a forum for bIG cAT lOVERS, and all those who can't live in a world without our beautiful big cats! nomads, the indigenous ones, yogi's, world walkers, starchildren, burning man alumni, reiki masters/practioners, healers, galactivators, wizards, global village residents, earth protectors, sadhus, friends, & lovers of indigenous peoples, monks, shamen/shawomen, jungle people, kitty kats, eco-te****ists, to bring ideas , info about cAT conservation, and healing to our eARTH/environment/co-inhabitants!

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The Chavín cult of the jaguar became accepted over most of what is today Peru by 900 BC.
Concurrent with Chavin, the Olmec, the progenitor culture of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, developed a
distinct "were-jaguar" motif of sculptures and figurines showing stylized jaguars or humans with jaguar
characteristics. In the later Maya civilization, the jaguar was believed to facilitate communication between the
living and the dead and to protect the royal household. The Maya saw these powerful felines as their companions
in the spiritual world, and kings were typically given a royal name incorporating the word jaguar. The Aztec
civilization shared this image of the jaguar as the representative of the ruler and as a warrior.

mostly a think tank for scemes to prevent the extinction of the worlds big cats!

south china tiger 30-50 left in the world
siberian (amur) leopard 100-200 left
siberian (amur) tiger 100-200 left
siberian lynx 100-200 left
florida panther 20-30 cats left (officially declared
javanese tiger 200-400 left.
extinct by u.s. dept of fish & game.

http://sAGRADOjAGUAR.tribe.net