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Earth; complementing opposites, beginning and end of human life. Quetzalcoatl is a philosophical symbol that embodies the human aspiration to find the balance between spirit and matter.

The pyramid was surrounded by male and female warriors, revolving in eccentric circles dancing to the rhythm of the huge tree trunk drums, whistles, and rattles, which filled the entire ambiance with its roar. Marine snails bellowed, Night Eagle without knowing how, was dancing with a teacher’s dexterity. His body seemed to remember better than his mind. The rhythmic feet pounding on mother earth, called telluric energies to join the sky through human beings, who became a sacred bridge, between the divine and the mundane. Everyone danced for hours; there were no speeches or prayers. Bodies spoke their own language with mother earth, a dialogue of filial love that the old Toltec grandparents had taught, a dialogue through energy. The oldest "language" of human beings on earth... dances!

Night Eagle had a flame lit in his heart. The memory of Rain flower burned his thoughts and had become an imperative need. Never before in his life, had he felt this pressing need of being with another person. The memory of Rain flower shuddered to his body and made his heart jump wild.

The warrior informed his decision to leave soon to the Venerable Teacher, who told him to fulfill his destiny.

—All that I ask of you, —said the old man— is that when you go back to meet the pochtecas, transporters of worship objects, tell them that "The power stone of the land of the feathered snake" is under their feet. Tell them —the elder went on talking— that this entire peninsula is a huge stone, which is alive and feels... do not tell them more.