Everything Is On the Table

Everything Is On the Table

Note: An edit was made to December 6th's post.  The correct Alchemical process for the lost Atlantean Orichalcum may be something like this-- Copper + Calcium + Red Ochre= Orichalcum.  I also proposed that if this is the case, we need not have to look for any Orichalcum, which people have tried to find in vain for centuries.  The use of simple red ochre and simple copper by later peoples may suffice.  So please have another read.

As for this post, everything is on the table.  There are some wonderful things about the accounts of Atlantis which make sense, some other things that don't.  What is important is to do the research and connect the dots, and to make some sense of it.  For instance, Plato's account alone mentions how the Atlanteans built up ditches, canals, and earthen mound pyramids.  I can hike people to certain areas around the swamps of my hometown, Holliston, Massachusetts, and point out the remains of entire large complexes of earthen pyramid mounds, ditches, canals and causeways, even what I believe to be an ancient reflecting pool (which today looks like a small swampy pond.)  It is well known that when the pyramids of Egypt were first built, at the foot of he pyramids were ponds (a reflecting pool) surrounded by lush oasis (as depicted on the cover of one of Stephen Mehler's books, The Land Of Osiris).  In the New England area, one finds the same thing, except that the forest has grown back, the mounds/ etc. blend into the landscape to the untrained eye, and the average person is totally unaware of such wonders.

Another point that Plato made in his Atlantis account: he mentioned that there were thousands of miles of stone walls.  As a New Englander and as an Antiquarian researcher/ whatever, one becomes aware that many of the stone walls are of dubious origin and unknown age- for instance from the 1890's survey of  New England stone walls we know that there is already, from that report alone, more stone walls in New England that, if stretched out in a line, could go around the circumference of the Earth more than 10 times.  My rational mind kicks in and wants to attribute these walls to a large colonial labor force, like today's highway crews or something, but upon closer scrutiny, there is a lot about the character of these walls that just doesn't make any logical sense, unless one were looking at it from the perspective of a lost civilization.

I am not a diffusionist.  If anything I am a dispersionist.  I believe there was at one time a great Atlantean diaspora which lived on in the pulse beat of many later cultures on both sides of the Atlantic.  The legacy of Atlantis.  It is also known that the Gods and heroes of many cultures are one and the same, but under different names and guises.  For instance, reading T.C. Lethbridge's "Witches" as well as countless other sources, one realizes that the Christian concept of Lucifer, the tribal Celtic-Iberian Baal (or Bel), the Irish Balor and the Indian Siva (Shiva) are in fact representations of the one and same deity, or God, or "light-bearer" (Sun-God) of he ancient world.  The Christian world has mistaken Lucifer for a kind of devil because as Lethbridge pointed out this personage somehow blended or mixed with the personification of the devil with he passing of time.  Lethbridge pointed out that a devil originally meant a holy one, "as the word divus means in Latin and 'deva' means in India today."  I suppose there was a kind of point I was trying to make but got side-tracked.  The original accounts of Atlantis come from Plato and other Greek scholars.  Plato uses names such as King Atlas, Poseidon, Uranus, etc.  However, Plato's worldview was that of the Greeks.  To me, the Greek concept of the Hesperides is parallel with the Celtic concept of TirNanOg- the place of the "other world" beyond the Ocean.  Even the earliest chroniclers of Algonquian folk legend ("Algonquian Legends" by Leland) who worked with Native groups in Maine (United States) stressed the point that the cultural heroes and characters of these tales shared points in common with folk tales and legends of the Old World, such as comparing the scenario and actions of Glooscap and Malsimus with the Norse Thor and Loki, which was after all, actually a very well-founded observation.  However, we may be looking at currents of an Atlantean diaspora rather than a Norse diffusion, for the exact same reason that there are points in common with the Irish Balor and the Indian (Hindu) Shiva.  

