The Dresden Codex, a screen book of Mayan glyphs & imagery (a kind of prototype for our graphic novel) portrays cacáo as the god’s elixir or o’och. Hence K’awil, the Mayan god of sustenance cupping it in his hands. In so doing, K’awil is guiding the faithful to practice as he preaches which then creates a feedback with Mayans honoring the diety they worship by engaging in those same activities themselves. The message heeded loud ‘n clear from on high: consume chocolate.

Mexicans, as the indirect descendants of the Maya, continue the struggle to reclaim their chocolate heritage with bars like this produced for the benefit of the Museo del Chocolate in Colonia Juárez, D.F.