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KUDOS
Thanks to Rebecca A. Saunders, Ph.D. at Louisiana State University's Museum
of Natural Science for information, documentation, and images regarding the
Edisto Shell Circles; David Carrasco, Ph.D. at Harvard University for information and images regarding the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2; and Stephen J.
Mattingly, Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science Center, for information, documentation, and images regarding the Shroud of Turin research.

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P A U L D E V E RE A UX
LETTERS

By Lise Hull

A founder and director of the Dragon Project Trust, Paul Devereux has spent the last 35 years
studying the earths natural energies and sacred places as well as conducting research into forces
at prehistoric sites and exploring dream consciousness. He has also authored 20 books and numerous articles on ancient lifeways, consciousness, and unusual geophysical phenomena.

TO THE

E D I T O R ..............................................8

N O T E W O R T H Y ...........................................................10
C O M M E N TA R Y ............................................................ 20
Racing Toward the Apocalypse: Calculating the Coming of End Times

40 T H E P H E NO M E NA L P O WE R

OF

G O LD

By Laurence Gardner

Throughout the past century, scientists have been searching for the Holy Grail of modern physics,
which Albert Einstein classified as a Unified Theory of Everything. Included in this research is the
discovery that gold and platinum-group metals can be transmuted into a fine white powder that
has gravity-defying attributes and an ability to literally bend space-time. The most astonishing fact
about this powder, however, is that it is not actually a new discovery.

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OF TH E

M O NONGA H E L A

By Tom White

Anyone who has lived near Pittsburgh, PA since the 1950s has heard the story of the Ghost
Bomber of the Monongahela River. I first discovered the mystery one Friday evening when
I was about six years old, after digging through a stack of old newspapers in my grandparents living room. After spotting a curious headline, Mon Hides B-25
Or Does It? Since then, I have been actively researching this topic in an
attempt to learn the truth about the crashand the conspiracy theories surrounding it.

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OF S ATAN S
A NT O N L AV E Y U NM ASKE D
By Ken Mondschein

Even more than half a decade after his death, the name of Anton Szandor
LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, continues to be synonymous
with the embodiment of evil. Yet under closer scrutiny, an image of a quite
different man emergesa real human being who managed to live life on
his own terms.

MYSTERIES

ON

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A R C H A E O L O G I C A L F I N D S .............................................24
Sea Battles at the Colosseum

U R B A N L E G E N D S ........................................................26
The Appeal of Corruption

C R Y P T O Z O O N E W S .....................................................28
Lake Monsters: The Ongoing Search for Evidence

H A U N T E D H E R I TA G E ..................................................30
Poet Dylan Thomas Haunted Legacy

PROFILES

IN

E V I L ...................................................... 32

The Mad Baron of Mongolia

TREASURES

FROM THE

D E E P .........................................34

B O O K R E V I E W S ..........................................................60
IN

THE

T H E AT E R ....................................................... 62

W E B R E V I E W S ...........................................................64
M U S I C R E V I E W S .........................................................66
2003-04 E V E N T S C A L E N D A R ........................................68
T H E C L A S S I F I L E S ....................................................... 76

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Letters to the Editor

Making the Grade


Dear Kim,
aving been in the
UFO/paranormal field for
38 years, I have seen many
magazines come and go and am having
a hard time finding one that suits my
taste. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10
being the best, I would rate Fate magazine 4, UFO magazine 5, and Mysteries
magazine 6.
The two biggest surprises was that you
published no UFO stories and are publishing only four times a year. To increase
readership, I recommend including at
least two good UFO stories per issue;
after all, they are the greatest mystery of
all time! However, I very much enjoyed
the article on the Winchester Mystery
House, the commentary piece on water
on Mars, and the Cr yptozoo 2002
roundup article, all of which were in
issue #1.

BILLY RACHELS
THOMASVILLE, GA

Billy,

lthough we cer tainly plan to


report on interesting UFO sightings (see our article on page 12,
for instance), there are a number of popular UFO magazines currently on the market which cover this topic quite thoroughly.
Therefore, we felt that Mysteries magazine
should focus on other, less well-covered mysterious phenomenon.
We certainly would love to increase our
frequency from four times a year to six, but
for now plan to invest our time, money,
and energy in increasing our page count
and adding color to the magazine. Until
such time that we can publish more frequently, we will strive to produce the best
publication that we can. Perhaps soon we
will be able to impress you enough to raise
our grade!
KIM GUARNACCIA

Rummaging a Thing of the Past

Savoring the Articles


Kim Guarnaccia,
hat a wonderful first issue of
Mysteries Magazine! I am still
savoring the ar ticles and
reviews, and drooling over the event listings. Thank you very much and congrats
on this achievement.

ANNA KITCHEN
EMAIL

How About a Contact Column?


Howdy Kim,
am enjoying the first two issues of
Mysteries; in particular, the variety of
coverage is notable. But it would be
good to see some information on upand-coming investigators. However, the
feature that would cause me to abandon
kin and duty to race would be a contact
column. I dont mean a lonely hearts
thing but a way to find others with similar interests in various topics.
Thank you for a well-produced, fascinating magazine.

ROBERT HINTON
HOUSTON, TX

Dear Editor,
am well pleased with your new
magazine. Many of the other magazines in the field feature grey text
on a black background (which is mysterious looking indeed, but hard to read),
focus on rather nebulous takes of the
dearly depar ted, or are filled with
debates on the relative merits of fungi
vs. aliens. Some magazines have even
shrunk and then grown in size, seemingly at random.
Rather, I prefer the more concrete tales
that you have provided. I especially
enjoyed not having to rummage through
the magazine, as if in a treasure hunt, to
look for the end of the articles.
I am glad to have subscribed, and best
of luck!

PETER KIDD
SHIRLEY, MA

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Noteworthy

Archaeologists
Uncover the
Dionysus Temple

Ancient Crop Lines Found


on Britians Yorkshire Wolds

in the area and back to higher grazing


pastures.
Experts also believe that the funnels
were part of a much larger system that
stretched over a dozen miles, and that
the extent of the ditches and banks
which were probably dug to create areas
for different agricultural usesindicates
that they were added to over several
generations.
Hailed as a major find because of its
sheer scale, the discovery paints a different picture of Iron Age agriculture in
Britain, which was long thought to have
consisted of little more than peasant
farming. Instead, Iron Age farmers are
now believed to have had the resources
and expertise to ranch livestock on a
much grander scale than previously
believed.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCE: ENGLISH HERITAGE

PAPicSelect and English Heritage

n October 2002, archaeologists


announced that mysterious lines
seen in the crops on the chalky hillsides of Yorkshire, England are the
remains of an ancient, highly sophisticated cattle ranching industry.
The crop lines, which date to the late
Iron Age (possibly as early as the second
century BC), have baffled experts since
they were first discovered by aerial photography in the 1950s. One commonly
accepted theory was that the lines were
related to Celtic purification rituals.
However, new research shows that the
lines are remnants of six-foot-wide
ditches that were originally surrounded
by high banks and hedges.
Although no physical remnants of the
ditches sur vive above ground, aerial
photography reveals a spectacular network of interconnected lines that
stretch for more than six miles. Archaeologists believe that the ditches created
funnels that were used to channel
thousands of livestock into droveways,
that led to the only reliable water source

