Blessed solstice, I wish you a spiritual and uplifting time over the coming days, and a chance to connect with the Light of the Sacred Sun.
Here also is an update on the long awaited forthcoming books.
Since my last update, we did end up adding more chapters! There are now a total of 28 and the book is in 5 parts. Our editors Jon and Jordan have just finished spending a couple of weeks doing a thorough check of the entire book. All that’s left is a few small areas of editing to finalize, which should be finished up in the next few weeks, along with a last round in which the remaining images will be added. Then it’s finally off to the publisher to prepare for print.
Mark is now already well into working on the second forthcoming book.
Thank you as always to those of you who have been supporting us throughout this time; we simply could not do this without it.
Wow! Thanks Lucia! :) I listened to the two interviews with Jenny Cockell and found them both thoroughly interesting! I think she provided a compelling case for the existence of past lives, which would provide an excellent introduction to anyone interested in the topic. I also like the fact that she didn’t try to force her opinion and was respectful of the differences in opinion of others on the topic. But she provided such a solid evidence-based case that it would be hard to dispute the veracity of what she recounted.
A funny coincidence is that I happen to have the autograph of the presenter of the second video, as he was a well known celebrity on British TV during the 1980’s and 1990’s! And watching both videos made me remember a few things from past dreams and insights.
For example, I recall a dream in which I was walking through a shopping centre, which seemed to be in quite a run down area. Then about a year later, I found myself in a run down area in Edinburgh, walking past what looked like basically the same shopping centre, which had certain characteristics inside. I didn’t get a feeling of this being a past life remembrance though, but perhaps more of a premonition, as I also had a dream of a young woman with a particular appearance, who I later met shortly after at work.
I don’t claim to have any recollection of past lives personally, but watching the video did make me reflect on some other strong intuitions I’ve had in the past, which I have little solid evidence for, but seem to ring true for some reason. One is that I may have been a Buddhist monk in a past life. Partly, as when I first visited a Buddhist monastery in Asia, it had a very familiar feeling to it, although I didn’t really understand the details of the religion at the time.
It reminded me of an interview with George Harrison, in which he said the first time he heard Indian classical music, it didn’t make any sense intellectually and sounded like it was music from Venus, but on another level, it made perfect sense. He then became a committed student of the sitar player Ravi Shakar and was keen to learn the musical traditions.
Another strong feeling, which I wouldn’t normally mention in conversation, is that I was very familiar with The Religion of the Sun in the past, but made a particular mistake that took me away from it. Again, I don’t have any mental recollection of this, but when I first encountered the framework of Mark and Lara’s work, it made perfect sense, as if the penny finally dropped, after searching around in the wrong place for many years. It kind of reminded me of when I put a picture book in the attic in childhood, then discovered it in a box when we moved house. I’d completely forgotten I ever owned it, but then immediately recognised it when I unpacked it.
Jenny Cockell’s comment about her fear of being hit by a car also stood out to me. I found her recollection of this event occurring in a past life very interesting and it made me wonder if I sustained an injury in a past life, perhaps even a fatal one, which made me very squeamish around blood. I worked in health care for over a decade and had to deal with all kinds of bodily fluids, but blood was the one that I struggled with. I also have no problem with needles, but can’t stand having my blood taken and often feel I’m going to faint! In fact, even typing that made me feel a little faint, so it’s obviously quite a big issue for me!
It’s interesting that Jenny’s past family life recollection was in Ireland, along with what she mentioned about the influence of genetics, as well as the core essence that carries over between lives. I have an ancestral connection with Ireland, but don’t really feel any strong affiliation with it as a country. Whereas, I find the discussion of certain historical and geographic settings highly interesting.
One is Aboriginal Australian history, which I referred to in another comment. Another is the American civil rights movement of the 1960’s and a third is the Windrush generation of immigrants from the Caribbean to Britain during the late 1940’s to early 1970’s. I also like the music of these eras, such as early blues, African American spirituals and Caribbean calypso and early reggae, as well as Aboriginal Australian singer songwriters like Kev Carmody and Archie Roach. Maybe these topics and musical styles just appeal to my sense of social justice, but maybe there is some past life connection with at least one of these.
It was also interesting to hear Jenny Cockell mention about not needing a map of the area and knowing a short cut. It reminded me of a boy on another documentary, who described an old house as it used to be, which was later found to be accurate, even though the layout of the house has changed significantly. I also found it interesting to hear Jenny talking about exchanging descriptions of events with one of her sons, which included minor details about their family interactions, and their house and pets.
It was also nice to hear her mention that she learnt to become tolerant of different people’s viewpoints and I think her down-to-earth and logical manner shone though in the documentary. I looked for an audio book of her publications online to listen to, but only found the printed copies. But I was also interested to see that she’d written a book on her diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome later in life, which I wonder may have helped helped her in separating fact from theory. It was also nice the when her son Christy went to his local priest that the priest was open minded enough not to simply dismiss the idea of Jenny having memories from a past life, even though it is outside the religious dogma of the Catholic church.
Regarding genetics, I’ve reflected in the past on the influence of certain genes in my life’s development. I can think of genes inherited from either parent, which have directed my life choices in certain ways. For example, being colour blind was a factor that steered me into studying psychology after art college, rather than continuing in the same field. Similarly, certain characteristics in both brain function and my physical appearance have also had an effect on my interactions and continue to affect my life today, such as being more prone to particular ailments.
I’ve also heard it said that we sometimes exchange lives with our parents, where children become parents and vice versa, which could also be possible. But what also stood out in the documentaries is the importance of focussing on where we are in this life and the learning that it can bring us.
Thanks again for sharing the links. I started to watch the beginning of the movie and spotted the actor who played a prison guard in The Shawshank Redemption, alongside Jane Seymour. I was a little disappointed they’d relocated the story to the USA, instead of the UK and Ireland, but will still try and watch it at some point, as it seems a nice movie with a worthwhile message.
Hi Michael, glad you liked the interviews, I was so happy to find them! It seems to me that Jenny Cockell is somebhody whose mission it has been to make people aware of the issue of reincarnation and how real it is, in the times where most people in the West don’t believe in it, or it gets ridiculed. Personally, I find it so sad that people in these times of Kali Yuga don’t even remember or feel intuitively that they all have lived before! How far we have fallen from the Golden age indeed… :-( At least the people in Asia seem to understand this issue and take it seriously.
Regarding the movie, I actually watched it first, before researching about Jenny Cockell’s case, so I was not influenced by the real case, and really liked the movie. Even now, after knowing about the real case, I still think the movie is great, and the fact that its happening in the USA makes it more universal somehow, and more likely to be watched by many people IMO. Its usually the case that they have to adapt things for a movie, to make it more appealing to the viewers, more relatable, etc…, which I think is fine, as long as they keep the main story line. I loved the beautiful music in that movie, the costumes, the actors, the outdoor settings, etc., pretty much everything!. :-)
Also, from Chinese sources I have found that the founding of the Ming Dynasty in China may have a connection to Zoroastrainism, which was brought to China by Persian traders and diplomats,but the Imperial authorities of that time didn’t really like the practice of Zoroastrianism so the religion was later banned. I’m sorry that I’ve shared what I wanted to share by writting several comments instead of putting them together in just one comment, but I’m having kinda a bad Internet connection at my place:(
According to my own research,since Zoroastrianism is thought to have originated from the oldest Indo-Aryan religions,I think it’s fair to say that Zoroastrianism is also a branch of the religion of the sun, with a minority of people who still practice the faith in Iran,where 90% of the country’s population are Muslims. Not sure if this could be considered as a fairly recent attempt for the spread of the Religion of The Sun to China which laid foundations for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, although Taoism has already existed in the country for hundreds and thousands of years. There’s hardly anyone here who makes connections between Taoism and the other ancient traditions in the world like Hinduism and the polytheistic faith existed in Europe before the arrival of Christianity. In fact I found it hard to discuss this kind of matter with those who do not believe because they do not like to hear the idea that an important part of our spiritual practice may not be unique to our culture after all.
There are some in the society that I live in who even believe that Chinese culture is the origin of all the world’s civilizations. There is this professor named Gong Yuhai who has proposed a theory that Jesus might had been Chinese because he shares similarities with a figure named Zhuan Xu,whos name sounded like Jesus back in his time,and like Jesus he was born in the West just like how Jesus would had been from the perspective of the Chinese. Zhuan Xu is also said to have came back from the dead like Jesus, and the two figures are believed by some to share other similarities. Although this theory is being largely ignored by many other experts due to attributing the similarities between Jesus and Zhuan Xu to merely coincidences,there are still some who write about this theory in different Internet forums to suggest that Jesus and Zhuan Xu were indeed a same person and therefore promoting their theory of cultural-supremacy.
There are also descriptions of Zhuan Xu in the Chinese mythical book known as Shan Hai Jing. Apparently he is said to be a grandson of Huang Di,the time frame makes.it seem unlikely that Zhuan Xu and Jesus could have been the same person. Shan Hai Jing is indeed a book that talks a lot about the very distant past of the Middle Kingdom, but unfortunately I haven’t read it in a while due to the turmoils that had been going on in my personal life. There was a period of time where I would dream about the tree of Fusang and the bronze tree discovered in Sanxingdui,which I am certain that there is a connection between the legend of the tree of Fusang and the bronze tree artifact discovered at Sanxingdui. When I thought I might discover more I got overwhelmed with every day worldly affairs that took hold of my personal life,so I began to read the book less and less,and also having these dreams less often than before. It’s been a while since I’ve had any dream that seemed enlightening or any experience that could be considered mystical. I’ve always been trying to keep my spirit on the right path,but that is not to say it wouldn’t come without facing challenges from the Worldly,such as work, life, family relationships, etc. I think that’s one of the hardest lessons that I’ve been trying to learn,and I think it’s likely that I will continuously face these challenges.
Hi Emily,
Yes Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia/Iran is clearly a branch of the same Solar Religion that unfolded in Daoism, Vedas, Celtic tradition, etc.
It is very “normal” for many to think that their own culture is an independent source of great wisdom, and has a unique special insight that no one else has.
If possible, speak to those who are sincerely interested, who try to be open minded, who really seek the truth.
I was really happy to find people locally to me who were researching solar worship in my native land and bought a book about a star map ‘discovered’ in the mountains of North Wales. But when the author concluded that the zodiac had therefore been invented on, and disseminated from, these here hills I took much more of a step back from him and the whole group of researchers (it had all started to feel a bit too nationalistic) than I otherwise would have. It is a very normal tendency it seems to believe our own culture is special and unique (and in a way they all are!), probably an extended version of thinking of ourselves as the centre of the universe?!
Hi Ella,
I believe this is a widespread phenomenon around the world, and it can certainly lead to problems as people from different countries all think that their own cultures are supreme in some way. This can get into the way of seeking the truth since the true nature of reality is something that transcends all national borders/cultures/races. And connecting to the Spiritual is clearly something that is meant to bring people together, instead of dividing them.
Thanks Ella, I just watched a video about Hugh Evan’s work on Star Maps in North Wales, here is a link and I think its valuable in the understanding of the Religion of the Sun. Though I think there is more to uncover about it, his discovery may or already has perhaps pointed to maps of the constellation on the ground in other regions across the earth, something like Heaven on Earth, which I asked about in Erik’s comment. He makes a fair comment as being a mapper of time, and it was my first impression of Gobekli Tepi that they were using constellations to map time, where as science uses carbon dating, and so the astrological/astronomical movements on Earth would mean that people would always have the ability to date things no matter what language we speak or what inventions may arise.
It also did make sense to me that the sight may have been one of the first locations of the Zodiac as we know it and the markings of the Churches dedicated to Mary and Archangel Michael seemed to have originated from ancient times before Christianity and they bring in the spiritual message in form to us here on earth. One of the reasons it makes sense to me that they mapped it there, other than its latitude being a place where the solstices and equinoxes are more precisely observed, is that I noticed on my travels that the sky above UK felt much closer to earth, while the sky in Australia feels much further away and therefore the feeling of greater spaciousness. Being close to the sky perhaps allowed for greater visibility of the ‘heavens above’.
I think each culture does have its own origins and therefore it would be true for them to hold view of being unique or originating, just like each child holds true to their origins to their mother and father and yet still retaining their own uniqueness, but as they all come from one mother and father, so too the cultures may also at the root originate in the same way. And likewise, using the family example, there is always the first born, even in twins or triplets, there is always a first amongst them and I think its valuable to our greater understanding to allow room for that in the uncovering the original story of the knowledge of the Religion of the Sun.
Thanks again for your comment – it was really helpful and I was able to recall a dream I had but I had forgotten about until I watched the video.
Hi Juno, it was Hugh Evan’s work I was referring to! That’s great you found it too, and that a dream was sparked off from my comment – so funny how dream recall can be triggered :-)
I read his book and just found the claims a bit over the top for the evidence produced. Maybe his argument just wasn’t fleshed out enough or presented in a way that my intellect liked, and maybe there’s still some reluctance in me to see the profound spirituality that is here in these immediate hills, but expects spirituality to be something exotic-looking. That is certainly something I had to unlearn and still need to. For all I actually know, he might be right, but like I said, it was all mixed in with feeling that there was a leaning towards wanting to see everything through a British lens rather than objective study was happening in the group of researchers.
Interesting what you said about the sky here – I agree the sky does have a different feel in the different places, like a new terrain. I found the book ‘Uriel’s Machine’ really fascinating, the idea that the 51 degree latitude that runs through Britain is particularly important because of something to do with the cross that’s formed by the sun and moon at the solar markers, (something Lara writes about too) and so lots of sites were built here to encode sacred geometry. My intellect liked that book but couldn’t hold onto any of the math and geometry in it for very long! But there were quite simple descriptions in there on how to make your own sites with these special sacred measurements – probably by actually doing it you hold onto the information in a different way, and maybe experience something profound too. Goals..!
Yes I know what you mean about what we expect spirituality to be like, how it is expressed or is. It’s like uncovering the many layers that fold over our ability to see reality, and it takes sometimes a lot of will and determination to break out of one’s own mind-set and yet still being open to the magic and mystery of it all.
Also there was something else that came to mind about the landscape of the UK isles, of it having something special about it, not only in what Hugh Evans research tries to show, but also that there are a lot of crop circles in the UK which point to it being a region of wonder in some way.
When I traveled to UK, I had this feeling of coming home, and I’m not of that culture. The landscape not only resonated but it felt as though there was an elemental magic quality to the land. I wonder if in ancient times the conditions of the region were not as overcast, but instead were misty and beaming with luminous life? Even how Stone Henge being one of the most famous sites that marks solstices and equinoxes, as well as other celestial movements, contributes to something special about it in ancient times, but perhaps still existing in the landscape as there are many solstice and equinox mounds and hills renowned all over the area.
I’ll have to check out that book too Ella, thank you.
Also, definitely true about what you said about “by actually doing it you hold onto the information in a different way” that’s what I found when partaking in solstice and equinox ceremonies from Mark’s book, ‘Ancient Solstices’; from the layout to the ceremony and celebration itself, even if it is just one person or many – its in giving it form that it makes it come alive, and makes me wonder how much more when a person actually lives it and embodies the experience!!!
Hi Juno,
I haven’t looked into the mappings of the constellations in detail,but it looks like many ancient cultures have looked at the celestial and tracked the stars. And had their own constellations. It’s apparent that Ancients around the world looked at the night sky from both a physical and a spiritual level,using the stars as a guide for both astronomical observations as well as divination purposes. Looking into astrology is something that I’ve always wanted to do,and astrology is clearly something that varies in detail by culture. The most well-known system is clearly that of Western astrology,but there were also other systems that existed throughout the world. One of them is that from my own culture,but its knowledge has been largely forgotten and now only a handful of people possess expertise on it. Another system which stemmed from these really ancient cultures is that of Vedic astrology. I saw a boy from India who used Vedic astrology to predict future events on the Internet earlier,and he had been surprisingly accurate about many things which happened in the world. I kinda forgot his name but I think there is something to those ancient traditions and religions that use the divine knowledge of the celestial for different purposes,and it should come as no surprise that the lost civilization of the sun also embarked on this kind of knowledge.
I know what you mean Emily, I’ve had the same inclination and learnt about the different astrological systems and some are more complicated than others. Western Tropical Astrology is based on the position of solstices and equinoxes and I find it earth based astrology, Sidereal astrology is based on movements of the planets and luminaries through the actual constellation and not based on the tilt of the earth perspective. Vedic astrology is very detailed and based on prophecy and on trying to live a spiritual life and they ascertain your astrology to see what your lessons and qualities are. There is also ancient Babylonian and Egyptian astrology, and you are correct to stay they all vary according to their culture, as each culture does have its own morals and ethics and governing principles many of which have descended now to a material view.