Furthermore, I would like to address the issue of UFO's.  In terms of UFOology, I am an "experiencer".  More than several times in my adult life I have seen luminescent orbs or "energy craft" in the sky.  The first time was at the Barber reservation in Sherborn, maybe around 2007.   From the field where I was, there was two of them that flew across the sky and disappeared over the power lines.  Around 2013'ish I saw two similar glowing flying orbs move across the sky over the Ashland reservoir.  And finally, my peak experiences with these orbs- in 2016/2017, where I repeatedly hiked in he hills of Milford, MA., I kept seeing, night after night, and time and time again, whole groups of 7 or 8 of these things dancing in the sky over the hill side.  I do not do drugs or drink so I am completely sober and rational during those experiences, and in writing this.  Of course we know from my research that the hills of Milford are really the sacred hills of Magomisquog.  Now, again, repeatedly as I would hike out from the hillside a little after sun-set/ around sun-set- there would be 7 or 8 of these glowing orbs dancing around the sky.  Suppose there were three on the left and four on the right side of my line of sight.  One of the orbs would "blink out" from the left side and all of a sudden would re-appear on the right-hand side of my field of vision with the other cluster group.  They would fly vertically, up and down, dance in circles (some clockwise, others counter-clockwise) , zig-zag horizontally- you name it- it was like they were putting on a performance in the night sky.  It was really quite beautiful and I felt that they were something spiritual.  So that is my adult experience with UFO's.  Interestingly, a YouTube up-loader under the channel "Real UFO Videos" has captured these same luminous UFO's on film in both Milford and Upton around the same time period I was noticing them myself (his videos are from 2015-2017.  A link to his 2015 Upton sighting is here- Upton MA. UFO Sighting On Video.)  Reading the book "Gods Or Spacemen?" by W. Raymond Drake, one reads of the account of the Druid priest Mog Ruith who flew from the British Isles to Greece in a manner of moments in a luminous, flying chariot, back in ancient times.  One has to wonder if there isn't a hidden group of Initiate's who have their hands on spiritual technology (perhaps the much-talked about space craft of he Atlanteans), who scarcely reveal themselves to the outside world.  As for my younger days, growing up, I remember when I was 4 or 5 or so, being carried out of my room late one night (which I shared with my brother) by a luminous, glowing being wearing a white robe.  Their head was cone-shaped (a cone-head.)  But again, this could relate to the cone-heads of the ancient past, who were kings, etc. (like he Incan mummies- the royalty in their culture and in much of the world at SOME point in the ancient past were cone-heads- it was a mark of royalty.)  Anyway, the last thing I remember that night was seeing flashing colors outside of the living room window, and I remember waking up and crying in the bathroom sink, as if I had been tucked into the sink with the water running instead of into my bed.  My father ran into the bathroom, calmed me down and put me back to bed.  And that was that.  To this day I don't think my family has ever believed what I have described to them about that night.

Another point- my father's father was in the US Navy in World War 2.  My mother's father served the United States Army as an engineer.  Later, after the war, he worked at Grumman Aerospace on Long Island.  That was his career.  My mother and her sister don't know anything about it- they don't know the details of his work.  I'm sure it was fine, but you never know.  Could my family, or certain members of the family line, be somehow ear-marked as a result of his occupation?  This may be unrelated, but a great series of books I recommend is the "Montauk Project- Experiments In Time" by engineer Preston B. Nichols and researcher Peter Moon.  They claimed that an occupied former Air Force base at Montauk Point, Long Island, continued the research that began with the Navy ship USS Eldridge in the 1940's which is known as the "Philadelphia Experiment."  The ship disappeared from the Navy Yard- literally!  The surviving crew all went insane, and those who died were actually embedded in the walls, hulls, etc. of the ship itself (there was even a movie made about this incident).  What happened was that the ship teleported into a different dimensional time-zone than from the one we are experiencing in our reality.  On re-appearing into our reality, the time reference was slightly askew, resulting in the tragic loss of life.  Apparently, the research continued a decade later at Montauk Point, Long Island.  In their series of 5 books about the Montauk Project, authors Preston B. Nichols and Peter Moon investigate this.  Of particular interest here might be book 3 of the series, "The Pyramids of Montauk."  Peter Moon interviews members of the Montauk Tribe, and uncovers, with photo evidence, the former existence of pyramid mounds at Montauk Point in the area where Camp Hero now is, where the time/dimensional/conciousness experiments were taking place.  He touches on some of the lost histories of he Montauk people, which they related to him themselves, including what sounds like a legacy from Atlantis.  These mounds are probably much like the Pyramid Mounds I have noticed on Martha's Vineyard.  Also of note regarding the Montauk books- the authors do bring up the fact that these experiments were taking place on land that was formerly stolen out of the hands of the Montauk Tribe.  In fact, the land was considered a sacred "power place" by the sachems (also known as "pharaohs" amongst the Montauk themselves).  So the point is, that there was a modern-day misuse of power happening at a specific place of high energy which was formerly in the keeping of the guardians of the Montauk tribe.  The truth is, there are many, many instances of such modern day abuse of power happening in and around former sacred sites all over the country.  This is actually a very big problem.     