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uring an expedition in 2002, Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed


an oval ritual hall that matches
the descriptions of the Dionysus Temple, which was famous in antiquity for
its splendor, and in modern times for
the many failed attempts by archaeologists to locate it.
The ritual hall is located inside a
huge templepalace complex in the
dead city of
Perpericon,
about 150
miles southeast of Bulgarias capital, Sofia, in
the easter n
Rhodope
mountain
range. Perpericon was previously
known as the site of a medieval
for tress but is now believed to have
been first built by the ancient Thracians
8,000 years ago.
Archaeologists located the lost city in
2000 and discovered a typical ancient
road to the temple, which led them to
the temple complex. According to Professor Nikolav Ovcharov, who led the
archaeological team, the temple-complex was an impor tant religious and
political center for many centuries, and
the recently discovered ritual hall
matches ancient descriptions of the rituals held in the Dionysus Temple.
The spacious oval hall is nearly 100
feet in diameter and has a round, center altar that was erected approximately
ten feet above the floor. The ancients
poured wine onto a fire on the altar and
interpreted the flames and smoke to
make predictions. The ritual hall has no
roof, which matches descriptions that
say that the Dionysus Temple was left
uncovered to accommodate the rising
smoke.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCES: THE BULGARIAN NEWS,
BULGARIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Noteworthy

Police UFO Sightings Documented

officers could repor t UFO


sightings without fear of public
exposure, Heseltine began
keeping a database to record
and collate the details of
police sightings and launched
the Police Repor ting UFO
Sightings (PRUFOS) web site,
where personal details and
confidentiality are protected
upon request.
Heseltine, who has been
interested in UFOs since seeing one in 1975, is anxious to
hear from other officers who
have had similar experiences.
For more information, visit
www.prufos.co.uk.

n July of 2003, Detective Constable Gary


Heseltine of the British Transpor t Police
published the Police Repor ting UFOs
Repor t, the most comprehensive record of
UFO sightings involving police officers in
Britain. The report, which spans the period
from 1950 to 2003, includes 86 UFO sightings involving 214 police officers. Many of
the incidents have never before been made
public and more than half were corroborated by other police officers who were present at the time.
According to Heseltine, police officers are
particularly credible witnesses because they
are trained observers. But only a small fraction of UFO sightings involving police officers
have been repor ted because the officers
fear ridicule and detrimental effects on their
careers. To provide a mechanism by which

Researchers Prove
that Flies Can Fly
S
cientists have now confirmed that
flies can fly. Previously, scientists
thought that their light weight
allowed flies to technically swim in the
air, but studies conducted by scientists
from Zurich Universitys Institute of
Neuroinformatics in Switzerland, the
University of California at Berkeley, and
the California Institute of Technology
show that friction, which was assumed to
let flies swim in air, is not a factor.
Analysis of infrared video films that
captured fruit flies at a rate of 5,000
frames per second, showed that instead of
swimming on air, flies use tiny changes in
wing motion to generate the twisting
force necessary to compensate for the
inertia of their bodies and the friction of

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the air.
As flies make their signature quick turns,
their bodies rotate
too fast for their
visual systems to
keep up, which
means that a nonvisual sensory system is involved in
flight
control.
Researchers suspect
that the flies shrunken,
second pair of wings,
which were long thought to be
used for stability, are part of a high-performance sensory system that controls
complex actions by using a relatively

small number of neurons.


The research into the sophisticated
sensor y system of flies is providing
important clues to a number of physical
and biological processes as well. Scientists now hope that it may eventually lead
to a model that will provide insight into
the behavior of complex systems
in general.
For
isntance,
b i o m i m e t i c
researchers are using
the information to
design tiny flying
robots capable of
fruit fly flight
maneuvers for use
as instruments of
surveillance, searchand-rescue, transportation, environmental monitoring, mine
detection, and planetary exploration.

Steven N. Fry

JUDITH KANE

JUDITH KANE
SOURCES: SCIENCE, MSNBC

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Noteworthy

Excavations Fuel Theory


on Shell Ring Origins

ew historical and scientific research has uncovered a surprising amount of circumstantial evidence which suggests that a single natural disaster caused many of the
events described in the Biblical account of the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt.
According to a new documentary presented by the BBC in December of 2002, volcanic
shards found in Egypt may be linked to a huge volcanic eruption on the Greek island of
Santorini in the 16th century BC. Using computer imagery to demonstrate that the eruption would have been many times more powerful than a nuclear bomb, experts argue that
the explosion could have triggered a series of natural events that would have been
remembered by many generations, and was subsequently recorded as the plagues that
devastated Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea.
The eruption would have resulted in a cloud of volcanic ash that plunged the area into
darkness, generated lightning and hail, reduced rainfall, caused drought, and poisoned
the Nile with pollution that turned it red. The pollution would also have driven millions of
frogs on to land to die, thus removing the only significant predator of flies and lice, which
could have transmitted fatal diseases to cattle, and boils and blisters to humans.
Computer simulations also show that the Santorini eruption would have triggered a
massive tidal wave that would have been six
feet high and a hundred miles long by the
time it reached the Egyptian delta. Combined
with a subsequent geographical mistranslation that identified the Sea of Reeds (a shallow swamp on the Egyptian delta) as the Red
Sea, such an event may well have been the
genesis of the Biblical account of the parting
of the Red Sea.

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JUDITH KANE
SOURCE: NEWS TELEGRAPH

In February of 2003, Rebecca Saunders, an archaeologist from Louisiana


State University, described how excavations of three rings on Edisto Island suggest that the rings were purposefully
erected as ceremonial sites.
According to Saunders, one of the
Edisto rings may have had a coneshaped mound connected to the ring by
a ramp. Saunders also found signs that
the shells in the rings was purposefully
mounded rather than gradually accreted, evidence that the rings may represent special places where tribes gathered
together at certain times of the year for
religious and social purposes.
The Edisto rings are among some 30
known shell ring sites on the south
Atlantic coast. Archaeologists began
studying the rings in the 1960s but
Saunders excavation is the first significant work at the Edisto site since they
were recorded more than 30 years ago.
Archaeologists hope to return to the
site to more closely study the smaller
ringlets of shells found along the outside
perimeter of the largest ring.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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wrapped in a linen shroud in readiness


n May of 2003, Stephen J. Mattingfor
burial. Moisture in the linen, either
ly, a microbiologist at the University
from washing the body
of Texas Health
or
the dampness of the
Science
Center,
burial tombor a
announced at the
combination of the
American Society for
twoattracted
Microbiology General
hydrophilic (water-lovMeeting in Washinging) polysaccharides
ton, DC that he
on the surface of the
believes that the image
unusually
heavy
on the Shroud of Turin
deposits
of
bacteria,
was formed by bacteria.
causing the cloth to
According to Matattach to the skin and
tingly, the crucified
impregnate the linen
individual, who was
with bacteria. Lipids
bleeding from multiple
and pigments prowounds, was kept alive Mattinglys facial features on a
duced
by the bacteria
for a number of hours, linen cloth, created by bacteria.
as
they
dried and oxithus allowing the body
dized
then
caused
a
yellow
stain in the
to act as an incubator for the common
cloth which gradually darkened, like a
skin bacterium Staphylococcus epiderslowly developing photograph.
midis. The corpse was then washed and
Steven J. Mattingly

and carved bone pins, stone from tools,


bone projectile points, and fish and other
animal boneswere purposefully erected or simply built up over time from the
discards of prehistoric villages. More rare
than shell middens (where coastal Native
Americans typically disposed of refuse),
the shell rings are from a time when the
native societies in the southeast began to
permanently occupy coastal sites.

