The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations / A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems

by Zelia Nuttall

Centre (stable centre or middle), in ancient government, religion, and symbolism: Polaris, the centre of axial energy, [22], [30];

centre of the Cosmos, among Zuñis, Mayas, Mexicans and Peruvians, [41];

symbols of, [46];

on shell gorgets, [49];

divergence from idea, [52];

represented by recumbent stone figure, [96];

among Incas, [136], [142], [144];

and Four Quarters represented on carved slab from Santa Lucia, [172];

in ancient American game, [178];

in Féjérvary Codex, [178];