I believe in ancient times they were used to foretell the energies coming forth through the constellations and they would act as a guide to maintain peace and order, but also to teach how things always return but with a different lesson to learn about the same topic and this demonstrates the eternal and infinite knowledge of life, as each moment the placements and aspects made between the luminaries and planets changes, and just like no finger print will be same as another person, no day will ever be the same in the astronomic movement of the heavenly bodies.
From learning about astrology, i have discovered there are errors in how it is interpreted and that things have been altered and don’t make sense. It takes a lot of reflection of transits upon one’s own life to be begin to understand their meaning, often having to go back previous transits to glean into their meaning for you and therefore the meaning they hold, but its like a gleaning of a lesson rather than a deep detail dive because as symbols they hold not just one but many meanings and that meaning that is gleaned depends on our level of being and where we are at this stage of our being. I read once that in ancient times, like the stories in the bible, that people lived hundreds of years and therefore they were able to map out the transits, the constellations and their meanings from observation, but it could also be that the Wisdom Bringers that Lara talks about in her Book, Religion of the Sun, would have imparted this knowledge to humanity to assist them, to explain to them about life and cycles and maybe to prepare for things that those cycles bring. Even the magi in the story of Jesus’ birth were astrologers as Mark notes in his book Ancient Solstices. And some people who study synchronicity also read the bible as an astrological story, and I can see how that could be with the story of Job, for example, but I think they may at times miss the meaning of such stories in the context of our own spiritual learning and about the experiences and teachings of the Spiritual Sun, and therefore they conclude that actual beings like Lord Jesus were only an astrological story. Mystery schools used to teach it I believe but it was not disclosed to the public, probably because majority of people were not interested in the spiritual path and in the age of Pisces there were many persecutions of people for the beliefs they held. Nowadays its very easy to get caught up in the head with astrology and turn it into an omen, a myth, or superstition which it is not and others turn it into a side show and publicly read the charts of others or use other people’s natal charts to learn about astrology, but I find that invasive and unethical, because the purpose was to learn it from one’s own life learning and experiences and through it gain a deeper understanding of what we’re all going through, building on understanding and compassion, instead of separation and divisiveness.
Yes I did come across that young boy from India, he has such vigor for Vedic astrology and it may be that he was an astrologer in a past life, and has already come into this life with that dedication from the past, and because of the internet and youtube he can reach a wider audience that he was not able to in the past. But I see astrology as much more meaningful when explored on a personal level to understand oneself, and many other sciences can be used in such a way such as medicine, environmental science etc and I believer there is nothing in life that does not teach us about ourself and life itself if we are open to it.
Hey Juno and Emily,
I’ve also been drawn to astrology over the years, partly as it seems so obviously tied into the sun’s path on earth and always there in esoteric teachings, and partly as a sort of exercise to understand how much of my life is free will and how much is influenced by forces outside of myself – and if that’s the planets, and the planets also imprint on how I was ‘designed’ at the moment of birth, then what are the planets!? You probably know, but now Venus is ‘retrograde’ and invisible, some say symbolically she’s in the underworld, some say being ‘purified’ by the sun, but she spends a symbolic 40 days like this, before being reborn as the morning star. It’s these solar conjunctions and retrograde patterns that makes her famous pentagram around the earth – I love knowing that about the sky, seeing these timeless mysteries playing out above the modern world.
I also learned some of the theory of Vedic and Western astrology and then have just observed over the years … I’ve watched what events happen with what transits and what internal feelings are evoked too. It seems like the transits on your birthday are particularly important – your own ‘sun-day’. I have to say, sometimes it’s eerily accurate, like the universal symbolism just plays out in almost obvious examples. It’s been like learning a language that allows for more nuanced conversation with life. I am not using it to make decisions or predictions in my life, more just trying to understand the reality of these influences. Looking into it has made me just respect the complexity of the mathematics involved too! I don’t know how most of the calculations are made, but from listening to some people who seem to, and knowing about the importance of the solstices and equinoxes on earth, I go with a Tropical signs and Vedic nakshatra mix. It seems like a lot of calculations in India got lost as knowledge disappeared, but also traditions were held onto, and so you get some major religious celebrations totally out by a few weeks now.
Emily, have you come across the Chinese Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches? I only know about it in context of acupuncture – there’s a school in the UK that still teaches it and it seems remarkable to me that it’s survived. It’s basically ancient Chinese philosophy of time and space and an astrological calculation system that can be translated into a treatment of the person based on their own ‘stems and branch’ imprint and what’s going on in the moment of treatment. It describes the body as a microcosm of creation, it’s incredibly beautiful and based on some of the most ancient medical teachings in the world. It seems there is a sophisticated Chinese astrology out there, far more than the animals system that most people know.
Juno it’s so lovely to hear your experience of the UK! I think I needed to hear that at the moment, while wanting to flee the island with the summer being such a wash out – so overcast and rainy all the time! There is a particular mystical vibe here I agree – you’ve inspired me to try to connect to it more! I had the same feeling of ‘coming home’ when I went to India, without having any heritage, apart from maybe some DNA memory from ancestors when the British were there, if that’s a thing. But it felt deeper than that, it was one of the experiences that made me believe reincarnation was real. Sometimes people and places feel so umbilically familiar, it’s one of the most profound bits of personal evidence for this common religious teaching.
I know what you mean Ella, it felt much deeper for me too, as though it was in my breath and in my lungs, it was a knowing that made the present and the past as one, and it as well as out of body experiences have confirmed the reality of past life experiences.
I was watching a recent small video about Celtic astrology, about a book which was drawing on Druid’s sacred knowledge of trees, I did wonder if this type of astrology exemplifies the hermetic saying of As Above, So Below? One of the comments on the video, said her father ‘used to tell me about the fairies in Ireland a long time ago’.
I think it was the Old Norse people, not sure about the Druids, that used to bury their deceased under a tree, and each family had their own tree. This is where we get the family tree that is now used to trace our roots through our ancestry. Trees do seem to have a wonderful presence to them and I believe long, long ago, that people used to make ancient sites from wood.
I think our ability to perceive the mystical has been degraded by materialism, especially from the onset of the industrial age and the age of reason. Prior to that there was the age of resemblance, where people understood things through their likeness, such as the kidney bean being good for your kidneys because of its likeness, hence the name, things of likeness I think were things Paracelsus discussed in his work. Divining I think back then was the practice of people using their intuitive and otherworldly perceptions to peer into the mysteries through the natural world, that we have now hardened our hearts and our eye before – hence the rise of scientific proof. I feel it does take a softening of our heart to be able to see more of the more – that can only come from a willingness to go through remorse for our actions and ways of thinking and feeling towards others and other beings. And all the while keeping our feet on the ground, as the days we’re living in are different to the days of old, but that shouldn’t cause us to harden ourselves, just to remain in touch with the realities that are present now.
Hi Juno& Ella,
I didn’t know there was an astrological view of the story in the Bible! Since mainstream Christians oppose to this kind of stuff and they say that astrology is a thing of the occult,which they as Christians are not supposed to tap into. If there’s anything that suggested Jesus has something to do with peganism that definitely would be something the Church doesn’t like to hear；)
Regarding Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, it’s hard to explain them in detail since they are parts of a complicated spiritual system which involves many different aspects such as the five elements,yin and yang, the bagua,etc,which can be used for many different purposes. This is something that requires time and effort to learn and understand,so it can be hard to explain them in just one comment. In fact a lot of these knowledge about this system have not been translated into English as far as I know. And to be honest I myself do not have a very thorough understanding of it either;( But yes the Heavenly Stem and the Earthly Branch are somethings that have existenced for a very long time in the Chinese spiritual tradition, and they likely have ancient origins.
Hi Juno,
It’s interesting what you mentioned about the feeling of “coming home” when you visited the UK. Although I’ve lived in the UK for most of my life and have an ancestral connection with it and neighbouring countries, I get the same feeling of coming home when I see footage of the outback in Australia. I lived in a rural area of Australia many years ago, although never visited the desert, but, as I mentioned in another comment, I tend to feel a connection with desert landscapes, so I wonder if there is something related to past lives going on there.
It’s ironic in a way, as to some, the desert landscapes would seem quite desolate and I’m sure my survival skills would be lacking if I were to be dropped off somewhere in the desert. But something about the parched red earth also seems very homely to me, similar to when I see the dry cacti in the Mojave desert, or the surrounding canyons.
Conversely, there are some cultures and environments that I feel much less of a connection with, particularly Slavic, Norse and Germanic traditions, the vast territory of Russia, or various Asian and South American countries.
I do still feel a big cultural connection with the UK obviously and appreciate the beauty of some of its landscapes. Perhaps I would strengthen this connection and appreciation if I had an opportunity to visit the many ancient sacred sites within the UK, as it would be more a lived experience. Something to aim towards in the future, as part of reconnecting with my Celtic roots.
That’s amazing Michael and I wonder if it was with the first settlers that came to Australia in the late 1700’s or perhaps an earlier time that may not be part of recorded history, or part of an indigenous culture Australia? It is an amazing country and seems very old to me, rugged and ancient continent. Funnily I feel connected with the ancient Nordic people, my first experience came when I met a person from Finland many many years ago, and more recently through the discovery of Odin from Lara’s video which helped me to put some dream experiences from the past into context of the Nordic Mythology. I also had a strong feeling to go to South American countries and because of my complexion people often thought I was a native of their country and while I didn’t speak their language, we were able to understand each other through an inner heart expression – which was really lovely.
People of my culture live in Diaspora all over the world, in Asia, America, Europe, etc and it seems to me that this isn’t the first time we’ve been scattered around the world, and I wonder if that lends to the feeling of finding places or people as being endearing?
I also think its interesting how feelings retain memories through senses, like Jenny Cockell explained in her Thanatos interview, she helped me understand those experiences a bit more. Our senses make such a huge emotional impression on us by what it seems, even the fragrance of scented flowers, a warm breeze or piece of music can take us back in time evoking memories to come back to life. Seeing now how emotions are such a strong tie to the past, its no wonder the astrological sign of Cancer is linked to emotions, to the past and to the crab clinging on with its pincers, as well as the Turtle who lives a long time and carries the world upon its back, and to the scarab beetle that unearths the past and gives birth to the new.
I really hope you get a chance to visit those ancient sites, even if it is to explore them from the comfort of your home for now, as we have that ability to perceive into things through conscious imagination and out of body experiences too.
Hi Juno,
Yes, it’s quite possible that certain places, people or experiences may evoke memories from past lifetimes, even though we may not be consciously aware of them. The same is true for many people even when it comes to memories from this lifetime, where they may be influenced to act in certain ways, whilst not consciously recalling the events that currently influence their behaviour.
It’s lovely that you were able to still connect with people in South America, despite the language differences and it shows that there is often a commonality in humanity that runs beyond more superficial differences, such as in our outward appearance. In any case, we are all likely to all have had many different appearances throughout our lifetimes, due to being born in different locations throughout the world, according to what we need to learn.
Regarding the Jenny Cockell videos, I was surprised by the name of the YouTube channel being Thanatos, as it means “death” in Greek. But then it kind of made more sense within the context of the deeper mysteries of life and what lies beyond death. I found Jenny Cockell’s stories so interesting that I bought a couple of her books second hand online. I usually like to listen to things, rather than watch or read, but made an exception for those.
I find it interesting how different people perceive and engage with the world, as conscious imagination/ visualisation is something I find quite an elusive concept, as I struggle to visualise things in general. I’m usually very imaginative when it comes to creating new things and can improvise easily, but I tend to process things in a more auditory way, rather than visual. So for example, if someone gives me directions, I remember the intonation and rhythm of their words, rather than having images pop into my head. On the other hand, I can also write music from the rhythms I hear in everyday speech, or arrange the various parts of musical instruments in my head without the need to have any instrument in front of me, which many people may also find quite unusual.
As well as differences in how we process the world around us through our senses, it’s interesting how different people are also drawn to specific areas of knowledge without any particular prompting. I think some of the positive aspects of Steiner schools may be useful in encouraging this and I wonder if some of these interests and aptitudes may also stem from past lives, along with the desire for spiritual exploration.
I think one of those biggest facts that seem to make some of those who advocate for cultural-supremacy feel uncomfortable is that the teachings of Taoism about the Tao,yin and yang,etc,are actually not so unique to Chinese civilization after all. Taoism is regarded by many Chinese as the one true indigenous religion amongst the all three major schools of thoughts that have laid te foundation for Chinese culture as we know it today,with the other two being Buddhism and Confucianism. Buddhism obviously originated in India , later spreaded to China, gaining many followers in the country, therefore Buddhism is clearly not a religion native to China; while Confucianism is more of a philosophy than a religion. While it clearly teaches the good moral standards that people should follow in their day-to-day lives,in doesn’t really address the spiritual part of reality which people tend to explore. So Taoism,with its profound teachings, many people hold it as part of their cultural pride that this is the one indigenous spiritual tradition which is so unique to the culture that reflects the wisdom of their ancient ancestors where no other culture on the planet were able to come up with. When they learn of beliefs in other parts of the world that bear striking resemblance to their own, this often come as a great shock to them. If even the spiritual principles of Taoism came from somewhere else,then that means there may be no “native religion” that have shaped the civilization after all. Which kinda shatters their cultural pride. Taoism and so many other similar spiritual beliefs around the world may have came to their lands from somewhere else, brought to them by missionaries from unknown places just like Chrisitianity. But the mystery is who were these days supposed missionaries? Looking at history books there are clearly no records of some missionaries of a super-old spiritual tradition that went around the world to spread such a religion like the major religions around the world today. Looking at historical records there are clearly Chrisitian misssionaries who went to different parts of the world to spread the religion, similar things can be proven done by Muslims in recorded history, and even Buddhists have done things to actively spread their religion to different countries. The biggest problem with Taoism,as well as many other spiritual traditions that share similar beliefs, such as Hinduism of India, Zoroastrianism of Persia/ Iran,and the native American beliefs is that their beliefs cannot be proven to have been brought to them by some kind of “evangelizer” that went around the world in the distant past,and such beliefs may only be explained with coincidences. So some would turn to the theory that similar teachings originated from their own culture at least partially based on cultural pride.
The idea that one’s own culture and civilization is the source of all of human civilization seems to exist in a lot of countries. Here I came across a video made by someone from India who uses the similarities between Sanskrit and Slavic languages as evidence that the origin of the Slavic people, or even the entirety of humanity, lies in the Indian subcontinient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDVaVlw9m4
There are clear flaws in this argumemt because the such similarities cannot be found when comparing Sanskrit with some other languages,such as Chinese, Korean or Japanese. And this only indicates that Sanskrit and Slavic languages are closely related in some way, and is not a proof that the origin of civilizations lies in the part of the world that is known as India today. Similarly,some Chinese argue that China is the source of civilization because there are things about ancient cultures that are found in other parts of the world which are so similar to what is being found in China, therefore they must have originated here. There are some who believe that Taoism of China had a heavy influence in the world, because of the similar philosophies that are found in other parts of the world. Some argue that Taoism spread to the West because what the Emerald Tablet says bears a striking resemblance of Taoist teachings, the yin and yang symbols being found in very remote lands,and even Jesus could have been somewhat of an ” Eastern philosopher” who had profound knowledge in Taoism, which had been described in non-mainstream texts that seems contradictory to what the ” Western” religion commonly believed teaches. So this must be the evidence that Taoism somehow spread to the West. These arguments which are made to promote one’s own cultural-supremacy can be problematic because they can easily cause a fight between people from different cultural backgrounds as to who is ” the best civilization” in the world,which can be really dangerous because they could potentially lead to some kind of extremism. The logical explanation of these similar phenomena should be that they likely have sprung from a common source,and the answer to where that common source is located is something that is needed to be found with research based on evidence, instead of one’s own egoistic view stemmed from cultural pride or nationalism.
Hey Emily, yeah, this Slavic-Indian connection is a well-known one. It is a fact that Slavic native religion and even languages have a lot in common with Indian Vedic philosophy and language. Many revival groups in Slavic countries recognise this and there are even revival ceremonies where both Indian and Slavic people participate, as also Lara mentioned in one of her videos. In my research of Zoroastrianism and ancient Persia/Iran, I even came across information that suggests strong links between the ancient Iranians (people who lived in those regions in the ancient times, like Sarmatians) and the Slavic people, especially Croatians or Bulgarians, but the traces can also be found among Poles, Slovaks, Serbs, etc. Therefore, it seems to me that there is a strong connection between the Indo-Iranian and Slavic branches of the Indo-European people. Now like you, I don’t think it is because Slavs originated from Indians, but it seems to me more like these two branches/cultures of the Religion of the Sun have had a common history in maybe not so distant past, since the commonalities are still so strong. I have tried my best to try to figure out and research where, in fact, the Slavic people may have originated, as nobody seems to be sure of the Slavic homeland, and the official version is that they just somehow “popped up” in around 5-th century in the central and eastern Europe, and spread massively. They are also mentioned as 2-nd century Veneti, Antes or Sclaveni, but nobody knows who these people are.