We still do not know how the situation stands about the truth of our reality.  For instance, are we ripping a hole in space?  And what are the implications of that?  Will Pinhead from the movie Hellraiser freakin' appear?  What is CERN?  These are serious questions.  About 16 or 17 years ago, while on a small road trip with a good friend, after graduating high school, we talked to an older gentleman in the parking lot of a McDonald's one night for 8 hours at the picnic table.  He had a full-blown graying beard and was ultimately of Welsh descent in terms of his ancestry.  He would only eat french fries.  He knew all about the ancient civilization of Egypt and talked about concepts such as time portals/ etc. within the pyramid chambers.  He had been to some of these places himself.  He also claimed that one can teleport inside the stone chambers- that this was actually one of their intended functions.  He said many great things, however my young mind at the time did not retain alot of what he was saying.  I remember that he used the Judy Collins song "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" as an example of a time-loop.  He said that the lyric referring to the "winter fire" meant the Sun during the rise of the Winter Solstice.  At that point in my life, I had never heard such a thing.  To this day, I still listen to that song around this time of year.  He also taught that one must also study Pyramid energy, positive and negative forces, and how to transmute those forces within oneself, etc.  One thing that struck me as the memory of that night comes back is that he kept referring to the Egyptian Pharaohs, not by their commonly referred to names, but by their Celtic names.  As I was reading some T.C. Lethbridge lately, this distinguished author and archaeologist did mention briefly that all the Pharaohs had at least 5 names.  As the Celtic-Iberian branch of people, in the ancient world, were a part of the Egyptian Dynasties, this makes sense.  But again, most people are blissfully unaware of the movements of people in the ancient past.  As a matter of fact, another great book is "Eden In the Altai" by Geoffrey Ashe. 

                      Well, that's all I have for now.  Life is an adventure.  Onwards and Upwards!                                            

Orichalcum, Copper, & Red Ochre; Plus An Etymology of A Last Name.

Orichalcum And Red Ochre; Plus An Etymology of A Last Name.

[Note: It is worth re-reading the last post from Dec. 4th as updated additions have been made.  Also Note: Dec. 9th, additions to this post were made concerning Orichalcum.  Re: Copper + Calcium + Red Ochre= Orichalcum.]

With all of the Atlantis research that has been done by some of our brightest intellects over the past few centuries, there is still a great mystery as to what the alloy "orichalcum" is.  According to Plato's account of Atlantis, orichalcum was "the most precious of metals then known, except gold."  There being "mines of it in many places of the island."  This orichalcum was supposed to be an alloy associated with, or plastered onto, the Atlantean stone structures (much like quartz was capped on to the Great Pyramids of Egypt).  Plato describes Atlantean Stone temples as being "primitive" in appearance.  The imagery evokes a structure such as a Stone Chamber or Long Barrow.  In his book "The History of Atlantis" author Lewis Spence seemed to think there was an association of Orichalcum with mountain copper.  However, even today's copper penny is not made of pure copper, it is made from mixed elements.

