Blinded By the Light - The Occult of Roman Catholicism

The name Guadalupe can be traced back to Pope Gregory who reigned as
pontiff from 590 to 604. Legend tells us that he sent an icon of the Blessed Virgin
to his brother in Seville, Spain where it remained for many years.

Close to a century later when Spain was about to be attacked by invading
Muslims, the icon was removed from Seville and hidden away.

ìYears later, in 710, upon the impending invasion of the

Moors, the Christians buried the image of the blessed

mother in a cave or at the banks of the river Guadalupejo or

Guadalupe.î 32

An apparition of the Blessed Virgin directed a lowly cow herder to the icon. As
is common concerning these appearances, she commanded that a shrine be built
on the spot.

ìAn apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared to him, telling

him where the statue was buried and asking him to unearth

it and honor her there with a shrine.î 33

The Blessed Virgin followed suit when she appeared in Mexico, and
commanded that a shrine be built to her on the site where the Aztecs worshipped
their goddess.

ì[The Aztec goddess was] also known as ëTonantziní, or ëOur

Motherí representing the mountains and summits one would

climb to pray to Mother Earth. She appeared to Juan Diego

four times on the summit of Tepeyac, insisting her temple be

built there. Tepeyac was the site where the Indians had

worshipped Tequatlanopeuh.î 34

But the invading army from Spain had already built their shrines, altars and
temples to the Queen of Heaven, and they were unwilling to accept the vision
seen by the Aztec peasants. However, the Catholic bishop placed over that area,
a man named Zumarraga, asked for a sign. According to the legend, an image of
the Virgin appeared on a cloak called a tilma and roses that are only native to
Castilla, Spain grew where they had never grown before. Interestingly enough,
Castilla happened to be the home province of the bishop. Convinced that the
vision was indeed the Holy Mother, Zumarraga had a chapel built on the site.

To the Aztecs, Tequatlanopeuh was the mother of god. The fact that the
Spaniards also revered the Mother of God, also assisted the Aztecs in their
conversion to Catholicism.

ìÖit was not a stretch for the Indians to substitute

adoration of the Virgin Mary for worship of Tonantzin, their

mother figure.î 35