Meet The Authors

At the beginning of the famous encounter between St. Juan
Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe, as Juan Diego ascends Tepeyac
Hill, he is suddenly surrounded by beautiful music and wondrous
sights, whereupon he asks himself,

“Where am I?

Could this be the place that our ancestors spoke of —
the Flower World Paradise, in the land of heaven?”

With these words, St. Juan Diego ties his encounter to an
ancient indigenous belief system — a spiritual floral domain named

“Flower World.”

This startling history was recently
uncovered by anthropologists and archaeologists.

In referencing this flowery paradise, Juan Diego opens up a fascinating link
dating back to the very cradle of American civilization.

Flower World permeated Pan-Mesoamerican culture from its
inception, accentuating ancient American man’s yearning for a
paradisiacal afterlife saturated with music and beauty.

This is expressively reflected in flower song poems of the era, whose
primary metaphor is that of a singer calling down flowers from
heaven to gather in his tilma so he might share them with lords and princes.

This exciting new interpretation of American prehistory lays the
groundwork for a prophetical reinterpretation of the Guadalupe narrative.

The indigenous peoples had limited exposure to the tilma

The miraculous tilma is part of a larger network of
artistic expressions and ideas.

There are five ways Our Lady of Guadalupe attaches
herself to ancient traditions.

The four-petaled flower is a symbol that connects earth and
heaven.

There is an ancient and mysterious poem that mirrors the
Guadalupe narrative

There are four pillars of “bridges of understanding” that
paved the way for the Gospels

The gathered flowers in Juan Diego’s tilma symbolize
Jesus as the Path to eternal life

This is a hero’s journey through the centuries

This is a love letter to the modern world
that unveils in a stunning way
thereality of God’s salvific plan for the Americas,
both then and now.