In some Mayan villages they even have a stage beyond the elder that they call the Echo Person. … - Robert Bly

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Robert Bly

In some Mayan villages they even have a stage beyond the elder that they call the Echo Person. They say that when an Echo Person, whether a man or a woman, speaks, the words echo both in this world and in the other world. That's why they are called Echo People.

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