Age of the Fifth Sun - Brian O'Sullivan - Bog

The astrotheology, sidereal mythology, and occult history of the Incas through the lens of mundane astrology planetary cycles and their esoteric practices and beliefs. The first part of this book treats of the astrotheology, mythology, and magical beliefs behind the Inca Empire and its expansion, including:
- the great astrological cycles of Saturn-Jupiter conjunctions that marked the legendary "world ages" of the Andes
- the esoteric beliefs and practices behind the ritual child sacrifice known as Qhapaq Hucha, or the "royal transgression"
- the rituals and practices of Inca fertility and mummy-venerating death cults, and
- why a young Inca prince named Titu Kusi Manqo suddenly assumed the title of Pachakuteq Inka, meaning "the noble who overturns the world age" and went on to conquer the Andes through military and magical means. The second part of this book is effectively a case study of how these belief systems were put into practice at various ritual sites and cemeteries in Chile, the most far-flung corner of its southernmost province, detailing:
- a little-known ritual space near Santiago, the sexual symbolism of its construction, and the ritual tools and materia magica used both there and in the empire as a whole.
- what could be pieced together about the mummified victims of ritual sacrifice in Chile, including their selection and the use and role of coca, chicha and poppets in the associated rituals.
- the local lore of a one-time Inca grotto consecrated to the Andean god of the winds for the purposes of ritual sacrifice. "Many of us know of the glorious military history of the Incas; the overlords of an empire that stretched from southern Colombia to southern Chile and eastwards into Argentina and Bolivia as well as most of Peru and Ecuador, the Incas are often considered to have been akin to the Romans of the Andean world. Their empire did indeed become as large and effective, only to fall to foreign invasion amidst an internal power struggle. Comparisons with ancient Rome do not end there, however. In the first part of this book, you will learn about:
- Inca astrology, mythology, astrotheology and symbolism, as well as how they were all magically interconnected with agriculture, astronomy and the empire's expansion and fall.
- The secret Inca astrological prophecy of the empire's destruction, which was received before its expansion even began and was based on both precession and Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycles.
- The great Inca experiment in sympathetic magic, perhaps the largest scale magical operation ever known to be undertaken, and the rituals and ceremonies that fuelled it." (Excerpt)