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Chac-Mool in the Aztec and Egyptian Culture
Written by Samael Aun Weor

In the Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City there exists a stone figure of a man who is partially lying down in a dorsal decubitus position. The soles of his feet rest on his bed; thus his knees are elevated. The backs of his thighs are pressed up against the backs of his calves because his legs are bent. His upper body is arched as if he may get up at his first impulse; his face is towards the left and his sight is fixed on the horizon. At the height of his solar plexus his hands hold a container.

Archeologists know this man carved out of stone; his name is Chac-Mool, and this figure is one amongst the very few symbols from the Aztec pantheon that were rescued from the destruction of the conquest.

The mystical Aztecs, Mayans, Tarascos, etc. carved the Chac-Mool in order to perpetuate the wisdom that they received as a secret inheritance from their forefathers.

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