I therefore decided to just forget about the official narrative altogether, and start with what Lara mentioned in one of her videos about how Svarog (Father-god of the Slavs) taught people in the Caucasus mountains in the ancient times (where, among other things, he supposedly also taught them how to make cheese :-D). Somehow, when I heard this little info, I got this “spark” that this is the direction I need to go. I thought, if he taught there, then surely, there must be some connections of the Slavs to the Caucasus, and so I directed my research there, guided by a series of interesting “coincidences”, finding many intriguing things, even though nothing conclusive. The most surprising for me was the find of the strong connections of some Slavs to the “Vendidad nations”, which are the ancient nations mentioned in the Zoroastrian scriptures, which means that at least some of the ancient Slavs may have come from the East as the former Scythians/Sarmatians. I also found out that some of these ended up in India, for example Jats.
I also like the scheme of the Into-European languages tree, which you can see here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/IndoEuropeanTree.svg
This scheme nicely shows, how Sanskrit is one of the old Indo-Iranian or Indo-Aryan languages, and I guess since its one of the few oldest ones still in use, it makes sense that it would preserve many old words from the original Proto-Indo-European language, but it does not necessarily mean that all current Indo-European languages descended from it.
Hi Lucia,
I think you made a good point. It can be intriguing to find similarities between things,and tracing their origin is something that requires efforts of research into history. I have recently also encountered someone who concluded that many languages in the world came from an alien source,just from how similar they are. This person’s discovery comes not from Sanskrit or any of these ancient languages,but from modern Hindi,and guess what,English. She noticed that the way to say “no” in Hindi is “nahi”,and that it’s the same consonant that the English “no” starts with. She thought this was strange and looked up the word for “no” in some of the other languages,and found many of them start with the same n consonant. For instance in German it’s nein, in Russian it’s nyet,in French is non,in Icelandic it’s nei…she was quick to conclude that all human languages sprung from a common source,with all languages the word for “no” starts with an n consonant. She is White and not Asian so she doesn’t know Chinese or Japanese. But in Chinese and Japanese “no” don’t start with an n consonant (Chinese bu and Japanese iie). But she was quick to make the conclusion and I didn’t really get a chance to respond to her(which was kinda rude in a way:()
PS:Since no common source could be found for all of the world’s languages,she concluded that they originated from aliens:/ Otherwise why would those languages all start with an n consonant:/
I also noticed some societal changes at similar times but in different places in the world.
For example Daoism emerged at a time of great philosophical questioning known as the ‘hundred schools of thought’. (Alongside Daoism the most popular school was of Mohism, which didn’t make it into the lasting mainstream. It seems to have some nice sentiments ‘If every man loved strangers as he loved his own parents and children, there could be no crime or wickedness in the world.’)
But what is interesting is that this time of philosophical questioning about the world and the form of a society could have coincided with the same occurrence in the classical world among the Greek thinkers.
How?
Another. After long times of conflict of the feudal kingdoms the future emperor Qin brutally unified many states by 221 BC. However because of this unified order and single body, later on, it was possible for that Confucian virtue (along with elements of other streams such as Daoism) to spread like a religion or system over the whole of China, and later beyond it in Korea, Japan and parts of the south east mainland as well.
In the West Julius Caesar conquered many regions and tribes throughout European lands and expanded the Roman Empire. In a way, with this new order in place, this unification or connection of regions then later allowed for the spread of Christianity through the whole western world basically.
In the 15 and 16th century, in Italy, France and the rest of Europe, among the educated and upon the rest of society, there was the renaissance inspired by the classical world, in architecture, art, universities etc.
In Ming Dynasty China the same thing happens at the same time with the scholarly class. A resurgence of interest in Daoism, the arts, new poetry, calligraphy — also experiencing a renaissance.
At around 3,200 BC, or the centuries around that time, civilization – or perhaps more accurately next levels of state organised societies – emerge at different places around the world in what is now China, Egypt and other places.
This is hastily and generally written down, just to raise the question how does this happen? (apart from contact and spread of people, ideas and tech) It seems societal and religious changes like this manifest as part of bigger divine plans for certain time periods and learning for humanity.
I think you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence Karim. I also think that happenings on Earth are not as random and locally-unique as people think, and that there is a higher, Divine plan devised for the purpose of the development of consciousness on Earth. And this plan is always unfolded with respect to the cultural differences of course, but still with the same aim. How many wars, misunderstandings and other backward things could be avoided if people struggled to see the world from a more universal way, even including the beings from the other worlds/planets, some of whom may have already overcome many of the things we are still struggling with…
Hi Karim&Lucia,
I think you guys have made really good points on this matter. These similar things occuring around the world are not coincidences,but are all parts of a greater plan from the divine…some people have even been informed of this in out-of-body experiences by beings from another realm,even showed them the process of this plan being carried out…a friend of mine even told me that she has been told of this in an OBE. So it does seem like that some forces are at work. Although I personally have never really successfully entered the astral realm,whenever I try to astral-project my fear would arise and I would get stuck:(
I agree Emma, but I also like to learn what they have to say because they point to the source and describe it through their experiences, history and stories. TTere may have been cultures that came into being through relocation and migration, and therefore retaining as ancient stories as being the thread of their original source, a source from a much older civilization, which through time and language, that original story may have filtered through the generations as they being the only one or originators, and in some strange way, as semantics can be, they may have been, or at least part of that one origination?
Sorry I meant to say, Hi Emily :)
There are also some Indians who use the similarities between Sanskrit and Slavic languages and even languages that originated in Western Europe such as English as proof that Sanskrit is indeed the source of all languages. This is clearly a kind of view that exists out there.
Hey Emily, I agree that the supremacies of all kinds are difficult to tackle, especially when it comes to spiritual ones. What helps, I think, is when one realises that we have all been born many times, and may have been different nationalities in our previous lives. As I see it, each culture provides different possibilities for a person in regards to learning, and there is a reason why we have been born in this or that country/culture in this life, or why we have emigrated somewhere else and got exposed to other cultures, or even the cultures we decided to study closer. Some people even have had spiritual experiences where they saw themselves living lives in different cultures/races, etc. There is a well-known case that was even made into a movie, of a woman who has traced the children from her previous life in this life, and as I watched an interview with her, she shared there that this is actually not the only previous life she remembers, but she remembers a few of them, just not in such a detail. One of the other ones she said she remembered was one where she lived in Japan, she remembered a house on a cliff, and even managed to locate that place in the physical world. She also said that as a child, she found it surprising that other people didn’t remember their past lives the same way she did, but with the time she learned not to talk about it, as she realised that people REALLY didnt remember them. :-)
Hi Lucia,
I think your point on reincarnation definitely makes sense, and in different life times we may have been born into different countries/ culture/ societies. Personally I think I might had lived in a Indo-European culture in my my previous lives since I find the pegan religions in Europe very interesting, and I have recently developed somewhat of an interest in Hinduism. The belief in reincarnation also has it’s history in Chinese culture, which is something that people are welling to believe.
Hi Emily,
It’s interesting to hear about your feeling of being connected to European paganism and it’s quite possible you lived a past life in Europe. I thought you may be interested in a very good BBC documentary called The Modern Antiquarian, which covers some of the ancient sacred sites within the UK. It’s made by the musician and author Julian Cope, who spent 8 years travelling around the UK, visiting over 500 ancient sacred sites, then another 4 years visiting sites in mainland Europe.
He wrote about his findings initially in the book of The Modern Antiquarian and then in Megalithic Europe, both of which I have copies of and have found to be valuable resources. He has also written several songs dedicated to Odin, or inspired by sacred sites. Here is the link to The Modern Antiquarian video on YouTube, if you’d like to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PENgVRbzpU
In the documentary, Julian Cope covers his experiences at various sites in the UK, which include Stonehenge, the Avebury landscape, including West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury and Waden Hills. He also mentions Avebury is the biggest stone circle in Europe and throughout the world.
Julian also visits the Chûn Quoit dolmen, Boscawen-Un, Boleigh Fogou, Long Meg and Her Daughters, which is the 6th largest stone circle in Britain, and Callanish on the Scottish Isle of Lewis, where he also speaks to Margaret and Ron Curtis, who devoted much of their lives to researching the standing stones. Interestingly, Callanish has the ground plan of a Celtic cross, despite being built around 3000 years before Christ, which is also mentioned on page 54 of Ancient Solstice. Margaret Curtis also comments on the layout of the site reflecting the natural movements of the sun and moon and effectively being a calculator of the 18-year lunar cycle.
In Scotland, Julian visits the Maeshowe chambered cairn on the Orkney Islands, where the winter solstice sunset shines through the opening passageway, like at Newgrange. Maeshowe is also mentioned on pages 301-4 of Ancient Solstice, along with other sites in the USA with a similar layout, indicating that there may well be a common history of megalith building within the USA and Europe.
Other sites visited on Orkney include The Standing Stones of Stenness and The Ring of Brodgar stone circle. Julian also comments on the proliferation of megalith building in Aberdeenshire, which includes 160 stone circles, and visits Stonehead and the nearby Dunnideer hill fort, among other sites.
I’ve only been able to visit a few sites in the UK due to health issues, but I would love to do a similar trip to Julian in the future and connect with these sites, which are part of my own heritage. Julian’s enthusiasm shines through in the video and at the beginning, he comments “If you just come and see what’s going on in Britain, in this big island, it’s kind of empowering to realise that it’s on your doorstep.”
I’ve wondered about my own genetic heritage, although have never taken a DNA test. I know I have British, Irish and French ancestry, but I also wonder about other peculiar features, such as having an odd mixture of hair colouring. If I were to take snippets from different locations, I’d have a combination of browns, strawberry blonde, blonde, black and white hair. I have some more wiry black hairs that grow out the side of my head, so I wonder if there are also some remnants of African DNA mixed in with my European heritage. If so, it would be interesting in relation to my interest in African landscapes and cultures, which I mentioned in another comment.
I remember some time ago, you also commented on the evidence for giants and I wonder about having some DNA that could possibly be connected to the wisdom bringers from the ancient past, as I am just under 1.9 metres tall, which also happens to be Julian Cope’s height, and I have some relatives of a similar height. Although, of course this is still significantly shorter than the wisdom bringers who Lara describes as being responsible for megalith building in the past.
The tallest living man alive today is a Turkish guy called Sultan Kösen, who is 2.51 metres. Here is a short video on YouTube about him you may be interested in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S4RfWeH9vA
Interesting, the Guinness World Record for the last tallest man alive was for a Chinese guy called Xi Shun, which demonstrates tall stature is not a feature unique to European cultures. But the record for the World’s Tallest Man is still held by Robert Wadlow, who lived between 1918-40 and reached 2.72 metres. You can see a 50 second piece of archive film on him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McWw03Ryrs And this slightly longer video goes into more detail on his life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRB1mVNNOwI
Both Robert Wadlow and Sultan Kösen experienced abnormal growth as a result of pituitary issues, so may not actually be throwbacks from the age of ancient giants per se. But it’s still interesting to see that there are some people who are considered giants by today’s standards still alive today, or in recent history.
Hi Lucia & Emily,
That movie sounds interesting Lucia. Do you remember the name of it?
I read a book some years ago by a guy who recounted an experience of visiting France as a boy and describing the layout of the area and where the best places to go were, even though he had no prior knowledge of it from this life.
I also wonder about the issue of reincarnation and feeling a strong connection with certain places and none with others. For example, when I see desert regions on TV, I feel as if I’m watching my homeland, whether it’s in the outback of Australia, or the Sahara. I also felt very at home when I was in the Gobi desert and feel the same when I’m in Mediterranean regions, especially by the sea.
I have lived in a warm, quiet coastal area in the past, so perhaps it’s a memory of the comfort and security I felt during those early years of my life, before things took a turn for the worse in my living conditions and circumstances. But I also feel a connection with areas I have no direct experience of, such as southern Africa. That could also be explained by friendships and relationships I’ve had over the years, but I wonder if there’s something deeper behind it too.
Hi Michael, its interesting about your feelings of connection to Africa or desert-y regions… I hope you can find out one day! :-) The movie I talked about is called Yesterday’s Children (the main role played really well by Jane Seymour), and its based on the true story of Jenny Cockell (https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Jenny-CockellThe-True-story-of-a-Woman-Who-has-Lived-Before-Mother-of-yesterdays-Children).
This is the interview I watched with her, where I was surprised at how many past lives she was able to remember, she talks about the one in Japan from 26:36 to about 32:00 of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssP_Mr7HU34
Here is a video with her when she was younger, where she talks about the “Yesterday’s children” life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snnmlqz_UCc (love her eyes at 2:44!)
And here is the movie, I think its really worth watching with friends, family, etc…, as it provides an excellent opportunity to talk about these subjects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax0CKehBG2M
Oh, that sounds like a really lovely movie Lucia! Thanks for sharing the link to it and the other videos too! :) I’ll listen to the interview videos very soon and try to watch the movie too, as soon as I get some free time.
Thank you very much for those links Lucia, the interview about Jenny when she was younger was very moving. I love the point that she makes in the Thanatos interview about we’re not supposed to remember our past lives, because of it being too heavy to carry, I think the traumas of some experiences wouldn’t allow us to experience the new in this life or to have the chance to seek happiness and forgiveness, and the opportunity to spiritually awaken, mostly due to the way the survival program of nature tends towards safety and protection.
I also like how she talked about regression work can bring up memories where we may not be prepared psychologically or emotional to deal with them. That’s how I see it too, and why I don’t agree with it; curiosity is one thing but the emotional issues that may come with it are often not considered, and as Jenny Cockell said it can make you feel unbalanced for some time as she was going through her own experiences.
My understanding of Jenny’s experiences was that there were strong emotional endings in the past that felt unresolved and I feel her strong memories were given to her to resolve those experiences and bring a closure for her to move on in this life. And at the same time serve a purpose for the highest good of humanity. I also feel that her gentleness, sensibleness and sensitivity to others would have allowed her to have such an ability to have those experiences as she really endeavoured to care for how others would receive it.
I tend to experience memories of past lives through dreams, and they seem to come when I am trying to discover why I feel the way I do or have the issues I have in my life. They come in as a help I feel to be able to understand the inner nature and experiences that led to it or caused it. I think past life memories are essentially there to help us resolve things, just like Jenny was also going through them and resolving things, and essentially I believe so that we grow in peace, love and understanding.
Thanks again for all those links – really valuable to learn from other’s experiences and approaches.
Hi Lucia,
Thanks so much for sharing those videos. I found them quite moving to watch.
Also, thank you Juno for your comments. Your perspective is very refreshing
Hi Emily,
Great to read about your ongoing discoveries and insights. For example about the limitation of science you mention, even if it’s completely accurate about some past event — okay and then what..? It might not explain the deeper reasons, lessons and purpose of them in relation to us.
Then again when investigating the past my interest has been to focus on the spiritual aspects, that also goes for my methods of approach to those investigations. But I see more now that the historical context, the scientific information etc., all help to form a more complete picture.
You seem to so naturally, from the fiery thirst to find answers, be open to use whatever viewpoint and source in order to get your answers. This is very inspiring you know.
All the best in your personal circumstances too. For me when I do something I like to go all out at it. But this year I also had something else on my plate. And it has been a challenge to keep working without being allowed yet to break through, yet to still keep going and do what I should. Also interesting to see what forces keep us going and learn how to keep going.
One little thing I was thinking this morning is that – beyond spiritual factors like higher parts of ourself, the beings that help us etc. – that the willpower and perseverance of our parents, to choose to break through obstacles in those very tough moments in their lives, must have somehow come down to us as well, in our blueprint or genes or somehow.
As of a few weeks ago I’ve been able to pick up a big unfinished project, which I’ll put together in the next few months. I’m very grateful to have some time and the opportunity open up for me to do this.
PS: Lingling and I had been looking into natural history for some time, and it has becoming clear to us that the idea global catastrophs which could have destroyed civilizations are actually not far-fetched. There is a lot of geological evidence which suggest that major global catstrophes occured many times throughout the history of the planet, and everytime it does more than half of all life of Earth would have been wiped out. The planet’s natural environments would have suffered a great destruction and it may take as long as millions of years for the world to recover. A fundamental philosophy I found in learning about many of the ancient traditions of the world, including Taoism of my own culture, suggest that the world undergoes cycles of creation, destruction and recreation. While at first glance this may look like something completely out of a fantasy, there is actually scientific evidence that the world wr live in have undergone many cycles of creation and destruction( while not necessarily thw planet itself). And as researches have found out, advanced civilizations likely have appeared far more back than mainstream scholars have suggested, so it would make sense for those legends about the rise and fall of civilizations to be true. It is said that ancient civilizations such as Atlantis have been destroyed by a Great Flood,which likely corresponds to the end of the last Ice Age. I have a feeling that perhaps even the Flood might just be the tip of the iceberg amongst all the global catastrophes which ended advanced civilizations of some sort, and there are many more which existed much, much earlier waiting to be discovered. Anyway, this is just my opinion and I don’t know if by any chance this could be true. If so this could mean that the Religion of The Sun really has been around since the beginning of time;)
There have apparently been a total of 5 greatest mass extinction events in the history of the Earth, they are Ordovician Mass Extinction, Devonian Mass Extinction, Permian Mass Extinction, Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction, and Cretaceous-Tertiary (or the K-T) Mass Extinction. Each of them is like a reset button for the planet,in everyone of these extinction events most life on the planet were wiped out and were repopulated by creatures who made it through. Another interesting fact is that many experts in the mainstream field of science also recognize a sixth, ongoing mass extinction known as the Holocene extintion, where climate changes driven by harmful human activities are accelerating the disappearence of plants and animals faster than ever before in history. So no matter where I look, whether in the most profound of ancient teachings,or the studies of modern science, they all point to the same direction that massive, devastating global catastrphes have occured many times before, and will eventually happen again,to us.
