What is Ones Mortal Life without Legacy
Teotihuacán was the sacred site where order was shaped out of darkness and chaos. The place where the Fifth Sun called the world into being. Join us as we assist in the birthing of the Sixth Sun. And what about Quetzalcóatl ‘s Return to Teotihuacán – Where One becomes a God…
“It’s What I Do … I Far Travel the World … And I know Things.”
The wise man, tlamatini, is “he who knows things.” (Codice Matritense de la Real Academia, VIII, fol.118, r. – 118)
October 28th – November 5th, 2023
Far Travel to Mystical Mexico: Arrive Saturday, October 28 and Depart Sunday, November 5, 2023. Fly into Mexico City.
Honor and celebrate The Day of the Dead in Downtown San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico. Walk around the main square, with its porticos and gazebo. We were here during the Day of the Dead in 2007. It is an experience not to be missed.
Ancient texts describe temples as places where a person may be “transformed into a god/goddess, into a bright star.” No more was this so true than at the primary sacred site of Teotihuacán and its sister site Malinalco. All are ancient academies dedicated to the spiritual elevation of those on the quest for personal transformation. They embody a cult of knowledge maintained by the Toltecs, Maya, and the Olmec who inherited it from an even older, Golden Age.
Our path is such as the one pursued by countless people seeking the knowledge of the gods and through this practice initiates came to achieve the ultimate aim: heart making, face making, and becoming an Hombre-Dios/Mujera-Dios (god-man/goddess-woman – a divine human).
These ancient teachings are eternal, and more importantly, they are more relevant today than ever to assist us in navigating our discombobulated culture.
Each site we visit on the journey is special and each one will amaze you. We are living in extraordinary times, and we are like pioneers entering a new world. As we search for the best expression of our authentic selves, it is only natural to look for guidance.
As we connect with the Heart of Mother Earth and the Wisdom of the Stars, the possibilities become unlimited! Not only will you experience Toltec sacred sites but some of Nature’s most magnificent gifts. There are many levels to this journey and the connection with Mother Earth is an important one.
This is journey brings the Toltec past and present together and the Husfelt’s, through their teachings, ceremonies, practices, meditations, explanations, and initiations at the ancient sites, bring the Toltec sacred wisdom alive and you become one with the past/present.
The temples and pyramids were built to connect with the Wisdom of the Universe and the Husfelt’s will help open the doors to the ancient energies of the Toltec Masters, who are waiting for you in the magical sites we will be visiting.
The most important gift you will receive from this is the inner journey, the shift in consciousness that happens when you open your heart and accept all that comes to you. This journey will be unique for each one of you and exactly what each one of you needs.
Join Rev. Dr. JC Husfelt and Rev. Sherry Husfelt on a journey of power, love, and awakening. In 1995 during a midnight run at Teotihuacán, Dr. Husfelt had an encounter with a Spirit Man who identified him as Quetzalcóatl, the nahual or co-essence of the great deity Quetzalcóatl, with a destiny… to birth the Sixth Sun. According to Historian Ernesto Novato: Elusive and intangible, but at the same time permanent, the Olmec believed Quetzalcóatl would be physically incarnated at times throughout history. The Olmec were the first great Mesoamerican civilization, 1200 to 400 BCE. The full story of the Spirit Man is told in their memoir Tequila and Chocolate, The Adventures of the Morning Star and Soulmate.
Malinalco – October 28 – 31.
Departing Mexico City’s International Airport, we journey to Malinalco. Quinta Ascensión Hotel Boutique & Spa Only Adults is our lodging for three nights. Paco, owner and a friend of ours, provides a welcoming, beautiful lodging, focusing on any of our needs.
In legendary accounts, Malinalco was a very important place. Since Pre-Hispanic times, Malinalco has been associated with magic and sorcery: Malinalxochitl, goddess of snakes was worshipped on the Cerro de los Idolos , the sacred mountaintop initiatory site of the Eagle and Jaguar Knights.
Malinalxochitl literally means “grass flower” or “wildflower,” but it derives from two words, Malinal and Xochitl, describing two types of spiritual forces: Malinal is short for Malinalli, a force of untamed nature: it is what stands outside civilization. Xochitl, on the other hand, is a force of beauty and purity, a dynamic, sexual, creative force. Malinalxochitl is the crossroads where these forces meet. Her son, Copil, was a powerful shaman.
The most remarkable building on the side of the mountain is the Cuauhcalli that means “House of the Sun” or “House of the Eagles”. It is one of the few monolithic buildings of the world and the only one in America. The building was carved out from a single stone.
The particular topography of the Malinalco Valley, formed by peaks and canyons rising capriciously out of the mountain, makes for scenery that evokes cosmic planes: Tlalocan, the paradise of the rain god Tláloc; Tamoanchan, the birth place of Quetzalcóatl, god of the wind. The thick, low brush, typical of warm, humid climates, completes the scenery.
