Posted on February 13, 2001 by David L. Smith
Caves: The Underworld
Caves, where one descends toward the k’u’x (heart or center) of a mountain, are especially hot places. This is due to their symbolic proximity to the powers unleashed by cosmic convergence at the axis mundi. Eduard Fisher (Anthropologist) The Yucatan Peninsula is one of the largest limestone shelves in the world. In the north, the bedrock is porous and the landscape relatively flat, so rainwater runs and collects in underground caves. There are no visible rivers here. When a cave ceiling collapses, the result is a sinkhole or cenoté (ts’onot “Sacred Well”… Read More
