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2 April 2025 Note
For several months now I have been diving deep into various resources as I revise my book manuscript for Lexington Books. I realized in December of 2024 that I needed to reduce my focus in my rambling manuscript just to the works of Gloria Anzaldúa. My book had begun, in fact, as a study about her, but in 2017 I decided to combine my work on several other Chicana and Indigenous writers and activists into a single book.
That didn’t work out, though, as my manuscript reader luckily had also noticed.
After spending three months in a deep reading of the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s notion of chiasm, in late March of 2025 I returned to Anzaldúa’s work. I spent the past two or three days reading heavily in material concerning the Aztec goddess Cihuacoatl. And as I was working through several points of inspiration in this new work, I realized that I should conclude the book with a chapter on a topic that Anzaldúa herself never wrote about.
That topic is the need to turn to the figure of Quetzalcoatl as an initial step towards working our way out of the illusion of separation that continues to mark our contemporary notions of sex and gender. Rather than turn singly to Amerindian goddess figures as we try to reconstitute our own mythology of the Present in this Dawning of the Age of Aquarius, I have come to believe that the figure of Quetzalcoatl might better serve as our figure of divine identification. For Quetzalcoatl embodies the unification of the Heavens and the Earth as the combination of the Quetzal bird and the Coatl serpent. Just so, Quetzalcoatl embodies the future unification of the sexes into a higher order of Cosmic Sex.
I had come to this conclusion back in 2016, and, luckily, I had written down some notes from my recollection of a telepathic conversation I had had with the goddess Coatlicue, who had served as a key figure in Anzaldúa’s shamanic awakening before she turned to Coyolxauhqui. So as I slowly dive more deeply into this spirit terrain in my book revising process, I will at this juncture present you with my notes from 2016.
You might notice if you have been following my narratives before this point that I have referred to my High Self as Adam Kadmon. But before that name was presented to me, I had earlier been instructed to refer to my High Self as Samuel. And that is the name I use in the following notes.
In my attempt to provide some additional experiential background material regarding this turn to figures from the Aztec pantheon, I will include recordings of two separate telphone sessions I had in 2016 with the entity known as Monitor, channeled by Harvey Grady in Sedona, Arizona. I should also mention ehre that this material has churned up a lot of emotional dust for me and will require a lot of reading, soul searching, and spirit communication before I can feel comfortable with the topic.
This is Gabriel Hartley, and you are about to hear episode #66 of my Soul Planet Channel on the 2nd day of April 2025. Today’s episode is entitled “Talking With Coatlicue on the Way to Quetzalcoatl: Into the Age of Aquarius.”
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Notes on My Coatlicue Communication
21 March 2016
The other morning as I awoke, I felt the urging of my High Self, Samuel, to enter into conversation. He suggested that I do my usual yoga and pranayama exercises in order to warm up and clear my systems, which I did. Then as I entered into my post-pranayama meditation and communication stream, Samuel told me that if I wished to, he would arrange for me to speak with Coatlicue. And, of course, I said, “Yes!”
Some of what we discussed remains a bit blurry at this point, but the gist of her message was that if I chose to do so, I could continue Gloria Anzaldúa’s project beyond the point where she unfortunately left off at the time of her death in 2004. I’ve been getting a similar message from various spirit sources for some time now, but up to this point I was clueless concerning what exactly this might mean. Beyond that, I feel a bit daunted at the prospect of putting myself in her shoes and continuing her journey in this way. I can’t imagine such a process going unchallenged, yet I do feel that the calling is legitimate and important.
What I learned from Coatlicue was that Gloria had gone quite far in overcoming the Shadow-Beast stage of her initial confrontation with Coatlicue when she began work on the project of “putting Coyolxauqui together again.” What this means, in short, is that at a certain point in her liberation project, Gloria had begun to identify with Coyolxauqui, the daughter of Coatlicue. As the story goes, while Coatlicue was pregnant with Huitzilopochtli—the Aztec Sun-God of War—Coyolxauqui recognized that her brother-in-utero was destined to bring about the end of the feminine world order up to that point. Huitzilopochtli would bring around a patriarchal military order that would lead to untold death and destruction. And such certainly seems to be the result of Huitzilopochtli’s reign, which is just now at a critical crossroads.
