Joining North and South in Resistance and in Healing

The Eagle and the Condor Join Together in Ceremony A Story by Laverne Beech

The Eagle and the Condor Join Together in Ceremony
By Laverne Beech

An Incan ceremony joining the eagle of the north with the condor of the south was held at the ancient Mayan ruins of Mayapan in Mexico on March 22, 2003 to mark the end of the last 500 years of struggle and the beginning of a new 500 years of hope for indigenous peoples of the Americas.

A life-size image of an eagle and a condor being joined together by a man is clearly etched into the corner stones of the central pyramid at Mayapan, which is dated to at least 1165 AD. Mayapan is one of several sacred Mayan sites in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Several Native Americans from the United States, who happened to be attending an Elders gathering in the nearby city of Merida were able to witness this monumental ceremony heralding in the next 500 years.

An Incan priest, Richardo Pecho, made the distant journey from Peru to the Yucatan, homeland of the Mayan people, to conduct the ancient ceremony. He attended the opening ceremonies of the Fifth Reunion of Indigenous Priests and Elders of America on March 20 to tell participants about the Incan prophecy of the eagle and the condor and to invite them to attend the March 22 event rejoining the two sacred birds.

The pyramid at Mayapan where the eagle-condor ceremony was held. The depiction of the eagle-condor is on the back corner of the pyramid. The Incan priest conducted the ceremony on the platform facing the pyramid on the right.

Speaking in Spanish, and through an English translator, Pecho told the group that he was an Incan high priest and had been sent by 1000 Incan brothers and sisters from Peru to accomplish a mission in the Yucatan: that of joining the North and South American continents. He said the division of the indigenous peoples due to the colonization of the Americas was prophesized long ago by the Incas and that now is the time “for the reunion of all cultures of the Americas and to awaken the collective subconscious to remember these things.”

Pecho said that the ceremony had to be held at Mayapan at 12:01 p.m. on March 22, due to the trilogy of the sun, moon and the planet of Jupiter at that moment which would facilitate the transition to the new 500-year cycle.

The priest said that not only did the encounter 500 years ago separate the continents, but it also resulted in an imbalance between the masculine and feminine on the earth and a division between the brown and white races. According to Incan knowledge, the brown and white races arrived here from the planet Mu 2004 years ago and became separated during the fall of Atlantis, also known as the Great Catastrophe, he said.

At this time, Pecho said that the cultures of the Americas have a mission to accomplish and that is to share their knowledge with the world and to wake up the “anti-humans” to the fact that not only does war kill humans, but the Mother Earth and all living things as well. He said that in these times the light workers are helping us and the dark forces are confusing us, but added that “both the positive and negative are necessary to live in balance and harmony.”

Depiction of eagle-condor image on corner Mayapan pyramid. The condor is shown on the left and the eagle on the right.

The following day, March 21, the priest was at the ancient Mayan site of Chitzen Itza to invite people to attend the Mayan ceremony the next day. Between 35,000 and 50,000 people were at Chitzen Itza’s central pyramid on March 21 to witness the appearance of a snake slithering down the side of the pyramid caused by sun’s shadows at Spring Equinox.

In humid and hot temperatures reaching 100 degrees midday, a group of indigenous Elders attempted to build a sacred fire for offerings on the north side of the Chitzen Itza pyramid in recognition of the Spring Equinox event and ceremony the next day at Mayapan. Chitzen Itza security guards quickly moved to put out the fire, which is prohibited within the park, but allowed the Elders to set up an alter with a cup of the sacred incense, copeleta, to make their offerings.

Because the Mayapan ceremony was not on the Elders’ conference agenda for March 22, only six Elders were allowed to attend the eagle and condor ceremony­­two from South America, two from Central America and two from North America. The Elders were joined by about 70 other people from around the globe who had heard about the ceremony at Chitzen Itza or at the indigenous Elders gathering in Merida.

Mayapan is a rarely-visited Mayan ruin site nestled in a picturesque tropical rain forest area about 25 miles from Merida. At about 11 AM, the Incan priest arrived at Mayapan and set up an alter on a 50’ x 50’ stone platform in front of the central pyramid at the site. He then instructed those present to form a large circle around the platform, alternating men and women, and then had the six selected Elders step forward to form a smaller circle around the platform.

The Incan priest (with feather headdress) is shown here preparing for the ceremony on the Mayapan platform along with assistants.

After saying prayers and reading from the Inca’s bible, which the Incas recently revealed they had kept hidden to prevent being destroyed by the Spaniards, the priest had the outer circle group walk around the platform clockwise five times while the inner group of elders walked around the platform counterclockwise five times. This was done, said the priest, to unlock the last 500 years of negativity on the earth. He then had all the people run in a circle 10 times around the platform clockwise to restore the balance.

The priest said later that the Inca ceremony and associated prayers at that specific time enabled a portal to open at the top of the pyramid which shot a stream of light to the top of the atmosphere and then, like a water hose hitting a window, sprayed droplets of light all over the earth to facilitate the transition from the old to the new.

Priest is shown here during ceremony.

After the circling, the priest asked a designated indigenous man and women to step forward on the platform. Following prayers, the man and women were escorted to the top of the pyramid for additional ceremony. Upon their return, each was asked to speak about the respective roles of the man and the women and the importance that each plays in maintaining balance within ourselves, our families, our communities and the world.

He then asked each of the six elders in the inner circle to speak. In an emotional address, a representative of the northern direction, a Lakota, spoke of how he could see the fulfillment of the White Buffalo Calf Women prophecy of the north and the fulfillment of the eagle and condor prophecy of the south taking place concurrently to reaffirm the foresight of our ancestors and their knowledge of what was to come.

At the end of the ceremony, the priest removed his feather head dress saying that he had completed his mission to conduct the ceremony. Pecho had told some of the participants earlier that he had been training to conduct this ceremony all 45 years of his life and could not take a wife until it was completed.

During the eagle and condor ceremony, the imbalance between the male and female energies during the last 500 years was acknowledged and prayers were given so that the balance would be restored.

Now, said the priest, the condor flies north and the eagle flies south to complete the work necessary in fulfillment of the prophecy. He reminded those in attendance at the ceremony that the eagle and condor had to be separated 500 years ago so that they could be rejoined at this time for the new 500 years.

Many indigenous people are being called upon in these times to assist with the reunification, to share knowledge the world desperately needs, to restore balance and to assist others in making the transition from the old to the new world, said Pecho. The collective knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in these times is critical to successfully making this transition.

“Those that contribute, contribute to the light,” he said. “Those that don’t contribute, contribute to the darkness.”

The following day, the agenda for the indigenous Elders conference showed the participants going to Mayapan. About 100 elders along with 300 visitors from around the world went to Mayapan for a second ceremony and prayers to thank the Incan priest and the Elder representatives from North, South and Central America for participating in the eagle-condor ceremony on March 22.

Following the prayers, a rainstorm came up and showered the participants for about 30 minutes, cooling them off and cleansing the ceremonial site.

Laverne Beech, Shoshone-Bannock, is a journalist and senior professional of human resources (SPHR) who recently returned to school and obtained her Master’s degree in business administration. She is currently employed as co-executive director of the United Way of Southeastern Idaho. She serves on the White Bison, Inc., Board of Directors, and considers herself a lifelong student of indigenous knowledge and prophecy.