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The Tzolkin Calandar (Count of Days)
10.08.10 is the Tzolkin Day of Men means ‘Eagle’ – a Totem of Shamans Worldwide – or the “knower’. This is one of the strongest faces of the 20 Kin. Men is associated with truth, farsight and the ability to soar beyond confinement. Men is a sign of strong spirit powerfully motivated. Men represents the clear light of conscious thought. Through the transformation wrought upon Ben by the intuitive wealth of Ix is born Men – with the vision and purpose of a spiritual warrior and the sharp discernment which comes from their unique perspective.
Grandfather Cirilo Perez Oxlaj
Grand Elder Grandfather Cirilo ‘Don Alejandro’ Perez Oxlaj’s Mayan spirit name is Wakatel Utiw, which means “Wandering Wolf” in his native language. He is regarded as the Voice of the Jungle and the Messenger of the Maya; we also know him as ‘Tata’ which most affectionately, ‘Grandfather’ in his native language. Wandering Wolf is responsible for guiding us through a prophesied evolutionary transition called the Shift of the Ages. He relays not only potent messages filled with hope and promise, but also grave warnings about the changes we must make. He tells us we are living in the time when the ancestors, as well as men and women of wisdom, return to usher in a new era of global harmony and a new phase of human evolution.
Wandering Wolf serves as: leader of the National Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala; Day Keeper of the Mayan Calendar; 13th generation Quiche Mayan Spiritual Leader; a founder and Grand Elder of the Continental Council of Elders & Spiritual Guides of the Americas; Extraordinary Ambassador in the Guatemalan government representing the indigenous pueblos; and an international lecturer on Mayan culture. His mathematical provenance extends to the traditional and elegant mathematics of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, which culminates in the Mayan year “Zero,” or approximately 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. Grandfather Cirilo holds the great honor of keeping sacred the teachings, visions, ceremonies and prophecies of the Maya people.A cogent messenger, Wandering Wolf warns us that we have arrived at a critical crossroads. The message is simple and clear: we must change the way we live NOW. Since we have left the Maya “BelejebBalamTiku,” or “Period of Darkness; Period of the Nine Hells,” Grandfather’s mission includes alerting the world through story and prophecies.
Hunbatz Men
Hunbatz Men is a Mayan elder who lives in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. He is a Shaman, Daykeeper and teacher of traditional Mayan wisdom passed down to him through generations of Mayan elders. He has committed his life to transmitting these sacred teachings to others who have an interest in the vision and practices of ancient indigenous cultures. He believes that modern peoples can benefit from understanding the world view that the teachings of the Mayas express. This path of sacred sacred wisdom teachings is offered through Maya Mystery Schools, and draws students back into the higher consciousness of the universe, back into Cosmic Consciousness, which they have forgotten. His books include Secrets of Mayan Science/Religion (Bear & Co, Santa Fe, NM 1990) and The 8 Calendars of the Maya: The Pleiadian Cycle and the Key to Destiny (Bear & Co, to be published early 2010).
Maestro Hunbatz Men always greets new and returning students the same way, saying “I am happy to see you again.” He calls them Solar Brothers and Sisters, recognizing that they were Mayans in past lives and are returning to reclaim their lost wisdom, their cosmic knowledge teachings from the past. He recognizes that we are all part of the greater whole and are essentially one. An ancient Mayan salutation expresses this perfectly: “In Lak’ech, Ah Lak’en.” I am you and you are me; or I am another yourself. The ultimate purpose of Hunbatz Men’s work is to restore our planet to harmony with natural and cosmologic cycles. He believes that the way to help Mother Earth and her children return to a state of harmony is to raise human consciousness once again closer to the Cosmic Consciousness of advanced ancient peoples. In 2008 Hunbatz Men founded and is Director of the Cosmic Initiatic University of Yok’hah Maya in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. This program offers study in depth of the mystic knowledge and hidden practices of Maya yoga, including philosophy and practices. Education in yok’hah (yoga) provides a foundation in cosmic philosophy and practice of techniques based in ancient Maya knowledge and traditions, guiding us to live in harmony with the cycles of our Mother Earth, Father Sun, and the Cosmos.
Don Pedro Pablo Chuc Pech
- Don Pedro Pablo Chuc Pech
President of the Mayan Council of Elders and a retired Primary School teacher. His current work involves preserving Mayan culture and language for students of his pueblo. To that end he has formed The Academy of Mayan Culture where is teaching Yucatec Maya, writing in Yucatec Maya, the Mayan Calendar, Mayan numbers and elementary hieroglyphic writing.
He has written books for his Mayan pupils and has collaborated with Mr. Christian Rasmussen of Denmark on several topics of the Mayan Oral tradition. He is an active participant in natives’ meetings with the “Continental Council of Elders and Gurus of America.” He is also a very highly sought after speaker on the Mayan culture in general having presented at conferences in Finland, France. Germany, and the United States.
