The Mysteries of the Maya Symbols
and the epochs of crucial world transformations

by Sergey Smelyakov, Jan Wicherink

(http://www.soulsofdistortion.nl/download/GB_A5.pdf)

Annotation

In this article we show that correspondence exists between the Maya
artefacts pertaining to their Cosmogony and the Old World ones as well as with
the Great Celestial Conjunction (GCC) [1] symbols and concepts. This allows
us to conclude that the concepts of XX-correlation and GCC were also known
to Maya and reflected, principally, in the same symbols.
Besides, one more composite symbol is considered which unites the basic
concepts of Evolution which is widely used our days, but, nevertheless, has
caused a lot of acute discussions. For distinctness, we call it the “
Galactic Butterfly” (GB) – by the name which is used for this icon by
indigenous people. Though its origin has not been established yet, it is shown that
the composition and elements of this composite symbol reflect the esoteric
ideas of Cosmogony that were the same in the Old and the New Worlds. In
particular, it is shown that this symbol reflects graphically the idea of the
GCC even in a more profound way than the 8-pointed Cross and evidently
presents the “Mesoamerican” analogue of the ancient Old World Swastika.
As a consequence of the established correspondence between the New and
Old World cosmological symbols and concepts and existence of intra-American
esoteric Tradition we put forward the suggestion that the origin of this
symbol lies not in weaving patterns, but in the Tradition being maintained by
the Mesoamerican Initiates and, for this reason, the symbol GB was known
to Maya Initiates as well.
Notes
1. For convenience of reading this article it is supplied with the
Appendices which contain extended quotes and references the extracts of which are
used in the article as the premises; for this reason some extracts are
given without reference. However, the authors of this work do not share every
conclusion presented in Appendices 2 and 4: partly because they exclude
polysemy andpartly because it makes little sense to discuss the concepts
which are based on heterogeneous or questionable premises.
2. In this article the following type of references are used:
[1] – to the article in the list of references at the end of this article;
[App 1] or [App1, pr.3] – to Appendix 1, or Appendix 1, paragraph 3;
[Sp. 1] or [Sp.1, pr.3] – to Supplement 1, or Supplement 1, paragraph 3
of [1];
[Page 3] – to the main article of Page 3 of the site _ASTROTHEOS.com_
(http://www.astrotheos.com/) ;
[SD 1, 341] – to Vol. 1, page 341 of “The Secret Doctrine” by H.P.
Blavatsky.
1. Introduction

Maya artefacts. If the Old World cosmogonies are described more or less
thoroughly, at least on the exoteric level, a significant part of Maya
concepts and artefacts remains unclear or causes intensive discussions. The
basic cause of this lies in the systematic destruction of Maya culture in the
preceding centuries. Nevertheless, though the Maya beliefs and writing
system differ in their form from those of the Old World, the principal Maya
symbols and concepts pertaining to Cosmogenesis (including the concept of
non-linearity of time, etc.) remain the same, even in graphics. Moreover, the
Maya time count system (first of all – the Long Count) provides us with an
exact numerical model that can be both tested and used.
Maya Calendar. As it was established earlier [Page 3], the Maya Calendar
(viz. Long Count) describes Time not only exoterically – in the well-known
linear models of various cycles, but progressively – in evolution periods
that decrease in the Golden Section ratio, in compliance with their idea of
accelerating of Time which corresponds to the Theosophical statement that
“ {the evolution develops} … in cycles and on a strictly geometrical and
mathematical scale of progression” [SD 2, 732]. This is apart from other
facts that provide evidence of a high level of mathematical knowledge of the
Maya.
End of Maya Calendar and the GCC. After then it was revealed that the end
of the current exoteric 5-order fragment of the Long Count, or Mayan
Calendar for short, exactly corresponds to the rare Space phenomena – the Great
Celestial Conjunction (GCC) [1] which takes place 4 times a Platonic year
(viz. once in 6500 years). In that work it was shown that XX-correlation,
as the correspondence of two Celestial Crosses – those defined by the lines
of Equinoxes and Solstices of the Tropical Zodiac (TZ) and respective
structure, but for the Solar System (Solar zodiac, SZ), is reflected in the
Old World symbology by the 8-pointed Cross. Meanwhile, the GCC – the event
of conjunction of these two Crosses caused by the precession of the
Equinoxes – is reflected by the 4-pointed Cross.
Mayas and their neighbours. At the Yucatan site of Tancah, the murals “
show striking similarities to the designs of pre-conquest Mixtec codices from
the Mexican highlands…” (Sharer, The Ancient Maya p.413). Sharer also
says, “Thus, as part of Mesoamerica, the ancient Maya were influenced by, and
in turn influenced, their neighbouring cultures, such as the Olmecs to
the northwest, on the Gulf coastal plain, the Zapotec and Mixtec of Oaxaca
(west of the isthmus), the cultures centered in Teotihuacan and Tula (to the
north, in Central Mexico), and the less well-known societies to the
southeast in Central America” (Sharer p.20). So, … there could have been
cross-over of symbology … and definitely was in other cases, e.g. in the case
of the Toltec Quetzalcoatl adopted by the Yucatec Maya as Kukulcan [App
4].
Therefore, by taking into account that the Maya culture presents the basic
interest for this study and the bulk of the considered below artefacts
belong to it, in the further consideration we will use a collective attribute
“ Maya”. The more so that the neighbouring cultures have much in common
relative to these artefacts and concepts. Nevertheless, while considering
the artefacts which, at present, are attributed to other cultures we specify
their origin explicitly. Besides, the term “Mesoamerica”, for short, is
used for Mesoamerica itself and the adjacent regions of Mexico where the
Aztec empire was allocated.
A scientific approach to study of Maya artefacts. The creation of the
Universe and its evolution present a relentless interest to the “official”
science. However, its conclusions rest on and are bounded by the
interpretations of artefacts on the ground of the scientific concepts pertaining to
the respective epoch. For this reason it is doomed to circulate within the
sphere of axioms (premises) defined by these concepts.
Due to this reason the conclusions pertaining to the historical events
were systematically formed, concealed and/or distorted with the use of a “
scientific” background for them to comply various goals of the ruling circles,
since the oldest times and until our days. By putting up this rigid
statement we should like not to accuse historians or scientists in
falsifications, but to emphasize a notorious fact that a series of “facts” or “events”
which had been once “scientifically established” at later epoch were
successfully discarded. We mean to say, that making use of scientific (viz.
logical) approach does not guarantee, by itself, that the conclusion will be
true, since any approach uses premises. And even if these premises are
commonly accepted to be correct (e.g. that the age of the Universe is about 6
millennia, with respect to the well-known dogma), this does not mean that
they are actually correct. This is true within physics and, in a definite
sense, even with some mathematical theories.
Thus, I still remember how the manuals of history for schools and
universities in the Soviet Union were changed, as well as the respective displays
at the museums, almost each 5 years, after the course of the Communist
party was corrected at the current Congress. And the same philosophers, who
reviled cybernetics and genetics in the 50-ies, were sitting later, in the
60-ies, in the entrance and Ph.D.-allowance exams on philosophy which the
post-graduate students in cybernetics and genetics were to pass. Now,
together with the former Communist party leaders, they teach us how to build
capitalism.
However, this pitiful situation is not the propriety of the former USSR
and its heirs. By returning to the goal of our study we feel it necessary to
give one more, but very important example of use of double standards in
archeology and anthroposophy. Most Egyptologists believe, and this is
reflected in Books, Discovery Channel films, the tourist guides, etc. that the
Great Pyramid was built about 4600 years ago by Khufu (Greek: Cheops) in 20 –
26 years. However, whoever was the builder of the Great Pyramid (GP), he
was not Cheops (Khufu), and whenever it was built, it was not before 10 000
BC. Facts are stubborn things. Thus, even a brief consideration of few
matters concerning the construction of the Great Pyramid clearly indicate
[_http://sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/great_pyramid.html_
(http://sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/great_pyramid.html) ] that the builders of fourth dynasty
Egypt did not have the engineering capacity to erect the Great Pyramid (we
do not have the capacity even today) and that this structure was used for
a purpose altogether different from mere burial; e.g. "Silt sediments
rising to fourteen feet around the base of the pyramid contain many seashells
and fossils that have been radiocarbon-dated to be nearly twelve thousand
years old. This evidence alone suggests that the three main Giza pyramids
are at least twelve thousand years old". This is apart from the elementary
logistics: try to calculate the amount of time, people, wood (for
transporting the blocks by ships and on the surface) and other resources for cutting
off, polishing and setting up 2.6 million blocks of stone (from 2 to 50
tons each). For more references and details See [Page 7].
Therefore, even the “scientific” conclusions that are obtained through a
logical analysis of the material artefacts must also be checked for their
consistence, or rather the premises which predetermine them.
An esoteric approach to study of Maya artefacts. On the other hand, there
exists the Ancient Knowledge which provides us with a much wider and
coordinated system of concepts pertaining to the evolution of the Universe which
can be used for both numerical and semantic analysis of artefacts.
However, in the ancient cosmogonies these systems of interrelated concepts
pertaining to astronomy, geography and other branches of knowledge were
given in a veiled or even such a distorted presentation that it was almost
impossible to understand the origin of their symbolism. This mean, in
particular, that these symbols and concepts were masked and simplified, and
almost always it was forbidden to discuss their meaning. For this reason the
ancient knowledge was everywhere divided into two principal parts – the
esoteric and the exoteric ones. Under the penalty of death for divulging of
esoteric concepts, they were transferred from Initiate to Initiate. At the
same time, for the masses these concepts (relative to cosmology, symbols
etc.) were given in a religious form – as mono- or theolatry [3].
It remained so until the end of the XIX century, when, firstly in
millennia, Mahatmas decided to disclose some elements of this Ancient Knowledge,
that once was common to the ancients – the Theosophy, the concepts of which
were always known to a narrow circle of Initiates, but kept secret (under
the death penalty) from masses.
This Great Revelation was presented to mankind through the assistance of
Helen Blavatsky, who presented this Knowledge in “The Secret Doctrine”
[3] and other works. In particular, she shows in this work the common roots
of the basic religions, how the Ancient concepts of Creation were modified
in various religious and philosophical systems, as well as the origin of
the principal symbols pertaining to the Creation and Evolution and use of
the same basic symbols in Egypt, Europe, Asia and Central America including
the Maya.
In her works it is explicitly stated that Theosophy does not require an
implicit belief, but invites us to adopt its concepts through proofs and
verification. It rejects “supernatural”, but discloses the origin of
inexplicable phenomena by showing the 7-planes of existence surrounding the
physical plane which is considered in modern science as the only plane of
existence. For these reasons Theosophy can be considered as a substantially wider
world outlook than a pure scientific approach as it does not reject the
use of logic and sciences, but proposes to use them; in particular – for
testing and developing of the Theosophical concepts whenever it is possible.
Other theoretical teachings and practices such as esotery, occultism, etc.
reflect the Theosophical concepts, but not as clearly defined as in
Theosophy. For this reason they are not considered below, but the term “esoteric”
(“exoteric”) is retained for specifying those concepts which, for
millennia, were kept secret and were not exposed to the masses.
That is why each profound world outlook is still comprised of two systems
– esoteric and exoteric. To this end it is very important to distinguish
between the “Tradition” (esoteric or Theosophicalknowledge) and its
simplified version in a form of “people's religion”. The symbols and concepts
of the former were transferred from a teacher to an aspirant and kept
secret to the masses, whereas their simplified images and ideas were, as a
rule, dressed in a religious form and intended for the masses; these symbols
were presented in books, paintings, monuments. Therefore, if a profane (viz.
not-initiated plain man) knows and uses a symbol, this does not mean that
he understands its significance. From this point of view it becomes clear
that the existing myths, in written and oral form, may bear the correct
concepts, but, as a rule, are presented in the coded form – mainly in symbols
and symbolic narrations. And here we meet the problem of decodingtheMyths
and symbol.
The existing scientific approach tries to make logical conclusions by
treating the artefact images (texts) “literally”. But if we agree that
they present the coded messages, this approach leads to nowhere.
At the same time, the Theosophic approach does not reject logical
analysis, but suggests considering these artefacts on the ground of the revealed
world-wide concepts and symbols. So, a scientific approach is also
applicable for these objects, if we will understand it as a systematic use of logic
in treating the fundamental concepts and their presentation in symbols,
like mathematics does by derivation of theorems from axioms and, and physics
– by obtaining formulae, with the use of calculus, from primal laws of
nature.
So, when studying the myths or other esotery-like concepts and symbols
the basic difficulty lies in their selection and verification (for
acceptance). And for Maya heritage, from our viewpoint, the solution to the problem
of decoding of esoteric Myths and symbols lies in correlative analysis of
theirartefacts against the well-developed esoteric theory. Keeping this in
mind we come to the necessity to formulate
The Platform (premises and criteria) for Studying the Maya Artefacts and
Concepts. By keeping in mind the blank spots in our knowledge of actual
Maya Cosmogony [App 1], we are forced to make suggestions as to their
Cosmogony and its symbology. For this, we put forward the following platform (Maya
Studying Platform, MSP for short) correlating with that for the Great
Pyramid [Page 7]:
P1. For the system of Maya (Mesoamerican, in a broad sense) concepts and
symbols to be authentic and, on this ground, used in some theory, it must
comply with the respective concepts and symbols of the once Universal
Cosmogony, the basic elements of which are described in The Secret Doctrine.
P2. We must distinguish between the Ancient Wisdom of Higher Priests, who
had no intention to disseminate, and widespreadknowledge (or popular
religion) presented in codices and carvings. From this point of view it makesno
sensetoestimatethe level of theformer (in astronomy, mathematics, and
other spheres of knowledge)by thelatterone (like in Russian saying: “if you
see an elephant in a cage with the label “fly”, don’t believe your eyes!”
).
Besides, by allowing for an enigmatic abandonment of the Maya lands in
the 9th century and destruction of the Maya culture and most part of Maya
codices by Spaniards, we can hardly assume that the actual esoteric concepts
of Maya could be found on stelae; rather, due to the established cultural
exchange between the American cultures and existence of international
esoteric communications we can presume that the subsequent cultures (Aztecs – the
most important among them) shared the same Cosmogenesis, but were
probably less rigid in keeping these secrets due to their lower level of esoteric
development or simplification of the concepts (like the Christians took
the Cross for everyday use).
P3. By allowing the fact that the same symbol may reflect, but several
concepts, in the further consideration we must take account for the Polysemy
of the artefacts: different concepts may simultaneously be signified by
the same symbol; as it is said in the Secret Doctrine, there is a key for
every mystery, and it must be turned seven times.
2. Cosmogony of the New World – the Sibling of the Old World’s One
(Maya Cosmogenesis [Apps 2, 4] vs. the Secret Doctrine [App 3])
2.1. What Does Hunab Ku Stand For?

