WHO or WHAT is TEZCATLIPOCA?

Often mistaken as a God or several deities, Tezcatlipoca and all it’s complex aspects represent principles in nature, not unlike that which the people of Kemet (Egypt) call ‘neters’ or the neteru.

From Toltec tradition comes Tezcatzoncatl, or Chac Mool, a figure that sits prominently in the Maya’b land of Chichen Itza, a reminder of the immortality of the grand destiny of becoming a Nahual, or at least a practitioner of Nahualism.

The ancient Nahuales knew that these natural forces animate creation, and by understanding these principles one could harness them to create their reality.

Nahuales have the power of choice and may use Nahualism for personal benefit or to help others learn how our physical expiration can be achieved in an enlightened way. This immortality of the soul could be likened to the spiritual understanding of the alchemical Philosopher’s stone.

According to the Toltec legend, the original creator Ometeotl raised four sons, attributed to the four cardinal points of the cosmos – each named Tezcatlipoca to mean a smoking mirror, and could be likened to the veil of illusion, called Maya by the Hindu Vedas.

The following is the first Tezcatlipoca in our four part series exploring the 4 Tezcatlipocas. By understanding and employing these animating principles in nature, we can create our reality…

WHAT is the Obsidian SMOKING Mirror?

The process of Self-Reflection is represented by the Smoking Mirror…

Typically made of obsidian, this smoking mirror is the veil to the nahual.

Looking through the mirror into ones reflection is part of the work of the practitioner of Nahualism.

Know Thy Self

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within” – W. Durant.

Self Reflection: Smoking Mirror