Mazatzin Casas Acosta, Ogichidaa Noodin
One individual who “discovered” Quetzalcoatl in much the same way that born-again Christians “found” or “discovered” Jesus, taught himself the Nahuatl language and has adopted the quasi-legal surname of Mazatzin from the word Mazatl for deer – a day in the Mexica Aztec calendar. Mazatzin has since devoted much of his life to “cleaning up my act” and providing the neo-Mexica model as a point of discourse for affecting change in disaffected youth populations and clique and gang cohorts. Mazatzin now travels the state of California, and internationally, seeking out at risk youth who will consider his spiritual message of Aztec revivalism. In much the same way that the previous case study on personal discourse rendered the outlines of a personal spiritual transformation replete with Aztec prayers, tattoos, ceremonialism, and both public and clandestine meetings, Mazatzin has drawn from the Aztec discourse on death and human sacrifice a revisionist discourse for a message on life´s most precious essence…rebirth and renewal in all things large and small.
More Info: EXCERPT FROM DR. MENDOZA´S PRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON D.C., DECEMBER, 2001 Ruben G. Mendoza, Ph.D, Director CSU Monterey Bay Institute of Archaeology Contact Mazatzin: Mazatzin: zemazatzin@hotmail.com +1(415)756-5589