Machu Picchu in Peru- The Sky City that has Ascended! :)

The Sky City of Machu Picchu in Peru 

– The City that has already Ascended! -

and the Mystical Inca Culture!

Since I've been connecting with the Incas and Peru (and Lemuria)  for 2 years now(mainly thru previous lifetimes there), and it's now become an intricate part of my life.. Sooo..I've decided to display some beautiful images of Machu Picchu . enJOY ! :))

For those who are not aware, Machu Picchu along with Lake Titicaca  forms one of the 7 Chakra points of Earth - the Sacral CHakra I think. It's also where the GOlden Sun Disc lies - a subject in it's own right, covered in-depth by Archangel Metatron(in relation to ascension and sacred GIANT crystals and sacred spots/chakra points and how they help the Crystalline energies of Earth flow .. soon, via Leylines etc etc)

(P.S. If you'd liek to download any of this music or other Peru/Inca/Native American(esp. the Condor following ones) music, let me know and  I'll give you access to it on my website. :)

Love

~EA~

The Inca, who called themselves the Tawantinsuyu, are not the oldest of the high Andean cultures. By the time the Incas arrived in Peru and Manco Capac founded Cusco around 1200 ACE, humans had been living along the coastline for thousands of years, weaving cotton, and, planting corn, squash, and beans, since before 3,000 BCE.

Originally a tribe of warriors who lived in a semiarid area of the southern sierra, the Inca relocated to the fertile Cusco Valley. From about 1200 to 532 ACE, the Incas expanded their territory by conquest of other tribes, taking over the lands of other Peruvian cultures and integrating their cultural heritages with their own. Eventually, they had expanded their tribal domain until the Inca Empire stretched from Ecuador to Chile.

Within two hundred years or so, the Incas, eventually integrated the tribal cultures from the coastal and mountain areas of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru; and, the northern areas of Argentina and Chile into a single society ruled by the Inca. The center of Inca culture was their capital city of Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes. They called it Qosqo which was Quechua for Navel of the World. In turn, the Incas were themselves defeated by the Spanish conquistadors with their armored cavalry, swords, and primitive firearms in 1533 ACE.

Since the aesthetic tastes of the Incas were more functional than artistic, decorative accoutrements were minimal. The stone masonry of their buildings remained unornamented, retaining the precise simplicity of the trapezoid doors and windows, and, the Incas did not produce any large architectural sculptures or free standing statutes.

Religion and spirituality were important to all of the Peruvian cultures, both pre-Inca and Inca, who all believed in immortality. Besides the creator God Vairacocha, there were also a wide array of nature gods. Lakes, rivers, mountains, stones, and agriculture fields all had huaca who were magical, holy spirits. Temples were made from gathered huaca stones which transformed them into sacred places. Religion was a practical part of daily life.

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During the Inca Empire, more than one million people were subjected to the Inca theocracy ruled by a divine, emperor like personage descended from the Sun god, Inti, who had been selected by a royal lineage council of advisers. Below the Inca was an aristocracy comprised of royal family members which included his immediate family, as well as, all his concubines and children.

Next in authority were the tribal heads of the clans, a council of elders who owed their allegiance to the Inca; while, the commoners were grouped into units of ten headed by a boss. As long as the commoners cooperated, their communities had enough to get by on, but, there was no opportunity for individual growth or advancement.

All commoners except religious and state officials were subjected to a work tax called Mita, under which they were obligated to work a certain amount of time for the state. Work service included: cultivating fields and terraced farmlands; building bridges, forts, roads, royal residences, and temples, and mining. Male commoners could be summoned for military service on a moments notice.

The Incas also imposed their language, Quechua, on all the peoples they conquered. Like the other ancient Peruvian cultures, the Inca did not have a form of writing. They utilized rememberers who kept the official records and folklore on different colored knotted cords called quipu which they used as a mnemonic tool. Since religion and state were one to the Inca, their empire ended when their last ruling Inca, Atahualpa, was executed by the Spanish in 1533.

Recent archaeological findings have also shed some further light on the religious practices of the Incas. Thousands of five hundred year old mummies have recently been retrieved from a site near Lima, Peru, along with animal skins, food, and pottery. The mummified bodies come from all levels of Inca society, and, the high ranking ones were adorned with feathered headdresses. At another Inca site on top of Mount Ampato, an arrangement of statuettes dressed in feathers and woolens was found where a female child underwent the mysterious practice of capacocha (an honored ritual sacrifice to propitiate the gods)...

