SACRED PATHWAYS OF THE INCA

The sacred pathways of the Inca refers to a trail, field, boundary, or linear expression of energy that was treated as a sacred manifestation of the cosmic force showing them the journey or pilgrimage they had to follow in order to maintain balance with the universal forces.
According to this pathways of cosmic energy, the Inca territory was divided into 4 sections called "Suyos." The local name for the land was "Tahuantinsuyo," meaning "4 parts together."
Cuzco, the capital, was the center and meeting point of these 4 sections, which converged at Coricancha, the temple of the Sun. Radiating out from the Coricancha, the pathway contained numerous shrines that were treated as religious places of ceremonial significance.
Cuzco, then, was split in half, Hanan Cuzco to the North and Hurin Cuzco to the South, with each half containing 2 of the 4 "Suyos."
The city was designed as a miniature model of what the empire would expand during the time of its existence. Every place where the Inca land expanded the pathway followed was the exact replica of the one in Cuzco.
Some of the pathways were straight lines of energy, while others zigzag their way across the landscape. They never crossed one another, although often they were running parallel to one another.
The Inca Quipu system were used to map them. It was a way of storing information by using knots on connected strings. Calendar and astronomical events were associated with it, and sometimes a description of the environment in which the pathway passed through.
The position of the shrines were related to Inca understanding of astronomy. The number of them on each trail varied, typically from 3 to 13 or more.  Certain people from specific kin groups were designated as caretakers for each of them. Not everybody was able to resist the amount of radiation that those shrines produced.
The Inca were able to receive information from the environment through the human energy field. They were able to detect which part of their land were energized and which part was drained.
As the energy field interact with the surroundings, they also were able to protect themselves from the harmful effects of sun and cosmic radiation. They were very knowledgeable about it given the fact that their habitat was in the mountains at altitudes between 2500 - 5000 meters above sea level with an spectacular and varied geography.