The scientific evidence of recurring global catastrphes have lead a die-hard atheist I’ve talked to to rethink his view on the nature of reality. He was really surprised to hear that many ancient traditions speak of the cyclical natures of existence which is very similar to what the scientific evidence point to. “They simply couldn’t have known any of these if they were just primitive fools. ” This was one of the exclaimations made by a him as someone that used to reject anything having to do with religion,and only believed in science.
Some of my guesses on what might happen at the very end of this age is that a wide range of natural disasters may occur, such as mega-tsunamis, extremely strong earthquakes, floods as well as supervolcanic eruptions. From looking at the global catastrophes studied by scientists which happened in this world previously it is clear that many of these past catastrophes involved a combination of numerous natural disasters ,such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. This is also likely to be the case with the impending cataclysm that lies ahead at the end of our age. The figurative descriptions of the world being submerged in water as well as the burning of the world in Norse mythology may refer to the occurance of some kind of great flood and volcanic eruptions on a global scale. The spill of venom which would kill countless lives in the world by a giant serpent which I have no idea of how to say its name may refer to some kind of toxic substances that would be present at the time of the great disaster, and the descriptions of the darkening of the sun and the moon as well as stars falling from the sky sounds like to me the result of an impact by a celestial body,such as an asteroid or a meteorite. What I mentioned before about the descriptions of people seeking shelter in caves from the Bible also seems to indicate that there would be some things that fall from the sky, possibly the debris of the celestial body that hit the planet which then fractured into pieces. Also the impact from an asteroid would cause a phenomenon which scientists call impact winter, where a huge amount of dust and ashes are ejected into the atmosphere, blocking out sunlight. And that does sound very similar to what’s described in the Bible and Norse legends about the sun and the moon being darkened and the the whole world being plunged into darkness. So in a nutshell I believe that the end of this age would involve the corruption of humanity, as well as various natural disasters that come together to put the world of this age to an end. These are just my speculations based on the stuffs that I’ve looked into and what all pieces of the puzzle look like to me when they’re put together. I obviously don’t have all the pieces,but I believe I am finding somthing. We are indeed living in the end of this age, and the period of time which lies at the end of this age which could be called “the great destruction” has already begun. In my personal view this may very well be the same event that is recognized by some experts in the mainstream field of study called the Holocene Extinction,and it is ongoing, with the worst part of the catastrophe yet to come.
Also, the mass extinctions of life on Earth caused by natural disasters appear to follow a 27-million-year cycle, for reasons that are still not clear to scientists. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201211083113.htm#:~:text=Astrophysicists%20hypothesize%20that%20periodic%20comet,resulting%20in%20periodic%20mass%20extinctions.
Obviously I have no idea what could be the secret behind this phenomenon,but I think this could be where the limits of modern science rears its ugly head. All fields of mainstream professional studies today appear to assume an atheistic view of the world,where everything seems to be explained by matters of chances and coincidences, while a lot of the so-called ” coincidences” seem to good to be true. While we have to admit that modern science has indeed made many amamzing achievements, the atheistic view of the world that it holds can be a very dangerous thing. It will not lead people to discover the ultimate truth about our world and what is the most important thing regarding our existence, and it can easily cause people to fall into pure materialism and being consumed by worldly desires,which only accerlerates the downfall of humanity.
I feel so sorry that I haven’t been posting much here for quite some time,and suddenly making a post with this many things to say. I do not post on a regular basis for personal reasons but I do look at other comments here written by you guys and think about them. I have written a lot of things this time because I think there are things which I newly discovered that I want to share, especially I found that there are quite some scientific evidence to suggest that the world we live in has hit the reset button many times, and soon it may do again.
Hi Emily, I think it is good that you and Lingling are looking closer into these cyclical catastrophes from a more scientific point of view, as that may be useful for you when dealing with more atheistic-based people, as the case of the “die hard atheist” you described shows. Not sure if you are familiar with the work of Randall Carlson, but he has done a tremendous amount of research into these things from the geological point of view. Here is a videos that has put many of his talks together to form a short documentary of his findings if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJe8OLiETo8
Hi Lucia,
Thank you for suggesting this interesting video! I will take a deeper look into it when I can.
Hi there,
Thank you so much for informing us about the upcoming books! Would really love to learn more about what the Atwoods have newly discovered about the Religion of The Sun, and btw this solstice I felt really uplifted for the disturbances in my personal life are finally coming to an end,and I’ve found new opportunities in life. The other night I had a dream where there were a group of people lining up in front of a great source of light that was so blinding to the eyes which very much resembled the sun,and people walking towards it eventually merged into that great source of light. I have no idea what this dream could mean, but I just thought that it would be interesting for me to share this dream.
Hi Emily,
Thanks for passing on those things. The dream you mentioned sounds very inspiring and seems symbolic of people returning to the light. I’m glad to hear your recent difficulties are also drawing to a close and that you’re finding new opportunities. I hope you will be able to make the most of them.
What you and Lingling have been looking into certainly sounds very plausible and is supported by a lot of evidence, both from religion and science. I suspect that many of the events we are currently seeing in the world are the precursors to a similar stage in this cycle of creation and destruction.
I recently saw a very interesting documentary about an underwater stone circle, which was found preserved and largely intact. The fact that there were 7 upright stones seemed significant in itself and it seemed to be a possible missing link in the search for Atlantis. I won’t go into too much detail about the site, as I’m aware I tend towards lengthy comments, but I found it an inspiring discovery and wish you and Lingling every success with your own research.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for writing in and it does seem like the difficulties that I have been facing is coming to an end,and I’m not so far away from seeing light at the end of the tunnel:)
I’ve been meditating on the cycles of world ages and the periodic destructions of civilizations when people in it become morally corrupt as described by different traditions Lara mentioned recently, And I thought that I had to look more into this. While mainstream academia does not acknowledge the existence of civilizations far back in the ancient past, geological evidence clearly show that global catstrophes have occured multiple times throughout Earth’s history,and everytime it does it’s sort of like a reset button pressed for everything on the way surface of the planet. Fossil records show that the plant and animal life before and after such catastrophs are often drastically different from one another, indicating that most lifeforms which were in existence before such disasters were wiped out by the catastrophe, and the world after the diaster were repopulated by surviving lifeforms. These events are known as mass extinctions,with the most famous one may have been the one that wiped out all the dinosaurs, called the Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event, occured about 66-65 millions years ago. But this is only one of the mass extinctions which is thought to have occured in Earth’s history, before that there was an even greater mass extinction known as Permian extinction, caused more than 90% of the world’s living beings to disappear. Likely caused by supervolcanic eruptions, this has been the greatest global catastrophe known to science. The fact that mass extinctions occur at least every mill ions of years or so seem to confirm what the ancient legends of the Religion of The Sun say about the cycles of world ages, where the world is periodically destoyed by some kind of global catastrophe and pave way for new generations of life to thrive. How did these people who had no knowledge of science and technology as commonly believed knew of the cyclical nature of existence that modern science also appears to confirm? I think there is indeed a huge degree of widsom here that is within the ancient teachings.
Hi Emily,
That’s good to hear there’s hope on the horizon for you and thanks for sharing your research on China and Japan.
Yes, there seems to be ample evidence that the world’s environments have changed over millions of years. I also observed what you mentioned about fossils demonstrating this when I travelled in the Gobi desert some years ago, where fish fossils were found, indicating that the desert was once underwater.
It’s interesting what you mentioned about rigid religious beliefs, as I’ve heard it said among some mainstream Christians that dinosaur fossils were left there by the devil to test their faith, as it contradicts the literal interpretation of the Bible that the world is only a few thousand years old.
There seems to be a similar tendency to dismiss overwhelming evidence among those who staunchly oppose any discussion of climate change. It seems so obvious that the world is already going through some of the changes you mentioned and it actually seems quite insulting to those who are losing their homes and livelihoods to pretend it’s just not happening, such as with the recent extreme weather and fires in Europe, North America and Asia, which will most likely also be on the cards again for Australia when the summer returns there.
Dusky skies were reported following the fires and it’s not hard to imagine an impact winter scenario following a more devastating catastrophe, similar to those you mentioned are written in the ancient texts. Many have even lost their lives following the wild fires in Hawaii and due to the recent flooding in Beijing, with similar events becoming increasingly common, such as flooding in parts of Europe and snowploughs used in Germany during the summer to clear the remnants of a hail storm.
The documentary I mentioned about the underwater stone monument was a good example of flooding causing historic changes in the world’s environment. The site is called Atlit Yam and is situated near Israel. I watched an interesting documentary on it, which is viewable within the UK, but maybe not outside, as it probably depends on the IP address. Here’s the link for those who are able to view it though: https://www.channel5.com/show/ancient-mysteries/season-5/underwater-stonehenge
There are a few shorter videos on YouTube though, so you can have a look at those, if you’d like to find out more, along with lots of websites with details on Atlit Yam.
This is a very short introduction from The Smithsonian Channel, which mentions the presence of cup marks also typical at ancient sites in the UK and elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dku5u7dF9Kw
This longer video from Ancient Architects goes into more detail about the geographical age of the Younger Dryas and other details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIl6LcKCJ_g
I hope you find the videos interesting!
Thanks for the information about Atlit Yam, unfortunately the channel 5 was not accessible but I did look up the link from Ancient Architects. Yam is an aramaic/hebrew word for sea/ocean, yam/yama, and Atlit may come from the word for sleeping which is talit.
Maybe the people had build very close to the ocean front and when this sea arose, which seems it has done before, going by its name, it swallowed up that area of the coast. as you can see it looks like a bite has been taken out of the Atlit Bay. In my opinion they built the well too close to the sea, as its only 8-12m below sea level and perhaps too deep. I think the bottom of the well gave way to the sea water, waters rose up through the well, causing that sinking feeling as the waters washed over the land. The ocean/yam found its natural level again. As its only 12-18 metres below sea level, it doesn’t seem to me to have been part of pre world flood history, but who knows?.
The town was once held by the Knight Templers it seems, perhaps one of their last ports that helped pilgrims get to Jerusalem, as it says in the link below that it “protected the pilgrimage road from Acre to Jerusalem”. It is also said that the city was also once known as Qarta, which means cold, a severe cold, perhaps these waters were very icy cold. If the waters were icy cold, it could be that the waters come from melting ice. Which one of the links in the article below links to information about changing sea levels.
https://www.biblewalks.com/atlit
I found the site very helpful to understand about the bay and the history of it, and how the Templar’s were once a feature part of the story of this Bay. The “Other References/Links” in the article are also very interesting, some are aerial and land photos of the ancient remains of this and surround region and it did give me the feeling that I was flying over a holy land.
Hi Michael,
The case with Atlit-Yam is indeed very interesting,and it does seem to prove just what you said about what is on land today may had been underwater. There have also been fossilized sea shells and even the ancient remains of an marine reptile that lived in the Triassic Period that are been found in the Himalayas,indicating that the Himalayan region used to be part of the ocean,it was only when the Indian subcontinent clashed with the Eurasian continent that the area became bare terrain,and eventually lead to the rise of Mt. Everest. And this is just one of many examples of what was once underwater is now part of the land and vice versa. In my language we have an idiom which literally translates into English as “vast sea(turn into)mulberry fields”,to describe great changes that occur over long periods of time. And it turns out that the literal meaning of this idiom isn’t actually very far from the truth. I’m not sure of the exact origin of this idiom but it does looks like some kind of ancient wisdom from my ancestors;) I have noticed that many mainstream Christians view fossilized remains of lifeforms from ancient past as tricks of the devil that were created to fool people,but the overwhelming evidence just doesn’t seem to make any claim of that kind appear to make sense. There was a time where I used to go to Bible studies with my Christian friends on weekends, but their religious lessons just seemed somewhat bogus to me. From hearing the stories of Jesus I had a feeling that Jesus was indeed a great person,but the Christian teachings just didn’t feel right to me. From that on I decided that I was definitely not going to become a follower of their Church,and I was stuck with science and the atheistic view of the world for a period of time. I always felt there was another part of my existence that had not been fulfilled though,the spiritual purpose. Deep down I knew there was more to the material existence that we live in,and we as living beings, have some kind of connection to it. The Church that I went to just taught their followers to believe,but I was someone who didn’t really buy into blind faith and I was like,” where’s the evidence? Can I find anything out for myself? ” I stopped going to Bible studies at their Church and went on to look into other Christian schools, other Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam,as well as pegan and folk beliefs around the world. I dif find that many of those so-called “pegan” beliefs appeared to contain more truth than the other mainstream monotheistic religions,that were able to explain both the physical and the metaphysical worlds. However those beliefs are being viewed by many as primitive beliefs created by early humans who didn’t know anything rather than what they could directly perceive,so I shrugged it off as just being some form of “wild imagination of the ancients” and didn’t really take those beliefs seriously. I looked into Eastern religions such as Buddhism, perhaps as will as Taoism for answers,when I learned about the Religion of The Sun things started to click for me. As I learned more about the religion it definitely answered many questions that I used to have,as well as providing guides for developing one’s self on a spiritual level personally. Cyclic catacalysms have fascinated me for quite some time,they have appeared in many ancient writings of the Religion of The Sun. It may be easy to conclude that ancient people had an understanding of cycles in nature simply by observing them,but the fact that they spoke of even greater cycles in the grand scheme of things seem to indicate there are some great wisdom within these philosophies. Now as I have found out,that has also been proven by science as many cataclysms that caused massive devastations have occured throughout the planet’s history. Everytime it does it was like a reset button for the world. So even Younger Dryas may just be a small part of the great cycles of time here. Some who are into mass extinctions predict that the most devastating part of Holocene Extinction that is yet to come may be greater than any that have occured so far in Cenozoic Era(the time period after the asteroid hit the planet and wiped out the dinosaurs,which continues to this day, believed by most scientists to have occured around 65-66mya). And this prediction bears a similarity to many prophecies foretold by ancient cultures of the past,which state that the cataclysm lies ahead of our civilization would be greater than any that have come before. There may be very few records where descriptions of the very distant past can be found,but some traditions such as Hinduism suggest that advanced civilizations may have existed for millions of years. According to some of the information I’ve found the timeline proposed by those ancient traditions may correspond to at least some parts of the Cenozoic Era as accepted by mainstream scientists,a geological time period where many strange ancient human remains are being discovered. Some legends of fire and flood are being linked to the volcanic eruptions and Younger Dryas which impacted early humans. In many stories the Flood is said to have happened relatively shortly after the creation of the world,but ancient traditions like the Hindus do say that the world had been destroyed before,and will follow this cycle of creation and destruction until eternity. In a Chinese divination book called Tui Bei Tu it is also said that “there are endless to describe about the future”. Because the cosmic wheel will always keep on turning, so it is hard to describe all the things that have happened in the past and will eventually unfold in the future.
There is also evidence that in the Chinese mythical book of Shan Hai Jing, aside of different races of humans such as dwarfs and giants, there are also descriptions of what are likely to be now-extinct animal species that lived alongside early humans in prehistoric times such as saber-tooth tigers, or perhaps a very large whale that were even bigger than modern-day blue whale. There are some mythical creatures recorded in Shan Hai Jing that may had been real-life animals which lived alongside people of that time,and people made records of them,with stories of them passed down throughout the centuries. So I am convinced that there are a lot of truth in these ancient stories,and there are indeed untold parts of our history that are very important to us,but have been removed from official narratives for a reason.
Hi Michael,
I forgot to say that climate change is definitely a thing and I could feel the weather going crazy. There was also a flood where I am,but fortunately myself and those people I know were safe. Clearly something is going on in this world,and it’s only a matter of time before everything get completely out of control. I’ve had a nightmare about what appeared to be the “impeding doom” of our civilization the other night, where I saw visions of people fighting each other in intense battles,with what seemed like high-tech weapons, and the spread of plagues,as well as natural disasters that come and go on a regular basis. Amongst the most intense visions that I saw, there were one appeared to be massive volcanic eruptions, super-massive earthquakes,as well as bolides flying across the sky. I woke up in terror from the nightmare because it was simply too scary for me to experience. I cried out for protection in my bed,not really sure who I was calling to, since I live in my apartment all by myself. Soon I went back to sleep and didn’t remember dreaming about anything scary since. I’m not sure what this nightmare could mean,was it just the result of me overthinking or could there be a deeper meaning behind it? What I am sure about though is that I can definitely tell something crazy is going on in the world at this particular point in time.
