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Written by Delphi
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The sacred dance, in Maya cosmology, was represented in the sinuous curves of the Vision Serpent - a symbolic representation of the axis of communication between the human world and the numinous otherworld. It is a symbol of the world-tree – the roots of which extend into the past and the branches of which extend into the future. In Mayan temples, the vision serpent is often associated with the most sacred of trance-inducing rituals. These included public dancing or private blood-letting (if a king or his wife sought specific knowledge from the otherworld). |
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