2.1.1. Modern Maya Daykeeper Hunbatz Men calls Hunab Ku “The Only Giver
of Movement and Measure”, the Universal Consciousness and prime organizer
of our Galaxy [App 4, 4]. With these and other attributes Hunab Ku cannot
[App 3] stand for the “Supreme ALL”, or Absolute Deity.
2.1.2. In some way Hunab Ku is associated with the stars, planets and
solar systems, as well as with the Milky Way as a whole. As far as from a
perspective of our planet there are three “observable” levels of Spiritual
Hierarchy [1] – those of the Earth, Solar System and Milky Way (Galaxy),
which are also reflected in the well-defined physical systems, Hunab Ku should
be referred to the Galactic level.
2.1.3. Cosmic consciousness which the Maya called “Hunab Ku” (“all of
the Consciousness that has ever existed in this Galaxy”) is provided with
such attribute as the “the Only Giver (“Sole Dispenser”) of Movement and
Measure” – viz. of Time and Space (as Time is the equivalent for Motion, as
Measure – for Space [3]), to whom they also attributed the mathematical
structuring of the universe. Inasmuch as they also considered Hunab Ku as the
ultimate Creator of the Universe (the "Mother Womb" which is constantly
giving birth to new stars and it gave birth to our own Sun and Planet Earth),
we can resume that Hunab Ku stands for the Demiurge of our Galaxy, or
manifested (or second) Logos, or the “Divine Powers, who are the active
manifestations of the One Supreme Energy. They are the framers, shapers, and
ultimately the creators of all the manifested Universe, in the only sense
in which the name “Creator” is intelligible; they inform and guide it;
they are the intelligent Beings who adjust and control evolution”; the
Builders – “are the real creators of the Universe”.
Note also that Time and Space are the forms of the One incognizable Deity
[SD 2, 382]). The Puranas insist on the identity of Vishnu with Time and
Space (Vishnu is all – the worlds, the stars, the seas, etc… and the
Rabbinical symbol for God is MAQOM, "Space"…[SD 2, 611].
2.1.4. So, it is clear that due to the high level of Hierarchy of Hunab Ku
this Creator should have been “a remote from everyday affairs”, figure “
little in the {everyday} life of the ancient Maya” and, due to its
holiness, should not be exposed, as the ineffable and unutterable NAME, in
exoteric sources (“in the codices or elsewhere”).
2.1.5. Symbols of Hunab Ku and the Milky Way.
i) The Sun as a star and the Central Spiritual Sun that stands behind the
visible Sun – are two different things [1, 3]. If for the former the
symbol is used, the latter is understood as the Logos of the Solar system which
is too Divine and not cognizable for us to bear a symbol, as the
ineffable and unutterableNAME.
In the strict conformity with this approach HunbatzMen hasnever actually
said that the symbol“GalacticButterfly” (See Sec. 5)was Hunab Ku [App 4];
moreover, apparently with a clear understanding of the esoteric meaning of
Hunab Ku, Men doesn’t state that Hunab K’u is the Milky Way; instead,
with respect to the concepts of the Secret Doctrine he says: “The Maya lived
integrally worshipping that which is represented by the “G”. I will reveal
to you, dear reader, with all due respect for the sacred Hunab’Ku, from
whom came my illumination and who enabled me to see it, the place of origin
of this form. It is nothing less than our galaxy. Yes, the Milky Way!”
[App 4].
Men also demonstrates that the Mexicas and other Mesoamerican peoples
worshipped the Milky Way as represented by this symbol.
ii) Alongside, the same hierogram – , “the circle of Heaven” [App 3,
pr.2], was used with a sacred meaning, as an indirect indication to the
Architect. Therefore, it is quite probable that in this sense the following
statement, if applied to the esoteric side of Maya Cosmology, is also
authentic: the Maya represented Hunab Ku “by a circle {marked out by the Authors of
that article} in which was inscribed a square , just as did Pythagoras”
[App 4, pr.2].
Further on, with the clear correlation with the concepts of the Circle
(viz. zero) [Sp.1] and the Secret Doctrine Men continues:
“ For the Maya, wherever the symbol of zero is marked {SS: note that Maya
knew the number “zero” long before it came to Europe}, its value is known,
for it represents the essence of the beginning, the Logos. … In order to
understand the sacred Hunab’Ku, the Only Giver of Movement and Measure, one
must venerate the origin of the zero, the Milky Way, because it is there
that the mold for the most ancient things was located” [App 4].
iii) This gives us a clear indication that Hunbatz Men, as a man in
Tradition, apparently follows principally the same Cosmogony that is given in
the Secret Doctrine and evidently separates the Creator (Hunab Ku) and His
Creation (the Milky Way). Namely, these considerations show that Initiated
Mayas (as the Secret Doctrine) had evidently distinguished, on the
symbolical and conceptual levels, between Hunab Ku as the Demiurge (“”) and its “
visible” image – the Milky Way, or manifestation of Hunab Ku (“G”).
At the same time “the circle of Heaven” was not only known to Mayas, but
used as an attribute of Venus (See Para. 2.2.2) from where a Hierarchy of
Creators had come to Earth.
2.1.6. In compliance with the Theosophical paradigm, Hunab Ku, as the
Highest Hierarch for the elements of this Galaxy, “represented the gateway to
other Galaxies beyond our Sun” [App 4, pr. 2.3].
2.1.7. The manifested or physical nature of the Galaxy was also
well-known to the Maya: >br? i) Hunab Ku, according to the Maya, is also the
Consciousness (viz. Creators) which organized all matter, from a “whirling disk”
, into stars, planets and solar systems [App 4, pr. 2.3];
“ In the earliest Hindu exoteric cosmogonies, it is not even the Demiurge
who creates. For it is said in one of the Puranas that: "The great
Architect of the World gives the first impulse to the rotatory motion of our
planetary system by stepping in turn over each planet and body." It is this
action "that causes each sphere to turn around itself, and all around the Sun."
After which action, "it is the Brahmandica, the Solar and Lunar Pitris
(the Dhyani-Chohans)" who take charge of their respective spheres (earths and
planets), to the end of the Kalpa” [SD 1, 442]. (Note: in the Secret
Doctrine the creation of the Galaxy is considered, but in outline.)
ii) They also believed that the "Creator" directs everything that happens
in our Galaxy from its center through the emanation of periodic
" Consciousness Energy" bursts [App 4, pr. 1].
iii) Today, modern astronomers have verified that at the center of our
Galaxy is a “whirling disk” with a “Black Hole” at its center that is both
swallowing and giving birth to stars [App 4, pr. 1].
There appears to be a convergence between what the Maya believed and
understood and what modern scientists are discovering about our Galaxy today.
One big difference is how modern physicists view and how the ancient Mayas
viewed “Time”. Today, physicists view Time as being linear … In contrast,
the Maya believed essentially that Time flows in a circle. There is a
beginning and an end to things but there is a renewal at the end of the Time
cycle. There is a “periodicity” to all manifested phenomena. The Mayan
highly accurate Long Count Calendar is based on this precept. The Maya also
believed that Time originates out of the Hunab Ku and is controlled by it [App
4, pr. 1].
2.1.8. It is very difficult to dismiss the Mayan Cosmology and Astronomy
because they left extraordinary evidence that their "Time" keeping
methodologies give extremely accurate results. Their pyramids like the one at
Chichen-Itza in Mexico are precisely aligned to the the yearly Solstices and
the Equinoxes that are caused by the precession of the Earth's axis as it
orbits the Sun. The Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chichen-Itza is essentially a
superb and highly accurate Time keeping devise that never fails to mark the
yearly “Precession of the Equinoxes” [App 4, pr. 1].
2.1.9. The ancient Maya astronomers accurately predicted the Great
Celestial Conjunction at the end of the present Long Cont cycle on December 21,
2012 when humanity will pass a point of bifurcation. On this day, according
to the Mayas and subsequent Meso-American civilizations, the return of
Kukulcan (Quetzalcoatl) will take place. By taking into account of Para.
2.2.2 and [Apps 2, 3], we can presume that apart from intensification of the
Galactic influence (“Consciousness Energy” burst though the alignment of
the TZ and SZ axes), our Venus Lords may probably exert their influence in an
“unusual” way.
2.1.10. The physical reflection of the esoteric concept of rotation (of
all worlds) on three levels of Hierarchy – Earth, Solar System, and Galaxy
is seen in the basic planes – Equator, Ecliptic, and Galactic Equator; and
namely these three planes define the XX-correlation and the GCC.

