Free Secrets of the Jaguar (Crimson Romance) by Jaye Shields

were-jaguar images in the Olmec civilization were a result of the mating between a jaguar and a human. Several images followed, the first a cave painting at Oxtitlan. In the picture, a large spotted jaguar stood on two feet. Directly behind the jaguar stood a tall dark male, his genitals a vivid image protruding toward the jaguar before him.
    Please tell me this is not the secret to my existence.
    All night her eyes were glued to her glowing computer screen. Sleep eluded her as she investigated the countless images and theories of Mesoamerican jaguar iconography.
    Most of the information she found was from anthropologists explaining why the jaguar imagery was so important to the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. The jaguar was a noble predator and adept hunter on the land, in the trees, and even in the water. The jaguar reigned at night
and
during the day and represented everything from fertility to supernatural ability. Finally, one very different website caught her attention.
    She moved her cursor over the link titled
what the anthropologists don’t want you to know.
The website opened to an image of an unsmiling older man with a long, white beard. To the left of the image the author wrote:
    “My name is Joseph Stahl and I was once at the top of my field in archaeology. Until I made a discovery nobody wanted to swallow. The information I reveal in this blog is information that shattered my career, my reputation, and a lifetime of work.
    My colleagues and I spent most of our time in a small Olmec site near La Venta. The entrance to the cave was sealed by a colossal head displaying typical Olmec characteristics such as the ominous slanted eyes and flared brows and lips. Eventually we made our way into the cave and were greeted by a disturbing scene. Skeletons littered the floor, every bone entwined with modern attire. Guns and bullets also lay scattered around in reckless, violent abandon.
    It seemed obvious to me the site had already been found, and possibly looted, by robbers. As we continued into the cave, we found something incredible. It was obvious where the grave robbers were headed but were unable to reach. My colleagues and I stood agape at the large jaguar mouth carved into the walls, as if to represent a doorway or threshold to somewhere. The lines were etched deep in the cold stone, and the angry furrowed brows of the Olmec-stylized face glared back at me. It was as if the face was daring me to seek out what lay beyond the open mouth of the jaguar threshold.
    Many Olmec sites feature the same open jaguar mouth, which is widely believed to symbolize a cave entrance, but this carving was different. In front of the cave wall was a stela and altar. Driven by our occupational and personal curiosity, my team unveiled the contents hidden for thousands of years beneath the altar. Blood-soaked papers filled the cache along with jaguar skeletal remains and pottery. The pottery displayed scenes of humans and were-jaguar figures in what seemed to be sexual positions.
    This were-jaguar iconography is significant to the Olmec, but it was at the back of the cave where we found our most startling discovery: the remains of men women and children all buried with a jaguar in their arms. Jaguars were often buried with the elite, but it was the detailed layout of the remains that left us wondering more about these particular Olmec people who seemed to worship jaguars on a more intimate level. In the same cave it is important to note that there is a cenote, a sinkhole, which were often held as sacred. I believe the jaguar worshippers came to this spot because they believed the cave cenote to be a portal, or gateway, for the jaguar god from the nether world, Xibalba.
    After years of excavating the site, I was and still am convinced that this particular clan of Olmec people participated in bestiality, perhaps trying to ensure that offspring would have the predatory and magical skills of the jaguar spirit. If not real physical