One of the greatest controversies of Atlantean studies is that this alloy or metal, Orichalcum, has never been satisfactorily identified.  Here, I would like to put forth my own theory.  I was reading Plato's account of Atlantis one day (Critias and Timeus), while simultaneously reading the first 1/3 of the book "Morning of the Magicians" by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, which is dedicated to the history and practice of Alchemy.  I then realized what orichalcum might be.  Copper alchemically combined with Calcified Red Ochre.  One can even see the words "ochre" and "calcium" in the word "Orichalcum."  According to the dictionary calcium is a "soft bivalent metallic element... quickly tarnishes in the air... when heated burns with a brilliant light... used chiefly in alloys and in various metallurgical processes...."  So in other words, through an alchemical process, perhaps naturally occurring due to the climate of Atlantis, or perhaps induced by the knowledge of a human agency (the practice of alchemy), our mystery Atlantean metal, or alloy, Orichalcum, is none other than Copper+ Calcium+ Red Ochre!!

If my theory is correct, then it has solved one of the greatest mysteries pertaining to Plato's account of Atlantis.  And still, there is further evidence.  We know that along the entire Atlantic seaboard, Red Ochre was used and associated with burials and the stone structures such burials are associated with.  The Red Paint People of the Eastern Seaboard of North America used red ochre, the Red Ochre People of the coasts of Europe did the same; the tradition is found also in North Africa and penetrating as far as usage in the Dynasties of Egypt.  However, these later burials and structures were associated with Red Ochre and not necessarily Orichalcum.  There is probably an easy explanation for this- the calcified ochre (orichalcum) was probably no longer available after Atlantis sank; in it's place, simple Red Ochre was henceforth used.  In other words, we lost the Orichalcum when we lost Atlantis; and in it's place, we continued to use the element it was made from, that being Red Ochre in some cases, Copper in other cases.  As far as I know, I am the only one to put forth this theory and connect these dots.

In addition: The Mayans of Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, who are also thought to originally have been Atlantean descendents, also plastered their stone temples and pyramids with Red Ochre.  This is well known by scholars and archaeologists- we just don't see it today because that plastering, or coating of the Red Ochre has faded/ worn out.  To the ancients, red represented the color of Life, like he blood flowing through our veins.  Further north, the Red Ochre was used in a similar way- even as face paint/ etc.- to represent life.  It is also interesting that in all of the Ohio Valley/ Mississippian Pyramid Mounds, some of the most common artifacts are Copper ornaments, jewelry, plates, etc.  In other words, to sum up, the alchemical means of producing Orichalcum may have been lost with the sinking of Atlantis, but in order to establish an Atlantean connection with later cultures, we need not have to be looking for this "orichalcum."  It may be that copper ornaments and red ochre paint, both abundant in the archaeological record, is all we need to establish a lost connection with the orichalcum of Atlantis..     

And now, switching gears, I would like to say a few words about my ancestry and the origins of my last name.  It might help to clarify my passions in writing this blog.  First of all, I have American Indian ancestry.  I am Nordic (Scandinavian), Western European (Celtic) and American Indian (Iroquoian) in terms of my ancestry.  My grandfather on my father's side began asserting the fact that there was Native American ancestry in the family later in his life.  Well, he went so far as to even obtain a tribal membership.  One of my Uncles wanted to independently verify this and went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Mormons have the best ancestral archives in the country of the United States.  He was able to find proof for himself that our family does indeed have American Indian ancestors.  They were already mixed and intermingled into the dominant white culture by the mid- 19th century, however (Note: I was born in 1984, however my great-grandfather, a farmer, was born in the 1870's, and his father I think in the 1840's.)  So I would be somebody who has SOME American Indian ancestry, in contrast to somebody born into that culture, who would simply regard themselves as Native.