Resume
1. The essence of the Cosmology paradigm of Maya complies, in its main
aspects, with the basic ideas of the Secret Doctrine (relative to
Cosmogenesis) and astronomy (as to the structure of the Galaxy).
2. Therefore, as far as the Ancient Maya (Initiates, of course) followed
the concepts of the Secret Doctrine, they should have to keep their
esoteric knowledge secret; and with the recent evidences of Hunbatz Men, we
obtain more grounds to affirm that the Ancient Maya had two forms of their
teaching: the exoteric, which was exposed to everybody in stelae and codices,
and the esoteric one, the full scope of which remains unknown to the modern
world.
3. Hunab Ku is associated with engendering of the “whirling disk” of our
Galaxy that is “governed” from its centre (Centre of the Galaxy) from
which it produces the Consciousness Energy bursts. Along with the three
levels of Hierachy, this structure defines the basic elements of XX-correlation
and GCC.
4. According to Mayas, Time flows in a circle, originates out of the Hunab
Ku, and inseparable from Space. This denotes that the cycles (or spirals)
of Time must correspond to definite Heavenly bodies positions. Apart from
presenting one more evidence to the authenticity of the concept of GCC, it
also provides one more argument in favor of the Auric Time Scale [Pages
1-3].
5. The evident geometrical images of these Maya concepts (, whirling disk,
Center of the Galaxy, unity of Time & Space, emanations from the centre,
etc.) are integrated in the symbol of “Galactic Butterfly” (See Sec. 5).
2.2. Maya Cosmogony in Codices and Stelae Symbols

“Creation of the Earth-Sky is the central motif of Maya myth and
religion. The Temple of the Cross at Palenque and other Classical inscriptions
report the events of Creation, though in a condensed, sometimes cryptic
manner. These sources do not always agree in detail {SS – from the existing
point of view}. Nevertheless, they show a remarkable continuity in the Maya
conception of the cosmos over two millennia of history”
[_http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html_ (http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html)
].
Moreover, not only does this principal concept of Maya Cosmogony [App 2]
reflect the ideas of the Secret Doctrine [App 3], but their symbols as
well; in common, they present an exact esoteric system of astronomical
knowledge. Although, these aspects of their knowledge are known to us, probably
the only source for revealing the esoteric aspects of their knowledge resides
in the oral tradition which, at present, is opened slightly by Hunbatz
Men.
In compliance with the Secret Doctrine, The Maya believed that: “The
creation of the present world, the world of humankind, was only one act in an
eternal cycle of birth, death, and renewal. The cycles of the seasons and
the stars in their courses are reflections of this cosmic dance. The
events of Creation are writ in the sky”
[_http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html_ (http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html) ].
Even the existing Maya codices show that they were well acquainted with
the general structure and mechanics of the Solar system and Galaxy. In
particular, they possessed the Ephemeris for Venus, Moon and Mars (the eclipse,
Venus and Mars tables), as well as the numerical methods for correcting
their astronomical tables. This is apart from the accumulating evidence that
other astronomical information and cross-references are hidden in the
existing codices.
The following review shows that there exists a close correspondence
between the Old and New World systems of astronomical symbolism.
2.2.1. Ecliptic

The celestial bodies are often shown suspended from a “sky band”
representing the Ecliptic, the path of the sun, moon, and planets through the
heavens against the background of stars.
The Ecliptic is also represented by the two-headed reptile (or sky band),
the front head of which is almost always marked with the Venus glyph,
while the rear one – with a Sun sign. Moreover, in Maya languages, chan (sky)
and kan(serpent) are homonyms.
Thus snakes or snake-bodied creatures are often sky symbols. For example:
- the Serpent bar representing the ecliptic forms the cross-piece of the
Palenque "cross" or World Tree (Fig. 3);
- although no astronomical tables have been identified with certainty in
the Madrid Codex, astronomical symbolism, Skybands and what are likely
zodiac and eclipse symbols appear in many illustrations.
2.2.2. Earth, Venus, Orion and Pleiades

In Maya myth, Venus is the companion of the Sun, and Kukulkan is most
closely associated with Venus and presents one of the Lords of the
pantheon of Venus deities.
The Venus glyph is a four-pointed star (Cross). Standing alone (Fig. 1.a)
it presents either Venus or a lesser "star." With a prefix “chak” it
stands for “great star” (Fig. 1.b) and probably refers specifically to
Venus; the latter symbol – a cross surrounded by four circles – comprises the
elements of the known Venus symbol and resembles an eight-pointed star.

.

.

Other forms of 'ek
Chak 'ek

a) b)
Fig. 1. Venus symbols
[Credit to: _http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/glyphs.html_
(http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/glyphs.html) ]
The “great star” symbol (in addition to a synopsis of the Crosses and
Circles [Sp.1]) gives us one more important universal glyph : the point
within the circle which represents not only the Sun (in carving it is
impossible to make a “point”: this is seemingly the reason why these glyphs are
presented as double circles). “… this first, or rather ONE, principle was
called “the circle of Heaven” … the point being the LOGOS” [SD1, 426]. This
gives us one more clue that Venus was honoured by the Mayas for Her Lords.
The great significance which the Maya pay to Venus corresponds with the
significance the Secret Doctrine (App 3) pays to the Lords of this planet
and explains the multitude of Venus gods as presenting Kumaras, Dhyan
Chohans, etc.
A remarkable example of Mesoamerican understanding of the structure of
the Solar System is seen in Fig. 2, where the 4 inner circles (inside the
band of dots) stand for the visible inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars) while the 5 outer circles – for the outer ones (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, Pluto). At the same time, the band of dots itself represents the
Asteroid belt. This is a perfect representation of the Solar System! Also
the left and right side of the picture is separated by a vertical band of 9
circles, representing the 9 planets of our Solar System, or the
numerological concept of time.

