Not simply another Chariots of the Gods, this sophisticated and
ultimately obscurantist tome attempts to synthesize Mesoamerican
archaeology, Jungian archetypes, astrology and various branches of
esoteric "knowledge" into a mythology for the immanent Age of
Aquarius. Waters, who first created controversy with his mystical
interpretations of primitive myths in The Book of the Hopi, begins
with a straight history of pre-Columbian Mexican civilization and,
while adopting the stance of an uncommitted rationalist, gently
nudges his readers toward ever more daring conclusions: that some
Mesoamericans were descended from a late wave of Polynesian
migration; that the Americas were inhabited and perhaps highly
civilized as long as 250,000 years ago; that the 52-year cycle of
Mayan chronology derived from the 52-year interval between cosmic
catastrophes as posited by Velikovsky; and, finally, that the end
of the 5000 year Mayan Great Cycle coming in 2011 will mark a new
age of world civilization heralded by "an influx of cosmic forces"
and "psychic upheavals" resulting in "evolution in a new phase" of
the sixth world consciousness. No doubt somebody will find this
reassuring. And although Waters' dense thesis is more likely to be
discussed than read in its entirety, the current vogue for things
Mayan will guarantee it a wide currency. Waters' pseudoscience
panders to that popular longing for assurances of an Aquarian
future - a longing that reveals something sad about our own psychic
bankruptcy. Still, having robbed the Native American of his
material kingdom, it seems poor taste to plunder his spiritual one.
(Kirkus Reviews)
In "Mexico Mystique" Frank Waters draws us deeply into the ancient
but still-living myths of Mexico. To reveal their hidden meanings
and their powerful symbolism, he brings to bear his gift for
intuitive imagination as well as a broad knowledge of anthropology,
Jungian psychology, astrology, and Eastern and esoteric religions.
He offers a startling interpretation of the Mayan Great Cycle --
our present Fifth World -- whose beginning has been projected to
3113 B.C., and whose cataclysmic end has been predicted by 2011
A.D.
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