America, say historians, was peopled by savages; but savages never reared these structures, savages never carved these stones… standing as they do in the depths of a tropical forest, silent and solemn, strange in design, excellent in sculpture, rich in ornament

The ancient Maya, with their ruined cities deep in the jungles of Mexico and Central America, have evoked feelings of mystery for centuries. If one of the solutions to the modern metaphysical malaise lies in Paganism, we might with our `back-looking curiositie' go back in antiquity to this land of the `Plumed Serpent'—the land of the ancient Maya— and experience the aura and magic of a vanished civilization. Their myths "seem to rise out of the deep well of knowledge lying unfathomed in the human mind— hidden by that logical brain so overworked in many of the activities of modern life." This innovative, creative, and majestic people no doubt possessed a secret wisdom.

The ancient Maya have given artistic expression to the spirit of the primitive man through amazingly sophisticated works of grandeur and beauty. The irrational and the mysterious forces in the universe find their most eloquent and grand expression in their works of art. Governed by instinct and guided by their emotions, they were obviously under the grip of a terrible sense of the supernatural. In fact, they made no distinction between the natural and supernatural worlds. And the result was the creation of a labyrinthine, symbolic world of art.

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