Volcanic Eruption on Santorini


May Explain Biblical Exodus

A view of a caldera on the volcano


on the Greek Isle of Santorini.

I
Rebecca A. Saunders

xcavations on Edisto Island, SC


have yielded clues to one of
Americas ancient mysteriesthe
origins of huge, 3000+-year-old oyster
shell rings that are scattered along its
southeast coast.
Scholars have long debated whether
the shell rings, which are as large as 30
feet high and a quarter of a mile in diameterand contain the remains of pottery

Shroud of Turin Painted by Germs


To test his theory, Mattingly coated
his own face with excess skin bacteria and
covered it with a damp linen cloth,
which he allowed to dry before removing it. The cloth gave a remarkably good
straw-colored image of his face, which
continued to develop over several days
and weeks. Facial features were readily
apparent and negative exposures
revealed photographic-like images,
which were similar to some details on the
Shroud of Turin.
Mattingly concludes that the image on
the Turin Shroud can be reproduced by
anyone with a little knowledge of microbiology. His findings will be published
in a scientific peer-reviewed journal in
the near future.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCES: STEPHEN J. MATTINGLY,
PH.D., AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
MICROBIOLOGY ABSTRACT

TOMB OF GILGAMESH BELIEVED FOUND

erman archaeologists believe that


they may have found the lost tomb
of Gilgamesh, ruler of the ancient
city of Uruk and the subject of the worlds
oldest written story, The Epic Of Gilgamesh
(c. 2500 BC).
A set of poems inscribed by an ancient
Sumerian scholar in cuneiform on 12 clay
tablets, the epic relates
the adventures of Gilgamesh,
who
was
renowned for his braver y
and his search for the
meaning of life and, with it,
immor tality. According to
the epic, which includes an
account of a huge flood
similar to the biblical story
of Noah, Gilgamesh was
buried under the Euphrates

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River in a tomb constr ucted when the


waters of the ancient river parted.
In April of 2003, archaeologists used
magnetic prospecting to detect buried
structures in the Iraqi deser t, about 180
miles south of Baghdad. Differences in the
magnetization of the soil helped them distinguish between man-made mudbricks and
sediment
from
the
Euphrates. By digitally
mapping the area, they
were able to create a town
plan of the buried city,
which is thought to be the
ancient city of Uruk, from
which Iraq gets it name.
The magnetogram also
detailed garden and field
structures, walls, houses,
and a sophisticated net-

work
of
canals,
which confi r m e d
some of
the details
contained
in The Epic
of
Gilgamesh
about the
citys layout. It also
pinpointed
the remains of a structure in an area just
outside the city, in the middle of where the
Euphrates once flowed, which could be
interpreted as a burial crypt.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCE: BBC NEWS

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Noteworthy

Noteworthy

Archaeologists Solve
A Literary Mystery

iterary critics have long debated


over the veracity of Madagascar:
or Robert Drurys Journal During
15 Years Captivity on that Island, an
exciting account of shipwreck, captivity
on a tropical island, torture, and
escape that was published in 1729 and
quickly became the
literar y sensation of
its day. Although the
author called the tale
a plain, honest narrative of matters of fact,
most dismissed the
adventures of a young
midshipman as fiction.
Then in 1962, an
American scholar located
Drurys birth and burial
records as well as other
evidence that Drury had,
in fact, served aboard the
Degrave, an East India Company ship
that was wrecked off the southern coast
of Madagascar. According to Drurys
journal, the crew of the Degrave was
captured and enslaved by the warlike
Tandroy people (who still inhabit much
of the island). The crew was then conscripted into the local army and forced to
fight in tribal wars. Drury spent more
than 15 years in captivity and was one of
only four of the original 180 men who
served on the ship to survive.
British archaeologists from Sheffield
University have since used the details
from Drur ys narrative to locate the
wreckage of the ship, the remains of the
village where he was held captive, and
other evidence that validates the text.

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Buck Teeth Clue to Royal Burial Place

The ongoing excavations have opened


an unexpected window on how Madagascar was settled and ruled in a longforgotten period of its history.
The research has also shown that the
unlikely that an unschooled Cockney
journal contains a number of
sailor (who probably would have been
errors and tall tales. The
illiterate) actually wrote the text. The
scale and grandeur of the
introduction indicates that the
native settlements, for
manuscript was put in a more agreeable
example, were grossly exagmethod by an anonymous editor. Writgeratedthe mile-wide
ing style and other internal evidence sugcapital city of the Tandroy
gest that the editor was Daniel Defoe,
that Drury described was
who was a master at promotion and
actually little more than a
knew what the reading public wanted
collection of ramshackle
and how to market a tale.
huts. However, most
Defoe, who had published Robinson
experts agree that the
Crusoe ten years earlier, was fascinated
essence of Drurys story
with sailors stories, loved trickery and
is true and that the
deceit, and often took truthful or semiinaccuracies were probtruthful accounts of ships and piracy in
ably the result of a
the South Seas, sexed them up a bit, and
faulty memory and an
published well-researched pseudonyearly example of publishing hype
mous versions with introductory protesand 18th-century spin.
tations that claim that the tales were
In a truth is stranger than fiction
truthful. Besides Robinson Crusoe
twist, the archaeologists them(which begins with a similar
selves were briefly imprisprotestation), Defoe wrote
oned by local people who
several sequels and similar
suspected that the white
books, and was probably
researchers were headthe author of another
hunters who wanted
true memoir, the
their brains to find a
Memoirs of Captain
cure for AIDS. They
George
Carleton,
were released only
which was, for a time,
after complex negotiaattributed to Jonathan
tions convinced local
Swift.
leaders otherwise.
One mystery about the
JUDITH KANE
work remainswho wrote
SOURCES: BRITISH
the book? Drury obviously supARCHAEOLOGY,
plied the facts, but it is
Daniel Defoe
THE OBSERVER

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mummy with buck teeth and a


royal hairstyle may lead British
researchers to the solution of
one of the enduring mysteries of Egypts
Valley of the Kings necropolisthe original burial place of Amenhotep I, boy
pharaoh, warrior king, and the first to
make his last resting place in the Valley of
the Kings.
Royal mummies were moved several
times to stay ahead of ancient tomb robbers, and scholars have long puzzled
over the location of the original tomb of
Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC), whose
mummy was recovered from a mass
reburial of pharaohs in the nearby cliffs
of Deir el-Bahari in 1881. Based on
details given in the Abbot Papyrus, an
ancient account from the 20th dynasty
concerning the inspection of royal
tombs, an undecorated and uninscribed
tomb called KV.39 has always been
linked with Amenhotep, who ascended
the throne in the 18th dynasty New
Kingdom to rule with his mother Queen
Ahmose-Nefertari.
Architectural features and chisel marks
indicate that KV.39, which is the highest
of all the tombs in the Valley of the
Kings, dates to the early 18th dynasty.