Now as regards to my last name, Howes.  The last name Howes actually is associated with ancient earthen pyramids and stone structures.  However, most people, my family included, is blissfully unaware of their ancient ancestry.  I did have an ancestor from the English countryside who brought the name Howes over to the United States.  In terms of the English alone- the last name Howes derives from the Old English word Ho, which means a Mound of dirt.  Today, people still use a garden ho, or hoe, to move dirt around.  The earliest description of the last name Howe, or Howes (a later variant of the name deriving from the Old English Ho) was a person or group of people (family unit) who lived by a Howe (which was a Mound/ Hill.)  Now, in England alone, all of the ancient Earthen Pyramids (yeas there are Earthen Pyramids in the English country-side) are large Earthen (dirt) Mounds, such as Sutton Hoo and Silbury Hill.  These parallel the mounds of say, the Ohio Valley here in the United States.  Their proper designation is a Pyramid, but they are commonly referred to as Earthen Mounds.  Now, one has to follow a logical line of reasoning here- someone from the Howe or Howes clan is somebody whose ancestors lived by one of these pyramid mounds.  That much can already be ascertained.  But who, specifically, would be living by one of these pyramids?  The answer is simple: one of the Master Builders, Chieftans, and/or Priests associated with these pyramid mounds would be living by them, that's who.  And from that side of the family, it is safe to say that is who I am ultimately descended from- however, with inquisitions and the transplanting of the Christian Church into Europe after the 10th century, it is a lost history.  There is also Scottish and Scandinavian in the European part of my bloodline.

In Scotland, such as in the Orkney Islands, the Stone temples and Stone Chambers are referred to as a Howe.  For instance, one well known example of a Neolithic Stone Chamber/Pyramid Mound in Orkney, Scotland is called Maes-howe.  In Scandinavia, a howe is the name to describe the same kind of a place- an earthen pyramid mound/ stone structure.  So as we are seeing, I carry the lineage of building stone structures and pyramids in my last name.  

Now, I lost the reference to this next line of inquiry, it is buried in a pile of notes somewhere, but I figure I will bring it up anyway.  I did come across a link between the last name Ho/Howe in regards with the tradition of the Shemsu-hor, who were the priests of Horus in ancient Egypt.  I know some day I have to find my notes on that reference.  However, let us now look at the Shemsu-hor.  Who were they?  In his book "Gods of Eden- Egypt's Lost Legacy and the Genesis of Civilization", author Andrew Collins says they were "...companions, or followers of the hawk-headed god Horus whom the Royal Canon of Turin says ruled Egypt for an incredible 13,420 years before the ascent of Menes, the first recorded Pharaoh."  Now of course, we know that Egypt was originally an Atlantean colony- this is why the Pyramids, statues, and temples of the earliest dynasties are of higher craftsmanship and precision than the later works.  In other words, their civilization slowly degraded from some previous Golden Age, the Atlantean wisdom was slowly lost.  I would recommend one sees John Anthony West's documentary series (8 hours long total) "Magical Egypt" for more information.  It is very true that there are many links between ancient Egypt and Neolithic Europe as well.  This is why in our Western civilization, we spend so much time in grade school learning about Egypt.  Princess Scota was an Egyptian princess who moved her people into modern day Europe for instance.  Scotland is named after her.  In his book, "The Mystery of Skara Brae- Neolithic Scotland and the Origins of Ancient Egypt" author Laird Scranton writes "According to Serge Sauneron in "The Priests of Ancient Egypt" a tradition of knowledge and instruction similar to what we infer to [regarding Egypt] have existed on Orkney Island was perpetuated as standard features of Egyptian temple complexes..."  One must read the book, but the author is inferring similarities between the stone temple complexes (known as howe's) of Orkney Island, Scotland with those of Egypt.  Interestingly enough, the Orkney Islands was also one of the seats of the Culdee Monks or "Papae" ("priestly fathers"), whom William B. Goodwin speaks of in his book "Ruins of Great Ireland In new England."  In his Conan books, it is also such an island where Robert E. Howard would have Conan retire to as king in his latter days (as in Conan of the Isles)....

But I digress! (Or am I?)  That's all for now, folks.  Stay tuned for next time!                         