Fig. 2. This is drawn from a seal. The “O” is the universal symbol of
consciousness. The central cross is similar to what is known in the Americas
as the Cross of Quetzalcoatl [Credit to: Share Int., 1997, V.16, N. 4]
The orientation of the crosses is also indicative as they are tilted from
one depiction to the other. It may represent the rotating cross of the
Tropical Zodiac (TZ), the equinox and solstice axis relative to the “stationary
” Solar one (Look at the left cross in the center of the circles and
compare it with the cross on the right).
In addition the crosses are also depicted in the corners. The cross in
the upper right corner is rotated with respect to the cross on the lower left
corner, for both halves of the picture. At this, the different angles may
present not only the GCCs, but the 1/5 of the Platonic year – viz. the
duration of the Long Count in units of the Precession.
Orion, as in the Secret Doctrine, is of great importance to the Maya.
Thus, The "3 stones of Creation" and turtle (Fig. 1 of App 2) representing
bright stars in Orion are the important symbols in Maya creation myths the
symbolism of which resonate with the Old World ones. It is seen, for example,
in Fig. 6 presenting the Egyptian Analogue of Izapan Stela 67.
The Pleiades, as in Egypt, were also honoured in Mesoamerica.
2.2.3. The World Tree, the Cross, and the Serpent

2.2.3.1. The World Tree. The World Tree (Figs. 3, 4, 8, 9; 1 – 8 of App 2)
is the most pervasive Maya symbol of the creation and ordering of the
world. It is the axis of the Earth-Sky which connects or rather associates the
principal elements of the Galaxy: (i) the Galaxy itself (or its Hierarch,
or Deity, being manifested by the Galactic Centre), as the system, (ii)
the Solar System (or its Hierarch, or Deity, being manifested by the Sun) as
the element of the Galaxy and (iii) the Earth as the element of the Solar
System. Though other names are used for the upper levels, we can note that
in the Secret Doctrine the “underworld” (or Avichi) is the earthy life
itself: “earth is Avichi”. So, though exoterically they could speak about “
Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld”, they had distinguished between the Milky
Way and Ecliptic and, therefore, should not have united the physical Sun
and Galaxy in a unit while placing the Globe and Spiritual Underworld in
another two ones.
For this reason the three Cosmic Centres of Maya – Galactic Centre, Sun
and Earth – mimic the same conventional astronomical and esoterical centres
of influence which define the outer influence in the concept of
XX-correlation and GCC.
2.2.3.2. The World Trees at Palenque. In the Temple of the Cross the World
Tree is depicted (Fig. 3) as a symbol of the Milky Way (and, hence, the
Galactic Equator). Through the centre of the “cross” runs a serpent bar,
representing the Ecliptic (Figs. 2-4, 7, 8 of App 2). Together with the sky
band (viz. Ecliptic) it also presents the Cross of the SZ. On the dates
assigned to centering of the world at Creation of the present era, the Milky
Way stands erect at dawn, running through the zenith from North to South.
It becomes the axis of the heavens and, thus presents an analogue of the TZ
and, thus, – XX-correlation by relating the SZ’s Cross with the
orthogonal Sun-Earth planes.
As a symbol, the Serpent had as many aspects and occult meanings as the
Tree itself [SD 1, 405]. Besides, the Cross and the Tree are identical and
synonymous in symbolism [SD 2, 588]. These keys allow us to reveal other
meanings of these symbols.


The Tablet of the Cross illustrates the _World Tree_
(http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/creation.html) , which connects Heaven, Earth, and the
Underworld. It is flanked by the Palenque Ruler Chan Balam (right), who dedicated
the Temples of the Cross group in 690 AD, and his father, the greatest of
Palenque Kings, Pakal. The _glypic text_
(http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/crosstext2.html) tells of the birth of First Mother and First Father, and
the “raising of the sky” by First Father, the Maize God Hun-Nal-Ye.
Drawing from Schele, _Maya Cosmos_
(http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/creation.html#Maya)

Fig. 3. The Tablet of the Cross [credit to:
_http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/palenquecross.html_ (http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/palenquecross.html) ]
The Symbol for Sacred and Secret Knowledge was universally in antiquity a
Tree, by which a Scripture or a Record was also meant (e.g. the Tree of
Knowledge is the esoteric or Secret Doctrine [SD 2, 202]). Hence … the
" Dragons (or Serpents)," symbols of wisdom, who guard the Trees of Knowledge.
So, the collective name “World Tree” assigned now to all New World Trees
is the same Old World’s “Tree of the Knowledge of the Good and the Evil
[that] grows from the roots of the Tree of Life”.
2.2.3.3. The Celestial Bird. Both World Trees at Palenque (Figs. 7, 8 of
App 2) are crowned with the Celestial Birds. Their position over these
Crosses complies fully with the meaning the Secret Doctrine denotes to this
symbol:
“ Examine the Mexican MSS (Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 9789); you will find in it
a tree whose trunk is covered with ten fruits ready to be plucked by a
male and female, one on each side of it, while from the top of the trunk two
branches shoot horizontally to the right and left, thus forming a perfect
(Tau), the ends of the two branches, moreover, each bearing a triple bunch,
with a bird – the birdof immortality, Atman or the divine Spirit –
sitting between the two, and thus making the seventh. This represents the same
idea as the Sephirothal Tree, ten in all, yet, when separated from its
upper triad, leaving Seven. These are the celestial fruits, the ten or , 10,
born out of the two invisible male and female seeds, making up the 12, or
the Dodecahedron of the Universe ...” [SD 2, 35-36].
So, as the universal symbol for the divine Spirit is the circle, then
these crosses evidently present the sacred Ankh , or Venus (See [Sp. 1]).
2.2.3.4. The Serpent: this symbol is one of the most ancient … and the
general association of the Serpent with the tree … the "Serpent" and "Dragon"
were the names given to the "Wise Ones," the initiated adepts of olden
times. … that is why the earliest Initiates and Adepts, or the “Wise Men,”
for whom it is claimed that they were initiated into the mysteries of nature
by the UNIVERSAL MIND, represented by the highest angels, were named the “
Serpents of Wisdom” and “Dragons”… ”. The Nagas of the Hindu and Tibetan
adepts were human Nagas (Serpents), not reptiles. Moreover, the Serpent
has ever been the type of consecutive or serial rejuvenation, of IMMORTALITY
and TIME [SD 1, 404].
The same concept is seen in the New World: “Some of the descendants of
the primitive Nagas, the Serpents of Wisdom, peopled America, when its
continent arose during the palmy days of the great Atlantis, (America being the
Patala or Antipodes of Jambu-Dwipa, not of Bharata-Varsha). Otherwise,
whence the traditions and legends – the latter always more true than history,
as says Augustin Thierry – and even the identity in the names of certain
" medicine men" and priests, who exist to this day in Mexico? We shall have to
say something of the Nargals and the Nagals and also of Nagalism, called
" devil-worship" by the Missionaries” [SD 2, 182].
… Everywhere the sacred serpent, the naga, and its shrine and its priest …
; in Rome … In Greece … The Cainites and the Ophites call it Creator …
one should also visit … the Voodoos of Port-au-Prince and Jamaica, the
Nagals of Mexico, and the Pa, or men-serpents of China, etc… [SD 2, 209].
Such similarity (between the Indian Nagas and the American Nagals) cannot
be attributed to coincidence. And now it may be hoped the full meaning of
the serpent emblem is proven. It is neither that of evil, nor, least of
all, that of the devil; but is, indeed, the (“the eternal Sun-Abrasax”), the
Central Spiritual Sun [SD 2, 214].
2.2.3.5. Two Serpents. The trunk of the Asvattha (the tree of Life and
Being, the ROD of the Caduceus) grows from and descends at every Beginning …
The two Serpents, the ever-living and its illusion (Spirit and Matter)
whose two heads grow from the one head between the wings, descend along the
trunk, interlaced in close embrace (Fig. 1 of App 3).
Note, that this concept is clearly seen in the two-headed Cosmic Creature
(Fig. 2 of App 2), the heads of which are presented by our Principal Lords
– the Spiritual Sun and Venus.
But the symbol of Tree stands not only for the Space: “…among the
luxuriant branches of all those mundane trees, the "Serpent" dwells. But while the
Macroscosmic tree is the Serpent of Eternity and of absolute Wisdom
itself, those who dwell in the Microcosmic tree are the Serpents of the
manifested Wisdom. One is the One and All; the others are its reflected parts. The
“ tree” is man himself, of course, and the Serpents dwelling in each, the
conscious Manas, the connecting link between Spirit and Matter, heaven and
earth” [SD 2, 98].
Explicitly, this correlation of the World Tree and two serpents with the
Earth and mankind we see in the Selden Codex (Fig. 4), where the
mythological birth of humanity shows arche­typal Man emerging from the Sacred
Tree (Compare with Fig. 1 of App 3). The two serpents represent Spirit and
Matter (or good and evil) – the duality of existence, or the two poles of
the same homogeneous substance, the root-principle of the universe.

Fig. 4. World Tree from the Selden Codex
[Credit to: Share Int., 1997, V.16, N. 4]
2.2.4. The Cosmic Canoe, the Ankh, the Crocodile

Stela 67 (Fig. 5) is similar to Stelae 11 (Fig. 7.a) and 22 (Fig. 7.b). As
the Deity sits in the middle of a cosmic canoe representing the Milky
Way, we have to consider Him to be the Hierarch of the Galaxy (Demiurge) that
is manifested by the Galactic Centre as the Central Spiritual Sun of the
Solar system is substituted by the visible Sun. Hence, with His outstretched
arms He produces the Greater Cross that can thus be related to the
cardinal axes of SZ, whereas the Crosses in His arms to – to the axes of TZ
(each of them is a cross between the 4-pointed cross and Ankh, or primeval
Swastika).
By taking into account the ballcourt’s orientation [App 2, pr.3.2], this
image reflects the idea of GCC.