Hi Michael (and others), regarding climate change, I just wanted to point out that there is a lot of evidence by now how the different changes in the weather and environment that are happening are not entirely “natural”, so to speak… Here is a good discussion of the presidential candidate RFK Jr. with Dane Wigington, who has been researching the topic of artificial geoingeneering for decades, and has uncovered many nefarious activities going on: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/us-presidential-candidate-robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-dane-wigington-is-climate-engineering-real/
On the spiritual level, I was thinking, that while the different natural catastrophies indeed need to come, and are already coming in many regions of the world (we have had terrible floods here in Slovenia recently too) as a part of the Divine retribution, the “mechanics” of how they are happening may be done in different ways, one of them being the Darkness playing the role by exacerbating the problem, and in many cases, directly causing it by already well developed weather weapons that a regular citizen has no idea exist. I won’t go deeper into this, as its a huge topic obviously, but just wanted to bring up this aspect of things, which often gets either ridiculed or overlooked. That’s why I think its important that a presidential candidate as RFK Jr. has a courage to bring the attention to this issue.
Hmm climate change….I’m not sure any more! I used to think it’s a thing obviously, but then started getting suspicious about the narrative. And it was a biggy to tackle mentally, there was so much self-censorship because the culturally-absorbed idea that it was all just conclusive and anyone who questioned the science was somehow either mentally or morally inferior. But then I started to distrust the “science” on so much I started to wonder if the climate science might be skewed too! Nowadays I tend to look at any of the big narratives in the media with a huge amount of skepticism, like it’s all a show to push mass opinion and action towards a certain direction that has nothing to do with truth or news. Obviously the climate has changed dramatically in the past and there have been devastating natural disasters. The climate may well be changing now and there must be the same natural disasters that mankind has known since the Flood and maybe before, but I think the link between CO2 and fossil fuel use and climate change is up for debate. I think we see all the pollution and the way we live out of harmony with nature and link that with climate change, but it’s not the same thing. I also think there’s enough evidence to show that weather-modifying technology has been developed, the question is… is it being used more than we know, and is it behind some of these disasters that are being called natural?
A lot of the details around the way many of the fires this summer have happened looks really sinister if you seek out alternative media reports, especially the fires in Hawaii. Local people say they’ve been battling with property developers for years to keep their land, this is beach-front, mega-million potential real estate. Some people think it was arson in order to eventually redevelop the land – a very common reason for wild fires in Greece sadly. Some people think that directed energy weapons were used (which by the way, apparently can’t penetrate certain shades of blue, light blues I think, which is kind of fascinating!) which would just be evil beyond belief.
In one of the ‘climate change denier’ interviews I watched, (and it turns out there are lots of sensible scientists with reasonable objections to the climate change narrative, but I would never have even given them a chance previously!) it was pointed out that because of the technology we have now, less people actually lose their lives due to climate disasters than historically!
One thing that’s often brought up is that there’s one big influence on our climate that is rarely talked about – the Sun! It’s meant to have a huge impact on the fluctuations of warmer and colder periods that the earth goes through…
As an aside, I personally find this is not something that I feel able to talk about openly with most people, because of the absolute strength of people’s conviction and contempt held for ‘climate deniers’. The thing is, because it’s in the news all the time, and we can see it happening around us, they’re right, and I agree with you, – something is going on! But I’m just not sure it’s what we’re being told!
Hi Ella& Lucia,
I think your idea of ” weather-controlling technology” sounds interesting and I didn’t know about it. I did a little bit of research on this matter and found out that there are some people who believe in this theory,and it could be that the government agencies of many countries have developed this technology. HAARP is one of the most notorious examples. A friend of mine in California told me days ago that Hurricane Hilary brought rainfall in where she lives,and given that hurricanes are rarely seen in the US West Coast,We are all convinced that there is something going on with the climate. Whatever maybe behind all these things,it doesn’t look good to me. Weather-controlling technology sounds sinister to me in a way since artificially manipulating the forces that should be controlled by nature may produce some kind of chaos in the atmosphere,and it may serve as a cause for future devastations. With all kinds of information flooding the media and the Internet,I feel it can be hard to know who is telling the truth. No one speaks of all the truth, since I believe most who publishes information out there have some kind of agenda to promote. What is really behind all these catastrophes and extreme weather condtions occuring around the world may be something that we commonfolks would never know for certain. I’ve seen evidence that appear to support both sides’ arguments,but neither side can come up with something conclusive. And these arguments are often used in political affairs for the struggle between different politicians for power…so I see a lot of mess in all these narratives so I have decided to not make much comments on them personally.
I came across a really interesting researcher: https://twitter.com/RealDutchsinse, he deletes his posts soon after posting them so you kind of have to follow a while to see what he says. His take on what’s happening is very interesting. He’s pieced together astronomical observations with weather and solar observations, as well as historical catastrophes, and concluded that there’s an electro-magnetic wave that oscillates throughout the galaxy–something we’ve observed in other galaxies, but the science is strangely lacking in connecting this known phenomena to our own galaxy. Apparently, scientists have even discovered a sine-wave-like electro-magnetic shape just outside the solar system. The implications are significant, as it looks as if in the next 50-100 years we’ll be entering the main body of the wave. The researcher also connects this to other phenomena, such as micro-novae, and posits that the additional energy and particles of the galactic wave could trigger significant events in the sun that would obviously have significant effects on the earth as well.
I think I confused the researcher I mentioned (who researches earthquakes in a similar way) with this one: https://twitter.com/SunWeatherMan
Hi Lucia, Ella, Emily & Julian,
Thanks for your comments and thanks Lucia for the video links to the RFK Jr. interview. I listened to it in full, along with The Dimming documentary on the same website and found the videos to be both highly informative, with a logical, evidence-based approach. I couldn’t identify anything problematic within the discussions that were raised, so would have no hesitation in recommending both videos to others. I heard about chemtrails around 10 years ago, but these videos shed light on their widespread use globally.
I’ve been interested in RFK Jr.’s discussions for some years, particularly in relation to his concerns about the negative health consequences of the current vaccine schedule in the USA, in which new born babies are subjected to an onslaught of vaccinations concurrently, without any allowance for their tiny bodies to accommodate the pathogens and adjuvants injected, some of which they would not ordinarily come into contact with at such a young age, like Hepatitis B.
As you may know, he and Robert De Niro also offered a substantial financial reward of $100,000 to anyone who could prove the current vaccine schedule is safe for women and children, which as far as I know is yet to be claimed. It’s a pertinent issue, particularly in relation to the immunity from prosecution within the USA, which protects manufacturers and effectively allows them to add any substance to vaccines as adjuvants, including neurotoxic elements like mercury and aluminium, with total impunity.
I tend not to side with the either/or perspective of mainstream versus alternative media, as I feel both can have value and be informative when accessed selectively and with discernment. I’ve seen reports vilifying RFK Jr. within the mainstream media, which highlighted problematic claims he is alleged to have made, and would disagree with some of those points, if they were correctly reported. But I have to say I have never heard him actually say anything that is unreasonable when listening to him directly. I follow his channel on YouTube and recently came across a short documentary on the issue of unregulated immigration into the USA and the social and economic problems it causes.
The video is called Midnight at the Border and it is another contentious issue for discussion, due to the ethical considerations of the humanitarian need to allow safe passage for legitimate asylum seekers, balanced against the need to control organised criminals racketeering from people trafficking and the influx of drugs, and in some cases also criminals, into the USA. It was included in a recent Dr. Mercola article, who was also singled out by The Centre for Countering Digital Hate as one of the “Disinformation Dozen”, but I’ve been reading his articles for 10 years and he generally gives well researched and evidence-based information critiquing the official narratives within the field of health care and other areas, as do many others targeted by the CCDH.
Another article recently on his site looks at the ways in which the overwhelming peer-reviewed evidence in favour of ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment was squashed by mainstream media, despite (or rather, because of) it being so cheap to prescribe. A search on PubMed, which is a US government website and part of the NIH, quickly reveals the body of evidence that already exists. More recently, Mercola detailed the ways in which Wikipedia has been high-jacked to give a standardised viewpoint and includes an interview with one of its co-founders.
The refugee issue is close to my heart in some ways, as I am the descendent of a refugee who fled religious persecution several generations ago. So if Britain had not been willing to allow him safe passage, I would not be alive today in my current physical body.
But I also understand the need to regulate migration, particularly in countries like Greece, where many genuine refugees fleeing conflict in Syria arrive regularly on small islands that are economically unequipped to accommodate them, due to the ongoing financial crisis within the country, which still harshly affects many citizens in ways that would seem outrageous in more affluent countries like Australia, the USA and UK.
Incidentally, I have also heard of the opportunism from arsonists at prime resorts, which was previously mentioned, such as in Greece and Hawaii, where profiteers capitalise on the dry conditions, regardless of the suffering caused to those whose homes, or sometimes even lives are lost.
I felt RFK Jr. looked at the refugee issue in a well considered manner, speaking face to face with people who had crossed the border about their circumstances. He found one genuine refugee, but the majority were simply in pursuit of a better life in America for themselves and their families, where they hoped to fulfil their dreams. But, as well as the influx of illegal drugs over the border, he also highlighted the risk of exploitation to those crossing, with women and children often being sexually abused by traffickers, including a girl of 5 years old. The estimated revenue for people trafficking into the USA is also quoted in the video as $13 billion during 2022.
What I also liked about RFK Jr.’s presentation is that he didn’t dismiss Donald Trump’s plans of building a secure wall between Mexico and the USA, even though it had been discontinued by Joe Biden’s administration, and despite RFK Jr. and Biden both being Democrats and Trump being a Republican. However, the importance of the need to allow safe routes for genuine refugees was also highlighted as being vital.
I generally have very little respect for Donald Trump and am puzzled as to why so many still believe he offers any real alternative to the status quo, and struggle to identify other areas in which he benefited society during his presidency. But if an idea is useful or beneficial, it shouldn’t matter who thought of it, whether or not I disagree with Trump’s other stances, such as his blanket ban on Muslims entering the country and appeal to far right groups, which is a far cry from Thomas Jefferson’s statement on The First Amendment “It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god”.
I also found Trump’s position on Covid-19 contradictory, such as raising the discussion on hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment on the one hand, while at the same time pressuring the FDA to grant emergency authorisation for the Pfizer vaccine under Operation Warp Speed, boasting about his success with the vaccine roll out and that he “Got the Pfizer”, then awarding pivotal roles to Pfizer associates, where he owns stocks, along with Johnson & Johnson. His investment portfolio also includes various Big Oil and chemical companies and major banks, which may explain his dismissive position on climate change.
It seems to me that Trump’s statement that he would “Drain the swamp” is just a case of The Emperor’s New Clothes. I also found it highly peculiar that after footage emerged of Trump boasting about his preferred method for sexually assaulting women a few years ago, t-shirts quoting his famous “Grab ‘em” line are still commercially available online, proudly modelled by female supporters, perhaps in preparation for the upcoming elections.
Although it some ways, it is not surprising within the context of the halo effect, which is a psychological term for cognitive bias, whereby if a person or group are seen as being one of the “good guys”, those who support them will filter out any negative information in favour of that which supports their original impression. The opposite also applies to those who are considered outside the favoured group, whereby any negative characteristics are amplified, which may explain the increasing polarisation in society.
As far as I can see, Trump contributed little to the discussion on climate change either, instead, withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and ridiculing Greta Thunberg’s activism. But by contrast, the interviewees in The Dimming all seemed to offer common sense, down-to-earth, science-based points, which are very much worth being aware of, as they impact us all.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see Dietrich Klinghardt’s contribution to the video. I usually listen to documentary videos while doing other things, rather than watching them, as I don’t usually have time to sit through hours of footage. But I recognised his voice, as I have admired his work for some years and previously made enquiries about participating in a workshop he was hosting. I find Dr. Klinghardt is one of the most knowledgeable within the medical field and has a thorough understanding of conventional medicine, along with issues that are classed as “alternative”.
I have previously been aware of his work on the dangers of EMF frequencies, particularly in combination with toxic metals, which are also so prevalent in the environment and which he discusses in The Dimming. For this reason, I made a personal choice to use chelation treatment to reduce toxic metals, which showed as being high on tests. In particular, mercury was a problem, which is most likely to have originated from fish consumption, as I have no dental fillings.
The level of experience of both RFK Jr. and Dane Wigington in their discussion also stood out, as they have a combined knowledge of 60 years’ research experience between them. Whereas, I found it quite comical that soon after the Covid-19 lockdowns, many people seemed to become experts in health care almost overnight. I’ve studied both mainstream and alternative health care above a basic high school level for 30 years, but still don’t consider myself an expert, as if I were, I would not have ongoing health problems myself. So it made a refreshing change to hear the perspectives of people who are genuinely qualified within their respective fields and I feel RFK Jr. would provide a genuine antidote to the status quo, if elected as the next US president.
Other points in the RFK Jr. interview also stood out, such as his discussion around the hypocrisy of Bill Gates’ climate control business ventures, having been a major investor in fossil fuel industries for many years. But to quote The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: “Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury”. The documentary also pointed out that some of Gates’ so-called solutions actually made it less possible to use natural energy sources, which would otherwise be beneficial alternatives to burning fossil fuels.
Regarding fossil fuels, I have yet to encounter any convincing argument that they have not been a major contributor to climate change. But the case for geoengineering is also compelling. I don’t see these two causes as mutually exclusive and they seem to confirm that the main cause of climate change is from human activity. I know very little about the electro-magnetic wave, which Julian mentioned has been researched, but will probably check it out on Twitter, where I already have an account.
Fortunately we have the luxury for now of debating whether climate change is part of a natural evolution of the earth’s environments, as we are currently less affected by it, in comparison to what is predicted over the next few decades. But I feel that information is useful when it encourages us to act in a way that doesn’t cause harm to ourselves or to others. So I see very little harm in making efforts to live in a more sustainable way, with less government control, such as living off grid and growing our own food without the aid of toxic chemicals, particularly as food waste is said to also be a major contributor to climate change.
In this respect, it doesn’t really matter that much to me whether climate change would have happened without human intervention. And perhaps by the time a conclusive answer emerges, we would all be dead anyway. But if there is any doubt, I feel it’s better to act in a way that avoids potential harm. For example, if I were discharging raw sewage or toxic chemicals into the water supply, I could discuss for years whether it is actually harmful to people, while waiting for conclusive data to emerge, which is a common practice by companies like Monsanto and DuPont. But if there is any doubt, I would rather err on the side of caution and stop those activities for others that are unlikely to cause harm.
One point towards the end of The Dimming documentary stood out to me, which came from the biophysicist Christine Trame, who said: “You can’t change anything when you are dead, so as long as you are alive, do something”. It seems a point worth keeping in mind.
My theory is that there may be an untold part of the story where the mainstream academia would not acknowledge people of, that is the true length of time which advanced civilizations have appeared in the world. Atlantis may have even been a fairly recent advanced civilization that had been in existence, many more that we know nothing about could have come and gone. To be honest, with no clear evidence it is almost impossible to know when the first advanced civilization on the planet came into existence,but given the fact that so many global catastrophes have occured in the past,it really makes me wonder how much of the truths regarding our past have been lost and may never be found. For all we know there could have been numerous civilizations that have practiced the Religion of The Sun, that were later lost in the river of time and vanished out of all knowledge. These civilizations may had been built by beings that define all our imaginations, for they may not have looked exactly like the humans that are in existence today, or even what we might consider to be a human in the first place! This may sound crazy at first glance but I’ve looked into some of the mythological figures around the world such as Nuwa from my own culture and have found that they seem to have an “unhuman” look in their appearence. like Nuwa is a being who is described to be half-human and half-serpent, and many deities of ancient Egypt have animal-like parts of their look. So I think it would not surprise me at all if the builders of the most ancient civilizations in the world looked nothing like us, but they had the intelligence of understanding themselves and the world around them, and had the ability of cultivating the Spiritual just like us to reach enlightenment. In my opinion I think it is really hard to imagine what could come into light as new discoveries about the distant past are being made,and how much secrets are still out there awaiting to blow our minds!
