Aztecs in the News

The Associated Press reported this week that a 14 ton Aztec monolith has been found in the Templo Mayor in Mexico City and could be the largest found to date.

The monolith was initially discovered during excavations earlier this month but researchers had no idea of how big this object was until this week. Archeologist also found an alter dedicated to the Aztec rain god Tlaloc. Buried in the depths of the Templo Mayor, the monolith resided in the most sacred temple of Aztec religion at the center of the civilization’s capital and is believed to be a calendar stone.

Like many of the Mesoamerican cultures in existence before and during their reign, the Aztecs had a very accurate calendar and extensive knowledge of the universe and its cycles. Their calendar, like their ancient neighbors the Mayans, also had cycles that determined what cycle the universe was in and its effects on the Aztec people. Once the cycles were up, the universe came to a violent close, destroying everything in existence.

Similar to the Hindu Kaliyuga, the Aztecs believed that they were living in the worst of the cycles and facing the last days. They believed that by establishing a good relationship with the gods through human sacrifice, they could avoid a little bit of the divine wrath. Knowing the gravity of the situation and what the gods were capable of, they figured they better get a move on things and carve people up by the bushel.

One of the most sacred of rituals that called for sacrifice was the New Fire Ceremony. Every 52 years, all fires would be extinguished throughout the Aztec capital. A person would then be chosen and taken to the top of the temple. A priest would then stretch the person over the alter and carve their heart out from their chest. Holding the heart high in the air, it would be offered to the heavens. A fire would then be started inside the chest cavity of the sacrifice victim, and the fire would be carried to all the temples for people to light their fires from. This ceremony is strikingly similar to the annual Celtic festival of Samhain.

Anyone interested in finding out a little more about the Aztecs and their enthusiasm for human sacrafice should check out this article by Richard Hooker at Washington State University.

Ireland's Exorcists want the Paranormal to be taken Seriously

Exorcists within the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland have made a plea for an official forum to investigate paranormal events on the Emerald Isle.

Whether it is Saint Patrick’s battle of conversion over Ireland’s pagan natives or the conflict between Protestants and Catholics, a war of faith has always been present in Irish culture. Through folklore and a firm religious grip on politics, these earthly battles have been ultimately portrayed as a greater battle between good and evil. And what greater battle is there than that between God and the Devil for the human soul?

According to a BBC article released in 2000, exorcisms have been on the rise around the world. In 2005, the Roman Catholic Church organized a seminar that would instruct priests on how to deal with the latest demonic insurgence and paranormal activity.

Ireland, boasting one of the world’s most ancient Christian cultures, has been a stronghold of conservative values and has always been a fertile ground for breeding exorcists. Most notable is the late Father Malachi Martin, a former Jesuit priest and researcher of the occult.

In his book Hostage to the Devil, Martin reveals multiple cases that he was personally involved with. He describes demon possession to not only be the spitting of pea soup and craziness we see in the movies, but an attempt by the invasive entity to corrupt the person it inhabits and everyone and every thing around it. Like the priests who are calling for an official forum, he believed that the paranormal is a world that has been ignored for far too long.

A skeptic, I attempted to do a little research into this matter and called the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Although I could get no one official, an anonymous source did say that the diocese continues to perform exorcisms in the Baltimore area. Though exorcisms are far and few between, it was stressed that cases need to be approved by the Vatican and that it is a very involved process. The act of ridding a person from a demon can take years.

This is all interesting enough, but it does not prove that those claiming to be possessed are nothing more than very sick people in need of a psychiatrist and some good drugs.

But, perhaps that is what the Lord of Darkness wants us to believe.

In the case of Anneliese Michel, the inspiration for The Exorcism of Emily Rose, it is reported that the devil spoke through her and said, “Those who don’t even believe in my existence are the dearest to me.”

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Victim's compensation has been a hot topic the past few years, but the Germans are taking it to a new level. People claiming to be UFO abductees are seeking state compensation for trauma
suffered while being in the forceful hands of extra-terrestrials.

If any of the "victims" do win a case, they would be able to benefit from a German law that gives financial compensation and treatment to kidnap victims.

German lawyer Jens Lorek said that many people are just too embarrassed to admit they've been victimized by aliens and the issue needs to be recognized.

Until someone digs out an implant or drags an alien out of a space ship and can say that this is the guy who has been habitually kidnapping and raping them, the abductees of Germany will be waiting a long time before they will receive compensation.

Fortunately, the people asking for this aid are probably just freeloaders looking for the easy cash in.

Despite the claims of a bunch of deadbeats, the question does need to be asked. If aliens are abducting people, who is there to champion our species against these invaders?

Alien Resistance HQ and Alien Resistance Movement are two organizations dedicated to addressing this alleged threat to our species. Their opinions differ of who the invaders are, but both agree that ET has got to go.

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