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Experts believe that its height, close


proximity to Deir el-Medina (the village
of the tomb builders founded by Amenhotep I), and the fact that it is nestled
under the natural pyramid-shaped peak
of the Theban hills suggest that KV.39 is
one of the earliest tombs constructed in
the ancient necropolis.
However, KV.39 had been robbed in
antiquity and initial modern exploration
of the three-chambered, complex tomb
was not thorough, so the evidence was
confusing. In 1989, archaeologists trying to establish who was first buried in
KV.39 began exploring the enigmatic
tomb for only the second time since its
discover y nearly a centur y ago. Five
years spent clearing the tomb of debris
yielded more than 1,350 bags of objects,
ornaments, and human remains.
Excavations during the summer of
2003 yielded conclusive dateable evidence that KV.39 is an early New Kingdom royal tomb. Examination of excavated materials indicates that the tomb
may have been opened again to entomb
a second royal family, and that it may
have been used even later as a staging
area where royal mummies were carefully
rewrapped and placed in new coffins,

prior to being moved.


Joanne Fletcher, eqyptologist and
expert in mummified remains, noticed
among the artifacts recently recovered
from KV.39 the mummified head of a
woman with distinctive wig fragments
and buck teeth, a characteristic feature of
early 18th-dynasty royal women. (The
superbly preserved mummy of Amenhoteps mother, which is at Cairos
Egyptian Museum, also has the familys
characteristic buck teeth.)
Fletcher believes that the combination
of the family trait and the high quality of
embalming materials typical of royal
burials are evidence that KV.39 is the
original tomb of Amenhotep I.
We know that Amenhotep was a bit
of a mummys boy, and he is almost
always shown with his mother, said
Fletcher. So it is certainly logical to
assume that Amenhotep I would have
been buried in a tomb with his mum as
well as other female members of his
family.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCES: THE GUARDIAN,
DISCOVERY NEWS, NEMES

The most beautiful


thing we can
experience is the
mysterious. It is the
source of all true
art and science.
Albert Einstein
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Noteworthy

Noteworthy

indings published in the July,


2003 issue of the British Journal
of Psychology conclude that
although places exist where people reliably have unusual experiences, there is
no scientific evidence that the experiences are caused by ghosts. According to
Dr. Richard Wiseman of the University
of Hertfordshire, the experience of seeing ghosts or feeling their presence is
simply the minds way of interpreting the
bodys reaction to certain surroundings
and sensory cues.
Wisemans team of researchers questioned thousands of volunteers regarding
their knowledge about allegedly haunted
locations at Hampton Court Palace in
Surrey, England, and the South Bridge
Vaults in Edinburgh, Scotland. They
then asked the volunteers to record any
unusual phenomena they experienced
while visiting the sites.
Examination of the reported experiences found that witnesses consistently
reported a higher number of paranormal
experiences in the places that were reputed to be the most haunted, such as the
Georgian rooms and the Haunted
Gallery of Hampton Court, which have
supposedly been haunted by the spirit of
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of
Henry VIII, since she was beheaded in
1542. The results were the same in the
Edinburgh vaultsthe vaults considered
most haunted were where volunteers
recorded the most unusual encounters,
such as apparitions, sudden changes in
temperature, a strong sense of a presence, or hearing footsteps.
Using a wide range of monitoring
equipment, including thermal imagers,
air movement detectors, temperature
probes, video equipment, and electromagnetic sensors, the researchers found
that the location of unusual experiences

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correlated with various environmental


factors, including the variance of local
magnetic fields, drafts in the air, and
visual cues, such as lighting levels and the
general spookiness of the site. Investigation in the
Haunted
Galler y of
Hampton
Cour t, for
example,
showed that
v i s i t o r s
reported
feeling
a
ghostly presence in areas
where there
were many
concealed
doors that
c a u s e d
a l m o s t
imper ceptible drafts in the air.
At both Hampton Court Palace and
the South Bridge Vaults, the study also
found a significant correlation between
reports of paranormal activity and variances in local magnetic fields. The variances were highest in areas that were
considered the most haunted, and lowest
in areas where volunteers typically did
not record unusual experiences.
These findings are supported by previous laboratory experiments that suggest
that varying magnetic fields have a measurable effect on human physiology. In
those experiments, variations in normal
electromagnetic fields applied to certain
parts of the brain resulted in both sensory and psychological perceptions, such as
being touched, feeling fear, sensing a
presence, seeing bright lights, and feeling close to God. The details of the expe-

riences were strongly affected by the


expectations of the subjects and their
sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.
Other studies have shown that infrasound (low frequency vibrations just
below the limit
of human hearing) can induce
hallucinations
and feelings of
unease. There
is also evidence
that even a
small drop in
temperature
can set ones
hairs standing
on end, as can
certain types of
lighting and
the shapes and
sizes of rooms.
These findings
suggest that
alleged hauntings may not necessarily
represent evidence for ghostly activity
and may simply be unconscious responses to normal factors.
According to Wiseman, peoples
belief in ghosts or other phenomena,
coupled with the power of suggestion,
plays a large part in reports of a ghostly
presence. Wiseman hopes to test this
theor y by creating his own haunted
house, where researchers who control
environmental factors, such as the size
and layout of the rooms, speakers emitting infrasound, electrical coils hidden
behind pictures, and sudden drafts generated from vents, can trigger the psychological mechanisms that underlie
ghostly activity.
JUDITH KANE
SOURCES: BRITISH JOURNAL
OF PSYCHOLOGY, BBC NEWS

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MACHU PICCHU

Country Retreat
of Incan Royalty?
R
esearchers at Yale
University in New
Haven, CT, have
concluded that the mysterious Incan mountain settlement known as Machu
Picchulong revered as
the fabled Lost City of the
Incas and one of the
worlds most sacred
placesmay have been
nothing more than a
favored countr y retreat
used by Inca royalty and
nobility when their capital,
Cusco, got too cold in the
summer. The par tially
reconstructed ruins, located 310 miles southeast of
Lima, Peru, draw 300,000
foreign visitors each year.
The Incas ruled Peru
from the 1430s until the
arrival of the Spaniards in
1532, constructing incredible stoneblock cities and roads and developing a
highly organized society that extended
from modern-day Colombia to Chile.
They abandoned Machu Picchu around
1545 and fled to Cusco and the surrounding jungles as fighting with the
Spanish continued.
Nearly a century after Yale University
professor Hiram Bingham became the
first foreigner to reach the Incan citadel
in 1911, Peru is now asking the university to return hundreds of artifacts taken
by Binghams three expeditions.

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The artifacts are currently part of a


major US exhibit about the sophisticated and diverse life of the Incas before
the Spanish conquest. No agreement
has been reached about whether the
artifacts will be returned; while the matter is pending, the Peruvian government
has no plans to interfere with the exhibit, which will travel to Pittsburgh, Denver, Houston, and Chicago over the
next two years.
JUDITH KANE
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Errata
In issue #1, Loren Colemans stor y
describes strange cats sighted at Quitman, AK. And in issue #2, the Boggy
Creek monster was described as being
from Fouke, AK. Rather, each of these
sitings occured in Arkansas (AR), not
Alaska (AK).

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Commentary

Commentary

R A C I N G T O WA R D

THE

APOCALYPSE

Calculating the Coming of End Times


How likely is the Apocalypse?
If Martin Rees, a professor
at Cambridge University
and British Astronomer Royal
is correct, the odds are 50-50.

Will a meteor strike ultimately


spell doom for humanity?

