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With royal permission from Charles V of Spain, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471–1541) set out to conquer and govern Peru in January 1531. On November 16, 1532, he met the army of Incan Emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, Peru. When Atahualpa refused to acknowledge the supremacy of the Spanish king and the Christian religion, Pizarro ordered an attack and the emperor was taken prisoner. Atahualpa bargained for his life by promising to fill the large room in which he was held, twice with silver and once with gold. In spite of Atahualpa fulfilling this promise, the Spaniards charged him with “crimes against the Spanish king” and executed him by strangulation on August 29, 1533. In the last moments before his death, Atahualpa uttered: “Cocaine shall fortify the Indian and destroy the white man.” Although the Indians have chewed the coca leaf for centuries (without apparent side effects) and consider it sacred, they are not known to use the “evil” powdered, processed derivative which the Incan emperor predicted would destroy the white man. | With royal permission from Charles V of Spain, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471–1541) set out to conquer and govern Peru in January 1531. On November 16, 1532, he met the army of Incan Emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, Peru. When Atahualpa refused to acknowledge the supremacy of the Spanish king and the Christian religion, Pizarro ordered an attack and the emperor was taken prisoner. Atahualpa bargained for his life by promising to fill the large room in which he was held, twice with silver and once with gold. | ||
In spite of Atahualpa fulfilling this promise, the Spaniards charged him with “crimes against the Spanish king” and executed him by strangulation on August 29, 1533. In the last moments before his death, Atahualpa uttered: “Cocaine shall fortify the Indian and destroy the white man.” Although the Indians have chewed the coca leaf for centuries (without apparent side effects) and consider it sacred, they are not known to use the “evil” powdered, processed derivative which the Incan emperor predicted would destroy the white man. | |||
Saint explains that this “curse pronounced against the white man is a curse pronounced against the seed of Christ. It is a curse pronounced as the judgment of the fallen angels, and it is a judgment pronounced against the progenitors of the eternal Christ. | Saint explains that this “curse pronounced against the white man is a curse pronounced against the seed of Christ. It is a curse pronounced as the judgment of the fallen angels, and it is a judgment pronounced against the progenitors of the eternal Christ. | ||