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Infants on Thrones

Ep 55 – Teotihuacán: Reflections on Myopia and Cultural Imperialsim

Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund

Personal Journals, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2014

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

An innocent visit to the pyramids outside of Mexico City turns in to a critique of the Nephite Explorer and a certain example of Missionary xerox-lore.

Transcript

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There was a definitely ancient ruins in Mexico City in my mission.

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There was pyramids of Tothu Wakhan,

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and it was very, very cool experience to go there and see the pyramids and just when I looked at it

0:16.2

I just all I could think was Book of Mormon every time I saw it I mean you have the

0:21.2

Sun pyramid the moon pyramid and then didn't really say anything about the stars but

0:26.4

I mean it was there

0:29.0

No, it wasn't and then when you went to the

0:39.8

Ketsalquatu pyramid, there was the Katsalwatu pyramid in the middle, and there was this kind of like amphitheatre and then raised up there was 12 or

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but yeah 12 little pyramids around the side and on the back there was three and

0:50.5

I thought that was kind of interesting how that was set up and I just saw Book of

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Mormon all over that and it was really neat to see that and that there was ancient

1:02.1

people there and the Book of Mormon does testify of that and I just

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It is really yeah, it was so neat to see that I'd recommend as anyone that goes there and to go see that on a P day or if you're just going to Mexico

1:15.0

say just to go see that because it's amazing to see this police permits.

1:18.9

Yeah, that sounds amazing and I'm in Mexico right now, so I'm just gonna head on out there.

1:26.0

Once you come on.

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This is Infants on Thrones.

1:31.0

Philosophy of men mingled with humans.

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We are the core.

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The core. Welcome back to infants on Thrones. I'm Glenn O'Sland and the sounds you're

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hearing right now in the background are the vendors at the base of the

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temple of the sun in Teo Tewa Khan. I recorded this myself because I came to Mexico

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