I think the finding of Atlantis would be really interesting, as the confirmed discovery of it would have to force historians to rewrite our history book;)
Many of the prophecies mentioned in ancient texts of the Religion of The Sun regarding what would happen in this world before the ending of this age has clearly come true. And it would not be surprising to find that another destructive cataclysm may be near the horizon. I know someone who is into natural history but doesn’t believe in any kind of religion who says that he believes we as a species may come to face another mass extinction soon. Upon looking into the global catastrophes that are confirmed by scientists to have happened in the past, and watching some recreations of those destructive events using CGI of how those events may have looked like to the creatures that were alive at the time, and meditating on the descriptions of Ragnorok in Norse mythology as well as the End Time described in Christian Bible, I found similarities between what is being reconsturcted using CGI to demonstrate how the dinosaurs went extinct, for example, and the descriptions of the forcoming cataclysm in ancient texts. For instance,Fimbulvetr, which is said to be an extremely long winter that would preclude Ragnorok could be understood as a some kind of Ice Age that would cause many lives to perish, as with the many Ice Ages that are known to have come before our current age. In the Bible it is said that at the end time stars in the sky would appear to be “falling from the sky”, for a long time I actually didn’t really understand what this could have meant, until I came across a CGI recreation of what scientists think could have happened after an asteriod or meteorite hit the Earth. After this large object hitting the Earth most of it would evaporate due to friction produced while coming into contact with the Earth’s atmosphere,other parts of it would break into pieces and fly into the air. But due to gravity of the planet, those pieces would eventually come down from the sky. And when they do they would appear as bolides,or bright fiery shooting stars that seem to be burning across the sky. And that to me, does seem to resemble what is described in the Bible as ” stars falling from the sky”. The Bible also mentions that at the time of Judgment, people rich and poor would be seeking shelter in caves. Could this be an indicator that they are trying to hide away from something that are coming down from above their heads? I don’t have an definitive answer on this, but these are just some of my thoughts on the matter.
I have also noticed simialrities between Hindu and Christian narratives which both Kalki and Jesus would return to this world atop a White Horse. I think this should also not be a coincidence. Unfortunately I don’t really have access to the Gnostic texts, but from reading the most common version of the Bible, especially the New Testament regarding Jesus and Judgement Day,I think it’s not hard to find traces of the Religion of the Sun in there,but with interpretations presented by most Churches today it’s hard to imagine exactly how many contemporary Christians have been brainwashed by this altered version of Jesus’s teachings that were created as a means for control. From the historical background of Christianity in the Roman Empire it’s clear that the later emperors of Rome had intentions of using the Chrisitian religion as a means for control and secure their own powers. So it would not be surprising to find that many teachings of Jesus were being excluded from the Bible. Gnostic texts essentially suggest that the true essence of Chrisitianity as a religion founded by Jesus would be an offshoot of the so-called pegan religions that Christians today oppose to, and that could shake the entire foundation of their faith. It’s kinda scary to think that the most widespread religion in the world today could be nothing more than a lie created for the sole purpose of controlling the population,and that true Chrisitianity, which is in accordance with the Religion of the Sun, may have been long forgotten.
Hi Emily, just wanted to say that the website “sacred-texts.com” has some Gnostic texts available for reading there. They tend to be very esoteric and symbolic, but Gospel of Thomas (https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/thomas.htm) is a very good one to start with IMO, as there Jesus talks to his disciples in a more direct way, explaining many things to them, like for example this: “Jesus said, “If they say to you, ‘Where did you come from?’, say to them, ‘We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established [itself] and became manifest through their image.’ If they say to you, ‘Is it you?’, say, ‘We are its children, we are the elect of the Living Father.’ If they ask you, ‘What is the sign of your father in you?’, say to them, ‘It is movement and repose.'”
Hi Lucia,
Some of the things Jesus said here definitely sound very ” taoist” to me,no wonder why some people think he was a Taoist lol. Indeed he was teaching the same principles taught by many other teachers of the religion of the sun. Where he talks about “the place of light” it does sound like he was making references to the Spiritual Sun. These teachings definitely did not look right to those who attempted to use the name of Jesus as a means for control, therefore these teachings were excluded from the Bible. There has always been debates among followers of different religions and historians as to who Jesus really was,they can range anywhere from the Savior sent by God that most of Chrisitians believe,a prophet to the Muslims, and perhaps to a Jewish man with secular thoughts by some historians. As for who I think he was, personally I believe he came into this world,born into a society that was filled with curruption and injustice,had an attempt to reseed spirutual knowledge in this dark age, although people still appeared to follow the ancient religion on the surface in the society that he was born into. There were a lot of curruptions in the society of his time, where many of those in power did not adhere to the righteous way of governing,and the poor were being treated unfairly; esoteric knowledge may also had been lost. Jesus came as an attempt the reseed spiritual knowledge as well as reestablishing the rightious path in the world,but obviously he failed and the narrow-minded ones of this world use his name in ways which he did not intend. Abrahamic religions use the concept of Final Judgment likely as a way to frighten the population in some way so that they can follow the Church/the Caliphs’lead without questioning in the hope of getting into Heaven/Paradise simply by doing what their religious leaders ask of them, while the actual work towards reuniting with one’s Higher Self have not been actually acknowledged. Those who practice the esoteric are being deemed as heretics or infidels and face severe persecutions. Traditions in the East,like the traditions of Hinduism, Taoism and perhaps as well as Shintoism appear being preserved better where Abrahamic religions haven’t had as much of an influence. However, with the rise of atheism in contemporary to modern times,they too appear to be slowing going out of favor. The ancient Solar Religion,as I can see it,does appear to be dying all over the world. Jesus tried to reestablish it in this age,but despite everything he did,the attempt didn’t turn out very successful. I don’t know of any wisdom bringer who came after Jesus and he may be the very last one. Really wish that the Atwoods could recover more of this ancient religion and bring it back into light,and I’m also trying to discover more about the spiritual past of my culture on my own,even though I know that I am nothing compared to the wisdom bringers who are really spiritually advanced.
Hi Emily,
I agree it’s a pity that Christian teachings have been distorted by some groups in society over many centuries as a means of social control. It’s something that seems to have happened from the early years of the Christian church, with the omission of Jesus’ more esoteric teachings from The Bible, right up until the present day.
It’s very peculiar how some of those who are so fervent in their religious beliefs can also act in ways that are horrific and go against the core principles of the religions they claim to follow. There are many examples of this throughout history, such as the atrocities committed by Christian zealots attempting to forcibly covert others. Or the Ku Klux Klan’s claim to be a religious organisation in support of moral virtues, with an estimated 2/3 of its lecturers being Protestant ministers at one time, while some of its members also historically committed brutal acts of violence, rape and murder.
Also in recent history, the treatment of young women and men in religious institutions, particularly in Ireland and Australia is appalling. It was UK government policy during the last century to deport children who were considered to be from unfavourable homes to Australia and other commonwealth countries, where they often suffered terrible abuse at the hands of those in charge of the religious institutions in which they were placed. Attempts by parents to locate their children were blocked, while children were often told their parents had died.
Some of these cases are sensitively portrayed in the movie Oranges and Sunshine, which focuses on boys sent to Bindoon, near Perth, Western Australia. The boys were forced into slave labour and commonly experienced both physical and sexual abuse, including beatings with weapons, by The Christian Brothers they were housed with. The film is based on Margaret Humphreys’ book Empty Cradles, in which Margaret recounts her experience of investigating the wide scale removal of up to 150,000 children as young as 3 years old, which carried on until 1970.
Similarly, the notorious Magdalene Laundries are well known in Ireland, where pregnant young women were sent if unmarried and then usually forced to give up their babies for adoption. Many of the nuns running these institutions saw it as their right to inflict brutal punishments on the young women, as retribution for what they considered to be their immoral action, even though in some cases young women became pregnant as a result of abuse by priests. One woman’s search to reunite with her son is also tenderly portrayed in the book and film Philomena.
The singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor once stayed in a section of a one of these institutions during her childhood, next to the hospital wing, where some of the young women who had been institutionalised during their early adulthood had since grown into elderly women with health care needs. Sinéad mentioned that some of the women were in pain and she could hear them crying out for help during the night, yet none of the nuns made any attempt to attend to their needs or offer support or comfort to them.
Along with the mistreatment within these religious institutions, Sinéad was also appalled by the widespread covering up of sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic church, where it was standard policy to simply move offenders on to new parishes, where they could then resume their offending on a different set of victims. I once met a bishop who was instrumental in covering up this type of abuse and recall during an interview on national radio, where his role was questioned, he simply said that it was “a great frustration” that he acted in such a negligent manner.
This type of distortion of the church’s teachings is what led Sinéad to tear up a photo of Pope John Paul II live on US television, following her performance of Bob Marley’s song War. I remember at the time following the media narrative that she was just a crazy woman, but having heard her side of the story, I feel it was actually quite a brave act of protest against corruption within powerful organisations, especially considering the media furore that followed.
Sinéad actually became a priest herself later in life and explained that she was protesting against the manner in which the controversies surrounding the Catholic church were detracting from the core message of its teachings. Unfortunately, the religious right in America was not able to accommodate these kinds of nuances, so radio bans and destruction of Sinéad’s recorded music ensued, with discussions becoming increasingly hostile. One female interviewee also commented that in Sinéad’s case, childhood abuse was “justified”.
A similar uproar followed John Lennon’s off the cuff, although arguably true, remark that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus among younger people, at that particular point in time. The KKK were also keen to be involved in burning Beatles records and intimidation, and I recall a TV clip of a member dressed in his white robe, explaining their moral role as a “religious” organisation.
The same kind of fanatical response dogged the US country band The Dixie Chicks, after their singer made an impromptu comment during a gig in the UK that she didn’t support the Iraq invasion by Western troops, which was later found to have been founded on false claims anyway. The band’s singer Natalie Maines faced death threats as a result and an interviewer on a US show commented that she should be tried for treason and “deserves to be slapped around.”
It’s also ironic how some religious leaders who portray an outward appearance of piety can readily behave in immoral ways when the cameras are off. For example, the famous US TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart received vast sums of money from his supporters, estimated at around $150 million per year. He portrayed a wholesome family-orientated image, at one time broadcasting to over 100 countries, but was later found to be a regular customer of a local call girl. Ironically, this came only a few months after he had publicly vilified Rev. Jim Bakker following an adultery scandal, after which Bakker was fired from his multi-million dollar Praise the Lord station.
There was also a fairly recent series of high profile arrests and prosecutions in the UK under Operation Yewtree for historic sexual abuse by well known celebrities, some of whom were loved and respected nationally for their charitable works and friendly family-oriented personas, but were actually found to be prolific offenders, often of underage children. One of those prosecuted was the TV personality Rolf Harris, and interviewees in a recent documentary highlighted the ease in which he was able to switch on celebrity mode and become charming and engaging when it suited his aims.
I also recently watched a documentary on the role The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has played in buying a favourable public image for Bill Gates, following his prosecution during his time at Microsoft for using underhand tactics to ensure market dominance. Ironically, although on the face of it, his charitable foundation aims to rectify health and social inequalities, particularly in developing countries, the bulk of its income actually goes to wealthy institutions in developed nations, while farming projects in African countries ensure that many subsistence farmers are locked into a system of debt, which they struggle to get out of. Meanwhile, Gates’ personal wealth has increased by US$41 billion since becoming a philanthropist, with an estimated net worth of $126 billion, making him the 4th richest in the world.
Gates has also invested in the arms trade, private prisons, and the tobacco and fast food industries, while also being the second biggest investor in the WHO at one time, with only the US government as a bigger investor. His $300 million funding to the news media also insures a favourable coverage and a soft focus on PR scandals, such as his relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
I find the bravery of those who spoke about against Gates commendable, particularly given the power and media influence he holds. Likewise, I admire those who were willing to testify against Rolf Harris as part of his prosecution for historic offences.
It’s a sorry state of affairs that there is so much deception within the world, both within the ranks of the rich and powerful and within everyday life. I generally find it far more comfortable interacting with people who have flaws, but who recognise and are honest about them, rather than those who maintain an outward facade, while covering up unpleasant characteristics underneath the surface, like the bishop I mentioned.
For example, despite John Lennon’s many faults, he at least acknowledged them and tried to make an effort to change. He also commented “Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.”
Hi Michael, Emily, and anyone who may have been pondering upon the nature of Christian religion today, Jesus’s mission, etc… :-) Regardless of the obvious degeneration and literal evil that is present in today’s society (including the Church as Michael mentioned), I have been wondering more about the doctrinal issue for a good while… I mean, I used to have a simple view that basically Jesus came, gave a teaching, which got gradually distorted after his death, some more esoteric aspects rejected, true followers persecuted, etc…, until a few hundred years later they established the “official” version of Christianity by deciding on a version that became approved and governed by Rome, and anything that was not in-line with it was pronounced a heresy. And so we ended up with a watered-down version of Christianity that lacked some deeper and significant aspects of Jesus’s teachings.
And while all that is indeed true (as far as I can see), I have also been wondering about the personal relationship with Jesus many people claim to be having. I have been listening to the testimonies of different people from different backgrounds, and there is undeniable common denominator in these testimonies that could be summarised like this: a person comes to a breaking point in their life, where all the avenues he/she had been using till that point are exhausted or closed, and in desperation, they call upon the name of Jesus Christ, and their prayer is answered and their life turns for the better literally in an instant, even though often they still have to battle their issues, but the main heavy obstacle seems to be lifted. I remember some time ago listening to a testimony of an addict who after this kind of breakthrough prayer didn’t feel the irresistible urge to the addictive activity anymore. Like they still had the thoughts about engaging in the addictive activity that they had to fight, but that strong pull that they were not able to resist before was not there anymore. Then there are other people that got forgiven their sins by Jesus, and others healed, etc. Another category seems to be the people coming from the New Age movement that got their messed up psychology put into balance by internally confessing and putting their trust in Jesus Christ. Some even explain how by engaging in certain activities, like drugs or even doing certain Yoga practices, a person can open some channels within themselves to allow the evil spirits to enter and how sincerely praying to Jesus helped them with that. One woman explained how she also got helped during the so-called “deliverance prayer session”, where many Christian people came together and prayed for those in the need of deliverance from an evil that got to reside in them. She described how she felt a certain heaviness lifting from her after these people prayed for her, and how it never came back.
And at the end, a special category seems to be the former Muslims. According to some information I came across, there seems to be very high numbers of Muslims being contacted by what they describe as Jesus Christ, or “Isa”, or “a man in a white robe”, etc…, who appears to them in their dreams or visions, and many convert to Christianity after such experiences. In fact, its been stated that around 70 – 80 percent of the Muslims who converted to Christianity did so after having these kinds of supernatural experiences. Here is a good video on the topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-yn5IIufw&t=476s
Now I just wanted to mention all this as I have been thinking that even though Christianity may be lacking many things today, it is still helping people to come out of their troubles, and that the Being of Jesus seems to be there for anyone sincerely searching for the spiritual truth and help. I mean, there seems to be a lot of sincerity among many Christians, especially those that went through hard times before, and that they seem to be connecting to the real Being of Jesus. I was also thinking, that even though the deeper aspect of Jesus’s teachings is not publicly known, that has also been the case in the Jesus’s times, where he clearly separated the more esoteric version of his teachings (given to the disciples) from the more exoteric version given to the public. I guess what I am getting at is that maybe some people have to experience Christianity in this more simple aspect, where even though they won’t devote their life to the most high mysteries, they still benefit from it, and can have a direct contact with the Divine, and maybe prepare themselves to do a more esoteric work in their next life. One thing I am not sure about though, is how people really sincerely believe that if they believe in Jesus Christ, they are “saved” and go to heaven, because he died for their sins. I mean, its a really provoking concept, because it sounds nice – that a pure, Divine being, out of compassion, would come here, have himself to be killed, and via this martyr death, redeem all who truly believe in him. I have even read on different websites Christians speculating, based on studying Biblical texts, that maybe there are 2 salvations – one smaller one, and one bigger one (you can see an example of such a post here https://www.christianityboard.com/blogs/the-two-salvations.1928/) . This concept of “2 salvations” is interesting, as even though I don’t necessarily agree with how they explain those 2 salvations, it still kind of makes sense that Jesus in his great intelligence would make a multi-level teaching in his mission, and that even simple people with no capacity for a deep esoteric work would benefit from his actions somehow…
Anyway, I just felt I wanted to share these thoughts as I have been pondering upon all this and more for a long time, and as the publication of the new book by Mark and Lara is approaching (which Lara mentioned should also contain some new information about Jesus), I thought I would throw my thoughts out here to see what people thought. :-) Hope everyone is staying strong and inspired to keep moving forward in their spiritual work.
Hi Lucia,
Yes, it makes sense that some people would have spiritual experiences with Jesus in some form, just as others have reported with Odin and other deities. There are a number of Catholic shrines that originated after ordinary village people had some kind of vision from Jesus, Mary, or other saints and were prompted to build a shrine afterwards.
For example, the shrine at Knock in Ireland was founded after several villagers saw visions at the same time. Although interestingly, the parish priest didn’t see the same visions and didn’t actually bother to go and investigate the reports from his parishioners. Also the young Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes reported multiple visions of Mary and was later instructed to dig for water, after which she uncovered a spring, which became the foundation of the healing grotto.