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by Ken Mondschein

t could come from an asteroid slamming into the Pacific Ocean, vaporizing millions of tons of water and
sending tsunamis to flood the coastlines
of scores of nations. It could come from
some unknown, genetically modified
organism, escaped from its test tube to
run amok through the biosphere. It
could come from the innocent tinkerings of scientists in a particle accelerator
deep underground, who accidentally
create a black hole that annihilates the
whole planet. Or, as some claim, it could
come from the death rays of an invading

alien armada. So how likely is the Apocalypse? If Martin Rees, a professor at


Cambridge University and British
Astronomer Royal is correct, the odds
are 50-50.
The way he sees it, mankinds meddling with nature, combined with our
historically irresponsible use of technology, can only lead to disaster. From the
slash-and-burn deforestation of the
Amazon to the nuclear bombs dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it would
seem that any new way of affecting our
world will inevitably destroy us.
Belief in the Apocalypse
he Indian Vedas and Mayan
texts from ancient Mesoamerica
describe a cycle of creation and
destruction, death and rebirth. Similarly, in ancient Persia, the Zoroastrians
saw the universe as a cosmic battlefield
between the forces of good and evil.
Christianity quickly picked up on this
theme.
For instance, according to many historians, medieval Christians were seized
by fears of the coming Apocalypse. In
fact, Dr. Richard Landes, director of
Boston Universitys Center for Millennial Studies, believes that the great spate
of cathedral-building in the 11th centur y followed the terror of the year
1000, in which entire villages made pilgrimages to repent for their sins before
what people then believed was Christs
imminent return and the ensuing battle
between Good and Evil.
This obsession with the Last Judgment continued through the Renaissance, when the artistic and intellectual
light that shone in the city of Florence
was dimmed in the 1490s by the
would-be prophet Savonarola, who

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Even scientist Sir Isaac Newton was


obsessed with trying to calculate the
coming of the Apocalypse.

preached a message of repentant austerity. Even as late as the 1600s, scientist


Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with trying to calculate the coming of the End
Times, as promised in the Book of Revelations.
However, as the Age of Reason
gained ground, and thinkers sought to
improve life in the here-and-now, interest in Armageddon declined. In the
1800s, the holy men in western European countries were more interested in
Christianizing heathens in Africa,
China, and the South Pacific as a means
of justifying their competition for
imperial power than they were in
preparing for the world to come.
However, the New World, which had
been the refuge for the apocalyptic faith
that had proven unpopular in Europe
after the Reformation, was fer tile
ground for such beliefs. For instance,
the Millerites of rural New York State,
as well as the Mormons and the Jehovahs Witnesses, believed that the end
would come in 1844, a notion based on
the lifespans in Genesis and a division
of histor y into a 6,000-year week
(beginning with Creation) followed by
a 1,000-year sabbath.
However, as the optimism of the Victorian era was replaced by the postWorld War II dread of chemical and biological warfare and the nuclear angst of
the Cold War, so, too, has fear of the

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End regained its popularityalbeit in a


different guise. For just as technology
has replaced religion as our means of
explaining the world to ourselves, so,
too, have the various end-time scenarios
assumed a modern faade. Today, it is
believed that asteroids and biological
disasters will bring about historys grand
finale. Such fears may reflect a deep
ambiguity that many feel about the
world that we have created for ourselvesand, of course, there is the danger that the Apocalypse will become a
self-fulfilling prophecy.
Modern Doomsday Scenarios
he mechanisms of which modern prophets warn vary wildly.
Some scientists warn that an
experiment in nanotechnology could
result in a horde of tiny, self-replicating
robots that transform everything they
touch into gray goo. Other
harbingers of doom feel that genetic
tinkering with more mundane viruses
and bacteria could create a superplague that would make the Black
Death seem like a bad cold.
Another type of doomsday scenario
is the specter of a titanic meteorite hitting the earth. Such a disaster is generally believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the
Cretaceous age. And certainly, such
life-shattering impacts are not unheard
of in modern times. (For instance, in
1908, what is now believed to have
been a meteor leveled 830 square miles
of Russian evergreen forest.) Though
large meteor impacts are rare, the
frightening aspect is that science has no
means of destroying such a threat if it
should arise.
Then, of course, there are intentional
bringers of doom: terrorists or disgruntled souls who feel that the world might
be better off without people. Such a
person or organization could unleash a
chemical or biological plague that

would kill thousands, or even millions,


before it was stopped. Even worse
would be a nuclear bomb set of f on
Californias San Andreas Fault, an event
which would set off devastating earthquakes in the region. When one considers the multitude of groups and individuals who might want to cause such a
disaster, the real question becomes not
their possible motivations but who is
closest to developing the means.
Keeping the End at Bay
o how does one prevent the End?
Our best defense, it would seem,
would be knowledge. By keeping
close watch on the scientific projects
now being under taken, potential
threats could be identified before they
reached the stage where they might
pose a threat to life on Earth.
Yet at the same time, civil libertarians and scientists warn against such a
system. The only way in which the
boundaries of human knowledge can
be expanded, they feel, is through free
scientific inquiry, unregulated by political concernsand what government
or organization could be trusted to
keep such monitoring completely
impartial?
Another suggestion for avoiding disasterand one long championed by
those who feel that the human races
best chance for long-term survival is to
move outwards to the starsis to devise
an early-warning-and-interception system for incoming asteroids. Such a system would do more than serve as a security blanket for those who lie awake at
night contemplating cosmic doom; it
would also push forward the frontiers of
space technology, putting us one step
closer to establishing a base on the
Moon, Mars, or Alpha Centauri.
Indeed, perhaps the human races best
strategy for sur viving the end of the
world is not to tie our own future to that
of the planet Earth. z

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Mysteries on Exhibit

NEW YORK, NY

Jordan Tourism Board, NA

(212) 769-5400 I WWW.AMNH.ORG

Petra: Lost City of Stone (through


July 6, 2004) The most comprehensive
exhibition
ever presented on
the lost civilization of
t
h
e
Nabataeans
tells the
story of the
19th-centur y rediscover y of
Petra, the
ancient
crossroads
of the international silk and spice trade
routes. The exhibit highlights new scholarship and recent archaeological discoveries and features more than 200 objects
found at the site, many on view for the
first time outside Jordan.
Explorers Hall, National
Geographic Society Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(202) 857 7588
WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/EXPLORER

Cosmic Questions: Our Place in Space


and Time (through Dec. 31, 2003)
Explore the latest on unsolved cosmic

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Museum of Science
BOSTON, MA
(617) 723-2500 I WWW.MOS.ORG

Magic, the Science of Illusion


(through March 7, 2004) Can magical
illusion defy the laws of nature? Famous
magicians Penn and Teller (and others)
explore
the
smoke, mirrors,
and
science
behind favorite
magical mysteries. Learn the
magic behind
transformation,
how to float
your own head,
levitate your
chair while sitting in it, and
read minds. Also learn about famous
magicians from the past.
Natural Mysteries (ongoing) This
exhibit makes innovative use of some
6,000 of the museums oldest artifacts
and a series of life-size, life-like dioramas
to show how classification helps scientists
uncover the natural worlds hidden patterns and unlock natures most complex
secrets. The exhibit includes a multimedia presentation that introduces classification, collecting, and mystery-solving in
urban landscapes.

