John Sacelli, Author at El Ojo del Lago

Class And Classless In Nahuatl

Leave a Comment / July 2023 / John Sacelli

I thought I had been invited to a class in Nahuatl, the ancient language of the indigenous peoples of this part of Mexico, the Aztecs. But the actual name of the language is Mechica, or Mexica. Nahuatl is a Mechica word for harmony. What? Harmony? The Aztecs? Those bloodthirsty tyrants who dominated all the smaller […]

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Angels and Gurus

Prophecy is between the angels and the people. —Thomas Aquinas I finally met one. An angel. I was exhausted. Depressed. Hopeless. Maybe suicidal. Sick of politics and organizing. Walking down Wilson Avenue. Out of the corner of my eye, saw an old wino approaching, not unusual on Wilson. He staggered closer, then . . .