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P: This knowledge was given to a select few who would then impart this to their people after proper schooling in these areas. Itmight be surprising to learn that open-heart surgery was not uncom- mon in many places at that time. A form of this was-we are searching now for the word-we find it difficult to translate this concept. The original intention was to repair and heal, but later the practice was turned into human sacrifice. They did not remember the technical reasons behind this and through time the procedure was reduced to sacrifice. This would have then served to appease the gods which they had created, and so saved them from a fate worse than death. Thus death was a small price to pay. When they performed this open-heartsurgery, how were they able to mini- mize the bleeding? This is one ofthe problems even today. Again those natural ingredients which even today are used were then used. Those powdered forms of herbs which would facili- tate clotting were then used. And manipulation of specific pres- sure points within the body could control the bleeding by limiting blood flow to specific area. : Were they alsoable to controlinfection this way? Not through pressure. : I mean, through the use ofherbs. Infections were dealt with or treated with energy. By channelling human energies as is again being discovered through what is in this vehicle's terminology called "metaphysical groups." Iremembered that the Aztecs were supposed to have practiced this type of sacrifice, the cutting out of the human heart. in Mexico? Unfortunately, yes; for atthe same time they were quite advanced and yet quite backward. The degeneration of the civilization to human sacrifice and even cannibalism, for the most part, was later than the time of the building of the pyramids. The usage of the pyramids was concurrent with the time of the human sacrifice, not with their building. The Interbreeding 167 cocaine which is not only a narcotic, but a local anesthetic. D: Was this ritual performed by the same people who built the pyramids Ican imagine that through the death ofa wise man or some such