Deep Into Maya Land

Today we leave Campeche for the hilly Puuc region, home of the Maya. The ruins here include Uxmal with its intriguing oval-sided pyramid, the Pyramid of the Sorcerer. This is the place where I found the carving of the feathered serpent with the man in its mouth flying over Venus. This image confirmed my memories of Atlantis and formed the basis of the conclusion of my first book, When We Were Gods.

We will also be touring the less-visited Maya sites of Sayil, home of the Descending God that dives headfirst into a doorway which I believe represents the serpents mouth, again, a representation of my Atlantean memories. I included photographs of the Descending God in When We Were Gods and also my latest book, Arrival of the Gods in Egypt. Now, I wanted to videotape the images for inclusion in my movie about spiritual destinations in the Yucatan.

I have emailed Kristine Ellingson at Flycatcher Inn Bed and Breakfast where we have a reservation to stay the night. She is married to the Maya man, Santiago Dominguez, who related his family’s handed down tradition of the origin of Uxmal as well as their prophecies of the end of the world. This time, I hope that Santiago will go with me into Uxmal’s Archeological Site because I want to be sure that I videotape the correct carvings when he describes the legend about the sorcerer dwarf who built Uxmal in a night.

These legends are very important to me because they parallel the Creation Story and my memories of Atlantis. Unfortunately, unless things have been significantly upgraded, there will be no internet or computers to use in the area so I am writing this morning, before we leave Campeche for Uxmal.

Carol Chapman