transformation. If you look closely on the back of the jaguar you will see tiny upside down images of what I have determined are tiny half-sliced mushrooms in profile, icons identifying mushrooms as the means of jaguar transformation.<br />For more on this subject visit mushroomstone.com or goggle Breaking The Mushroom Code <br />I will be in Ajijic for X-massCarl de Borhegyihttp://mushroomstone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-84634160086310450822010-03-08T09:25:54.520-06:002010-03-08T09:25:54.520-06:00Hey Jim, nice photo of us getting down that pyrami...Hey Jim, nice photo of us getting down that pyramid. Thanks!<br />It was really a steep climb and we were barely hanging on! Bunch of Mexican teens in front of us were running down the steps, laughing enjoying the experience. The Mexicans do indeed live each day to the fullest!<br /><br />eefioneefionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-47605847330075463582010-03-06T02:02:00.331-06:002010-03-06T02:02:00.331-06:00Jim this was another great blog. Really enjoyed it...Jim this was another great blog. Really enjoyed it. I think the buildings and structures you showed were probably built by slaves that had been captured from other natives that lived in the area. Jackie PJackiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074942187692428510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-67037146644645047862010-03-05T20:23:29.414-06:002010-03-05T20:23:29.414-06:00Hi Jim, Great post loved all the pictures, you are...Hi Jim, Great post loved all the pictures, you are better than any history teacher I ever had.<br />Cherylcheryl pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13182094103001258478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4330114585754884758.post-65554182402912491192010-03-05T12:43:31.241-06:002010-03-05T12:43:31.241-06:00I may have mentioned this before, but if you haven...I may have mentioned this before, but if you haven't contacted a travel magazine or publisher and shown them your blog, I wish you would. You do a phenomenal job with the photos, the reporting and the writing. This should be shared with the masses. Well, at least as many people as possible. I thoroughly enjoy living vicariously through your adventures! <br /><br />Kathie BestUnion Maidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947059395494676074noreply@blogger.com