Proposed Time-Line Concerning Rock Formations And Stone Structures- An Alternative Anthropological View

Proposed Time-Line Concerning Rock Formations And Stone Structures- An Alternative Anthropological View

This post is intended to clarify some of the observations I have made and have touched upon in my writing recently.  I feel that this information needs to get "out there."  I should also make it expressly clear that most, if not all, of these perspectives relate to the Indigenous perspective of the "Ceremonial Stone Landscape."  However, there are some surprises.  Let me say this for starters, not all stone structures may relate expressly to any modern group of homo sapiens.  So let's get into it:

* Millions of years ago, such as in Tertiary Times, the age of the mega-fauna and mega-flora.  The age of the proposed dinosaurs (which may need some re-visioning.)  At this time, most of the bedrock we see in the New England area today was formed.  For instance, there was a man in the Western part of Massachusetts who used to have a dinosaur museum.  For a small fee, you could go to his property and chink off souvenir dinosaur footprints from the bedrock of his property.  I have seen what appears to be a dinosaur footprint in the bedrock in Milford, MA.  Again, this itself is a form of "mud fossil."  Instead of the specimen being preserved, we have it's footprint.  Also, some boulders we see today in the shape of whale effigies, giant sharks, giant frogs, giant turtles, etc., are the Mud Fossil (note: I recommend the reader research this term) remains of the ancient living mega fauna, and were not carved into the stone by any human agency.  In this way, these stones were "once alive" and may be a source of sacred power, as ancient Native American tradition attests.  Another note would be that some of this mega fauna, such as the giant beaver, (see Vine Deloria Jr.'s "Red Earth, White Lies") may have survived right up into historic times, and that the time line of our perception of the ancient past needs some new understanding.  Also, I have noticed that some stones may indeed be petrified dinosaur eggs, another form of mud fossil.

* Homo-Saurus.  There may have been an age when an alternative, intellegent form of life walked upon this Earth- the androgenous homo-saurus; being the serpent-men, or reptile men of ancient legend.  One good book to learn more about this subject is R.A. Boulay's "Flying Serpents And Dragons- The Story of Mankind's Reptillian Past."  Armed with this knowledge, one is keen to see the androgenous serpent race mentioned in other works of literature/ religious texts, for instance I noticed this race possibly mentioned in the ancient Gnostic text "The Gospel of Truth" while reading Hans Jonas' classic work on the "Gnostic Religion."  Also of note, YouTube channel "Mud Fossil University" has uploaded a video of a petrified homo-saurus mud fossil from Washington State.  This is presented as soft-core evidence.  If this race did indeed once exist, they must have left an impact upon their settlements.  How is one always sure of what they are looking at?  This is also why I do not dismiss alternative views such as the primordial "Atlan" race proposed by Len Kasten in his book, "Alien World Order- the Reptillian Plan to Divide and Conquer the Human Race."  One may also want to read "The Emerald Tablets Of Thoth the Atlantean" as translated by Doreal for more reference as regards these topics.

* A former age of giants.  We may not be totally descended from these giants, although some of their genes may have survived through the Cro-Magnons (who may not be much different from Len Kasten's "Atlans"), who spread out to the east and west after the sinking of Atlantis.  This was the original empire of the "Red Man", having owing it's source to before the Greater Deluge of 12,000 years ago.  The giants were once living god-men, living for hundreds of years, (and according to Old Testament and other sources, even upwards of a thousand years) when the Earth was in a different planetary conjunction and experiencing different magnetic anomalies (such as the position of the moon) from what we experience today, and have experienced through much of our known history.  Due to Earth changes, these "god-men" were left derelict, possibly passing some of their genes on to the Cro-Magnon.  Given the scant remains of what has been found, the average giant was probably 9-12 ft. in length, in rare cases perhaps 15 or 18 ft.  See some of the prior posts in this blog for some reference literature concerning giants.

* The Cro-Magnon.  The Cro-Magnon were a tawny, red/browned skin race that averaged seven feet in height.  Mainstream scholars have not yet come to terms with this, but the evidence is already in: the seat of their original homeland was Atlantis.  After the sinking of Atlantis (12,000 years ago) they spread to the East (Europe/ North Africa) and west (Eastern Seaboard of North America.)  The civilization of Atlantis was the original seat of the Red Man.  The mountain at the center of Atlantis, which was naturally stepped, was the original source of inspiration for the pyramid builders.  One needs to read the book "The Secret of Atlantis" by Otto Muck for more reconstructed detail about these matters.  If you are a serious, unbiased researcher, ignore this information at your own risk.   Also note: The Red Paint People, who settled the Eastern Seaboard of North America, and the Red Ochre People (same culture, really), who settled the coasts of Western Europe, are the immediate descendants of these Atlans/ Atlanteans/ Cro-Magnons.  I have talked extensively about the Red Paints in this blog, it is advised that the reader be informed about the Red Paint People.

