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place of the complementing opposite’s principle; the place where the Feathered Serpent begins its flight. Place where the warrior reaches the category to be light blue, from internal elevation; the position where the eagle grants the opportunity to perpetuate consciousness, eternity, and the total spirit freedom.

As soon as you start this path, nothing will be the same. The world of your affections and passions will turn to dust. Eagles fly alone in the heights. In this path, one must be alone, mortally self-assured; without fear and without ambition. Only the warriors of the florid battle can survive this test.

That is why the old Toltec grandparents are known as the "spirit artists"; "because their art is searching for the balance between the terror of being men, and the wonder of being men."

Night Eagle started to walk, behind him was the rising sun; right before his eyes, the mysterious mountain of which nobody pronounces its name. Since the time he was a teenager, he remembered; that neither his parents, relatives, teachers nor friends, talked about this mysterious mountain. In his village it was forbidden even looking at it or getting near or to talk about it. It was like the sun, everyone knew it was there, but no one dared looking at it.

The path was a straight line to the base of the mountain, it then turned left and right going up. Night Eagle noted that the path was very ancient.

As soon as he began climbing, he heard a female voice; by closely listening to it he discovered it was his mother’s voice, who implored him to return. He continued walking and a jaguar appeared, that was hidden waiting and ready to jump on him, from a high crag on the side of the path. Night Eagle continued walking immutable, when the feline jumped, became subdued morning breeze. In few minutes the young man was up half the holy mountain. The sun began to climb towards its peak, when he reached a platform, a body high, with four stairs on each side, and four