Upon recognizing Coyolxauhqui’s fratricidal (and consequently matricidal) intentions to murder her brother in utero to prevent such a drastic outcome and overthrow of the world order, Huitzilopochtli caused his own premature birth, leaping from the womb of Coatlicue and dismembering and beheading his sister Coyolxauqui, tossing her head into the heavens where it now reigns as our moon. From this tale of cosmic sibling rivalry Anzaldúa put together a restorative project of putting Coyolxauhqui together again and bringing about a new, reborn feminine source of power (the rebirth of the feminine that many see as the primary quality of the shift from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius).
So far, so good. But what Coatlicue then suggested to me was that this restoration or re-membering of Coyolxauqui was a very important but ultimately transitional process of social healing. The “Rebirth of the Feminine” that one might imagine as the consequence of “putting Coyolxauhqui back together” is a restorative moment paving the way for the unification of the masculine and the feminine. This bisexual unification should be the ultimate goal for today’s spiritual activists. And the figure best prepared to stand in as the representative of such a project is not Coyolxauhqui but Quetzalcoatl.
My job, then, is to present Gloria’s Coatlicue-Huitzilopochtli-Coyolxauhqui in as much detail as possible, highlighting the cosmic logic behind this family drama, and then to develop in as much detail and clarity as possible what the new reign of Quetzalcoatl might look like. Quetzalcoatl is the best figure for such a cosmic-social transformation because He/She represents the manifestation of the cosmic unification of the masculine and the feminine as well as all other logics of social polarity. Being the dragon figure, the winged serpent whose home is both the Heavens and the Earth, Quetzalcoatl represents the next stage of healing cosmic consciousness, the Yin-Yang fusion of all oppositional factions into a movement of planetary liberation.
So this is what I plan to do as I move forward in this development of Anzaldúa’s project of healing the cosmic Self. This is the next moment on the path of cosmic bridging that Gloria sought throughout the last decade of her life.
Monitor on My Coatlicue Project
Two months after my conversation with Coatlicue concerning Quetzalcoatl, I had a chance to ask the multidimensional entity known as Monitor about the merits of that communication and about my plans for pursuing a post-Anzaldúan approach to Coatlicue. You can hear that conversation with Monitor in the following recording. (I apologize up front for the poor audio quality.):
GABRIEL: Monitor, this is Gabriel. I have an extended question starting out. As you know, I have spent over ten years working on a book project concerning Gloria Anzaldua. In many ways, this project is responsible for my spiritual awakening. I hope to finish this project this fall during my sabbatical. I have been in spirit contact with Gloria ever since she spoke to me in San Antonia in 2009. I have since then been in contact with some of her guiding Spirits, as they have assisted me in gaining the proper path and focus for this project.
I understand from previous discussion with you that Gloria unknowingly placed limitations on me while still serving as an instigator to change and growth. My focus now is specifically on her shamanic experiences and understandings, what she calls “conocimientos,” but in a planetary rather than ethnically specific context. Even so, I feel once again compelled to engage with various Mesoamerican cosmologies and devic beings, especially Coatlicue, with whom I believe Gloria was in personal contact, and now Quetzalcoatl of whom I believe Gloria was fairly oblivious.
I have been told that the planetary spiritual progression she laid out in her transition from Coatlicue to Coyolxauhqui as a healing response to the ravages of Huitzilopochtli must now be complemented by a turn to Quetzalcoatl. This androgynous, hermetic Quetzalcoatl figure appears to represent the unification of warring factions of human consciousness and ultimately planetary consciousness.
My question is whether I have overcome my previous limitations in this project, whether I am on the right track with this Quetzalcoatl turn, whether there are other books, people, or Spirit entities in addition to Carlos Castaneda, Carl Jung, and Elmer Green to whom I should turn for further guidance?
