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3/15/2007
6:47:19 pm EDT
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Mayan Priests Purify Ruin After Bush Visit
Author: Mica Rosenberg Source: Reuters
Title: MAYAN PRIESTS PURIFY RUIN AFTER BUSH VISIT
Mayan priests spiritually "cleansed" a Guatemalan religious site with incense and candles on Thursday after a visit earlier this week by President Bush.
Two priests lit colored candles on the four corners of the ruins to represent natural elements, burning incense and beating a ceremonial drum on top of a pyramid visited by Bush and Guatemalan President Oscar Berger on Monday.
The priests said they wanted to purify the site before a visit by Bolivia's indigenous President Evo Morales later this month.
At Thursday's ceremony, two spiritual guides said prayers in Spanish and the Kaqchikel Mayan language, handing corn that had been used as decoration during Bush's visit to kneeling women. Corn is sacred in Mayan culture and is the origin of man in the Mayan holy book the Popul Vuh.
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| "And They Even Used Bon Ami!" | Mar 16th. at 12:23:15 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
That one line, from the "Ghost and Mr. Chicken".
Maybe when they are done we could ask for some cleaning supplies for after the next election?
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| 676 Days, 2 Hours And 56 Minutes Left... | Mar 16th. at 9:04:04 am EDT
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Autumnsong (Bessemer, Alabama) - Email Me
until Bush is out of office. I just love my Bush countdown widget on my desktop. (Mac's rock!) Then we can all get together and do one HUGE collective cleasing and start fresh. Maybe even with a woman in charge. Maybe with the Democrats back in control of the Congress, he won't be able to do too much more damage before is reign is over. We can hope....
Blessings,
Autumnsong
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| Oy... | Mar 16th. at 6:18:01 am EDT
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Chris Johnson (Weymouth, Massachusetts) - Email Me
I think a can of air freshener might have worked just as well.
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| GEE.... | Mar 16th. at 3:37:59 am EDT
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Whitewolf (Schenectady, New York) - Email Me
I wonder why! LMAO!
Love to all
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| I'm Thinking.... | Mar 15th. at 11:18:17 pm EDT
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kenneth (Des Plaines, Illinois) - Email Me
that when a bunch of dudes who used to practice human sacrifice feel the need to cleanse their space after you visit, it may be time to reconsider your actions as a world leader. But that's why I'm not president.!
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| Even The Goddess Showed Up! | Mar 15th. at 9:36:41 pm EDT
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genexs (Newburgh, New York) - Email Me - Web
A great article, and a great idea. I think Pagans and Wiccans should gather and purify or smudge every place the Shrub shows up or visits!
Find More info -- HERE
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| Good Idea... | Mar 15th. at 9:31:36 pm EDT
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Amtehuti (Queens, Florida) - Email Me
Now let's cleanse the White House!!
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| Hmmm, If We Were | Mar 15th. at 7:44:50 pm EDT
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ElspethR (Houston, Texas) - Email Me
to try, I think it would take every single smudge stick/bundle/incense/vial of sacred oils in our magick suppliers' inventories!!!
But, hey, I'm willing to try!!!
The cretin-in-chief is a boil on the butt of humanity with no regard for anything outside of his priveleged family and rich crony cabal.
I can't wait for the vigil on Monday, I just wish we didn't have to have one at all - thanks lil' boots...NOT!!!
I would rather be meeting with my friends of all walks of life to share a glass of wine/water/whathaveyou to celebrate the end of poverty, the improvement of education, the ability for all Americans (and also the world) to have proper healthcare w/o worry about cost, the end of homelessness, the end of greed, the rebirth of community, the slowing and subsequent reversal of global warming...you get the point?
All the billions (and nigh onto trillion) of dollars and lives lost instead on an illegal war/occupation when truly so much good could have been wrought with it and a real, positive legacy for the US forged.
I weep for this country, I truly do...may she be cleansed by the tears and born anew.
Blessings,
Elspeth
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| The Last Time | Mar 15th. at 7:15:43 pm EDT
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Berkana (spokane valley, Washington) - Email Me
this subject was mentioned somebody mentioned that it might be a good idea for Americans to do the same. I quite agree.
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