Showing posts with label peru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peru. Show all posts

Friday, July 22, 2011

THE INCAS AND CUSCO (Tahuantinsuyo)

THE INCAS' EMPIRE!

CUSCO the great capital of the Incas was the very center of the empire. It is said the Incas reigned for 100 years and the Spaniards came to overcome them. All ancient civilizations had a time of splendor a Golden Age. When the Spaniards came the Incas were already in the Iron Age!

The Spaniards could not overcome them if the Incas were in their golden Age or in their Silver Age. Nevertheless, the time came to pay for all those mistakes that the Incas made! Those who conquer other nations will be conquering by other nation!

That is the price of conquering and the modern nations had forgotten that lesson! Sooner or later whoever makes war will have war! It is said we all make our destiny and it is true for sure! So, you better behave if you do not want to have problems!

The great empire of the Incas was possible thanks to Pachacuti, Tupac Inca 1, Tupac Inca 2, Huayna Capac, Huascar and Atahualpa.

Huascar and Atahualpa were brothers, but ambition to power does not care about blood ties! They were fighting each other to get the whole empire, but the Spaniards had other plans. They convinced Atahualpa to become Christian to help him. He saw that as a great opportunity; but the foreigners deceived him and they get prepared to kill him after their victory. Atahualpa promised to fill of gold a room. The Spaniards accepted, but Francisco Pizarro (The leader of the conquistadores) ordered his death anyway.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

MAYAS, AZTECS AND INCAS: THE INCAS AND THE GLORY OF SOUTH AMERICA:

THE INCAS:
South America has magic and great sites left by the Incas.  They built a huge empire, according to the official point of view, in 100 years only. But the matter is: INCAS LEFT ENIGMAS ABOUT HOW THEY BUILT THOSE SITES SUCH AS SACSAHUAMAN OR CUZCO IN PERU.
How was it possible for them to build those great cities and how they manage to bring huge (several tons of weight) rocks to mountains or just to put them over other huge rocks to assemble perfectly?
CUSCO (often spelled CUZCO) is a marvelous city where you can find many vegetarian restaurants and you can see tourists from different countries of the world.  It was the main city of the Incas and it has such a magical environment that makes hard for you to leave.
Cuzco is situated at 11,150feet (3,400 m) above sea level. A person might feel dizzy or feel week because of its height. Usually they offer you coca tea in the hotels to avoid this problem. Actually, if you didn’t get that tea and you are walking when you start feeling dizzy, then get a soda with caffeine to raise your sugar level to feel better. We do not recommend drinking sodas, but sometimes it is ok when you get in a situation like that.
Cusco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost 1.5 million visitors a year. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.
The official language of the empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken. The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyo which can be translated as The Four Regions or The Four United Provinces.
According to legend, Cuzco was founded by Manco Capac, first of the Inca rulers. Huiracocha or Viracocha, according to legend, sent Manco Capac to found a city for the Incas or Inkas. He was given a golden scepter by Viracocha. Where it sank the great city had to be built! So, Manco Capac built the city in a Puma’s shape (A sacred animal)…
What is the meaning of this myth?


THE MEANING:
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and other countries were part of the Inca’s Empire. Now days we can find many descendants from the Incas in those countries, but the meaning of the myths are forgotten!
The wise Inca’s instructions are gone, but not lost! Ancient cultures wisdom cannot be destroyed because they are part of our blood.

Peru has that special magic, Bolivia its greatness and Ecuador its lovely lands.














Manco Capac’S  SCEPTER:
Manco Capac, as Huitzilopochly for the Aztecs, was the great founder of a marvelous city. Both brought their people to a promise land as Moses did. Manco Capac’s golden scepter is the staff of Moses, Asclepius’ scepter, the Xicoatl of Hutzilopochlty and the Kundalini of India.
All great founders had this SERPENT OF FIRE (Xicoatl or Kundalini), the staff of Hermes or Mercury with its serpents (Founded among Mayas and Aztecs too).  It is a great symbol of wisdom and power.
Power without wisdom can be very destructive and we can see it in modern time. We have a great technology, but it is moving forward to fast for us to understand it… at the end it is so easy to use it for wrong goals or false objectives. It is so easy to navigate in the ocean of madness and follow the wrong path.
The original couple (Brother and sister) of all cultures (Adam and Eve, Osiris and Isis, Maco Capac and Mama Ocllo and so on) are the symbol of fraternity and love rather than a carnal brother and sister they were spiritual family joined in the same brotherhood or fraternity. They are the base of all culture and they represent: Love, brotherhood, union, cooperation, common asset, etc. How can a great culture or empire survive without those virtues? The promise land is for those who develop those virtues and get ripped of egotism to think in other’s people needs.

THE PUMA:
Lion, puma and tiger are symbols of fire and wisdom. According to the Aztecs it was a race of people that were eaten by tigers, but actually it means they were eaten by wisdom. the Aztecs had tiger warriors and they used to dress up like tigers. That was an elite of a high level range of Aztecs.

Lake Titicaca has a puma's shape and that is what Titicaca means. So, when they say they worshiped pumas, actually they worshiped wisdom.



MORE FROM CULWISDOM:

THE INCAS: SYMBOLS AND WISDOM FROM SOUTH AMERICA 

THE CREATION MYTHS! 

 CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN: A MAGICAL MAYAN CITY.