teotihuacan

on our way to teotihuacan

we stopped at a market, where this nice man taught us all about this cactus, the plant responsible for most of the advancements made by the pre-columbian inhabitants of this beautiful country. it is also the source of their earliest alcoholic beverage, with which we were plied in generous quantities before being invited in to shop. i wonder if that tactic is also pre-columbian.
while we were walking around, these folks showed up to perform a ceremony.
this is the pyramid of the sun. that spiky, mohawk looking thing is a line of people climbing up to the top
here's a closer shot. we were told that the entire surface was covered with stucco, until unskilled, uneducated, inexperienced workers were told to clean off the plants and weeds and moss that were covering it. they cleaned it right down to the bare rocks.

at the very top of the pyramid, there is a little silver plate, the size of a dime, maybe. the deal is that there is a special energy that shoots up out of this spot. everyone crowded around to have a turn at touching it, and being healed. i never actually got a look at it, because there was never a moment that it wasn't hidden by at least 4 fingers and others waiting. i didn't touch it myself, but i touched somebody who was touching it and boy let me tell you,

i've been healed!