shine india magazine english medium
shine india magazineenglish medium published this article page no 27 they believed that the jaguar was very closely associated with a persons spirit and that should the jaguar die the person would also die. in common with all religions to maintain their position in society the olmec ruling elite needed to make the people believe either that they were gods or that they were associated with the gods (gods of fire water earth & sun were the popular deities). their religion symbolic language and archtictural systems seemed strong & popular enough to have lasted through to the zapotecs teotihuacans and mayan peoples until everything changed with the spanish conquests of hernandez cortez and spanish influence. that of the catholic church being especially instrumental in destroying the old gods and bringing a new one that eventually spread throughout the whole of south america. some might argue that catholicism brought about changes for good and others point to the great poverty of the majority of predominantly catholic south america. whatever your opinions i will just leave you with this thought- religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by rulers as convenient. seneca the younger shineindia monthly magazine subscription.
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