Fig. 5. 4-point cross at Stela 67
[Credit to: _www.Alignment2012.com_ (http://www.alignment2012.com/) ]
We find a similar symbology with the Egyptians. In the “Orion Mystery”
by Gilbert and Bauval we find a picture of Osiris standing erect in a barque
on the Milky Way river, stretching ONE hand horizontally with the Ankh
[Sp. 1] in his hand (Fig. 6).
(http://www.robertbauval.com/)
Fig. 6. Orion/Osiris holds the ankh/key to the door/Gate
[Credit to: _www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/7.htm#osiris_
(http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/7.htm#osiris) ]
Stela 22 (Fig. 7.b) has much in common [App 2, pr.3.2] with Stela 67
(4-point cross and the Deity in a canoe) and the World Tree (two serpents, sky
dragon or Principal Bird Deity); these elements, once again, mimic the
considered world-wide esoteric symbols. A new topic here is the serpent
headed rope that suspends the canoe over the waters and a parallel serpent rope
which mimics “the Spirit over the Waters” (See Sec. 5).
Stela 11 (Fig. 7.a) presents the same figure on the background of the
curly cross, only two arms of which are seen; we may suggest that it is a
fragment of full 8-pointed cross, the curly ends of which represent the binary
nature of the higher influence, the Spirit-Matter, or rather the two ways
how this Higher energy could be accepted (for good and for evil) - and,
thus two different ways: evolution and involution with respect to our
behaviour. These elements we see, once again, in the symbol of Galactic Butterfly
(See Sec. 5).



a)
8-point cross at Stela 11
[Credit to: _http://edj.net/mc2012/figure3.gif_
(http://edj.net/mc2012/figure3.gif) ]
b)
4-point cross at Stela 22
[Credit to: _www.Alignment2012.com_ (http://www.alignment2012.com/) ]

Fig. 7. 8- and 4-point Crosses at Izapa Stelae
Crocodile. The Crocodile (Dragon) – is one more “international” [Sp 1]
glyph which is found among the Maya Creation symbols; e.g. in stela 25 (Fig.
9 of App 2).
To this end notice the following:
- the North Pole of Ecliptic is allocated (Fig. 3 of [1]) in the centre
of the constellation Draco which defines the positions of the axes of the SZ
and TZ;
- … It becomes the task of the fifth Hierarchy – the mysterious beings
that preside over the constellation Capricornus, Makara, or “Crocodile” in
India as in Egypt – to inform the empty and ethereal animal form and make
of it the Rational Man. This is one of those subjects upon which very
little may be said to the general public. It is a MYSTERY, truly, but only to
him who is prepared to reject the existence of intellectual and conscious
spiritual Beings in the Universe… [SD 1, 233]. The Logoi of all countries and
religions … had the aquatic animals and plants sacred to them, the ibis,
the swan, the goose, the crocodile, and the lotus [SD 1, 353];
- the Origin (0° degree point) of the Tropical Capricorn defines the
Solstice axis of TZ and, at the GCC, the Equinox axis of the SZ.
2.2.5. 4- and 8-pointed Crosses

The following review shows that apart from the above considered

indications there exists a close correspondence between The Cross and World Tree
[Ap.2] on the one hand, and the 4- and 8-pointed Crosses of the GCC and
XX-correlation on the other hand.
Long before European Christianity reached the Americas the sacred tree
and the cross were widely known there. Thus the Maya World Tree rose in the
centre of the Earth-Sky. About this centre, the cosmos was divided into
four quarters, each oriented to one of the cardinal points, and each
associated with its own sacred tree (Fig. 8). Each quarter is divided in turn,
creating eight partitions of the world. The trees at the cardinal points
support the sky. (Notice, that this gives us a verbal description of the
structure and cardinal axes of the TZ.)

Fig. 8. _Madrid Codex_ (http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/codex.html) . The 4
quarters/8 partitions of the world. (In Maya maps, east or west is at the
top)
[Credit to: _http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html_
(http://members.shaw.ca/mjfinley/mainmaya.html) ]
Even more clearly the 8-pointed Cross structure is seen on the first page
of the Aztec Codex Fejérváry-Mayerin (Fig. 9).The General structure of
this cross not only illustrates the concept of XX-correlation, but also
reveals that the recurrent “renewal of the world” being specified by a smaller
crosses placed in the sides of the greater cross takes place four times a “
cycle” (viz. the Platonic year). This greater cross, due to its
significance, presents the “immovable” (as specifying the centre of Space) cross of
the SZ’s axes, whereas the diagonal cross – the axes of the TZ, which
rotate (remember, that the world was considered by Mayas as rotating around
its centre) around the former one. Besides, it is clearly seen that the
centre of the greater cross (viz. the Galactic Centre) contains the source of
influence that acts to the periphery, viz. – to the elements of the Galaxy.

Fig. 9. (8-pointed) World Tree from Codex Fejérváry-Mayer
[Credit to: _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Fejervary-Mayer_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Fejervary-Mayer) ]
On the other hand, the concept of XX-correlation in the form of the
8-pointed cross presenting a correlation of two 4-pointed crosses gives a
reasonable explanation for the world tree emerging from the sacrificed body of
the central Deity (Fig. 5 of App 2), as emerging of new “Suns” (viz. new “
World orders”) at the successive points of bifurcation that are defined by
the Great Celestial Conjunctions.
A similar structure associated with the Space is seen in the Hindu
exoteric Pantheon: the guardian deities preside over the eight points of the
compass – the four cardinal and the four intermediate points.

Resume 2

1. The main symbols of Maya Cosmology comply, in their form and contents,
with those described in the Secret Doctrine. These are various types of
Crosses (the 4- and 8-pointed Crosses, The World Trees, Tau and Ankh) and
Circles ( O, , , ), single and double serpents, Crocodile and the
Celestial Bird, as well as complicate symbols such as cosmic canoe (over the)
water, etc.
2. With the use of primal symbols Mayas accentuated the same Space
objects as the Secret Doctrine – Sun, Venus, Orion, Pleiades, and even the three
Cosmic Centres (Earth-Sun-Galactic Centre) which correspond to the Space
Hierarchy.
3. The Ankh, as the synthesizing idea (the Celestial Bird over the Cross),
is presented in both Palenque Crosses and other important Maya artifacts.
By taking into account that this symbol also stands for Venus, these
Crosses can be related to the Lords of Venus as well.
4. Moreover, Maya established the rank of Venus to a much higher level
than those of other planets and made it actually equal to that of the Sun.
This has no other explanation except that they paid the same obeisance to the
Lords of Venus which the Secret Doctrine did with respect to their part
in the evolution of humanity.

5. In Maya stelae and codices, as in their concepts, we see a clear
reflection of the structures of the TZ and SZ, as well as concepts of
XX-correlation and GCC, both in glyphs and conceptually.
3. Maya and Aztec World Ages

What is new in the Cosmogenesis of the Maya (which was not described in “
The Secret Doctrine”) is the Maya calendar and the concept of evolution in
the sequence of 13th baktun (5125-year) cycles and how it corresponds to
new “worlds” or “Suns” at the end of each successive Long Count Cycle
[_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Calendar_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Calendar) ]:
“ The end of the 13th b'ak'tun is conjectured to have been of great
significance to the Maya, but does not necessarily mark the _end of the world_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_the_world) according to their beliefs,
but a new beginning or time of re-birth. According to the _Popol Vuh_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popol_Vuh) , we are living in the fifth world …
The Maya believed that the fifth world would end in catastrophe…”

The creation myths of most Mesoamerican peoples included the same idea of
successive “ages”: according to the Aztec Legend of the Five Suns, the
world will pass through five “suns” ruled by different solar deities. … In
the centre of the famous _Aztec sun stone_
(http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecalendar.html) (Fig. 6 of App 2) is Tonatiuh, Lord of the fifth sun. The
pictographs about his face represent the four previous suns, and the way
each ended: By wild animals, wind, fire, and flood. The glyph above the
face, 4 Olin, "earth quake", names the current sun, which will end by earth
quake. According to some scholars, _each "sun" lasts 100 calendar
rounds_ (http://www.12x30.net/aztec.html) (5196 years) – nearly equivalent to a
great cycle of the Maya Long Count, whereas five these cycles give a
figure much closer to the “perfect” number 25920 – the harmonic duration of
Platonic year
[_www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=36_
(http://www.divinecosmos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=36) ], which provides indirect evidence of knowledge
of precession and its harmonic keys.
By taking into account that Kukulkan (viz. Quetzalcoatl) is associated
with Venus (which is also presented by a 4- or 8-pointed Cross), and the
meaning [App 3] of the Tree, Serpents (Dragons), and Lords of Venus for the
evolution of the Earth, we clearly see that this symbolism corresponds to
that of the SD and predicts the Divine Participation of the Lords of Venus in
the processes that may take place on the Earth in this crucial point of
bifurcation.
In a narrow sense, this means that the current Long Count that expires on
December 21, 2012 presents not only the termination of the current
5-millennia cycle, but – by taking into account the concept of the GCC – denotes
the Origin of the Platonic year, since only once in five cycles of the
Maya calendar the origins of these two types of cycle coincide!
In a broad sense, this concept correlates with the SD concept [App 3]
relative to the Root Races and how the current Fifth will terminate its
existence – in a quake, as the preceding Fourth Race in the flood.

