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Learn about Magic, Shamanism, Supernatural Beings, Sacred Sites, Ceremony, Meditations, Food, Maya Life and Giving Back. The supernatural weaves itself through everything here, all is connected, all is alive.


Ancient Shape-Shifting Beings
A yui chivo (pronounced why chibo) is a shape shifter. I am still gathering information/stories about them, but so far, here is my basic
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What Scrambled Under the Chair?
It felt like a sleeping spell had been cast over the whole house. Silvery light from the full moon streamed in through the windows casting
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How to Manifest a Maya Shaman
A white pillar candle burned on a green wooden table surrounded by a few herbs and a plastic bottle with a bright green liquid in it.
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The Secret of the Talking Tree
What secret lies behind the walls of this humble Maya church? There is a legend in the Yucatan Peninsula about a tree that saved the
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The Curse of the Black Fist
There are many shipwrecks off the Caribbean shores of Mexico. Dozens of Spanish galleons kissed the siren’s reef and many a sailor was...
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What Dark Secrets Haunt This Pond?
The house sits on a small pond whose lush waterlilies and cattails hide a deep and very dark secret.
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Ak Na'am & The Guardian: Two New Entities
We discovered the existence of another entity that lives in the fields and forests of Yucatan. Francisco, our shaman friend and guide,...
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Tales of Hidden Maya Gold
They found gold. It seems to be a common theme in the local folklore (possibly true) stories of the Maya. In every story I have heard
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Shaman and Shape-Shifter
Francisco, herbatero/shaman, in his family's central kitchen It’s called a yui (pronounced “why”). It is a shapeshifter. It was causing...
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Are Cenote Dragons Real?
So, in my mind I imagined him. I pictured him usually as red with silver-sequined sparkles or sometimes as transparent, almost invisible.
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Moving Stones: A Modern Mystic & An Ancient Mystery
The following takes places in two different locations (Kaua and Chumpon), at two different times (October 2019 and November 2018), and...
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The Faerie Tales are Real and They Hold the Key to Happiness
I want to talk about the connection between spiritual mysteries and happiness. While it may seem that poking around in the jungle...
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Xtabay: The Goddess & A Mystery Tree
We stood at the bend in a path amidst the ruins of ancient temples in the jungle. Before us stood a tree. A tree with an eye—a crying...
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Discovering A New & Dangerous Entity in The Jungle
Just the other day we were out in the milpa (corn fields) with our friend and guide, Francisco. As we walked down the narrow, red earth...
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Magical Deer and Blood Sacrifices
There are many stories to tell about this hotel for it holds many secrets. But this story is about a slow evening when the hotel manager and
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Bits of stories from behind the scenes
I thought it might be fun to give you a sneak peek into my journal. It is full of half-stories told by Maya locals in tiny villages, bits...
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The Hat That Turned Into a Snake
"This is where the hat turned into a snake." We were standing on top of The Hill of The Aluxob (plural for alux). Certainly it was once a...
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Mysterious Turquoise Shamanic Crystal
Mysterious turquoise stone crystal egg used to see energy There is still so much to share about our last trip out to Kaua, the little...
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The Secret of the Maya Revealed
I found out where the Maya people went. Now, I figure you just responded with one of two things. Either you said, "They didn't go...
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Nat Geo and Bizarre Cenote Connections
When you are getting ready to do some research and the Universe conspires to help you, you follow the bread crumb trail...no matter where...
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