Three children in Fatima in Portugal also reported visions of Mary, after which the shrine was founded, although one of the girls later questioned the authenticity of her visions. I’ve also encountered a number of people who believed they were receiving divine instruction, but who were actually very mentally unwell at the time. But it still seems there are individuals who do actually manage to connect with some kind of divine guidance and I wish I could feel this divine help more regularly myself.
What you mentioned about people reporting being helped by Jesus during a crisis point in their lives reminded me of an experience I had several years ago, which I mentioned before, during what was probably the worst period of my life. I felt totally stuck, due to the multiple layers of restrictions and entrapments that were placed upon me, which affected every aspect of my life in significant ways and which I had to face mainly in isolation. I was starting to lack faith, as it seemed that my prayers fell on deaf ears, no matter how sincerely I asked for help and guidance, or how hard I tried. But I was reassured to be given an indication that there was actually divine support, with a particular state I was struggling with literally disappearing overnight.
I also knew a guy who was once homeless and an addict, who changed his life around after converting to Christianity and later wanted to train to become a priest. And although there is a lot of corruption within mainstream Christianity, the core values can often be very helpful when people apply them correctly. For example, the Emmaus charity, which was founded by a priest and seeks to improve the lives of homeless people. Or some of the Christians I know who are charitable and make a difference in the lives of others who are vulnerable, such as adopting children with learning disabilities.
On the other hand, there are those who are fervent in their beliefs when at church, but whose values seem to be thrown aside as soon as they go back into everyday life. It’s a shame that a lot of people seem to get sidetracked by inflexible dogma, which is often based purely on beliefs and theories, which they have little direct experience of.
I like Jesus’ response in the Gospel of John, in which he encounters a group who are determined to punish a woman who has committed adultery by stoning her to death, in keeping with their religious laws. Jesus’ response “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” highlights the hypocrisy of the group who blindly followed religious laws, whilst lacking insight into their own sinful actions. The scenario also highlights the absurdity of some aspects of rigid religious dogma, such as murder being considered a “lesser evil” than adultery.
You may be interested in a BBC documentary called Extreme Pilgrim, in which a Church of England vicar called Peter Owen-Jones stayed in several remote spiritual settings to try to get closer to enlightenment. In one episode, he stayed in a cave in the desert, under the distant guidance of a monk who followed the teachings of St Anthony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VjU_505i6E
It was revealing that Peter reported struggling with many emotions when he was isolated in the cave and it showed that regardless of the social status we may attain within a religious group, we each still need to face the same kind of reactions when less comfortable circumstances arise, or when our daily comforts are taken away from us.
The belief of automatic salvation within mainstream Christianity unfortunately seems to provide a false sense of security in this respect. I can understand it in some ways, as it is unsettling to realise that we have no great privilege or guarantee of salvation, so the idea that we are saved just by adopting a belief system is a convenient denial of the reality of our situation.
But it also seems very illogical and unfair that someone who did good many deeds (albeit with some flaws) such as Mahatma Gandhi would be denied salvation for not being a Christian, whereas members of the IRA or South American gangs would automatically go to heaven for being Catholics, despite engaging in violence and murder.
I generally tend to boil things down to what I’ve personally experienced, whilst keeping an interest in areas that are more theoretical. I’ve had an interest in the paranormal since I was 10 and was brought up as a Christian, and I still find it very interesting and often inspiring to hear people’s first hand accounts of metaphysical phenomena. Although I also wonder if each of us only retained what we’ve actually experienced directly and discarded extraneous beliefs, how much we’d each genuinely know about ourselves and the world.
It’s understandable that so many in the world are comforted by beliefs, as it’s a much easier option than the hard work of going through struggles and adversities, in order to gain insight into our own psyche and how it affects us. But it’s also reassuring that there are a small number of people in the world who are willing to get to a deeper level of self knowledge, and as a result, a better understanding of others too.
Hi Lucia,
I really enjoyed reading your post as I have had very similar thoughts regarding Jesus and Christianity.
It’s very hard for me to put it into words but there definitely seems to be something very special about the Being of Jesus. There are so many accounts of truly wretched people who have committed terrible crimes reaching out to him in absolute desperation and their experiences are often quite remarkable.
This is one video that I thought was particularly moving. It is the story of an ex-Hezbollah soldier who had an incredible encounter with Jesus while in a Jail cell:
https://youtu.be/hQgCGFemNNQ?si=dMphUjg_lLw0oITU
Haha Dave, that video is my husband and mine absolute favourite video too! I have found it some years ago, and some weeks ago, I felt like re-watching it again, especially as we had a certain disagreement with my husband regarding it. My husband had an impression, that basically God equals Allah, and that it is just a name that can be used for God, while I argued that it is definitely not so. That’s why I was very happy to find a newer testimony of this former Muslim, where he clarified that it was only when he started speaking in his native language (Persian), and called God in that language (therefore not using the word Allah anymore), that he heard that voice telling him to call upon the name of Jesus. I even commented a bit on one of his newer videos about it, and he confirmed that it was indeed so. So I kind of “won” the dispute with my husband, but I feel there is still so much misunderstanding about Islam in general public, and I hope one day it will be revealed for what it really is.
Anyway, I also have so many questions regarding Jesus and his mission, because I am starting to suspect that he may have carried a special “spiritual project” on this planet Earth in order to help many, and is still carrying it out, and maybe soon, a lot of it will come to fruition? (at least when it comes to Muslims anyway). I also had a look at the underground Chinese church, and the dedication of those people over there is just amazing, willing to face prison and persecution to stand by their faith. The same about Iranian underground church, and just yesterday I heard something like that happening in Solmalia too, didn’t look closer into it yet.
In any case, I bought myself Bible for Christmas :-D as I figured out that in addition to all the Indian or Zoroastrian sacred texts I have read, I may also finally into this “famous” sacred text too!
It actually makes me feel mad that the real Jesus as a spiritual teacher has been forgotten by most people and the Church and even later religions such as Islam would use his name for their own purposes. What they say about Jesus are clearly not true and they are nowhere close to understanding the core of Jesus’s real teachings.
I think Jesus may very well be the last known Wisdom Bringer of our age,who came into the world to reinitiate the Religion of The Sun. Clearly though, his attempt failed and the wicked people of this age misinterpreted his teachings and used his name for their own worldly purposes, and clearly that’s not what he came for. It’s really sad to see the downfall of humanity where it has become really hard for people to accept the truth,even upon hearing the teachings of a Wisdom Bringer. Apparently this has also been foretold in the ancient prophecies that people would not believe upon hearing the teachings of truth. It does appear that many of the prophecies about the Iron Age/Kali Yuga has become true,and the only way to cleanst the world of Evil would be through a global catastrophe predicted in these prophecies.
I also have my own interpretation of Jesus’s saying of “I am the Alpha and Omega,the First and the Last,the beginning and the End.” I think what he meant here is probably that he is a embodiement of the everlasting Brahman/Dao, instead of what most Christians may believe that he means he is the God that they believe. The same goes for he said that ” I’m the way,the truth.” Of course all of my interpretations would have raised a fight between me and those I know who are Christians. So I’ve been keeping them to myself for a while,and only have decided to share them here today.
Dear Lara Atwood,
in your excellent book you write on page 242:
“This may explain why the Chachapoya told the Spanish they were descendants of the Viracochas. They would certainly have identified themselves as a later arrival of their ancestors, feeding into the already established Lost Civilization of the Sun in the Americas. The Celtiberians are known to have venerated the sun (and moon), and what is believed to be a ceremonial area at Kuélap is aligned to the equinoxes.”
While i do believe that the Chachapoya are the descendants of the Viracochas, i would like to know, in which source this has been described. I searched through the given footnotes in the book and did not find anything to back it up (sadly). But it would be very elegant to have an old book from the spaniards where this is wrtten, or something similar.
Best wishes
The reference for that is in the previous paragraph on the same page, which quotes the Spanish invader Pedro Pizzaro, who says “The people of this kingdom of Peru were white but of a tawny hue, and among them the Lords and Ladies were whiter than Spaniards. I saw in this land an Indian woman and a child who did not differ from those who are white and blond. These people say that the latter were the children of the heathen gods” – meaning they were the descendants of the Viracochas.
It’s reference number is chapter 4, 373. I reference Thor Heyerdahl in his book ‘American Indians in the Pacific’ page 326 where he quotes Pizzaro. The actual quote from Pizzaro is found in his book ‘Relation of the Discovery and Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru’ published in 1571 on page 471 of part 2. I didn’t reference Pizzaro directly because I couldn’t find a free online version of his book at the time. But here is a link to it now on Google Books https://books.google.com/books/about/Relation_of_the_Discovery_and_Conquest_o.html?id=tdE-AAAAYAAJ
Glad to hear you like the book. Any other questions, feel free to ask.
It’s lovely to read about people’s experiences of connecting with the spiritual in nature in these various ways. Nature can really be such a huge source of inspiration, as it embodies the divine within it and has the power to lift us up out of ourselves and to connect with higher forces.
I also appreciate spending time in nature whenever possible, but unfortunately, the time around the solstices and equinoxes tends to be rather bittersweet for me, as it also serves as a reminder that I’m currently unable to be a part of experiences similar to those described, which seem to belong to another time and place in my memory.
The recent solstice was a case in point, as perhaps somewhat predictably, my efforts to try and connect with the spiritual in nature were thwarted: initially by a bout of insomnia scuppering my plans to watch the solstice sunrise from the window or garden, then by noisy workmen destroying the peace at solar noon on the solstice and then again at sunset three days later.
I was feeling rather despondent prior to the solstice, as it can be very discouraging to always be pulled back into the repetition of a mundane life, without the spiritual breaks that are so important in regaining a sense of momentum and strength, and I listened to a radio documentary shortly after the solstice about people who felt a connection with Joni Mitchell’s song River, in relation to significant events in their lives. I could relate to one guy who lost his dad on Christmas day, with whom he was very close. The family previously enjoyed the festivities of Christmas time spent together, but after his dad’s passing, the build up to Christmas became a painful reminder of loss, so the son felt a sense of relief that someone else also had a similar experience of loss, as expressed in the Joni Mitchell song.
Losing a close family member is a major life event, as I also experienced during the last year and is far more significant than just feeling sad at expectations for a particular occasion being deflated, such as how I felt around the time of the solstice, but I could relate to the feelings the guy in the documentary described too.
Despite the usual setbacks around the times of these celebrations though, I still managed to generate some kind of spiritual inspiration with a more creative approach. Music in particular is a valuable tool for me, as I’ve often found that when virtually everything else I love has been taken away, it still has the power to lift me up, inspire me and give me hope and encouragement.
I wrote a couple of songs inspired by the solstice, after allowing myself to start writing music regularly again this year, initially starting with a Christmas carol. I would happily compose music, create art, or write literature all day every day, but previously used to limit myself a lot, as I often felt overwhelmed by the amount of chores I needed to complete, but just didn’t have the time for, so didn’t feel I could justify the time for creativity.
But this year I gave myself permission to write a song per day and have developed a little routine of writing melodies in my head while brushing my teeth in the morning, then later adding lyrics and sometimes arranging the instrumental parts in my head. I’ve been happy with the outcome so far, with a catalogue of material that wouldn’t have existed had I not allowed myself to engage that creative spark.
But as well as music providing a sense of enthusiasm and motivation in doing something I love and enjoy, it also provides me with an outlet for the spiritual longing that ordinarily would remain stifled with little means of expression in everyday life. I find it important to have an avenue to express this longing for spirituality, as I otherwise tend to feel suffocated within the confines of the mundane life, which it seems difficult to break away from, despite my best efforts.
I guess we each need to find what works for us, in finding spiritual inspiration and I hope that everyone was able be inspired in some way during the recent solstice time, whatever the individual circumstances may be.
It’s great to hear the news regarding the new books and also the inspiring experiences of others. I was able to have a small fire on top of a local mountain which was uplifting, especially when visited by two ravens as the fire was lit and the sun cut through the surrounding clouds.
All the best to everyone.
Huginn and Muninn? :)
haha yes perhaps :)
Thank you for the wishes Lara, and the wish demonstrated in action by your unceasing work.
I attended a special ceremony, a wedding on the summer solstice. The presence of love was palpable, pouring from open hearts.
Wishing everyone to keep going intelligently, keep working and knocking until doors open.
Happy solstice!
I watched the sunrise over the Mississippi this year from the Effigy Mounds national monument.
The mounds rest on ridges of high bluffs, overlooking the river. I got the impression that these elevated areas were almost like “heaven”, a use of geological symbolism I’ve also noticed in England.
The day before the solstice, I followed the marching bears mounds, a series of 8 bears facing south, and asked them “where are you going?” (I find it useful to act as if sacred sites are literally alive and communicate, because they often do).
“Ask the one in front of me” was my answer.
I repeated the question to several bears, with the same answer, until I came to the last one, which answered “what am I looking at?” I came over the rise, expecting another bear, but there were instead beautifully formed bird effigy mounds aligned to the winter solstice.
Bears marching south to the solstice, like the sun diminishing, and I couldn’t help but feel that there’s a connection to the river, the Milky Way, and the passage from life to death, with the bears intimately linked to death somehow.
The sun was a beautiful red, from all the smoke in the air. I hope you all had lovely solstices!
Lara, it feels like a very intense time in the world, I really appreciate what you’re bringing to it, it’s so desperately needed! People are so lost and I know many people have an intuitive sense that the truth is in something simple and universal, something our culture has overlooked, and I can’t wait to learn more about it!
Thank you, Julian, for sharing your solstice experience. From your description, it sounds like the sunrise was truly magical, and the questioning the day before the solstice added depth to the overall experience. I agree that as a collective, humanity has overlooked something simple yet essential to the purpose of our existence. This could change if we collectively shift our focus towards valuing awareness instead of being consumed by the intoxicating sensations of perpetual daydreaming.
In the days leading up to the solstice and up until now, I have managed to dedicate some time each morning and around sunset to simply be aware and communicate with Divinity and the Spiritual Sun. This practice may have contributed to a heightened level of lucidity one night, allowing me to explore the astral realm to some degree. It has also led to an awe-inspiring mystical experience connected to the Spiritual Sun. During this period, there have been dreams without self-awareness, yet they too revolved around the Spiritual Sun and the state of humanity.
I wish everyone much inner drive to strive for their inner light.
That sounds like a lovely practice, I think I’ll do that too :)
Hey Slawek,
If they’re not personal, would you feel comfortable sharing the experiences connected to the Spiritual Sun? Would be really interested to read them!
Hi Erik,
Sometimes, when consciousness is active and the perception of the astral plane is clear, the light of the Sun becomes a prominent feature in my experiences. I have learned that the brightness, dimness, or obscuration of the Sun by clouds symbolically indicates how I have been working on my awareness during waking life. Certain feelings are associated with these experiences, such as hope, longing, and determination, to name a few.
On that particular occasion, around the solstice, I was able to get much closer to the Sun than ever before. All of those feelings mentioned earlier were magnified, and I was truly in awe of the mightiness of the Sun and its Light. It felt as though undesirable things within myself were dissolved or evaporated by its intense light, leaving only what is compatible with the Light to remain. This did not make me feel like I was losing anything valuable; on the contrary, it felt like the things holding me back and preventing me from returning home were evaporated by the mighty intensity of the Spiritual Sun. Now, I only wish it was this easy to free myself from all personal weaknesses, however, the experience gave me a much needed boost and an inspiration to keep going with my inner learning.
I wish us all much determination to nourish the inner light.
Thanks for sharing your experience Slawek, it’s a really eloquent and inspiring account of contact with the spiritual sun. It reminds me how precious the times around solar events are – they really seem to be portals where efforts to connect to the sun are rewarded.
Wow, what an experience! Thanks for explaining what the different states of the sun mean to you symbolically, that is food for thought for sure.
I had a kind of similar experience recently with things obscuring the sun, but I think it was coming from a different source.
I can’t remember what day it was now, but sometime in the last week or so I woke up in a dream and saw the sun in the distance. I wanted to get closer to it and started flying towards it, looking at it as it got closer. But then a haze started to come across the sun in front of me and I started to have thoughts doubting what I was doing. This felt off, and I looked behind me, and there was a bad entity holding onto my legs / ankles and trying to stop me getting closer to the sun. I hadn’t been able to feel them holding my legs, so they were being subtle about it, and I think they were also the source of the haze in front of the sun and the doubting thoughts.
I have also experienced weird, uncharacteristic moodiness that seems to come out of nowhere sometimes when trying to visit ancient sites. If I push through it though then things clear up. I wonder whether that might be coming from a similar sort of influence, as it seems like there are forces out there that don’t want us to have a connection with the sun / Religion of the Sun and will stir up thoughts / emotions as a way to try and stop us.
What a beautiful and super-inspiring experience you’ve had, Slawek! It must have felt so amazing to perceive the power of the Sun and its light and how it had the power to burn all the undesirabilities within, only leaving “what was compatible with the Light”. How incredible it would be to have this kind of power within, in the form of our own, spiritual sun…. I can imagine how the spiritual work would take on a new intensity with a help like that!
