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LACCO CAVE---CUSCO---SACSAYHUAMAN

Day 6 --- OCT. 10 --- Friday (Full Moon)

Morning tour of Sacsayhuaman: 

Sacsayhuaman is one of the most 
imposing architectonic complexes 
and considered one of the best monuments 
that mankind has built. 
Three parallel walls built in different 
levels with stones of enormous sizes;
zigzagging walls, because of their appearance,
one opinion is they represent the 
"teeth" of the puma's head, 
as Cusco is built in the shape of a Puma.
The boulders used for the first or 
lower levels are the biggest; 
there is one that is 28 ft.
high and weights about 361 tons. 
Those boulders classify the walls as 
being of cyclopean or megalithic architecture.
The three walls represent the three levels
of the Andean Religious World: 
beginning from the bottom, 
Uju Pacha (underground lower world),
the Kay Pacha (earth's surface stage) 
in the middle, and the 
Hanaq Pacha (sky, upper world) on the top.
The levels are also identified with their
three sacred animals: 
the Amaru or (snake), 
the Puma (Cougar or Mountain Lion), 
and the Kuntur (Andean condor). 
Because of the zigzagging shape of 
the walls, it may be also suggested that they
represent "Illapa", 
(spirit of thunder, lightning and thunderbolt). 
In the heart of Sacsayhaman you reach an
energy vortex, Muyuc Marka, 
where the Inca performed special rituals
to create a connection with the cosmic world.
Muyuc Marka, Medicine Wheel of Sacsayhaman 
is where one is "recharged" with
"positive energy" 
and connected energetically and spiritually
to Earth Mothers ley lines. 
It is also a solar clock and a 
phonic space that produces different echoes.
Afternoon free to rest or shop and 
explore this wonderful sacred city.
Dinner on your own, 
then we will be led in ceremony by 
Inkari Pachatusan (a mystical brotherhood
of Andean musicians shaman/priests 
of Incan lineage) inside 
Lacco Cave (The Temple of the Moon).
This observatory has, 
serpents and birds carved into the rock
and were ceremonial centers of initiation,
healing and rebirthing.

(BB, BL) Overnight Don Carlos, Cusco

CUSCO - TAMBOMACHAY---KORICANCHA---QENKO

Day 7 --- OCT. 11 --- Saturday

Morning city tour of the Koricancha,
House of Light. 
The Temple of the Sun 
was the holiest of holy to the Incas 
as it housed the great Sun Disk, 
brought to Cusco, 
“The Navel of the World”, from MU. 
The rooms were adorned with 
elaborate gold ceremonial objects 
including the huge Sun Disk 
reflecting the sun light to illuminate all.

The walls were covered in gold, 
and windows were constructed, 
so the sun would cast a near-blinding 
reflection of golden light 
off the precious metals. 
This site was a ceremonial center
featuring a number of stone 
rectangular buildings laid out as to be 
the convergence point of ley lines 
connected to numerous 
"huacas" or power spots. 
The carved stone walls fit so perfectly 
that a sheet of paper can not 
slide between them. 
There is no mortar. 
These walls of the Temple of the Sun
are the finest example of Inca stonework
in existence.

The Cathedral

The church is located in the northeast
side of the Plaza des Armas,
built in 1550 and built with 
many of the stones from the Temple of the Sun.
It contains over four hundred 
XII century paintings done by the 
members of the renowned Cuzco School.
The Lord of the Earthquakes altar
weights over 52 pounds and is made 
of solid gold and studded with precious stones.
The main altar is covered with sheets of silver.
We then ride 7 miles into the country side 
above Cusco to Tambomachay and Qenko. 
Tambomachay, Unu, (Water Spirit) 
Temple was popularly known as the
"Inca's Baths", 
where four underground rivers come together.
It was here that those wishing to enter the 
capitol of the Incan empire cleansed themselves.
It is an archaeological complex 
made up of well-crafted canals, walls
and windows which show the Incas' 
extraordinary architectural talents and 
their in-depth knowledge of hydraulics. 
Tambomachay was an important religious center
for the Spirit of water. 
The canals channel the water, 
ending at a slope from which crystal 
clear water flows in three levels, 
representing the 3 worlds. 
We will honor the Spirit of water with
an offering and ask the sacred waters for
purification and clarity. 

Qenko, Labyrinth, has many aspects;
astronomical and ceremonial. 
It possesses an amphitheater with 19 niches,
and there is an entrance in the form 
of a labyrinth which leads to the 
underground temples. 
There are statues in the upper part 
where rituals took place, 
although many of the carved sacred stones 
were distorted by the Spanish, 
the magic and energies were untouched. 
We will align with the sacred ley lines 
of the sites by honoring the ancient ones 
who came before us as we walk through this 
powerful healing, initiation, and astronomical complex.

Late afternoon return to our hotel, 
and evening free. 

(BB & BL) Overnight Don Carlos, Cusco

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