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The Cult of Jaguar. By Bonnie Hayman. Floricanto Press,
Mountain View, Ca. 2004.
ISBN:
0915745585 Hardbound
$39.95
Centuries
ago, in the darkest jungles of Mexico, a young boy named Xichantl witnessed
his father and most of his tribe follow the hallowed jaguar into the Graylands,
never to be seen again. Now, a divorced mother and her two daughters from the
United States go to Mexico for a summer vacation and stumble upon an ancient
box that transforms their lives and could change the world. Set in the sultry
and mysterious jungles of Mexico, the story revolves around several
interesting characters who are after the same thing-each for a different
reason. What happened to the ancient native civilizations of Mexico and
Central America, which disappeared without a trace? The Mayan and Aztec
cultures left important archaeological sites in Middle America before their
civilizations vanished from this earth. While various theories attempt to
explain these phenomena, nothing definitive has been proven, yet. Hayman's The
Cult of the Jaguar, deals with this fascinating mystery and offers an
intriguing and plausible answer to the question, "What really happened to the
Aztecs and the Mayans, and the Cult of the Jaguar?" While researching these
ancient cultures, their customs and rituals, Hayman discovered that there
actually was a tribe in the deep jungles of Mexico that worshipped the jaguar,
making this work all the more exciting to her. To this day, there is no
definitive explanation for why or how so many people abandoned their cities
and instantly vanished. Setting aside the scientific theories of sudden
plagues causing massive deaths, devastating in-fighting among tribes, and
unexpected mass migrations, Hayman explores an idea that has yet to be
discussed.
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