Aspect No. 11 - El Dorado.
Gold was valued not as coinage, but as a luminous source of power, a symbol of eternity, the conduit for the energy of the Sun.
“El oro se extrae de la tierra, se transforma, se usa, se hace símbolo y vuelve a la tierra como ofrenda.”
If you’ve noticed, the gold stapled Aspects, Los Divinos have all been set into browns & other earth-tone fabrics. This is meant to echo the Muisca belief & practice that the gold was mined, worked, formed, and then offered back to the earth, much like what was practiced for the ritual of el dorado.
El Dorado is manifested by the following future relics -
El Abrigo Dorado - a long gold staple embellished linen over coat with an internal carrying strap.
El Saco Dorado - a gold staple embellished linen jacket.
Camiseta Marrón - A double layered jersey tank top with a crotch drape.
Los Pantalones Anchos - A wide leg draped high waisted trousers in honey viscose
See below for a look into the process.
El Dorado, often mistaken for a mythical, “Golden City”, is actually a reference that describes a Muisca ceremony that would have taken place on the appointment of a new ruler, the Zipa.
At a ritual at Lake Guatavita near (present-day Bogotá) the Zipa was said to be covered with gold dust, which he then washed off in the lake while his attendants threw objects made of gold, emeralds, & precious stones into the lake—such as tunjos. This ceremony is captured in the image below, La Balsa Muisca (The Muisca Raft), from El Museo de Oro in Bogotá, the Muisca Raft.
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The last Aspect from Los Divinos, (the divine) they are personifications of myths and practices from the Musica.
In the world of Perdida, Los Divinos are brought forth when Los Plateados y Los Cobreados come together in practice and worship. They are Tumbagas closest to the celestials, the bridge between the physical and the spiritual.
(In reference to the tumbaga alloy being copper and silver mixed with gold to create objects of worship.)
