Same Same, But Different - Chichén Itzá, Mexico.
Having been to a number of ancient sites now (from Angkor Wat, to Giza, to Machu Picchu), it’s become a fascinating pattern to me to see how commercial these supposed “spiritual” sites have become (if you’ve ever been to Angkor Wat, the vendors at Chichén Itzá are like that on steroids when it comes to getting you to buy souvenirs or grift you into spending more money than you initially intended).
Granted, I fully understand that the economic conditions in each of the countries that hosts these sacred sites makes it so that tourism is the biggest driver for GDP, but the ironic juxtaposition one feels when contrasting the dollar and the divine is unrelentingly palpable.
Perhaps our favourite moment at Chichén Itzá related to this was watching a woman bow down on all fours in front of the main pyramid, assuming that she was doing it to express worship, only to watch that bow suddenly transform into a yoga-head stand seconds later (which, I’ll admit, would look pretty epic as a new profile pic).
Two interesting takeaways from this visit, however, are (1) the uniform nature of the architecture that can be seen at each of these sites (suggesting an advanced globetrotting civilization passing down and sharing what they knew), and (2) if the Giza pyramids do end up being ancient power plants (given the new findings related to the pillars found underneath the Khufu Pyramid*, and the work of Christopher Dunn*), it would be pretty funny to realize that we ended up “worshiping” something so utilitarian — it would be akin to future humans venerating over our nuclear power plants or hydro dams, assuming that they were tombs for our kings, when in reality they were meant to supply energy around the world to power our toasters and iPhones.
All in all, I think I’ve now satiated my hunger for these “sacred” sites, and I cannot wait to see more work from Graham Hancock*, Jimmy Corsetti* and Billy Carson* emerge around this topic. Witnessing these places firsthand, it’s truly undeniable that the history we were taught in school is outdated (no pun intended), and with the new revelations surrounding UAPs, we are only going to further verify and confirm the notion of the supposed Anunnaki, forever changing our global narrative related to our place in the cosmological food chain.
-history is far older and more Sci-fi than we were taught.
