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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tulum ( For me the Most Spiritual Event)

As we left the bus the Plaza was full of interesting employees Catherine wasn't exactly sure how close she was gong to get. She actually went pretty wide as we were heading on. Once the walk began. It was alway and contest with Diane and Stephen. If you look back on most of the pictures Edie usually took the position that they used to call "Drag" in the cowboy days. She made sure we were all accounted for. The Flowers were really pretty......The one on the right is still the prettiest Flower that I know. Lets see.....Where is my sunglasses? Maybe I left them at the same place I left my razor. Good thing for an understanding Wife. Thanks Hun!

This site is real similar to Solomon's Temple. It had the same number of entrances. All lined up waiting our turn to get through.
Dang.....these guy liked rocks.
Smiles that no one got stuck.
Only the High Priests were allowed to have homes inside the walls. Only on High Priest could live in the home. After they died that was it......They were buried under the Altar with their Jade and other items........Kids, Wife, etc. You can see the hole in this house where that was.
A closer look at the burial site.
A few guest that were just enjoying the landscape.
These watch towers were on each corner of the compound.
Another example of the Myan Calendar. You would need to stand on the steps at this exact location and site up.
Can you see the other site? The sun would come through on the June 21st.....If your were on the steps.
We are looking at the Temple and Holy of Holy's. Great view......BTW....This guy was not part of our Book of Mormon Group.
In front of the Temple about 3 O'Clock is the alter wee they did animal sacrifice. As they got more Pegan they would go up the stairs to where they would do the Human Sacrifice.
The three doors on the Top are symbolic of the three degrees of glory. The one on the right and the other on the left were only one room. The one in the middle actually had two room that had the veil in it as a divider.
This is a close up on the engraving overhead of the room. He is upside down, with his feet at the top and Headress on the bottom. He is the white God that came down from Heaven.
The engraving on the right side is of a God right side up on his right side. Now....who could that be? On his left is a cut out without a body in it. Go Figure!!
This is the backside of what was symbolic of the Celestial Kingdom. Notice the hole close to the corner. It had two meanings or purposes. Because of the Coral reef. There was only one way to get in from the coast without crashing your boat. The Spanish had a difficult time. There is another hole on the opposite side on the wall. You had to be able to see both at the same time which would indicate that you were in the position to enter without hitting the Coral Reef. It was also symbolic of the two being necessary (husband and wife) to enter the Celestial Kingdom.
A closer look so that you can see how easy it would be to step to the side and not be able to see the hole. Especially when you are trying to see each side.
Just can't believe how good the weather was.
Look real close and see if you can find the face on the corner of this structure.

4 comments:

Tuesdee said...

I get cold chills just looking at your pictures and reading what you have wrote. I SO want to go!!
Thanks for sharing!!!

old mother hubbard said...

great day. we learned so much and so much confirmed in our minds. i loved the company we were with, too. thanks for the great trip, hun. love you so much, catherine

fourballerinas said...

Looks like you learned a lot there. Glad you were able to go.
Audrey

Grandma N Grandpa said...

How in the heck do I compete with that post!!!! Way awesome pictures. Great memories. Will never forget the feeling!! Can't wait until the Alaska trip. Families are forever :)
Love Diane