Ask an Aztec Reconstructionist

[Ramses II]

Saw similar threads, figured I know enough and this is my chosen path, got any questions, ask.

[Nahua]

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What made you decide to practice the Aztec Religion?

[Yazichestvo]

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As a reconstructionist, the big question for me is always this:

what about the tradition you are reconstructing is relevant to you in today's world?

[Ramses II]

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As a reconstructionist, the big question for me is always this:

what about the tradition you are reconstructing is relevant to you in today's world?

I would say the entirety of it, the pre-occupation with balance, the general worldview which I feel matches up quite well with modern science, the nature and relationship to Deity, morality, etc. More or less, every aspect of the ancient religion. I feel it's a religion that makes sense.

What made you decide to practice the Aztec Religion?

It was probably the general worldview before anything else, as well as the imagery, the connection towards various deities, the empire, the culture, etc.

[jhooper12]

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You know, a few years ago when I had first heard about reconstructionism I had wondered if there was a form of it that focused on the Aztecs. I searched around on the internet but couldn't find much. I was very interested when I saw your posts. I've always felt a strange pulling toward Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli myself. I don't think I'd be able to commit to Aztec recon though. I guess I just settle for having a keen fascination with them.

[Ramses II]

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You know, a few years ago when I had first heard about reconstructionism I had wondered if there was a form of it that focused on the Aztecs.

There is actually a handful of us out there that do, you'd be surprised, I certainly was.

I searched around on the internet but couldn't find much. I was very interested when I saw your posts. I've always felt a strange pulling toward Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli myself. I don't think I'd be able to commit to Aztec recon though. I guess I just settle for having a keen fascination with them.

Unless you did your research, properly and tried it on, I don't see how you could come to that conclusion. I love Huitzilopochtli.

[ChainLightning]

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I have no questions but just wanted to say thank you for starting this, Ramses II!! And to say it's now stickied, as well!

[Witcher]

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One thing I always love to hear from recons is how they reinterpret or deal with sacrifice. I've met many Celtic, Hellenic and Norse recons who obviously don't engage in blood sacrifice of animals. How do you view the Aztec practice of sacrifice, particularly human sacrifice, and modernize or deal with the idea of it in your practice?

Also: Thanks for starting this thread!

[Sarkana night]

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did you have a hard time figuring out that this beliefs was the right for you??

[ÁineAesSidhe]

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Do you have Aztec heritage? If not, how did you come to this path?

Not to be mean, but I feel the need to put the disclaimer here that there are still Aztec people alive today practicing their traditional culture in families that never gave up their culture to colonial rule. I've encountered way too many people who think the culture was completely decimated.

[Shinasana]

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Whats the oddest reaction you got when you let others know?

[Claude]

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What role if any does blood play in your faith?

Do you practice trance dancing or use entheogens during rituals?

Is there a good deal of firsthand non-European information that you are able to study?

[Riothamus12]

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I know the ancient Aztecs practiced human sacrifice and the idea of sacrifice in a philosophical sense was very important to them. However just about all reconstructionist religions tend to forgo sacrifice outside of offerings of objects and materials. How does the idea of sacrifice play into Aztec reconstructionism in it's present state?

[thalassa]

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The OP hasn't been around for awhile....not sure if/when your questions might be answered guys!