Xtabay: The Goddess & A Mystery Tree
We stood at the bend in a path amidst the ruins of ancient temples in the jungle. Before us stood a tree. A tree with an eye—a crying...
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Learn about Magic, Shamanism, Supernatural Beings, Sacred Sites, Ceremony, Meditations, Food, Maya Life and Giving Back. The supernatural weaves itself through everything here, all is connected, all is alive.
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The Water Will Get Lost?
“Only the men who are teachers can go in the water down there. If women go, the water will get lost.” Now, I bet you just focused on the...
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Discovering A New & Dangerous Entity in The Jungle
Just the other day we were out in the milpa (corn fields) with our friend and guide, Francisco. As we walked down the narrow, red earth...
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Magical Deer and Blood Sacrifices
There are many stories to tell about this hotel for it holds many secrets. But this story is about a slow evening when the hotel manager and
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Bits of stories from behind the scenes
I thought it might be fun to give you a sneak peek into my journal. It is full of half-stories told by Maya locals in tiny villages, bits...
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Seeing an Alux and Hearing a UFO on the Island of Cozumel?
It was a day of un-tamed energy, a 13 on the sacred Tzolkin calendar, and wow, I almost don't know where to begin. We were visiting the...
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The Hat That Turned Into a Snake
"This is where the hat turned into a snake." We were standing on top of The Hill of The Aluxob (plural for alux). Certainly it was once a...
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The Secret of the Maya Revealed
I found out where the Maya people went. Now, I figure you just responded with one of two things. Either you said, "They didn't go...
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A Real Alux House
There is a cenote on private land in the jungle near Puerto Morelos in Mexico that is quite certainly home to an alux. How do I know...
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Maya Legends Come to Life: Alux & Tzucan
Take a look at the photo. What do you see? Want to know the story behind it? This is a limestone formation in a cave near Tulum on...
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Cryptozoology in a Sacred Cenote
OK, this is a story you may not believe... tentacle and all. It happened in a private cenote called Maravilla, just down the road from...
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The Secret Nature of a Sleepy Fishing Village: Puerto Morelos
The local people of Puerto Morelos say she is alive--the town, that is. The town, or more specifically the land the town rests on, has...
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A Nasty Goddess and A Clue to Maya Mystery
"Teach me about the goddess Xtabay (esh-ta-bay)." We were riding on a taxi-bike with Jose, our Maya tour guide and valiant peddler. There...
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Alux: Guardian of the Mayan Jungle
As seen in the Washington Post Cancun addition, published by Laura LaBrie I just got back from spending a month on Mexico's Yucatan...
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Sebriano and The Dragon
Cenote Ik Kil is 150 feet deep, or so they say. It is one of the thousands of entrances to the vast underwater cave system that covers...
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