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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#0000ff>Mario Marquez comments on
Castañeda's hypothesis of the function and origin of pyramids in
Mesoamerica (as outlined below) does not take into account one important
feature of the pyramids of Mesoamerica: the temple (or the dual temples) at
the apex of the pyramids. What was the function of these temples at the top
of the pyramids? Why do some pyramids have temples (Tenochtitlan, e.g. the
pyramid of el Templo Mayor) and some don't (Teotihuacan, e.g., the pyramid of
the Sun)? </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Obviously, there is more going on here than what
Marquez and Castañeda propose below. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000>Teotihuacan, Tula, Chichén Itza,
Monte alban, solo son<BR>resquicios de monumentos creados para el incremento de
estos "poderes".<BR>Los brujos de antaño se sentaban a concentrar su atención en
puntos<BR>particulares de las pirámides logrando desconectarse del "mundo real"
de<BR>manera que alteraban su visión y su concepción del
mundo.</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV>Podríamos quizá relacionar a miles de monumentos en todo el planeta
con<BR>este objetivo; hacer que el iniciado centrara su atención plena
para<BR>despertar sus facultades mentales, físicas y espirituales.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Is the temple(s) on top of the pyramid a late
development? Was the vision and conception of the world transformed from
an awakening of people's psychic and spiritual consciousness to a mode of
worship, ritual and ceremonial center based on their own (or a
new) understanding of Ultimate Reality? These are the questions that
are not accounted for in the Castañeda/Marquez hypothesis.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>I would be interested to know what other Listeros think
about this. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Juan Alvarez Cuauhtemoc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Independent Scholar</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>