[Aztlan] RARE MAYA DEATH VASE FOUND

[Justin Kerr]

To All,
I do not know who concocted the phrase "DEATH VASE" but I feel it is a bit
of purple prose.
>From the National Geographic article I copied these words:
The way to have contact, to communicate, with ancestors is to have visions,"
Wells said of the Maya rituals. 

"And you have a vision either by cutting yourself and bloodletting-which
there's really no evidence for in this case-or by having some very powerful
chocolate enema, or by drinking your brains out and throwing up."

There are certainly many other ways of bringing forth the vision serpent and
I would point out a recently posted article by Barbara Kerr (disclosure; my
wife) "Datura and the Vision: it can be found at:
www.mayavase.com/datura.pdf.
Justin Kerr

 
 

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Subject: [Aztlan] RARE MAYA DEATH VASE FOUND


Listeros,

An extremely rare Maya death vase has been found in a 1,400 year old  
elite burial in Honduras. Soil samples in and around  vessel found  
corn, cacao and ipecac for trances through physical purging. The team  
that found the vessel believe a stomach churning gruel was made for  
drinking from this vessel.

This is the first "Ulua" style vessel ever scientifically excavated  
and so now the purpose of these vessels is known. It was found in a  
terraced building with a single room on top.

National Geographic has the story here and a picture of the vase;

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071203-maya-vase.html



Mike Ruggeri

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