Teotl Philosophy

>>1628676
>And Teotl, it is amoral. There is no realization of good and evil because it just doesn't exist. Destruction and creation are just processes that happen and humans like the rest of creation are affected by it. There is no morality in the changing of the seasons, in the same way as there is no morality in Teotl. Whether the outcome is fortunate or unfortunate is just pot luck. It's nothing personal. There are no grand intentions of goals, they have no freewill, emotions, omniscient intellect, they are not all powerful. They are part of the same process, a process that happens regardless. They are energy in motion.

Very similar to the Hawaii'an concept of Mana. It interests me that the gods are really just spiritual power and with enough of that power, anyone can be a god- you just need enough sacrifices. And of course, everyone's pretty much a ticking time bomb of Teotl, creating a society very concerned with restraining that power and releasing it in acceptable ways.

>>1628690
>The deities are just anthropomorphized representations of these aspects of Teotl. And what's more, there is absolutely nothing supernatural. It's all natural. Certain things may be hidden from human perception under ordinary conditions, but there is still nothing supernatural about it. It's all made up of the same stuff.
>Everything is sacred. Nothing is profane.
>Teotl is not limited to being in only a single era, or in a single person, or single tree.
>When we talk about the different layers of the cosmos, this is not a hierarchy, but they are folds, like the folds of a blanket, but it still consists of the same stuff and none is truly 'higher' or 'lower' than any other in the plane of existence.

>>1628694
Do you know of any good books on Mana?

>>1628734
No, but if you're ever in Hawaii I could recommend a few local experts on the subject.

so why does this mean people must have their living hearts pulled out of their chests atop a giant pyramid

Because the Sun died and the old king of the Aztecs Huitzilopochtli had to use the teotl of the people to become the new Sun.
Also, the Aztecs had a low-protein diet...

>>1628823
They actually had good protein diet. Ritual cannibalism was only done on specific ritual times and consumed by a very specific group of people. Insects are rich in in protein. Other animals include, fish, deer, turkey, duck, rabbit, dog, and other little animals. In addition, maize the way it had been modified by the precolumbian people combined with beans provided enough nourishment of protein.

>>1628800
It's an ordering of the world, to influence it so it can be balanced, that is, the sun can continue to rise (he needs strength to rise from the underworld forces). In others it was for droughts, ensure fertility etc. Hearts and blood were the most precious thing one could offer to deities, it is where one of the three souls resided. It was in a way a debt, since the deities had to sacrifice themselves for the creation of us humans.They also did offerings of flowers, incense, animals, food, feathers, pulque and really anything that was precious. Nowadays, indigenous people still offer animal sacrifices, tobacco, coins, food like tortilla, alcohol etc.

The Aztecs also liked to show off their power too. During Tlacaelel's time human sacrifice became more of a foreign policy, used to legitimize their imperialistic agenda. This was when they merged Huitzilopochtli (Mexica patron deity) with Tezcatlipoca to become the new central deity. In the myths, Huitzilopochtli later went on to replace Nanahuatzin who was the fifth sun.

>>1628676
I don't believe in spiritual stuff or anything like that, or know anything about this concept, but there's something I find kind of palatable about it, if it's as you describe. You could substitute the word "reality" for Teotl and it'd seem pretty agreeable really.
Would make canon in a constructed fantasy world/10.

Very interesting didn't know of this. Thanks OP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uaIeY-FGpI

>>1632604
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Uu8-LngEI