This is a 6 ft x 2.5 ft. framed poster in my liv. room! Looks GORGEOUS, i can assure ya'll

 And noww.. for the "governing " chakra point of Machu Picchu...

Lake Titica - The location of the Golden Sun Disc

 Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu

More than one hundred and five miles long and more than 13,100 feet above sea level, deep blue Lake Titicaca has been infused with the patina of traditional folklore. The lake was also the nexus point of Inca creation myths.

According to the legends of the Inca, the god Vairacocha came out of Lake Titicaca in order to create both the sun and the moon, as well as, to shape humans from stone.

Interestingly, the Uros people of Lake Titicaca, who now live on the floating Uros islands made from compressed layers of totora reeds, originally left the lower altitude terraces surrounding the lake in their reed boats in order to avoid interaction with tribes like the Incas.

At the bottom of the lake there are stone ruins buried under six feet of sediment which contain fossils of seashells that existed prior to 12,000 BCE. The ruins, which were located about twelve miles south of the southern tip of Lake Titicaca predate the arrival of the Incas. Archaeologists believe that they were from a period thousands of years ago when there was a cataclysmic global flood and/or eruption of the Andes mountains.

There is also a stone causeway at the 9,000 feet level that leads nowhere which archaeologists have conjectured once used to be at sea level and continued on until it reached the Pacific Ocean.

On the slopes of the mountains that soar above the lake, there are ancient corn terraces where it can be seen that prehistoric peoples once cultivated corn both before and after the cataclysms that influenced the area, causing the Andes to rise.

Although the Peruvian-Bolivian altiplano basin in the Lake Titicaca region is now inhabited by a large population of Aymara Indians who are subsistence farmers, the statues and monolithic remains of Tiahuanaco bear silent testimony to the prior existence of a technologically advanced culture in the region.

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Some archaeologists think that they are the oldest ruins in the world and that Tiahuanaco was once a thriving port of call. They speculate that since the site is now about 800 feet above the edge of the lake that the waters must have dropped 800 feet and receded for about 12 miles.

There seems to be common thread which links together the various Peruvian cultures with god Vairacocha and Tiahuanaco at Lake Titicaca which also borders Bolivia. Peruvian legends tell the story of a worldwide deluge in the distant past.

If the remnants of a once thriving advanced Culture, possibly of either Atlantean or Lemurian origins, were inundated with flood waters many thousands of years ago, it would offer a plausible explanation for why Tiahuanaco ruins, situated at an elevation of 13,300 feet, were buried under 6 feet of earth, as well as, why even now there are stone structures under the surface of Lake Titicaca.

A lot of the books and articles have been written about Atlantis, and. one of them places Atlantis on a Bolivian Altiplano. In his book Atlantis: The Andes Solution, Jim Allen explained how Plato's detailed description of Atlantis and its capital city matched a volcanic island which sank into the inland sea of Lake Poopo on the edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in South America, rather than, a continent which sank into the Atlantic Ocean.

Perched on a lofty ridge that faced the crest of Mount Huayna Picchu, the Machu Picchu complex remains one of the world's most awe inspiring and mystifying ancient sites. The skill and artistry of the builders was reflected in their ability not only to cut and assemble massive stones with faultless accuracy, but, also in the way that the buildings, structures, and terraces were molded to blend in harmoniously with the contours of the land.

The surrounding woods are filled with abundant flora including ferns and over ninety species of orchids. Subtropical fauna in the area include wildcats and a variety of butterflies. Adding a majestic touch of beauty to Machu Picchu, feathery mists rose from the swirling waters of the Urubamba River far below to crown the sacred site.

Machu Picchu had agricultural terraces, gates, houses, main squares, stairways, storerooms, temples, water fountains, and workshops. The city was U-shaped and the main complex was divided by a grassy central plaza. The religious buildings were on the left; while, to the right were the more mundane, urban buildings.

Some of the more impressive structures include: the Intihuatana Stone which was situated on a multi-terraced hill and was most likely an astronomical calendar; the Temple of the Three Windows which gazed across the grassy plaza to the snow covered peaks beyond; and the Temple of the Sun which was was built on a granite rock and shaped to blend into its natural curves.