The metaphysical language of ancient Nahua religious symbolism / El lenguaje metafísico del simbolismo religioso nahua antiguo según Laurette Sejourne
ENGLISH : The metaphysical language of ancient Nahua religious symbolism according to Laurette Sejourne Image 44: This is the ancient glyph of movement which has as its center the emblem of penance; two sacrificial knives inserted in a cactus and crowned by a halo of light. Figure 45: This is the emblem of penance and the scrolls at the top represent the planet Venus. "... Let us analyze its content. In figure 44, the two sacrificial knives are fixed in a cactus that occupy the place of "the ball of grass or braided hay that served to hold the maguey spines after they were soaked with the blood of auto-sacrifice. The cactus flower and the precious stones that crown it bring to mind the blood of the offering. The exterior undulating band, as in figure 45, symbolizes fire--we will find it again surrounding a Teotihuacan Solar Eagle--, that is, the luminous energy produced by sacrifice. This energy assures at the same time the universal activity represented here by the quadran...