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Night Eagle was taken to the top of the hill where two pyramids were built. That one on the west had four stairways on the four cardinal points; the second had a single stairway that faced west. He went up and found a small square building that had feathered Jaguars painted on the walls, with open jaws, speaking florid words from its their depth, represented by symbols with flowers in the upper part.

The room had four doors that pointed to the four cardinal points. Bat Jaguar came up to the south door with Night Eagle and said:

—Enlightened Spirit Warrior, son of hope, precious stone. Your fate brought you to the gates of this, the House of the Lord of the Smoky mirror, the eternally young warrior, of the internal war, who does not allow hearts to rest, who has the mirror and reflects the men image and his self-awareness, the protector of all, forgiver and purifier of all sins, the eternal young man of perfect perfection and without blemish.

He is darkness and knowing shadow of the human heart, he is the unbearable revealing spirit of truth, of dangerous revealing presence; the truth that is the beginning of the internal battle, the flourished battle.

You walk in search of your heart’s face, but there is no path walked outwards, which has not previously been walked inwards, now you have an appointment with the Smoky mirror.

Immediately thereafter, the Venerable Teacher invited Night Eagle to enter the room. The four accesses were part of a small labyrinth, leading to an inner chamber that was illuminated by torches. The entrance was at the bottom of a wall and had to enter crawling.

Inside, the four walls were lined in gold and had codex style engraved the history of Smoky mirror, in