Midwest

South

Adler Planetarium &


Astronomy Museum

Fort Worth Museum


FORT WORTH, TX
(888) 255-9300 I WWW.FORTWORTHMUSEUM.ORG

CHICAGO, IL
(312) 322-0323 I WWW.ADLERPLANETARIUM.ORG

Whodunit? The Science of Solving


Crime (Jan. 24, 2004April 18,
2004) This exhibit explores scientific
methods and technologies
used in solving crimes,
such as DNA profiling,
fingerprinting, firearm
identification, forensic
anthropology, pathology,
entomology, odontology,
evidence collection, and
trace evidence. Case studies of several historic
crimes are featured, as are
profiles of real forensic
professionals. Visitors collect, analyze,
and synthesize data to deduce various
suspects innocence or guilt at crime lab
stations.

Search for Alien Worlds (ongoing) A


decade ago there were no known planets
beyond our solar system. But in the last
several years, a tremendous burst of discoveries have revealed more than 100
planets circling other stars. This exhibit
poses the question, Are we alone in the
Universe? and uses astronomical data to
explore how common alien worlds might
be, whether they are anything like Earth,
and whether they could support life.
Purdue University
Stewart Center Gallery
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN
(765) 496-7899 I WWW.PURDUE.EDU

Flight Trails (through April 27, 2004)


An exhibit of the worlds largest collection relating to the life, career, and disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the second
person and first woman to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean. The exhibit features
more than 5,000 items, including
medals, a flight suit, her last signature,

the last telegram that she ever sent, fan


mail (including a letter from Eleanor
Roosevelt), lecture notes, flight logs, love
letters, and documents relating to the
search for the missing aviator.

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Museum of Science and Industry


TAMPA, FL
(813) 987-6100 I WWW.MOSI.ORG

Titanic: The Artifact


Exhibit (through
Jan. 4, 2004) This
exhibit features a
chronology of the life of
the ill-fated vessel,
through recreated firstand third-class cabins, a
large simulated iceberg,
and more than 200 artifacts recovered
from the wreckage. Learn about the
technology, artistry, and incredible effort
needed to find and reach the ship that
now lies 2.5 miles under the sea.
New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA
(504) 488-2631 I WWW.NOMA.ORG

The Quest for Immortality: Treasures


of Ancient Egypt (through Feb.
2004) This first exhibition of ancient art

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from the Egyptian


national collection to
tour the US in more
than 20 years illuminates the Pharaonic
concepts of the afterlife
journey, sustenance and
renewal, and the relationship with the
divine. The exhibit features approximately 115 artifacts, the largest selection
of antiquities ever loaned by Egypt for
exhibition in North America, including a
life-sized reconstruction of the burial
chamber of the pharaoh Thutmose III.

West Coast
Chabot Space & Science Center

the enormous contribution that the public has made in uncovering histor y
metal detectorists account for 90% of all
treasure discoveries.
Many of the objects displayed feature
precious gems or are gold or silver,
including Iron Age gold jewelr y, the
Bronze Age Ringlemere gold cup, the
iconic Lewis Chessmen, and the Mildenhall tableware. But the seemingly lowliest objects can be important social documents and hugely significant to
archaeologists, such as the Tudor dress
fasteners and medieval pewter toys found
on the banks of the Thames.
Canadian Museum of Civilization
GATINEAU, QUEBEC, CANADA
(800) 555-5621 I WWW.CIVILIZATION.CA

Outside the U.S.

Ancient Treasures and the Dead Sea


Scrolls (Dec. 5, 2003-April 12, 2004)
This exhibit presents rare ar tifacts that reveal
aspects of life
during ancient
times, including
details of daily life, religion, music, the
evolution of writing, dietary practices,
trade, and the roles of women and children. See archaeological discoveries
made during the past 100 years at major
sites, such as those in Jerusalem, Massada, Arad, Beit Shemesh and other cities
of the Biblical and Roman eras.

OAKLAND, CA
(510) 336-7300 I WWW.CHABOTSPACE.ORG

Moon Myster y (ongoing) Tr y your


hand at landing a lunar module on the
moon and see a 3.3 billion-year-old moon
rock, on loan from
NASAs Johnson
Space Center. Learn
about the formation
of the moon, its influence on the Earth, and the early history
of the Earth and our solar system.

The British Museum

JORVIK Viking Centre

LONDON, ENGLAND
(+44) 020 7323 8299
WWW.THEBRITISHMUSEUM.AC.UK

YORK, ENGLAND
+44 (0) 1904 643211
WWW.JORVIK-VIKING-CENTRE.CO.UK

Treasure: Finding our Past (Nov. 21,


2003-March 14, 2004) Learn how
much
chance
archaeological discoveries
have
enhanced historical knowledge and
revolutionized
understanding of
the past. Celebrate

Blood of the Vikings: The Mystery of


the Riccall Skeletons (through Feb. 4,
2004) Until now, the identity of human
remains found in the fields by the banks
of the River Ouse at Riccall, England,
has been a mystery. Learn about new
research and discoveries which indicate
that they were part of the vanquished
Viking army that fled England following
their defeat at Stamford Bridge. z

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Israel Museum, Jerusalem

American Museum of Natural History

mysteries, such as black holes and


extraterrestrial life, and discover what it is
like to be an astronomer uncovering
clues from the cosmos. Highlights
include an object theater, a cosmic ray
cloud chamber, interactive astronomical
murals, a video fly-through of the universe, and interactive computer stations
that take visitors behind the scenes of
modern cosmological science.

BP at CA Science Center

East Coast

Mysteries on Exhibit

Archaeological Finds

The Colosseum as it appears today.

Archaeological Finds

after 80 AD, Beste theorizes that a timber structure first supported the arena
flooring. The excavation of a set of post
holes substantiates this notion, as does Xray imaging, which has determined that
waterproofing materials were used in
some parts of the underground structure.
Based on the archaeological evidence,
his own calculations, and a virtual reality
reconstruction of the Colosseum developed by researchers from the Cultural
VR Lab at UCLA, Crapper has concluded that to fill the hypogeum, Roman
engineers could have constructed a tim-

into account the slowness of gravityinduced movement, Crapper believes it


actually took about seven hours for the
hypogeum to fill to a depth of about five
feet, rather than the three hours that
Frontius had estimated.
Crapper has also calculated that it took
about 15 hours for the water to completely drain from the Colosseum, giving
the workers ample time to rebuild the
wooden flooring they had removed
hours earlier. Archaeological evidence,
including 18 sunken blocks protruding
from the base of the amphitheatre, indicates that a horizontal scaffold may have
supported wooden beams which held up
the arena floor. Not only could the floor
be removed for flooding to take place,
but workers could also use the timber
structure as a construction platform to
re-erect the wooden floor as the water
from the arena drained out below them.
Crapper plans to do additional computer modelling to see what else he can
determine about how the Colosseum
was flooded so long ago. Now working
on a book based on the importance of
water to civilization throughout the
ages, he notes that the Romans ability
to move water actually enabled them to
become one of historys most influential
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Sea Battles at the Colosseum


A

Archaeological evidence and


scientific analysis have shown
that despite the presence of
tunnels and livestock in
undergrond cages, the Roman
Colosseum was capable of
filling with enough water to
stage full-scale sea battles.

