Mysterious
forms lay beneath the overgrowth in this strange and
exotic canyon. Like a place from a Mayan Dream, this
forgotten gorge possesses secrets of an ancient Mesoamerican
spirit world.
Worshipers of light and darkness, the Maya believed
that embracing good as well as evil was a necessary
balance. Animal deities represented many negative and
positive forces—and certain animals were revered
as having greater power then others.
Parallel in greatness, Quetzalcoatl or the 'Feathered
Serpent' (left), and the Jaguar (right), oppose each
other across the stream. Considered the two supreme
animal gods, Quetzalcoatl was the "God of Lightness
and Ascension" and the Jaguar the "God of Darkness and
Dissension".
The stone bridge / 3-D catwalk serves as a symbol of
integration between both these Gods—a link between
two polarizing hemispheres. Like the Yin and Yang the
bridge represents the seeming contradictory concepts
of dualism and unity, and forms a pure expression of
the Mayan approach to life itself.