And Erik, that was a good job on spotting that negative entity blurring you and messing up with your thoughts! I also noticed how manipulative they can be, especially mentally, in very sneaky ways!
Really good experiences there Erik and Slawek, they speak alot about many things. Thank you.
Yes, that’s a really lovely experience Slawek; thanks for sharing it! :)
Hello Slawek,
What an amazing experience you had! Unfortunately I haven’t felt that much of a deep connection to the Sun for a long time. As I have been somewhat overwhelmed by worldly affairs in my personal life it has now become a relatively rare occasion for me to have an experience where I would feel I am in direct contact with the Sun and the Light. I tried to look for reminders from the external world, but I’ve been working nightshifts on a relatively frequent basis and I’m often out and about when it’s dark. I don’t really get to see the sunlight of the day, combined with the difficulties that I had been facing in my personal life,it can be easy to feel a loss of connection to the Sun and Light. I do light candles in my room from time to time to contemplate on the meaning of fire,and perhaps this helps a little bit. Although I’m sure I’m leaving this job soon and the issues that plagued me has now been resolved,it feels like it may take some time for me to “reconnect” to the Spiritual Sun and Inner Light so to speak:(
Hi Emily,
Great to hear about that positive change. For me I’ve also had some space open up from circumstances and their accompanied inner states. That has allowed for some activity, although with the momentum of that weight it has still demanded effort to start manifesting that. But it’s been good when I do it, because then that higher influence starts be there as well, in me and with the people around me.
Hey have you made a daytrip to Sanxingdui yet? Maybe with others too.
@Slawek. Thanks for writing down that personal experience. Great you broke through like that and was able to feel that closeness 🙏🏼
Hi Emily,
I think this is the way things go – a constant struggle towards the light where life’s hardships almost constantly bear down on us. There is always hope and lots of help from spiritual beings if we decide to make efforts to walk towards them in whatever way we can.
Thank you for your posts on this website. I find them very inspiring.
Hello Emily,
I sincerely wish for more sunny days to come your way swiftly :-) Your ability to dedicate time to contemplation amidst the trials of each day is truly commendable. As for myself, I recognise that my journey towards initiating lasting and impactful inner changes is still in its early stages. Despite often feeling that my efforts and inadequate and seeming futile, I am committed to keep challenging myself to refine my inner work. These personal endeavors have just begun to unveil glimpses of a profound reality that was previously concealed.
May our personal efforts to nurture a stronger bond with the Spiritual Sun continue to evolve positively.
Wishing you can find contact with a little flame within you Emily to guide you to easier times and times when the spiritual sun seems a bright light in your life… though it’s inevitable there are periods we are thrown into darkness when reaching for the light and it’s never easy. I hope you really can leave those night shifts soon, it’s so hard to be out of sync with the day and with the sun, it takes such a toll psychologically and physically. I learned a lot from this neuroscientist, Dr. Jack Kruse, about how healing sunlight is and especially seeing the sunrise. I was amazed that he is suggesting the same sunrise-observations from a science, health-benefit perspective that we are guided to do for spiritual benefits. He was like, “the Egyptians were right – go and watch the sunrise”!
Hi Ella& everyone else,
I think you are absolutely right on the fact that sunlight is important to one’s well-being both mentally and physically. I have left these night shifts thankfully and I am now finally able to get some more time in the sun. I feel that the saying which says “you will know the importance of light after being thrown into the dark” is definitely true,and now I feel that I’m more appreciative of the light in my life whereas before I sort of just took them for granted so to speak,both in a physicial and spiritual sense. I’m reconnecting myself to the light and I’m confident to say that I’ve been making progress. As fall is coming in my part of the world and the days are getting shorter,it can be harder and harder to catch a glimpse of the light that is in presence though. I’ve been meditating on the cycles of nature such as the seasons,as well as greater cycles of the planet and the universe where periodic regenerations and destructions occur,and I feel that I now have a deeper understanding of the role of darkness in one’s spiritual journey on a personal level(as opposed to knowing it on an intellectual sense) I had a dream one night where I heard a voice which told me that going through periods of darkness in one’s life is an essential part of the journey of returning to the Land of Light,so any difficulty I encounter could be part of the plan.
Hey Julian,
I’d be interested to hear more about what you think is behind the sites “communicating” / where you think that communication that you mentioned is coming from as I’ve experienced something similar. Sometimes it feels like the stones at sites are a kind of silent watcher. It’s amazing to think of all the things that they would have been witness too over the last thousands of years. Maybe that goes for other structures too that were used as part of celebrating the solstices and equinoxes.
I recently visited a small, quite unassuming ancient site in the UK. It just looked like a single standing stone by itself on the coast and didn’t seem to have much going on until I touched the stone and it felt really significant and felt like it communicated something to me, kind of like prodding me to look deeper at the site. When I looked further there was some quite remarkable symbolism which I think I would have completely overlooked if not for that “message” from the stone. It wasn’t something that I had asked for or initiated, but it felt like a gift or a help.
You probably already know I think, but a lot of stones in ancient sites have quartz in them, and in some sites a floor of crushed white quartz was used. I read recently that quartz has applications in modern-day technology for data storage, and I was reading a book that had some speculation in it that perhaps the quartz in the stones has somehow built up and retained a memory of what went on at the sites. Prior to that experience I would have thought that was a little far-fetched, but now I’m not so sure.
Perhaps though an alternate explanation might be that if the sites were used consistently to celebrate a specific aspect of the Religion of the Sun, energies related to that aspect were drawn to the site and it is the site or location itself that develops the memory of what went on there and then its symbolism / meaning can be tapped into in a way through intuition or as a help through trying to be perceive clearly at the sites. Or perhaps those sites are still used by spiritual beings and it’s not the site itself that’s communicating, but you’re getting guidance in some way to understand what the site was all about because of trying to find the answers? Or maybe guidance from your own Being in a unique way?
I’ve noticed that “heaven” symbolism in terms of the locations of sites in the UK too. A lot of the cairns, circles etc. are also built on a small raised platform that seems to have a similar effect, like it elevates them above the normal everyday world. Have you visited any of the Central / South American pyramids? From photos I suspect it might be the same kind of thing there – like going up the pyramids onto platforms to pray to the sun, or towards structures at the top at least in part is symbolic of ascending beyond the physical world.
I wonder Erik if the ‘heaven’ symbolism you intuited may be in relation to the constellations they may be mirroring, imbuing the energy and symbolism in the earth, as they say, ‘heaven on earth’?
Hey Juno, there is at least one site I know of that is said to mirror a constellation: Thornborough Henges, which is a series of three linked henges that are said to mirror the Orion constellation on the ground. So I wouldn’t want to rule it out for other sites without looking into it further.
In general though, the sense of heaven is more a sense of going beyond the physical world, so I’m not sure if it’s related to the constellations specifically. Like you often have to walk up a hill to get to the site at the top, and their position and the way that they are built sometimes makes them feel separate to the landscape around them, almost like something otherworldly in the world that feels symbolic of a change in internal state.
That’s interesting Erik, and I know what you mean about it being otherworldly. I think science now says we are made of the same stuff of stars, but I think the ancient peoples knew that to be of internal nature as well. The depiction of the symbolism may have been representing not only an inner story but that story also that appears in the heavens of our earthly nature, so that it served as a reminder of where we come from and to where we return and call our home. The different stars and the constellations also portray characteristics and qualities and I believe when they are mirrored on earth they bring those things into the physical nature of our existence as though grounding them so that they resonated them through the earth.
What a beautiful experience Erik! It exactly matches my experiences at sacred sites, that there’s some kind of conscious intelligence there that can communicate. Sometimes it’s just a subtle nudge, like “look over there”. They definitely respond to thought and prayer.
I’m not sure how it works, but it definitely depends on what you bring to it, like a sense of reverence and wonder. It could be spiritual presences that exist in other dimensions. It could be some kind of “lost technology” of consciousness, like how a meditation room will develop a power of its own. Sometimes places seem chosen for the symbolism of the landscape, embodying the principle of “as above, so below”, connecting the site with the landscape and cosmos, and implying the connection downwards in scale from the site to the individual.
It also strikes me that communicating with sacred sites is a very “childlike” and natural thing, something that people in the past did without thinking (like the Norse practice of praying/reflecting on top of mounds), but is only unusual in our modern age where we’ve strayed so far into concrete silos of knowledge. These experiences would not be strange at all for animist cultures, and they would probably say that spirits inhabit these places. In Lara’s book she talks about the balance of feeling and intellect, right and left brain, superstition and intellectualism. I think about this a lot, and how in the west we have reached a far extreme where things that are normal and understood intuitively are scrutinized with distrust.
Nevertheless, I do wonder if there are ways to enhance the “conscious memory” of sites, in part because I would love to be able to build a sacred site like that in my lifetime. It may be that the more childlike approach is where consciousness technologies begin? It might also have to do with material properties, as you suggested. The Indian mounds are built of layers of earth, some layers transported miles, basket-by-basket, and it’s an open question as to why, but it’s generally agreed it has religious purpose. Your comment about quartz made me think about the descending passageway of the great pyramid, where they detected a density anomaly and found it was filled with quartz sand (which was brought from some distance), and then there was the mercury found under many temples at Teotihuacan… Another thing to think about is that these could have functional properties, or they could be symbolic, the way elements are symbolic in alchemical texts, or it could be both.
With regards to heaven, and even the 3 worlds (heaven, earth, underworld), yes absolutely, South and Central America both show the same thing, with high temples, large central plazas, and (sometimes hidden) caves and sacred cenotes. I found one striking example of the threefold symbolism on the corner of a temple in Tulum. There were two bands of stone that ran around the temple, dividing it into three sections, and a face at the corner was divided by those lines, such that his mouth was underneath (in the underworld, devouring evil), his eyes, nose, and ears were in the middle (perceiving reality), and his head and eyebrows (like rising suns) were above. Here’s a blog post that shows the face: https://jamesmurren.com/2018/01/11/weathered-maya-face-in-tulum-mexico/
Thanks for this Julian, lots to digest in there – sorry to take so long to get back to you.
I know what you mean, it seems like looking for answers and trying to understand the sites leads to getting pointed in the right direction of elements to look for, intuitive nudges etc.
Interesting you mention a possible lost technology of consciousness. I don’t think this is quite what you meant, but I recently visited a site called Mên-an-Tol. It was quite unlike anything I’ve seen elsewhere, it has solar alignments, but it almost felt like some sort of machine, although for what purpose I’m not sure. It is really enigmatic!
I definitely had some obstacles with learning how to connect with and approach exploring sites when I first started visiting them, and I think to a degree that’s because of the way life is nowadays, much more about thinking than feeling like you said, and removed from nature. The more I vist ancient places though, the more connected to natural processes I feel, and the more I feel like it’s reinvigorating my ability to perceive / feel / be intuitive in a general sense, not just when trying to understand the sites. I would really like to be able to bring that sense of wonder and perception and feeling into daily life a lot more than I am currently able to. I think I also had an awkwardness initially in terms of of communication and prayer at the sites, but with some time getting more comfortable at sites I agree it does feel very natural to communicate with them.
Re: feeling and intellect, are you talking about the Master of Animals symbolism? It seems like as well as more obvious Master of Animals symbolism like the Long Man of Wilmington, that the same concept is built into ancient sites more subtly to in different ways, particularly where there are elements where there are two upright flanking stones that would interact with a back slab and/or the sun. It seemed like it was quite important to the ancients. I also recently saw a Minoan depiction of a Mistress of Animals which I thought was cool as it shows it’s not just a masculine concept.
I’d love to learn more about the “conscious memory” of sites too and understand more about how it works. That’s very interesting about the quartz sand in the great pyramid!
And thanks for that info re: Central and South America. There is similar symbolism in the Canary Islands too, the biggest pyramid on Tenerife has the pyramidal structure with steps leading to the top, open plaza areas leading up to it, and a (small) natural cave underneath the front of it.
So many mysteries to unpack :)
Thanks for sharing that beautiful story Julian.
At the Stonehenge replica I went to an acting troupe performed two Shakespeare plays in the stone circle. They explained about the resonance of sound within the stone circle and how builders of sacred sites like Stonehenge used these principles in their design. Your point about sacred sites communicating reminded me of this.
Thank you for sharing, Martin. It sounds like the event was truly inspiring and uplifting. It would be interesting to try different mantras within the stone circle, which reminded me of the experiments we did with recording vowels in Rockdale back in the day
Thank You Lara and to every one here for keeping this knowledge alive.
I was fortunate enough to get to a full replica of Stonehenge for the Winter Solstice Sunset. They had rebuilt it as it would’ve been before it was ruined; It was a beautiful spot at a magical time.
Happy Solstice Lara, Mark and everyone. As another marker on the continuous solar circle passes, I’m gladdened again to feel a sense of community with all here, as I did with the strangers at the small stone circle in Britain where I watched the sun rise, to begin an almost endless, almost otherworldy, midsummer day.
Happy Solstice everyone :)
Thanks for the update, Lara.
We’re excited about the forthcoming books !
Thank you for the lovely Solstice wishes and wishing you and Mark lots of light and warmth, radiance and joy! 🕉
Great to hear about the book’s progress, I can only imagine how difficult it is to stop at a section when the information and wisdom is so vast! Looking forward to the learning and wonder that it will bring.
Best wishes, love and blessings to you both and everyone else too. 🌅
Happy Solstice! Love and strength to everyone!
Thanks for the update and message Lara. Wishing you, Mark and everyone practising the Religion of the Sun an uplifting and spiritual time at this solstice.
Really looking forward to the new book. A big thank you to you both for all the immense work you’ve been putting in, and to everyone who is working on the book and supporting behind the scenes.
May we all draw closer to the Light this solstice.
Thank you, Lara, for the update on the books and for your Solstice wishes.
It seems something very special is about to be revealed and I am also, as others, eagerly looking forward to studying them.
Wishing everyone a very joyful and inspiring Solstice time.
Thank you Lara for the update!! Great news!!
I wish you, Mark and everyone a very peaceful and inspiring solstice!!
Thank you again for all your efforts Lara, Mark and the team. We eagerly await the release!
I pray that you all, and everyone seeking the light, experiences a peaceful and enlightening Solstice.
Sounds like the book is going to be epic! Thanks very much to you and Mark and everyone else who has worked / will work on it / has supported you while writing it, can’t wait to get a copy when it’s ready.
Wishing everyone a peaceful, meaningful and uplifting solstice ☀️
Happy solstice! All the best with everything, thank you for the update!
Thank you for your wishes and update Lara! Wishing you and Mark and all people here a luminous time, connecting with the light outside and inside. Happy to know that the book is coming closer to publication, really looking to reading it!
🙏 Thanks to all involved, wishing you and Mark, all the supporters on this site, all the very best in your spiritual lives and health 🌞
Thank you Lara for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post this update. It seems like this has been an epic project for you, and I’m certain this book and future books in the series will be epic and groundbreaking! As always, my respect and gratitude to you and your small but powerful team for your thorough, intensive efforts to ensure that what you do is of the highest quality, and for pouring your love into it.
May you and Mark have a wonderful, magical, light-filled solstice!
Exciting news, Lara!
Thank you to both of you, as well as Jon, Jordan, and everyone else involved in making the books possible. We have been rereading The Gospel of the Kailedy, and amidst countless treasures, a particular fragment caught my attention yesterday: “One of the disciples said, ‘We have seen that the power is a miraculous thing, but the effort is beyond many of us.’ Jesus replied, ‘That is the hair in the dough; apathy must be overcome, and effort must be expended.'”
I can only begin to imagine the tremendous amount of work put into writing and editing these books. To initiate my own endeavor of exerting effort, I will strive to make time for a serene and reflective period at sunrise and sunset each day, especially in the days leading up to the solstice.
Wishing everyone a spiritually uplifting solstice.
Thank you very much for the update Lara, it sounds like this book has required so much work indeed! I am sure it will be well worth it though. Wishing you, Mark and everyone here a beautiful solstice. ☀️
This is wonderful news Lara! I’m eagerly awaiting the release of the new books and am sure all the persistent efforts from you, Mark and everyone supporting you will be very much worth it! :)
I’ve recently finished reading through The Ancient Religion of the Sun again and am amazed at the depth of information you have included, while still in a concise and readable form. It matches the standard of any academic text, but is far more valuable in its scope, due to the inspiration that it also provides.
I wish you, Mark and everyone here a very happy and peaceful solstice time and thank both of you, your publishing team and everyone involved for bringing the new publications to fruition!
Happy Solstice Time, Lara, and to this community!
Thanks for the update on the book, Lara. Wow, 5 parts and 28 chapters!!! That is one massive collection of spiritual wisdom. I’m super excited for when it comes out. Wishing you, Mark, Jon, Jordan, and the rest of the team a smooth process in editing and finalizing the book. Thanks for your tireless work in sharing this knowledge with us!