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This is a devotional image of Xipe Totec, “The Flayed Lord,” also translated as “The Bearer of the Skin.” He is the Lord of Spring, a manifestation of corn, and the patron of gold and silversmiths.
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Our hearts are conceived of as birds, its beating like the flapping of a birds wings, and when we die, our heart-souls, our yollia, takes the form of the bird it is and travels to the world of the spirit.
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We exist likewise in communion with Spirit Animals, or Naguales. We all possess at least two spirit animals. Our Nagual lives in the world of the spirit, and when we die, it dies.
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We possess a Tonalli, a “soul” which is in our heads, linked to heat, the sun, and our destiny, one in our hearts, our Yollia, which is linked to the earth and our personalities, and an Ihiyotl, a spiritual essence which dwells in our livers and is linked to the underworld.
In the Mesoamerican world the body is linked to many“souls,”many spirits whose coexistence in our bodies and the world of the spirit comprises us and makes us who we are.These souls or spiritual essences come together at the moment of our birth, and are unique to each individual
the Four of Flints. Quetzalcoatl prepares to set himself on fire and be reborn as the Morning Star. A card of transformation, of the fall before rebirth.
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The whole is an illustration of the concept of duality; the two Teótl are at one and the same time brother and sister, husband and wife, and the very same being.
Xochiquetzal, the Goddess of Love, appears as The Empress from the Tarot Yohualli Ehecatl. She is pregnant, as our mother, and is enthroned on a mountain of produce, as the fount of all plenty. She protects and guides us towards fulfillment.
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In honor of the sacrifices of the two Teteo, the jaguar and the eagle leapt over the flame, thereby proving their bravery and acquiring their stripes and spots from the smoky ashes of the fire;