Resume 3

1. The creation myths of Maya and Aztecs include the same idea of
successive“ages”. And it is very important that the end of the current, fifth,
cycle coincides with the current Great Celestial Conjunction of our present
time. This means that the current historical epoch, 1998 ± 19.5 (yr)
[1], presents the Origin of the Platonic year (P.y.), since it is the only
epoch in the 26 000 yr Precession period when the GCC (that is caused by the
Precession and takes place 4 times a P.y.) coincides with the origin of the
Long Count (which repeats concurrently, taking 5 cycles to cover the

P.y.). The resonance caused by the coincidence of the bifurcation points of
these two cycles explains why the current age of 1998 – 2012 is so important
for the Earth: the bifurcation epoch of 2012 may sum up the activity of
mankind over the preceding 5 millennia, or even the Platonic year.
2. The correlation between the Secret Doctrine’s Root Races history and
Maya concepts relative to the cyclic nature of Evolution allows us to
presume that the Mesoamerican “Suns” stand for the Root Races, but, in a
fractal manner, can present the Long count cycles as well.
3. Though we cannot say definitely how events will develop around December
21, 2012, the depth of the Maya’s ancient knowledge allows us to accept
their Long Count as the actual cycle that was not revealed in the Secret
Doctrine (the Doctrine does not reveal all the cycles intentionally, but at
the end of the XIX century Helen Blavatsky warned that the XX century would
bring very important events for humanity and could even place mankind on
the brink of existence). If so, the “new world” should start. However, as
far as the current governments do not show any intention to transform the
world order with respect to the Laws of Karma, they will be compelled to do
so by the Forces directed by the Earth’s and involved Higher Hierarchies
including the Lords of Venus.
4. Hunbatz Men Evidences as to Time & Space and Number 7

The following extracts give one more evidence that apart from the written
and carved exoteric artefacts there still exists an esoteric verbal
tradition among the Mayas. Though we do not know the details of its veiled
concepts and symbols, even the published ones show the systematic and close
correlation with those of the Secret Doctrine.
Modern Maya DaykeeperHunbatzMen tells of an ancient confed­eration of
Native American elders made up of representatives from Nicaragua to the
Arctic Circle. They have been meeting for thousands of years and continue to
do so today. Before the Spaniards came the con­federation decided to
hide the Mayan teach­ings, entrusting certain families with their
care. Hunbatz Men is an inheritor of that lineage. In his book Secrets of
Mayan Sci­ence/Religion, he reveals teachings that mirror the Hindu and
Buddhist ones of as­trology, meditation, and the centenary root of
creation [Share Int., 1997, V.16, N. 4].
He speaks of Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl, not so much in light of an
expected return, but rather in terms of the possibility that each of us can
attain the same exalted stage by treading the path of attaining knowledge. “To
be Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan is to know the seven forces that govern our
body – not only know them but also use them and understand their intimate
relation­ship with natural and cosmic laws. We must comprehend the long
and short cycles and the solar laws {these are evidently the Solar
cycles: See [1] as to the Solar cycles in the Secret Doctrine, [Pages 2, 4] as
to their properties, and [Page 7] as to how they are reflected in the Great
Pyramid at Giza} that sustain our lives. We must know how to die, and how
to be born” [Share Int., 1997 (V.16), N. 4].
Now add to this the following verse from the Esoteric volumes: "Space and
Time are one. Space and Time are nameless, for they are the incognizable
THAT, which can be sensed only through its seven rays – which are the Seven
Creations, the Seven Worlds, the Seven Laws," etc., etc., etc. …[SD 2,
611]
“ Seven seems to have been the sacred number par excellence among all
civilised nations of antiquity” [3]
“… Speaking of the prevalence of seven as a mystic number, among the
inhabitants of the "Western continent" (of America), he adds that it is not
less remarkable. For:
It frequently occurs in the Popul-vuh . . . we find it besides in the
seven families said by Sahagun and Clavigero to have accompanied the mystical

personage named Votan, the reputed founder of the great city of Nachan,
identified by some with Palenque. In the seven caves from which the ancestors
of the Nahuatl are reported to have emerged. In the seven cities of
Cibola, described by Coronado and Niza. ... In the seven Antilles; in the seven
heroes who, we are told, escaped the Deluge …
The explanation of it becomes evident when one examines the ancient
Symbols: all these are based upon and start from the figures given from the
Archaic Manuscript in the proem of Book I. , the symbol of evolution and fall
into generation or matter, is reflected in the old Mexican sculptures or
paintings, as it is in the Kabalistic Sephiroth, and the Egyptian Tau” [SD 2,
35-36].
Resume 4

1. The existence of the same symbols and concepts in the neighboring
cultures (Secs. 2-4; Apps 2, 4) that correspond to those of India and Egypt
gives us one more forcible argument for accepting Hunbatz Men’s evidences; in
particular – to the existence of the universal ancient esoteric knowledge
and communications between the native American Initiates.
2. To a full degree, this Ancient Knowledge at present is associated,
first of all, with the Mayan teach­ings, though it is reflected in Aztec
and other Mesoamerican cultures and closely corresponds to the ideas of the
Secret Doctrine. However, to a large extent the Maya tinge of this
Knowledge is still kept secret from the modern science and mass media, but
verbally, or, probably with the help of the secret codices, is transferred
through the Initiates.
3. Therefore, the esoteric symbols and concepts of the Maya Teaching
present a reflection of the universal knowledge that trancended into (and
seemingly have emerged in) neighbouring cultures.
5. What Does the Galactic Butterfly Stand For?
5.1. The Mysterious “Galactic Butterfly”

Though the origination of the symbol (Fig. 10) which the indigenous
people call “the Galactic Butterfly” is unknown and it has not been found among
the Mayan artefacts, it is widely used throughout the world for the Maya
glyph of the Higher Consciousness or Galactic Centre under the name of
Hunab Ku [App 4]. For this reason, since the validity of the latter
correlations is not proven, we will use for this symbol the former name (GB – for
short); the more so that this name is evidently chosen not at random. Indeed,
compare the following concepts:
“ Butterflies are seen [in Mesoamerica] as ancestors returning for a visit
to physicality [App 4];
“ For the Scarabaeus … has thus been made a symbol and an emblem of human
life and of the successive becomings of man… This mystical symbol shows

plainly that the Egyptians believed in reincarnation … and existences of the
Immortal entity. Being, however, an esoteric doctrine, revealed only
during the mysteries by the priest-hierophants … itwaskept secret” [SD 2,
552].

GBC GBR
Fig. 10. Galactic Butterfly in Circular (GBC) and Rectangular (GBR)
presentations
However, although the mishmash with the “formal” correlates for the GB to
some extent is explained [App 4], these discussions have not yet revealed
the origin of this symbol (unless we would actually attribute its
origination to a spontaneous weaver’s fancy-work pattern); neither have they
explained the phenomenon of its wide spread occurrence in the “New Age”
circles. Indeed:
- it is not proved that this composite, obviously esoterical symbol, the
GB, was invented by Aztecs;
- we cannot reject the possibility that the GB was known at least to Maya
Initiates and used by them for esoteric purposes, but unknown for plain
men or prohibited for use due to its divinity;
- we cannot reject the possibility that Aztecs, as a younger culture, has
inherited this symbol from Maya Initiates (Sec. 4) or some other source “
as part of Mesoamerica, the ancient Maya were influenced by, and in turn
influenced, their neighbouring cultures … So, though there could have been
cross-over of symbology in this case, (and definitely was in other cases…)”
[App 4].
That is why by allowing for these premises we are going to find the
answers to the following questions:
1. What is the meaning of the composite symbol GB considering the
related Maya concepts and symbols?
2. Whether this symbol was known to the Maya?
1. What object this symbol was attributed to?

5.2. The Graphical Structure of the GB

The principal significance the Galactic Butterfly symbol presents to us
is its structure and “international” cosmogeneous and evolutionary elements
of which it is composed. With this in mind we can propose the following
interpretation of the GB:
1. The 8-point cross consisting of two different 4-point crosses:
- the upright cross, as in the World Trees, presents the cross of the SZ,
whereas its curly ends denote the Galactic Energy of dual, Spirit-Matter,
nature which comes to the Earth through the TZ-filter and can be accepted
here, on the Earth, both for good and for evil;
- the inclined cross, as the smaller crosses in the World Trees, presents
the cross of the TZ which, as the prism, splits the Galactic rays.
2. The Central point – the presence of which could be concluded both from

the convergence of two spirals and from the fact that the inclined cross
sides increase their width as moving away from the centre of the symbol as
it must be with a beam, – which repeats the Central point of the “circle
of Heaven” [App 3, pr. 2] and thus presents the Creator of this Universe.
On the physical (viz. manifested) level, it presents the Core of the
Galaxy, or the Galactic Centre.
3. Two spirals as the principal two Auric series (spirals) of the Auric
Time Scale [Page 1] that converge to the point, or develop from the point –
with respect to what phenomenon we consider (evolution, periods, etc.) and
reflect the system of periods in nature and society [Page 2] or
Evolutional Time [Page 3].
They also reflect the idea that the manifested Galaxy, or Milky Way,
presents the “whirling disk”.
Besides, the Maya belief that Time flows in a circle, or rather in a
spiral, is close to the Theosophic concept that “[Builders]…work in cycles and
on a strictly geometrical and mathematical scale of progression” [SD 2,
732].
Once again, these two interlaced spirals show duality of the Galactic
Energy.
Moreover, each spiral reflects the Maya symbol “G” that is associat ed
with the Milky Way.
Even at this point we see that the GB clearly describes the transfer of
the Galactic Core energies in Space in cyclic spiral of Time. These crosses,
spirals, and other mentioned elements denote the fundamental esoteric
analogues. In particular, the combination of “G” symbol (Serpent), Milky Way
(Water Depth) and Spirals (whirling motion) mimics the Ancient Mystery [Ap.
3] of Narayana (the mover on the Waters of Space) and Fohat that sets in
{a spiral} motion the primordial World-germs,
4. The circular and rectangular versions of the GB.
The circular (GBC) presentation of this symbol reflects the “circle of
Heaven” and Maya symbol “O” for the Milky Way. Besides, the GBC’s structure
reflects a circle in which inscribed but the inclined square presenting a
symbol for Hunab Ku (Para. 2.1.5).
On the contrary, the rectangular (GBR) presentation of this symbol is
lacking for this esoteric perfection (though even in this case we see a square
– perimeter of the spirals – within a circle of the envelope of spirals),
but evidently more convenient for fabrication. In more detail, this
aspect of the symbol GB is considered below in the context of the Aztec culture.
5. The Galactic Butterfly as analogue of the Swastika.
The Swastica is certainly one of the oldest symbols of the Ancient Races
[SD 2, 556].
There was a time, when the Eastern symbol of the Cross and Circle, the

