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Ixtlilxochitl - Aztecs and Mexica - Tloque Nahuaque
Identifier
011460
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Quoted in The Daily Life of the Aztecs – Jacques Soustelle
The pious king Nezaualcoyotl erected a temple dedicated to
“the unknown god, creator of all things who was called Tloque Nahuaque, he of the immediate vicinity, or lpalnemohuani, he by whom we live. On the top of this temple was a tower with nine storeys, which stood for nine heavens, and the tenth, which finished these nine storeys, was painted black and studded with stars outside, while the inside was adorned with gold, gems and precious feathers. And this god, whom no man had either known or seen was not represented by any statue or idol”