{"id":716,"date":"2010-12-05T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/12\/blessings-of-mayan-goddess-ixchel-invoked.html"},"modified":"2010-12-05T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T11:00:24","slug":"blessings-of-mayan-goddess-ixchel-invoked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/12\/blessings-of-mayan-goddess-ixchel-invoked.html","title":{"rendered":"Blessings of Mayan Goddess Ixchel Invoked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Some of the<a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/201012030035\"> flying monkeys on the right<\/a> made fun of Costa<br \/>\nRican Christine Figueres for invoking the blessings of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ixchel\">Ixchel<\/a>, the ancient Mayan<br \/>\nGoddess of reason, creativity, and weaving, <span>&nbsp;<\/span>upon a meeting of the UN Convention on Climate Change being<br \/>\nheld in Cancun. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/post-carbon\/2010\/11\/cancun_talks_start_with_a_call.htmlhttp:\/\/voices.\">Washington Post reports<\/a>, she told the deputies &#8220;May she inspire you &#8212; because today, you are gathered in Cancun to weave together the elements of a solid response to climate change, using both reason and creativity as your tools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She called for&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;a balanced outcome&#8221; which would marry financial and emissions commitments from industrialized countries aimed at combating climate change with &#8220;the understanding of fairness that will guide long-term mitigation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Excellencies, the goddess Ixchel would probably tell you that a tapestry is the result of the skillful interlacing of many threads.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">I am convinced that 20 years from now, we will admire the policy tapestry that you have woven and think back fondly to Cancun and the inspiration of Ixchel.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Her critics apparently prefer a Sauronic demon who calls violence &#8220;love&#8221; and threatens all who do not knuckle under this violence with an eternity of suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#333333\" face=\"arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: normal\">Even were I not a Pagan, I&#8217;d prefer reason, creativity, and weaving, myself.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the flying monkeys on the right made fun of Costa Rican Christine Figueres for invoking the blessings of Ixchel, the ancient Mayan Goddess of reason, creativity, and weaving, &nbsp;upon a meeting of the UN Convention on Climate Change being held in Cancun. &nbsp;&nbsp; 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