I’m standing in front of the alter of Temple IV, which is partially carved into the living rock, faces east, and is considered to be a Tonatiuhcalli; Temple of the Sun. Half of the edifice is carved out of rock, while the other half, the front façade, is made of ashlars of stone. The building is raised from a platform and has a central staircase. There is an altar carved out of the rock that lies along the main wall. Some scholars believe that an image of the sun was embedded in the main wall due to the fact that the Temple wall was designed to receive the light rays of the rising Sun illuminating every morning the face of the god. Possibly, its function was for mass ceremonies dedicated to the “star king.”
Malinalco is off the destinations of tourist allowing us space and time for empowerment and anyone suited for a jaguar – eagle initiation.
Mezcal
If you love Mezcal as I do, you will be in a mezcal paradise in Malinalco—known for its “Mezcal Tradicional.” Paco will provide a private tour for us to observe the traditional method in producing Mezcal. This essence of Mother Earth is not sold commercially outside of this valley. You’’ have a chance to purchase a bottle or two.
It is unique. Loving Mezcal I can attest to its exceptional palate—a fiery earthiness. The agave grows for ten years and then the female part, called a pineapple, is used to make this awesome spirit—a spirit of the feminine earth and the masculine sun, blended as One in each sip of the Mezcal.
Tula-Teotihuacán -Where One becomes a God (where humanity becomes one with the cosmos) October 31 – November 4.
For the next four nights and five days, our lodging is La Finca del Abuelo Teotihuacan as our quest completes in Teotihuacán, City of Water – City of Fire known as the birthplace of the Fifth Sun.
There is no written history of this ancient metropolis except that it was called Tollan (Tula). In Nahuatl, Tollan simply means Great City. Its inhabitants were known as Toltecs, the Nahuatl name for Master Craftsmen. There seems little reasonable doubt that this first great Tollan was indeed Teotihuacán. This City of the Gods was the birthplace of the myth and religion of Quetzalcóatl, the birthplace of the Nahuatl culture; and to call its people by their time-honored and indisputable name of Toltecs. For the Toltecs, Quetzalcóatl was the spiritual originator of the tlamatinime, the wise men who were the priests and preservers of divine knowledge. He was the personification of wisdom and their ancient symbol of wisdom, a wise man who has firsthand knowledge of the nature of things.
The key to the knowledge, power, and wisdom of Teotihuacán is focused on the Pyramid of the New (Dead) Moon and Quetzalcóatl’s Ciudadela.
Quetzalcóatl’s Temple-Pyramid is enclosed in the Ciudadela, which consists of fifteen stepped platforms surrounding an enormous sunken plaza. It sits in the east and faces the Great Compound in the west both known as the Southern Complex. Quetzalcóatl’s Temple-Pyramid and its surrounding walled precinct was the ceremonial heart of Teotihuacán.
The Avenue of the Dead (Moon) is also known as the Belly of the Serpent. The snake and the moon both share common symbolism: transformation and renewal. There is an important fact. From the Pyramid of the New Moon, the avenue gradually descends or slopes down until it terminates in front of Quetzalcóatl’s Ciudadela (Citadel)—mirroring Quetzalcóatl’s journey to the underworld, an essential journey to “birth” the new sun—the Fifth Sun.
Walking this throughway, as was done before by the Initiates of Teotihuacán, you carry out a symbolic and mythological journey of death and re-birth. For the thousands of casual tourists that tread this path, they know little of these very ancient and ageless ceremonial acts of death and re-birth.
The Path of an Initiate
Keep in mind, Teotihuacán was laid out to replicate on the earthly plane their vision of the cosmos symbolized by the quincunx—a five-fold figure. The center of the quincunx is the point where heaven and earth meet. It is also the precious jewel symbolizing the heart, the meeting-place of opposed principles where they become one.
Since the initiation needs to be done in person and at Teotihuacán, I’ll only reveal the beginning stage of initiation of an initiate as they strive to become a Quetzalcóatl—a Hombre-Dios or Mujera-Dios, a True Man or Woman, a Divine Human. It begins in the shadow of the Pyramid of the New Moon. Specifically, within the main plaza and its quincunx altar dedicated to Cihuacóatl – Divine Woman Serpent who is the goddess of the new moon (moon within the earth). Most importantly, she was the female aspect of the universal duality: Quetzalcóatl/Cihuacóatl.
The Pyramid of the New Moon and Plaza were a primary religious center. Initiate sits in the west of the Moon plaza altar and contemplates his/her death. And then….
Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez – Saturday, November 4
We sadly depart Teotihuacán for Mexico City International Airport; officially Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez. Our hotel is by the airport to make it easier for you to catch your flight the next day. This takes away the stress of getting to the airport on time for your flight.
Fee: $2995 includes transportation within Mexico, daily breakfast, and t-shirt. It does not include airfare to and from Mexico City.