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The Greek CentaurIt is written that when the Maya people of The New World were first set upon by the Spanish cavalry it was spiritual confusion that hastened their demise. To their eyes the seething onslaught of man and horse was made of but one, new and terrifying, species of creature. In the West we might call these creatures Centaurs: liminal entities fused of two distinct species. To the Maya the border between God and beast was breached by the Spanish invaders, truly alien beings who in all… ]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:50:00 -0700 http://machinemachine.net/text/featured/seeing-centaur