ECHO BEACH
If you stood in the centre of the Grand Canyon and shouted “Hello”,
you’d hear your own voice echo back —
a delayed return, but still recognisably you.
That’s what echoes do:
They reflect the original.
They carry back your intention, tone, and shape.
Even jagged rocks don’t radically alter a waveform.
They might distort it slightly — but the voice remains yours.
But what if it came back… different?
Imagine clapping your hands once — and instead of the sound of a clap,
you hear a bird’s song echo back.
Not just any bird.
A specific, sacred bird:
the Quetzal, known to the Mayans as the soul of the forest —
a messenger between worlds.
This isn’t fantasy.
It happens — still today — at the pyramid of Kukulkán in Chichen Itzá.
And they called these people ‘Savages’.
"A savage is not one who lives in a forest, but the one who destroys it."
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
The Quetzal was the sacred bird of the ancient Mayas and Aztecs. The name is derived from the word quetzal, meaning "precious" or "sacred”. The quetzal is also associated with the feathered serpent creator god Quetzalcoatl and seen as a symbol for goodness and light. The bird was a symbol of freedom and wealth.
The legend of Quetzal has parallels with the story of Cain and Abel. The legend says that the day Quetzal was born, a wise man placed a jade and obsidian necklace over his head and proclaimed, “Your destiny has been decided, Quetzal. You will live forever.”
Chiruma (the younger brother of the chief) hoped that they would never have a son as he wanted to be the next leader. The only way Chiruma could be chief is if he killed Quetzal. During battle Chiruma observed that arrows swerved past Quetzal, he assumed that maybe his necklace had some special powers.
That night, while Quetzal was sleeping, Chiruma stole the necklace and wore it himself. The following day when Quetzal was walking in the forest, Chiruma shot his nephew straight through the heart with an arrow. Chiruma was about to walk away when Quetzal’s chest began to throb. A bird emerged from out of his body and flew up onto a branch of a ceiba tree. The bird was the size of a parakeet with iridescent emerald feathers, a small yellow beak and a three foot tail with shimmering blue feathers. The bird flew down, took the necklace from Chiruma and flew up into the tree. As Chiruma looked up in astonishment, a jaguar leapt up and killed him with one bite.
The ‘call’ of the Quetzal bird is very distinctive. The Mayans immortalised the song of the Quetzal in a way that defies all explanation. If you stand in front of the pyramid at Chichen Itza and clap your hands, the echo will sound exactly like the ‘call’ of a Quetzal.
How was it possible for a so called ‘primitive’ people to build a pyramid out of stone, knowing (in advance) that it would transmute the sound of a clap, into the song of a Quetzal. The acoustic engineers who built Chichen Itza, had an understanding of waveform geometry that was so far advanced compared to today, that it beggars belief.
PERFECT PITCH
The Science Behind the Sound
When you clap your hands at the base of the Kukulkán pyramid in Chichen Itzá, the returning echo sounds like the chirp of the sacred Quetzal bird. This is not a trick — it’s an architectural marvel.
Here’s how it works:
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Step Geometry: The pyramid's staircase is constructed with precise spacing, angles, and height. Each step reflects part of the sound at slightly different times.
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Wave Interference: These overlapping reflections interfere with each other — some parts cancel out, others amplify — reshaping the waveform.
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Frequency Filtering: The resulting interference creates a new waveform that matches the Quetzal’s call. The pyramid essentially acts as an acoustic filter, removing unnecessary frequencies and enhancing the ones that “sing.”
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Passive Precision: All of this happens naturally, without electronics — using only stone, sacred proportion, and a deep understanding of sound geometry
This feat would require modern engineers to use advanced software. The Mayans did it with reverence, observation, and encoded memory.
They were not guessing.
They were remembering.
nternational concert pitch should be based on the frequency with the most focused waveform geometry. In 1936, the American Standards Association recommended that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz. The American music industry reached an informal standard of 440 Hz in 1926, and some began using it in instrument manufacturing.
Whatever frequency A is tuned to, determines the waveform geometry of every other note relative to A. if one note is tuned so that the geometry is out of focus, the geometry of every other note relative to it, will also be out of focus.
To take something perfect, and make it imperfect, whilst claiming you are making 'progress',
is quite frankly, delusional.