MONITOR: We find that your approach is valid and has produced considerable results in your growth. You need to be quite clear in the writing of the book to distinguish Gloria’s approach and understanding and then to add, where you believe it is appropriate, your understanding.
Because your understanding differs from hers in some important respects that you feel that you need to pass on to readers as your primary message, it is important that you make such distinctions. We see that you have been able to create a distinct focus upon Gloria’s approach to understanding reality and how other dimensions impinge upon the physical dimension in human Life and noting how humans need to open themselves to be appropriate neighbors to kindred species.
We find that your approach will be helpful and that you need to be clear in separating your understanding concerning Quetzalcoatl and that mission. You may express it as an additional insight that your journey with Gloria produced. We do not find other key persons that would distinctly add to your approach at present. They will emerge as time continues.
Monitor on Seth & Gloria Anzaldúa
1 August 2016
GABRIEL: Monitor, this is Gabriel. In this particular round, I find myself with many different competing questions and having a hard time prioritizing. So if you happen to think there's one I'm not asking, please jump in and insert that. I’ll begin with my first question that concerns Seth.
For the past two months or so, I've found myself more and more deeply engaged with the energy personality known as Seth, initially channeled by Jane Roberts. For some time now, I have been mulling over the suggestion that I come to a deeper understanding of Seth and his message in relation to Gloria Anzaldua and my book on her.
I tried to follow-up on this connection in my research at the archives in Austin, Texas, reading through Anzaldua’s marginal comments in her copies of a few Seth books and gained some important information drawn from her marginal comments. My High Self, Samuel, then suggested that I read the Seth books more carefully so that I would have a firmer foundation for comparing my own understanding and vibration within these Seth studies to that of Anzaldua, to the degree that I can intuit the full arrange of her responses. In doing so, I found myself drawn more deeply into a personal working relationship with Seth.
A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by Seth directly as I was reading on my porch. He led me through a very powerful and energetically complex conversation in meditation. I then experienced Seth giving me a body of information, often at 3:00 AM, that would “surprisingly” turn out to be the exact same material I would read the next morning in whichever book I picked up of his. Seth suggested that I ask you to expand on this newly conscious relationship I have developed with him, what it’s meaning is in my overall Spirit project, and what I might expect as I pursue even deeper channels with him. Any other comments related to Anzaldua and him would be welcome. Thank you.
MONITOR: We find that your earnest inquiry has drawn you into contact with the entity presenting the name “Seth.” That entity is one of many teaching sources involved with the mental expansion of humanity.
The opportunity provided by expanded mental body capabilities draws such Teachers to those who seek them with true openness. Such teachers evaluate students. They may do so in a glance, evaluating the chakra system, the growth dynamics within the personality’s aspects, and the condition of the Outer Self. We find that you will find this relationship with Seth quite rewarding. And in the process, you will find some of your viewpoints about yourself and reality shifting as they need to shift.
We have long been colleagues with the entity known as Seth and note that Seth’s unique contribution carries far beyond what was channeled through Jane Roberts. That partnership continues with Jane and her husband, Rob, on the other side. They have been trained as teaching sources also.
In your relationship with the person you are studying and writing about, you need to be open and allow your Mental Body to process what Seth transmits directly. You will also find that the person you are writing about will add to those contributions as you write. She will be there by your shoulder, guiding some of your statements to aid you in your commitment to providing accuracy about her viewpoints.
You may ask for her to assist you at any point. The connection you will feel with her will be primarily as you write. Yet if you wish to enjoy a sense of communion with her, you may also focus on that. Such practice helps you attune to her and thereby give you assurance that you are interpreting her thoughts and contributions accurately.
Music Credits:
Interlude 1 — “Kind of a Party” by the Mini Vandals
Interlude 2 — “Drifting”
Interlude 3 — “Glimpsing Infinity”
Outro — “Read All Over” by Nathan Moore
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