* The Little People.  I have a hunch they are still around.  I will not go into the reasons why I say this, but I will share some general information.  Known locally in Algonquin as the Magesiwaoug (Mack-eh-se-way-og, spelled out phoentically), these are the little pygmy people who pre-date the "commonly known", let us say, American Indian.  In other words, the Little People are the original Native Americans.  Native tradition backs this claim up.  The Little People, in some (most?) cases, were the teachers of ancient Native American tribes.  The Little People were magicians and conjurers, having known the art of invisibility.  They lived in hollows in the hills and were a "moon-eyed" people.  The Little People are also known as Menehune in Hawaii, and known as Na Amhuisgean in Gaelic/ Celtic.  I have another hunch that all traditions of the Little People throughout the world share a common ancestry (different settled areas around the globe of one root race).

* Indigenous People.  These include groups such as Algonquin, Iroquoian, Sioux, etc. Often mistaken by scholars as Siberian-Altaic migrants who followed the Ice Bridge down from the Berring Straits.  This is only partly true, at best.  They are the indigenous people of North America.  The Atlans, or Atlanteans (mistakenly referred to as Cro-Magnons) is most likely a part of their ancient genetic make-up as well.  Simply put, indigenous people.  Many aspects of the Ceremonial Stone Landscape indeed do relate to Native culture.  Evidence suggests they have settled in North America at least as long as 16,000- 20,000 years ago, perhaps longer.  What is perplexing however, is that there are surviving Sioux traditions of their ancestors battling what can only sound like dinosaurs (again I refer you to the work of Vine Deloria Jr., himself a Sioux, as well as a scholar.)  I have heard other sources (also from the Sioux) talk of "call whistles" that the tribes had developed to drive these great beasts off.  Again, I believe that the timeline concerning dinosaurs and the appearance of man (homo-sapien) may need revising.

* A Celtic presence, from perhaps 3,000 or so years ago to around the 10th Century AD.  I have a strong feeling that these Celts did not live in New England in permanent settlements, but that perhaps the Stone Chambers and monoliths they left behind related to their concept of "The Other World" or the Celtic TirNanOg.  The burials of their kings were probably located at these places (such as Gungywamp- where an urn was found, believed to be Celtic, but once turned into the labs to be analyzed has subsequently disappeared,) and there may have been small groups of resident priests living at these places, but no greater Celtic settlement.  They probably had good relationships with local Native people.  To make sense of this, one should read "The Ruins Of Great Ireland In new England" by William B. Goodwin and "America B.C." by Berry Fell.  Also, as to my Conan references in earlier posts: it is known that King Con and Queen Eda, and their son Prince ConEda were all historical people, even with historic place names (townships in Ireland) named after them.  The Culdee Monks, or Irish priests of the 10th century (attributed by people like Goodwin in his "Ruins of Great Ireland In New England" as building the Stone Chambers) followed St. Columba, who himself was a great grandson of Con-all Gulban (again, the surname Con).  St. Columba is the same priest who fought back the Sea-Serpent at Loch Ness, the earliest historical reference to the Loch Ness monster.  So here we have another reference to Robert E. Howard's Conan, or at least, his real-life lineage the fiction was based off.  In his fiction, Howard has Conan as a "Cimmerion", but when you cut through the fictional jargon, one realizes Conan is a Celt-Iberian, who are also distant Atlantean descendants.  Howard's Conan, then, is like a Celtic caricature of a great Warrior King, like a legendary Gengis Kahn, however being a great king of the Celts.  Howard himself believed he was channeling information which inspired his writing back in the 1920's/30's.   Anyway, I think I have proven my point.