by Lise Hull
ccording to the second-century
Roman historian Cassius Dio, at
the opening of the Colosseum in
80 AD, Emperor Titus filled the great
amphitheater with water in order to stage
a series of dramatic naval battles known
as naumachiae. For the opening, Titus
re-enacted the Greek 445 BC sea battle
between the Corcyreans and Corinthians. During the Colosseums battle, ships
sailed freely, and thousands of slaves and
prisoners were drowned as they faithfully
re-created the original sea fight.
For years, scholars have debated exactly where Titus would have held the naumachiae. Many have refused to accept
Cassius words at face value, believing
that the Colosseum was ill-equipped to
handle the flooding required to sail full-

scale ships. But Dr. Martin Crapper, lecturer of civil and environmental engineering at Edinburgh University, and Dr.
Heinz Beste of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, have now determined that it was possible for the
Romans to have created the historic
events described by Cassius.
According to Crapper, the issue is not
if enough water could reach the Colosseum. Neros branch of the Aqua Claudia
aqueduct (a stone conduit for moving
water) was located just 110 feet outside
the arena. Since the aqueduct handled
some 184,000 cubic meters of water per
day and only 17,000 cubic meters were
needed for the sea battles, more than
enough water flowed through the Aqua
Claudia each day to fill the ampitheater.
In fact, if those numbers (documented
by the military leader Frontius in the late
first century AD) are accurate, the arena
could be filled to the required level in
under three hours!
Rather, the problem was how the
water actually flowed from the aqueduct
into the Colosseum (since no archaeological evidence exists of a mechanical
link between the two structures) as well
as how the arena actually contained the
water.

Exploring the Hypogeum


este is presently spearheading
excavations at the hypogeum, the
basement level of the famous
ruin. Discoveries thus far include wellpreserved inlet and outlet conduits and
a set of 18 sunken blocks, which may
have supported wooden beams that held
up the floor of the arena, and could have
been removed to allow the sea battles to
take place.
Since the blocks have been dated to

B
According to Cassius, Titus celebrated the opening of the amphitheatre over a period of
100 days. Some 87,000 people witnessed the spectacle, which also featured gladiatorial
exhibitions, wild animal hunts, a mock infantry battle, and a horse race. But what most
captured the audiences attention was the sea battle that was held on the third day of
the event.

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ber framework to transport water from


the main aqueduct in the city to the
Colosseum.
Archaeologists have also uncovered
the remains of five inlet channels which
extend around the amphitheater at the
lowest level of the seating. Interconnected with 33 radial pipes, the channels
were used to lead the water to shafts in
the hypogeum. Since the innermost pipe
could not have handled a pressurized
flow without bursting, during the final
stage of flooding, sluice gates would
have controlled the rate of flow. Taking

Ancient Rome: Built on Water?

he Romans are known to have had innovative engineering skills, developing


hydraulic structures such as aqueducts,
fountains, sewers, bridges, and conduits to
exploit natural springs, rain, streams, marshes,
and rivers. Interestingly, some scholars now
believe that Rome was founded on water. Albert
Ammerman, senior research associate in Colgate Universitys Classics Depar tment, states
that in ancient times, the Tiber River actually
flowed to the base of Capitoline Hill, one of
Romes seven famous hilltops, and routinely
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Venice before the canals were built.


Such flooding may explain why many of
Romes notable ancient monuments, such as
the Temple of Vesta and the Temple of Portunus
(dedicated to the god of harbors), stand on podiums over 16 feet high. Although today the temples are located over 100 yards from where the
Tiber presently flows, Ammerman believes that
the buildings originally stood at the riverside and
were, therefore, built on podiums in order to
keep the temple from flooding during high
waters.
Lise Hull

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Urban Legends

Urban Legends

The Appeal of Corruption


U
Among the most fruitful
topics for urban legends is
crime and criminals.
The appeal? For starters,
adventure, schemes, theft,
fraud, scams, violence,
and, of course, murder.

The notorious bankrobber


John Dillinger has been the
brunt of many an urban legend.

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by Charles Rammelkamp
rban legends involving crime
entail issues of justice and
betrayal, retribution and passion, heroism, and tragedy. In short,
crime challenges our basic notions of fair
play, social order, and the chaos that
threatens it. Thus, the crimes in urban
legend usually involve the anonymous
amoral criminal, or else some largerthan-life monster.
Not surprisingly, recent urban legends
in which unknown criminals were said to
commit outrageous offenses against
innocent victims have electrified the
public, such as the story which circulated
via email about the innocent moviegoer
who was said to shove his hand into a
box of popcorn only to be stuck by a
hypodermic needle wrapped up in a
paper with the insidious message, Welcome to the world of AIDS. Yet
another is the story of a scam artist who
would slip a mickey to innocent
tourists. After they passed into unconsciousness, he supposedly would steal a
kidney, which he would then sell to an
organ bank.
Although neither story is true, these
messages quickly spread around the
world, driven through cyberspace by the
incentive to alert loved ones to these
crimes. The New Orleans police department alone has received hundreds of
calls about the kidney-theft legend, and
has even put up a web site to combat the
misinformation.
A similar crime legend that exploded
over the internet in August, 2002, was
the claim that thieves working shopping
malls were robbing women in washrooms and leaving them naked, thus tapping into our nightmares of being naked
in a strange place. The email attributed
the story to an AP news wire, a false

claim that bore the mark of journalistic


integrity.
Yet another urban legend which proliferated over the internet in December,
2002, claimed that thieves were stealing
computer lists of out-of-office autoreplies, in order to target homes for burglary. This is a variation of the rumor
from a few years ago that thieves were
dialing telephone numbers to determine
which homes were vacant and thus, ripe
for burglary. But it would take an industrious bunch of thieves indeed, to crossmatch out-of-office auto-replies with a
database of names, addresses, and maps!
Even more insidious is the email urban
legend that a southern Louisiana serial
killer was luring women to their deaths
by dropping five dollar bills. The bogus
emails stated, Hi friends and family. I
know that with all the psychos out there,
we still think that something couldnt
really happen to us, right? Wrong!
The email then went on to describe an
encounter with a man who approached
the writers car, displaying a five dollar
bill and mouthing the words, You
dropped this. She does not fall for the
trick, but her description of the man
matches the profile of the killer.
What makes this urban legend so
potent is that in 2002, there was an
actual serial killer who had raped and
killed a number of women in southern
Louisiana. (Note: A suspect in these
murders was recently arrested in
Atlanta, GA.)

Revenge and Retribution


lthough these stories play on
ones sense of helplessness in the
face of overwhelming evil, others
play on the sense of empowerment one
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inals are foiled by defenseless people.