Swastica, was universally adopted … One finds it with the old Peruvians,…
in the catacombs of the New world, [SD 2, 585].
Few world-symbols are more pregnant with real occult meaning than the
Swastica… It is the emblem of the activity of Fohat, of the continual
revolution of the "wheels," and of the Four Elements, the "Sacred Four," in their
mystical, and not alone in their cosmical meaning … One initiated into the
mysteries of the meaning of the Swastica … can trace on it, with
mathematical precision, the evolution of Kosmos …[SD 2, 587].
“ The great Architect of the World gives the first impulse to the rotatory
motion of our planetary system by stepping in turn over each planet and
body”. It is this action “that causes each sphere to turn around itself,
and all around the Sun” [SD 1, 442].
> From the beginning of man's inheritance, from the first appearance of the
architects of the globe he lives in, the unrevealed Deity was recognised
and considered under its only philosophical aspect – universal motion, the
thrill of the creative Breath in Nature [SD 1, 2].
“ Among different tribes the swastika carried various meanings. To the
_Hopi_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi) it represented the wandering Hopi
clan; to the Navajo it was one symbol for a _whirling winds_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whirling_winds&action=edit) (tsil no'oli'), a
sacred image representing a legend that was used in healing rituals (after
learning of the Nazi mimic "whirling winds" the Navajo rejected the
symbol).”[_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika) ]
Notice also, that the entwined spirals that we find in the GB and the
Swastika also represent the equivalent of the Tao symbol of Yin (female,
centripetal) and Yang (male, centrifugal) energies.
So, we can conclude that:
1. The Swastika was known in the New World, at least to one of the most
developed civilizations – to the Maya.
2. The general design of the GB presents the Swastika in several aspects:
- as the pair of right and left swastikas: if we divide each pair the
curly arms respectively;
- as the spirals themselves: as the swastika presents the intersection of
two lines with the bent end, so the two spirals that originate from the
same origin.
3. All the above presented Theosophical concepts related to swastika are
also applied to the symbol GB.
So, the profound symbolism of the Graphical Structure of the Symbol GB
leaves us the least chance that it was “created” by the Aztec weavers as a ma

ntle pattern for a doubtful festival not long before the invasion of the
Spaniards. The more so since these “whirling winds” and the accompanying
elements reflect the existing astronomical concepts and new discoveries
(e.g. torsion waves) [App 4, Sec 1].
5.3. The Origin of the Symbol GB

A. The rectangular design of the GB is found in the Aztec Codex
Magliabecchiano;.Hoopes went on to find that the codex shows variations of the
rectangular design, and says they are "mantas" - mantles or ritual cloaks that
were used in festivals - in particular, the festival of lip plugs [Ap. 4].
B. There is another name for the symbol GB that was found in the codices –
the “tocalatl” (spider water). However, Elisabeth Hill Boone conjectures
that teçacatl (lip plug) was misread by a scribe into tocalatl (spider
water).
On these grounds it was resumed that the symbol GB was originally a
rectangular symbol used by the Aztecs as a ritual cloak design, known as the
Mantle of Lip Plugs. The symbol survives as a rug design being sold in ce
ntral Mexico. J. Arguelles popularised the association of this symbol with
Hunab Ku in 1987, and changed the symbol to a circular one [Ap. 4].
Consider more attentively the premises that led to this conclusion [Ap.
4].

5.3.1. The Symbol GB and Codex Magliabecchiano

As to the Aztec Codex Magliabecchiano we have three questions:
1. Whether the Aztecs had invented the symbol of the GB themselves?
2. Can we expect to find even an exoteric, but Aztec-composed (viz.
non-distorted by an outer influence) description of a ritual object (as it was
primarily a religious document) in this Codex?
3. If this is primarily a religious document, then for what purpose does
it describe a handicraft pattern ?
Our answers are as follows.
1. Take into account a relatively short (about two centuries) history of
the Aztec Empire, its decentralized structure and low level of Aztec
writing system [App 4]
On the contrary:
Part of the Aztec’s education involved learning a collection of sayings,
called huehuetlàtolli ("sayings of the old"), that embodied the Aztecs'
ideals, most of which seemed to have evolved over several centuries,
predating the Aztecs and most likely adopted from other Nahua cultures.
The Mexicas borrowed much of their culture from the ancient _Toltec_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toltec) ;To the Mexicas, the Toltecs were the
originators of all culture.
The Aztecs also admired the Mixtec codices, so some of them were made to
order by Mixteca for the Aztecs. Aztec women even started to wear Mixtec
clothing.
Besides, the Codex Magliabechiano is based on an earlier unknown codex.

So, if the symbol GB presents an artefact of esoteric knowledge, it can
hardly be assumed that it was “designed” by this more than young and
heterogeneous mixture of separate tribes.
2. Take into account that the Post-conquest codices were painted by Aztec
tlacuilos (codex creators), but under control of Spanish authorities.
Codex Magliabechiano is one of them: it was created during the mid-16th
century, in the early Spanish colonial period. Based on an earlier unknown codex,
the Codex Magliabechiano is primarily a religious document, depicting …
the 52-year cycle, various deities, indigenous religious rites, costumes,
and cosmological beliefs.
Meanwhile, the pre-Columbian codices differ from European codices in that
they are largely pictorial; they were not meant to symbolize spoken or
written narratives. There are few extant _Aztec codices_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_codices) created before the conquest and these are largely
ritual texts.
For these reasons it becomes almost impossible to suggest that the
Spaniards, or more exactly the Catholic authorities had allowed to narrate in it
the actual New World Theology which they systematically tore up by the
roots; instead, it is more natural to assume that the Spanish censors were
trying to depreciate the religious concepts; the best way for this is to
transform them into jolly festivals; this is the old political cabal: If you
cannot prevail some process – head it! Probably the same situation we were
observing in the former USSR, were the religious holidays were
transformed into official festivals.
Thus, it was prohibited (under various penalties) to celebrate Christmas;
in particular, to install a Christmas tree. But many people secretly did
this. After then, the authorities established the New Year holiday (which is
close to Christmas) that became (and still remains) the most popular
festival. So, should we conclude from the Soviet artefacts that the decorated
fir originates from the New year festival?
Another example. With the aim to suppress celebration of Easter, Soviet
police did not allow the youth to enter the churches at the Easter Night; at
daytime, for diverging people from attending the churches it was settled
the official (and obligatory for attendance) holiday of labour called the “
Lenin’s voskresnik” (viz. “volunteer” Sunday work) that was timed not to
the adjacent Lenin’s birthday, but to the current day of Easter; without
the “honourable” Lenin’s name it was also timed to other Sundays and
Saturdays (as “subbotniks” – “volunteer
” Saturday work), but these were not
the festivals, simply a “volunteer” work. The Lenin’s voskresnik was always
organized so that music was heard throughout the cities and houses, streets
were decorated with flags, mobile shops were opened on the streets (it
was important due to a shortage of foods in official shops) and it was
encouraged that the “volunteer” work (mostly – cleaning the street and yards)
to be ended with collective drinking. So, should we conclude from the Soviet
artefacts that the day of Easter (as it defined astronomically) is a
cleansing-drinking festival?
Thus, if the Spaniards forced Indians to adopt Christianity and forbad
them to read and write, destroyed hundreds of books on astronomy, religion,
and philosophy, and the friars condemned Maya hieroglyphic writing as the
work of the devil, how should we have been convinced in the trustworthiness
of the Maya and Aztec Codices that were primarily the religious documents,
if all these post-Columbian documents were rigidly censored by the zealous
Catholic officials that were bearing the full responsibility for any
statement that remained in the issued Codex?
So, the codices that were composed under the rigid Catholic censorship,
the Codex Magliabechiano among them, should not be considered as such which
adequately reflect the religious and cosmogeneous concepts of New World
peoples; moreover, we must presume that they are impregnated with various
insinuations relative to these concepts.
3. For what purpose, other than for an allegory, does a religious (or
ritual) document present a textile pattern of lip plugs or any other popular
festival clothing? If so, something else should stand behind this symbol. At
the same time, by allowing for paragraph 2 we cannot exclude a
possibility that this symbol was intentionally or accidentally transformed from a
circular to rectangular presentation; the more so as the Catholic authorities
were well-acquainted [3] with the esotery.
As to the rug, mantle and Mexican blanket rectangular design several
things could be said.
First, the household goods may reflect the esoteric symbols, but are not
expected to represent the patterns for the latter.
Second, the Aztecs – the newcomers whose exoteric religion differed from
Maya’s – could have started to pay less attention to the concealed sense
of the GBC (if they obtained it from one of the preceding cultures) and,
for this reason, they started to use it in their decorations and even
simplified its graphic. In this case the rectangular form of a rug may reflect a
preference of tradition relative to household goods. Besides, if you pay

little attention to retaining of esoteric meaning, it becomes much simpler to
damask a rectangular rather than a round rug. For instance, have you ever
seen a round blanket or mantle, except of Hollywood?
These possibilities are quite probable. Look around: our days the young
people wear the symbols of any kind and in any combination – the more
complicated the better. In non English-speaking countries young people like to
wear T-shorts with inscription in English; they frequently do not know (and
do not have an interest to know) what it means. Why should we reject a
similar possibility for the Aztecs who got in contact with a highly-developed
civilization? The plain Egyptians did not know the secret of scarab and
symbol , and do not know this until the present. As well, the plain Egyptians
did not wear the cross or Ankh, though they were widely used by priests and
depicted in frescos and carvings; afterwards, the Christians started to
wear a cross and it was used to think that this symbol had appeared after
Christ. And many plain men still think so until our days. A lot of examples
of transferring and misuse of various kinds of symbols among the masses can
be easily continued. Besides, we mustn’t forget the prolonged decline
(since 820 AD) in the history of Maya and destructive invasion and enduring
dictatorship of Spaniards.
Besides, why should we think that the plain Mexica (even the heirs of
Mayas and Aztecs) are so well-educated in all these nice esoterical questions
after a millennium of oblivion of rituals?
So, neither the rug design, nor the Codex Magliabecchiano itself provides
us with the persuasive evidence that the symbol of GB was “composed” by
Aztecs, the more so – by their weavers. On the contrary, the grounds exist
to imply that it was borrowed by Aztecs from some other culture the
esoteric knowledge of which was highly appreciated by Aztecs, and Mayas could be
among them.
5.3.2. The “Spider Water” vs. the “Lip Plug”

