In the Southeast corner of Peru near Lake Titicaca is an ancient rock formation associated with mysterious legends and strange occurrences that lead many visitors to believe it is an inter-dimensional doorway.
According to ancient lore, when the continent of Lemuria was sinking more than 12,000 years ago, two sages brought their wisdom and teachings to the New World. They were named Aramu Muru and Arama Mara. When they founded the Inca Empire they becaue known as Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo. Another version of the story says Aramu Muru was an Inca priest who, when the Spanish were invading Peru, removed the sacred golden solar disk from the Koricancha temple in Cusco, took it to the portal near Lake Titicaca, and used its powers to go through the doorway into another dimension.
Discovered in the early 1990s
The portal became known in modern times when it was discovered by Jorge Luis Delgado, a native tour guide who is one of the foremost experts on Peruvian legends, shamanism and native traditions. I was fortunate to visit the portal with Jorge Luis on a spiritual small group tour of Peru that also included Macchu Picchu, Cusco and the Urubamba sacred valley as well as the Lake Titicaca area.
Jorge Luis told me he found the stone formation when he was searching for the legendary Monastery of the Seven Rays that had been described in the book, Secret of the Andes. On the advice of a Peruvian shaman, he went where he felt the right energy, and finally he came upon stone formations shaped like a condor, a puma and a snake, the Inca spiritual trilogy that represent heaven, earth, and the underworld. Nearby was the portal.
The doorway itself had been carved into a rockface known as Hayu Marca Mountain. Flanked by two vertical, cylindrical tubes, the T-shaped niche is just over 6-feet tall, with notches on either side that make perfect hand-rests whether you kneel facing west or sit looking towards the east.
When I sat in the niche, after a moment I sensed a brief greenish flash that made me imagine a tunnel, but my experience was nowhere near as dramatic as another member of our tour group. Andrea reported a shift in consciousness when she knelt on the stone. She saw a "bright blueish white light ... [that] turned into a soft pink glow." She felt an overpowering unconditional love, and a voice told her she was in a portal that connects the 3rd and 4th dimensions for the purpose of helping humanity grow closer to God. She was given instructions on the direction for her life's pathway. She now leads spiritual group tours to Aramu Muru's portal as well as other sacred sites worldwide.
Strange Happenings at the Portal
I was surprised to see a group of more than a dozen Quechua children and adults watching us from about 100 feet away, but - unlike most of the places we visited in Peru - they did not approach us to sell souvenirs or beg for money. Did they watch silently from a careful distance because they were afraid to come too close to the doorway?
We later heard stories of strange occurrences associated with the portal, such as when a group of local musicians went to the niche and dissappeared into it, leaving behind only music that can sometimes be heard coming up through the stone.
Similar Sacred Sites Near Aramu Muru Portal
If you're considering visiting the area, there are several more fascinating places you may want to think about exploring in addition to the stone portal. Here are just two...
Chullpas - Stone Towers at Sillustani
[PHOTO: Sillustani Ceremony]
If you drive northwest from Puno on Lake Titicaca for about 45-minutes towards Lake Umayo, you'll see picturesque stone towers known as Chullpas in Sillustani, a pre-Inca cemetery. These are actually tombs - burial chambers known as "houses of the soul" dating back to about 1200 to 1400 AD. They have only one opening, which is aligned to the east, to capture the first light of day from the morning sun. Sadly, they now have been looted and damaged by grave robbers.
Our tour group did a ceremonial ritual in nearby stone circles, named for the Sun and the Moon, which celebrated the final day of our spiritual journey to Peru, as shown in the above photo.
Taquile Island, Home of the Aymara People
While most visitors to Lake Titicaca go on a tour of the Uros Islands that are floating villages, my tour group instead chose to take a boat trip and explore Taquile Island, one of the places where Aymara people can be found. Quechua is the native language of the Aymara, and they are known worldwide for the high-quality fabrics they weave by hand. Surprisingly, it is not women but Aymara men who do the weaving in their community. Jorge Luis Delgado is an indigenous Inca of Aymara heritage.
Although Machu Picchu is the best-known, and undoubtely the most Instagrammable tourist attraction in Peru, it would be a mistake for a visitor from afar to make the journey to South America and not explore other amazing and photogenic sites such as Amaru Muru's Portal, the Sillustani Chullpas, and the numerous attractions in Lake Titicaca.
About the author:
Robert Scheer is a travel writer who specializes in spiritual destinations and sacred sites. He is a lifetime member of the British Columbia Travel Writers Association and former president of the BC chapter of the Travel Media Association of Canada.
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