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When academic study meets visceral knowing

The professor teaching our class on pre-Columbian art makes everything sound dead and academic, but these images make me want to weep with recognition.

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Intellectual frameworks for understanding spiritual traditions may fail to honor or accommodate the emotional and intuitive responses that authentic contact creates.

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“Where Are You with Ancient Mesoamerican religion — Aztec and Maya?”

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