[PAA-Discuss] [Article] Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush visit

[Amy Branham]

Now, if we can just figure out how to cleanse this country of his evil 
energy...

Peace,
Amy

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From: "Bill Crosier" <paa at crosierbiomed.com>
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Subject: [PAA-Discuss] [Article] Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush 
visit


> >From: "JA Messina" <wilburville at hotmail.com>
>>To: wilburville at hotmail.com
>>Subject: Mayan Priests to purify site after Bush visit
>>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:48:37 -0600
>>
>>Original source URL:
>>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/10/content_824411.htm
>>
>>Priests to purify site after Bush visit
>>(AP)
>>Updated: 2007-03-10 09:35
>>
>>GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological
>>site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an
>>official with close ties to the group said Thursday.
>>
>>"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant
>>brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to 
>>walk
>>in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their
>>culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization 
>>with
>>close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.
>>
>>Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover
>>beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to 
>>visit the
>>archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region
>>of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.
>>
>>Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it
>>would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after 
>>Bush's
>>visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the 
>>rites --
>>which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles-- would
>>prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 
>>26-30.
>>
>>Bush's trip has already has sparked protests elsewhere in Latin
>>America, including protests and clashes with police in Brazil hours before
>>his arrival. In Bogota, Colombia, which Bush will visit on Sunday, 200 
>>masked
>>students battled 300 riot police with rocks and small homemade explosives.
>>
>>The tour is aimed at challenging a widespread perception that the
>>United States has neglected the region and at combatting the rising
>>influence of Venezuelan leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has called Bush
>>"history's greatest killer" and "the devil."
>>
>>Iximche, 30 miles west of the capital of Guatemala City, was
>>founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before
>>the Spanish conquest in 1524.
>
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