Spanish conquistadors found Christian-like religious practices among Mesoamerican peoples and attributed them to demonic deception

Spanish conquistadors found Christian-like religious practices among Mesoamerican peoples and attributed them to demonic deception. Spanish conquistadors found Christian-like religious practices among Mesoamerican peoples and attributed them to demonic deception Spanish destroyed thousands of indigenous codices and written records A Mexican codex (The Hidden Codex) was laboratory tested and dated to approximately 300 years old

Ponce de León's association with the Fountain of Youth was invented about 10 years after his death by Spanish chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (who claimed Ponce sought it to cure sexual impotence). No credible native oral tradition supports this. The Ho Chunk people were centered in present-day Wisconsin—geographically distant from Ponce's Florida voyages. The term 'La Florida' did refer to a broader Spanish claim over North America. Spanish conquistadors did destroy indigenous codices, and colonial-era accounts sometimes framed Mesoamerican religious practices as demonic mimicry.

Key Facts

• Spanish conquistadors found Christian-like religious practices among Mesoamerican peoples and attributed them to demonic deception
• Spanish destroyed thousands of indigenous codices and written records
• A Mexican codex (The Hidden Codex) was laboratory tested and dated to approximately 300 years old
• The Hidden Codex uses pigments invented in 1716, indicating post-conquest creation
• The codex records astronomical calendar events including bloodletting and human sacrifice
• Carbon-14 dating of the codex base yielded readings around 1700 AD, with one outlier reading around 1000 BC
• The codex may be a copy of an older original, as was common practice when books wore out

Source: The Round Table Chronicles - Ep. 5 by Institute for Natural Philosophy