Guillermo Marín Ruiz

Guillermo Marín Ruiz (30 April 1952) is an independent writer, cultural promoter, and researcher of multiple works, mainly related to Toltecayotl which refers to the cultural and philosophical roots of Indigenous civilization and history in what is now known as Mexico.

Biography Marín studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1974 at the UNAM Mexico City campus. After spending a few years working in the business sector, he decided to relocate to Europe, and during the time he spent in Spain, he took a course on the history of the Americas, at the Complutense University of Madrid. Later, he came in contact with the work of Carlos Castaneda, a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author who was influential at the time. Castaneda's work motivated Marin to explore his indigenous roots, prompting him to return to Mexico. was appointed State Commission Coordinators Adviser for the Independence bicentennial and Revolution centennial commemoration and President of the Cultural Promoters National Association A.C. in 1996. He often teaches seminars, classes and gives talks and interviews in community centers, schools, local radio and cultural centers as a form of community service or "tequio," a common practice among indigenous communities consisting in providing volunteer work for the betterment of the whole community. He has made his publications available for free on his website in order to spread awareness about the philosophical and cultural values of the civilization that developed for thousands of years in the continent known as Cem Anahuac, or "between two waters" in the Náhuatl language.

Guillermo Marín has a humanist background in history, the Anahuac civilization philosophy (Toltecáyotl) and in cultural development. He writes for different newspapers such as El Imparcial, La Jornada, "Uno mas Uno" and the Autonomous University of Baja California magazine. Marin has also been awarded distinctions, such as an award of the Government of Rumania for cultural exchange activities in 1984, the academic merit medal awarded by the "Universidad José Vasconcelos" of Oaxaca. Among his other efforts are to promote the awareness of the diversity of Mexico, reflected not only in its museums and archeological zones, but also on the everyday artistic production of handicrafts and art by different groups in the country, He also highlights the predominance of Eurocentricism, mixed into the dominant cultural narrative of Mexico.

Guillermo Marín Ruiz books are likewise based on the ancestral roots of Mexico. In Daany Beédxe, a fictional novel, he writes about the ancient Anahuaca civilization, and recreates how society may have been before the European Conquest. In some of his non-fictional works such as Los Guerreros de la Muerte Florecida and Pedagogía Tolteca, Marin focuses on the foundation of Toltecayotl as a philosophical system, and how these philosophies remain relevant in Mexican culture, respectively. In the book Para leer a Carlos Castaneda, Marín concentrates on both the Toltec philosophies and Carlos Castaneda, in which he "presents in a simple and clear manner, the men of knowledge methodology".

Books Apuntes sobre la Administración Cultural. (1987) Para leer a Carlos Castaneda (1992)(1994) Para leer a Carlos Castaneda (1999) Manual Básico del Promotor Cultural.(1994) Manual Básico del Promotor Cultural. (1996) Daany Beédxe (El Espíritu del Guerrero) (1997) . Los viejos abuelos. (2000) . La Corrupción en México. (2001) Los Guerreros de la Muerte Florecida. (2007) Historia verdadera del México profundo. (1997) (2005) (2007) (2010) Mitla Tlatócan. México. (1994) Monte Albán (1999) Los tesoros de Monte Albán (1999) Anáhuac Esencia y Raíz de México Tlatócan. México. (2010) El mito de la modernidad (1999) Pedagogía Tolteca. (2009) 70312090100-01 Los seis elementos culturales que identifican a la Civilización del Anáhuac Tlatócan. Oaxaca, México. sección Libros. (2010) Mitos y fantasías de los Aztecas, Los Españoles y la conquista de México Tlatócan. Oaxaca, México. sección Libros. (2010) Hierofanias del Anahuac. Tlatócan. Oaxaca, México. sección Libros. (2007) Nuestras Raíces Programa de Educación Migrante. California, E.U. (2002) La ideología criolla en la conformación de la Nación Mexicana Tlatócan. Oaxaca, México. sección Libros. (2005) Octavio Paz y su percepción del "México prehispánico" Tlatócan. Oaxaca, México. sección Libros. (2010)