* The Norse did have settlements.  "Vinland" or "Vineland" may be an allusion to the earlier Celtic priesthood clusters of Stone Chambers (see my earlier post concerning "greel", the "holy grail", the "grapevine" and the sacred drink of the Celts.)  We know of Newfoundland, but I am not sure to what other extent there may have been settlements.  I believe the Norse were more Icelandic/ northerly.  They may have been in New England only to chase down the Culdee Monks and perhaps had one failed colony, where Erik the Red built a hall.  However, from Newfoundland, there is evidence such as the Kensington Rune Stone (a popular example) that they pushed down the St. Lawrence River and explored areas as far off as Minnesota and perhaps as far down as Oklahoma.  Given their extensive trading routes in the Old World and hardy character, this is not surprising.

Also note: I stand by my earlier conviction, made through years of research, that the Stone Chamber is a post-Atlantean style of stone architecture (examples are to be found in the Canary Islands, for instance.)  However, given the distinct craftsmanship of many of the New England Stone Chambers (the "beehive" stacking technique of the Upton Stone Chamber for instance), I am going to have to say that William B. Goodwin and his "Ruins of Great Ireland In New England" has hit on something important.  I am going to have to say that here, then, is the TirNanOg of the Celts.  However, this does not necessarily exclude Native American involvement in the building of these Stone Chambers.

What is also equally as impressive as the Stone Chambers are the numerous Earthen and Stone Pyramid Mounds which dot the landscape- which relate strictly to the Atlantean/ post-Atlantean and indigenous Native American cultural complex.  These are sometimes (mostly) confused for natural features in the landscape such as hills, knolls, eskers and drumlins.  Sometimes it is tricky to tell the difference, and most people do not know that these pyramids exist.
     

So, in short, I submit that all of the above circumstances/factors have contributed to the rock formations and stone structures of ancient antiquity.  There are also follies (not a dirty word)- people who still bare the burden of the ancient tradition of stone stacking- the indigenous method differs from the industrialist method in that it follows the natural contours of the landscape and enhances it- unlike today's engineered industrialist marvels, these indigenous methods do not impose.  Also, in terms of modern structures- given the right integrity of the structure and temperament of the builder(s), a modern structure can be both modern as well as sacred- a modernly built sacred stone structure.  Those certainly exist as well.  ;)

There are also natural phenomenon such as meteorites and such to account for still other phenomenon. 

As James Whittall stated to Philip Imbrogno and Marianne Horrigan, authors of "Celtic Mysteries in New England"  "everybody built these things."  It is also true that certain paranormal phenomenon, such as ghost lights and UFO's have been seen around these sights.  It is true, I am a witness to such phenomenon myself, and I have been my whole life in a way, but I will get more into that at a later post.

One other thing.  Ever since finding the ancient stone shrine in Medway, MA., which is aligned to the sunrise of the winter solstice (see a post about this here- "Medway's Ancient Winter Solstice Shrine" ); I had been wondering that there must have been a sacred object placed inside of the structure.  I was thinking, what was it? Dried husks of corn perhaps?  No.  I believe a sacred crystal was placed inside of the small chamber space.  This structure was probably just one point in a grid of such places.  This crystal probably related to the spiritual technology of the ancients.  The crystal was probably charged with the light of the rising sun to symbolize new life into the world- perhaps the crystal stayed there to charge for some time until the medicine priest took it for use for some reason.  People who have written about Atlantis have asserted the Atlanteans had this kind of crystal technology, which was surely handed down to later people.  One sees evidence of this throughout the whole Atlantic rim, such as crystals being used in the Stone Chambers of Ireland and Wales..  Edgar Cayce, the clairvoyant, stated in one of his psychic readings that there was once a "great Crystal of Atlantis" and that they used crystal technology.  Local archaeologist Curt Hoffman also discovered the ancient use of herkemer diamonds (a type of quartz crystal) in the New England area by Native people.  I would also like to make a correction: the author Graham Hancock, with his new book "America Before" is on top of his game.

This is all I have time for to write now in this post.  Please stay tuned for more.