As we do not see any important connection between the word combination “
lip plug” and the geometry of symbol GB, consider the alternative the – “
spider water”[App 5], the more so that it had actually been used in the
document and it was very doubtful, that the scribe could make such a
significant error in a codex: such document contained mainly the pictures and were
thoroughly checked before issuing.
Thus, the original translation of the name of the symbol GB was “Spider
Water” (not a “water spider” being definite type of spider). From a

conventional point of view this is very strange combination of words if we are
trying to make sense of it. But this is only true at first glance. Let us
consider firstly the meaning of the concepts that stand behind these words, as
it is said that:
“ One has to learn the reason of a symbol before one depreciates it. The
dual element of Air (where a spider lives) and Water is that of the ibis,
swan, goose and pelican, of crocodiles and frogs, lotus flowers and water
lilies, etc.; and the result is the choice of the most unseemly symbols among
the modern as much as the ancient mystics” [SD 1, 358].
Notice, that though a spider is not an aquatic animal (even a water
spider, that resides in an air bubble), but lives in the air, in this case we
have for it the explicitly specified association with water.
5.3.2.1. Spider. In some way the considered situation presents a striking
analogy with the Egyptian artefact – a scarab. Due to its form, the
latter one stands for the cross , presenting the first and the earliest
Egyptian Tau [Page 7]. That is why the Scarab was a cosmological symbol for the
high priests, and a sacred beetle for profanes. Do you think the situation
has changed in our days? When I was in Egypt last year, a native guide
explained us in Karnak Temple how stupid the ancient Egyptians were: “they
thought that the scarab moved the Sun along the sky, etc…”. But we know that
in the New World the animal symbols were not less widely used in the
esotery than in the Old World.
Firstly, spiders are unique from the numerological point of view: unlike
the insects [App 5] with their three pairs of legs, the Spiders (as
mites, scorpions) have four pairs of legs, 8 in total. Spiders' legs are
segmented and each leg has 7 segments; Web-building spiders typically have 3
claws on the end of each leg. Unlike the insects with their large, compound
eyes, most spiders have 8 simple eyes. This makes a spider the unique
animal that mimics the 8 directions of the 8-pointed cross and bears the sacred
numbers 3 and 7.
The spiders’ ability to molt and to grow a new leg (if they lose one)
reflects the concepts of periodical change of the World Ages and
indestructibility of Space-Time (or Spirit-Matter) and inviolability of the GCC cycles.

Most spiders are harmless to humans; moreover, they are our friends
because they eat insects.
Spiders have piercing jaws (insects – chewing jaws).
5.3.2.2. Spider’s Web. The most known, or “traditional” is the Spiral
orb web [App 5]. This framework has threads radiatingoutfrom the centre.
Next, the spider will work from the edge of the web toward the centre laying

down a spiral of sticky threads, as the paths of Fohat. Obviously, it
reflects the structure of the Milky Way, as the structure of Zodiacs.
Some types of a spiders’ thread become stronger than a steel thread of the
same diameter; this fact may emphasise the firmness of the Space Law.
The Funnel-Web Spider sitting in its funnel resembles the Black Hole in
the Galactic Centre, as well as an Energy Tunnel that opens when the two
Zodiacs coincide for effecting the Karmic corrections during the GCC.
Cobwebs reflect the continuity of Time-Space.
Young spiders’ riding with the wind on long silk threads reminds us about
the interaction of the worlds in this Galaxy. Even the water spider living
in a bubble of air held in the water gives us an example of multitude of
forms of life.
Last, but not the least are the following evidences:
In the Mandukya Upanishad it is written, "As a spider throws out and
retracts its web, as herbs spring up in the ground . . . so is the Universe
derived from the undecaying one" (I. 1. 7). Brahma, as "the germ of unknown
Darkness," is the material from which all evolves and develops "as the web
from the spider, as foam from the water," etc. This is only graphic and
true, if Brahma the "Creator" is, as a term, derived from the root brih, to
increase or expand. Brahma "expands" and becomes the Universe woven out of
his own substance. [ SD 1, 83].

5.3.2.3. Water. This is the universal symbol for matter (substance),
Milky Way, Space, Primal Depth, etc. [Apps 2, 3] which we see throughout the
Maya and Old World symbology. Besides, the second word in the term “tocalatl
” (spider water) means not simply “water”, but presents the name _Atl_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atl) of Aztec god of water.
5.3.3. Spider Water

Thus the term “Spider [over] Water” presents, but from the semantic and
numerological grounds, the same meaning as the graphic image of the symbol
GB – the Spirit which enlivens the Matter:
Narayana, the mover on the Waters of Space [SD 1, 7], or
Fohat that sets in a spiral motion the primordial World-germs [3], or
the Spirit of God [that] was hovering over the face of the waters [Genesis
1:2].
As in the World Trees, once again we see two pairs of four elements: 4
cycles of GCC defined by 8 elements (legs for Matter and eyes for Spirit).
“… The expanding and contracting of the Web – i.e., the world stuff or
atoms – expresses here the pulsatory movement; for it is the regular
contraction and expansion of the infinite and shoreless Ocean of that which we may

call the noumenon of matter emanated by Swabhavat, which causes the
universal vibration of atoms …” [SD 1, 84].
In other words, the “Spider Water” presents the allegoric concept (as
it was used to do in Bible, Vedas, Egyptian papyri, hieroglyphs) that can
be read in different ways – literally and symbolically:
The “Spider” (Galactic Centre) spins the “Web” (Zodiacs) over the “
Water” (in the Eternal Time-Space), through which it, who sits in the centre
of the web, (Demiurge, from the Galactic Centre) rules over its “world”
(Galaxy) by sending the threads of his web (by exerting its Karmic
Correction as Foxat or rays) or moving through the funnel web (coinciding axes
of TZ and SZ) and, at the successive moulting (at GCC), changes the
appearance (transforms the worlds).
Even in a direct association the body of the “Spider” and its
position on the web represent the galactic nucleus and the
Galactic Centre (with a kind of “black hole” in the middle), and its legs –
the spiral arms; thus - the structure of the Galaxy, whereas all over the
world the element “Water” is associated with the Milky Way (“the great
river in the sky”) and thus represents the infinitude of stars.
So, we can resume that the “Spider Water” presents allegorically the
same concept which we see in the circular (and even rectangular) symbol of
Galactic Butterfly. Moreover, both of these composite glyphs present not
only symbols, but the excellent integrated image of Creation and the structure
of the Galaxy including the concepts of periodical renovation in a form
of GCC.
Resume 5

1. By allowing for the considered Maya concepts and symbols we can
conclude that the composite symbol of Galactic Butterfly (in Circular
presentation, GBC) reflects not a single concept, but an integrated image of Maya
Cosmogony.
2. Most likely, the symbol GB was invented neither by Aztec weavers, nor
by Aztec themselves, but inherited from Toltec or other nation. But due to
the existence of Esoteric Tradition in that region in which the Mayas
played an important part, we can conclude that the Initiate Maya knew it. In
any case the GBR (and most likely the GBC as the original GB) can be accepted
as the very important artefact pertaining to the Ancient New World Wisdom.
3. The Spider Water translation of the symbol GBC allegorically mimics
the esoteric meaning of geometrical symbology of this composite glyph – the
integrated image of Creation and the structure of the Galaxy including the

concepts of periodical renovation in a form of GCC. On the contrary, as far
as the reference to the Catholic-censored Codex in case with the GBR (GB
in Rectangular presentation) is unsound, as well as the suggestion relative
to the error of the scribe, nothing can be said in favour of the “lip plug
” except a neutral thing that the image of GBR is used as the pattern by
local weavers. However, it remains interesting to trace how this glyph
became a symbol of the festival of lip plugs.
4. Apart from an integrated presentation of Maya Cosmogony with the use of
the well-known “elementary” symbols such as cross and circle, the
Galactic Butterfly contains the Spirals and two Swastikas, which rotate in the
opposite directions.
5. The unification of all these universal sacred symbols in a single image
of Creation and Existence of the Earth within the Galaxy makes the
Galactic Butterfly a refined glyph and thus can explain the intuitive cause of
the world-wide distribution of this masterpiece of the Ancient Wisdom.
So, the glyph of Galactic Butterfly presents not only the Milky Way as a
whole (or integrally) as the symbol “G” does, but also its structure and
principle of functioning (or differentially). For these reasons it can
present a symbol for the manifested Hunab Ku as the Milky Way Galaxy. From
this point of view Jose Arguelles has probably expressed his intuitive
understanding of this symbol, or half-opened an esoteric item.
The considered attributes of the symbol GBC allow us to consider it as
the most exhaustive glyph for the concepts of XX-correlation and GCC, whereas
both its names (the Galactic Butterfly and Spider Water) – as the verbal
symbols which reveal various attributes of the same Cosmogony

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Acknowledgements

The authors express their deep gratitude to Geoff Stray,
_www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/_ (http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/) , for critical analysis and
information which, we hope, have allowed us to improve the results and to
eliminate some mistakes.
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