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THE AZTEC CALENDAR:
THE RING OF FLAMES


aztec calendar the ring of flames

by Charles William Johnson


Dedicated to
Bo
on his twentieth

THE AZTEC CALENDAR:
THE RING OF FLAMES


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This essay treats a possible method of calculation regarding the Ring of Flames of the Aztec Calendar, and the relationship thereof with the precession of the equinoxes. The 52-year cycle of the 365 day-count reckoning system is analyzed with respect to the spatial division of the design of the Aztec Calendar. The relationship of the 365c reckoning system and the Sun's Great Cycle (ca. 26000 years) is shown to be the result of design, and not a mere coincidence of numbers. A discussion and interpretation of the day-glyph number 13, acatl, examine its possible relation to the precession of the equinoxes.


The Aztec Calendar: Math and Desig

THE AZTEC CALENDAR: MATH AND DESIGN

In the book The Aztec Calendar: Math and Design, Charles William Johnson examines the possible relationships between mathematics and geometry. The historically significant numbers may reflect progressions which in turn may be translated into geometrical figures and designs. No one knows for certain how the Aztec Calendar may have been read or interpreted. Its simbolic design is striking and has intrigued scholars for centuries. The Aztec Calendar: Math and Design explores the stone's elements and rings in relation to their spatial divisions in an attempt to discern a possible method of computation, using the historically significant numbers of the ancient reckoning system. The book promotes the existence of specific mathematical posits that the geometrical spatial division of the calendar's elements appear to obey.

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