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Pyramid of Fire: The Lost Aztec Codex

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In 1961, poet Martín Matz traveled to the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where a shaman revealed to him the Pyramid of Fire, an Aztec codex that had been kept secret since the Spanish conquest. Matz gave literary form to this pictorial code to fix and propagate its profound metaphysical teachings. In this book, Maya-Aztec culture expert John Major Jenkins recounts the entertaining story of the codex's discovery and presents the full text, commenting line by line and revealing the universal principles it contains and their relevance in today's world.

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Pyramid of Fire: The Lost Aztec Codex, John Major Jenkins, Martin Matz

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Title
Pyramid of Fire: The Lost Aztec Codex
Language
English
Released
2004
Format
Paperback
Pages
192
ISBN10
1591430321
ISBN13
9781591430322
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In 1961, poet Martín Matz traveled to the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where a shaman revealed to him the Pyramid of Fire, an Aztec codex that had been kept secret since the Spanish conquest. Matz gave literary form to this pictorial code to fix and propagate its profound metaphysical teachings. In this book, Maya-Aztec culture expert John Major Jenkins recounts the entertaining story of the codex's discovery and presents the full text, commenting line by line and revealing the universal principles it contains and their relevance in today's world.