Take, for instance, the urban legend of
the gun-toting Australian granny who
was said to have blown the testicles off
the two men who raped her granddaughter. The story goes that 81-year-old Ava
Estelle spent a week tracking down
Davis Furth and Stanley Thomas, two
bums who raped her 18-year-old granddaughter. She eventually found them in
a seedy Melbourne hotel and opened fire
with a 9-mm handgun. Davis Furth lost
both his penis and his testicles while his
partner Stanley Thomas lost his testicles,
though doctors managed to save his
mangled penis.
Afterward, Ava was said to have taken
a taxi to the nearest police station, laid
the gun on the sergeants desk, and
turned herself in. Those bastards will
never rape anybody again, by God, she
reportedly said.
Of course, there is no truth to the
story, but we certainly want to believe it.
We want to believe it so much that this
stor y rocketed around the globe via
email in 2000 to millions of credulous
readers.
Bad Guys Righting Wrongs
ust as stories of the virtuous, weaker
person meting out justice against a
stronger, evil force appeals to our
sense of fairness, so, too, does romantic
Robin Hood stories of bad guys with
hearts of gold sticking it to corrupt institutions, capture our fancy.
Perhaps the funniest stories about bad
guys righting wrongs is the one about
the helpful Mafia neighbor. The story
goes that after a newlywed couple moves
to a suburban neighborhood, their
home is burglarized while away on vacation. Devastated, they ask their soft-spoken next-door neighbor if he noticed
anything. The neighbor advises them
not to go to the police until he makes a
few phone calls. Miraculously, the
stolen goods are found piled on the

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The autopsy photo of John Dillinger. The bulge at his center was apparently his arm,
although many speculated that it was actually his humongous penis.

front porch the next morning.


Interestingly, these Robin Hood types
always seem to be described as larger
than life personalities. An almost
emblematic urban legend is the bizarre
claim that John Dillingers enormous
penis is now on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
Dillinger was the most flamboyant
bank robber of the 1930s. During the
Depression, banks were seen as heartless
institutions that either lost the life savings of innocent people or purposefully
foreclosed on peoples farms and homes.
Therefore, bank robbers were seen as
folk heroes.
Dillinger humiliated J. Edgar Hoovers
FBI by eluding capture time and again
throughout the midwest. Once he even
boldly raided an Indiana police station
just to prove he was not afraid of the
authorities. His daring escapes from FBI
traps when he was cornered were a huge
embarrassment to Hoover.
But the FBI finally caught up with
him in April of 1934, when he was hiding out at a summer lodge in northern
Wisconsin. Confident that he had his
man this time, Hoover promised a big

story to the newspapers. He got one, all


right, when Dillinger not only got away,
but killed one FBI agent and seriously
wounded two others.
Eventually Dillinger was gunned
down outside the Biograph Theater in
Chicago on July 22, 1934. But by then,
he had disgraced the FBI with their
bungling. So it has been speculated that
Hoover himself invented the story of
Dillingers emasculation as a fitting
revengeDillingers manhood on display for all to see, right across town from
FBI headquarters.
But the legend actually had its genesis
in the photograph taken of Dillingers
corpse in the Cook County morgue. An
enormous bulge (which was actually
Dillingers arm) in the center of the
grainy newspaper photo was mistaken
for his penis. Imagine the stories that
must have sprung from the photograph,
coupled with Dillingers bold personality
and violent nature!
As the Dillinger legend demonstrates,
a sexy glamour seems to pervade crime.
Surely this alone explains the tendency to
believe in all sorts of unusual stories of
corruption and misdeeds. z

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Cryptozoo News

Cryptozoo News
To some extent, zeuglodons have eclipsed plesiosaurs as
the cryptozoologists favorite candidate for the allegedly
extinct animals behind lake-monster sightings.

LAKE MONSTERS

The Ongoing Search for Evidence


The issue of lake monsters
would be of concern only to
antiquarians were it not
for a large body of
sightings from seemingly
credible eyewitnesses.

by Loren Coleman
ore than 1,000 lakes around
the world are believed to harbor large animals that are
unrecognized by conventional zoology
but have a rich representation in world
mythology and folklore. Such creatures
have gone by a variety of names, including great serpents, dragons, water horses, and worms.
However, the issue of lake monsters
would be of concern only to antiquarians
were it not for a large body of modern
reports from seemingly credible eyewitnesses, a number of unexplained, instrumented observations of large, moving
bodies under the waters surface, and a
small number of intriguing photographs
which seem neither to be fraudulent nor
to depict mundane objects. Although
this evidence is not conclusive (and thus
not taken seriously by mainstream science), it is suggestive enough to keep
the issue very much alive.

Investigating Lake Monsters


he scientific investigation of lake
monsters began in the early 19th
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assumed that lake monsters were actually sea serpents which had entered freshwater bodies from the ocean, either
temporarily or permanently. It was further reasoned that a sea serpent could be
more easily captured in a lake or river
than in the ocean. This, of course, has
proved untr ue, but it was hardly an
unreasonable conclusion at the time.
Typical of 19th-century references to
lake monsters is an ar ticle from the
Inverness (a small city north of Loch
Ness) Courier, reprinted in the Times of
London in March, 1856:
The village of Leurbost, parish of
Lochs Lewis [an Outer Hebrides
island of f Scotlands nor thwest
coast], is, at the present, the scene of
an unusual occurrence. This is no
less than the appearance in one of
the inland fresh water lakes of an
animal which from its great size
and dimensions has not a little puzzled our island naturalists. It has
been repeatedly seen within the last
fortnight by crowds of people, many
of whom have come from the
remotest places of the parish to witness the uncommon spectacle.
The animal is described by some
as being like a huge peat stack,
while others affirm that a six-oared
boat could pass between the huge
fins [humps?], which are occasionally visible. All, however, agree in
describing its form as that of an eel;
and we have heard one, whose evidence we can reply upon, state in
length that he supposed it to be
about 40 feet.
Though the Courier correspondent
suggested that the witnesses had seen an
oversized conger eel, later theorists took
their cue from the Dutch zoologist

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A Case for
New England
Sea Serpents

Antoon
Cornelis Oudemans (18581943), author of the The Great
Sea Serpent (1892). Oudemans believed
that huge, long-necked seals were
responsible for serpent sightings, due
to the monsters described mammalian
traits, such as the presence of hair and
their undulating mode of swimming.
Due to the popularity of a British
theor y that the creatures were plesiosaurs (large marine mammals dating
back to the Mesozoic period), subsequent speculations held that mammals
rather than reptiles were responsible for
the sightings.
By the 1970s, many cryptozoologists
signed on to University of Chicago
biologist Roy P. Mackals notion that
the creatures were most likely zeuglodonsprimitive, snakelike whales
which disappeared from the fossil
record some 20 million years ago, but
which may have lived on to this day in
certain lakes in the worlds northern
regions, due to adaptation, surviving
remnant populations, and small,
hidden breeding populations.
There is much to
be said for the zeuglodon hypothesis.
Reports describe animals
that

A conger eel was suggested to be


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look like these ancient whales.


Moreover, the undulating motion
noted in sightings is characteristic of
mammals, not reptiles.
Like whales, most lake monsters are
said to have lateral rather than vertical
tails. Also in common with whales, several lake monster tails have been
described as forked. However, other
cryptozoologists are now revisiting the
previously held belief that long-necked
seals were behind some lake monster
accounts, as the evidence suggests that
many of the creatures traits match
those of a giant seal more than those of
any imagined sur viving dinosaur or
swimming reptile.
Of course, hoaxes, mirages, observations of objects as commonplace as logs
and waves, and the occurrence of
known animals sighted in unexpected
places complicate the picture.
Unfor tunately, no single Nor th
American lake monster can claim any
evidence for its existence stronger than
striking eyewitness testimony and the
rare photograph. However, this does
not mean that more compelling evidence is not out there to be uncovered.
In fact, all it may mean is that the proper resources, funding, and expertise
have not yet been brought to bear on
the question.
Big experiments are expensive and
because of the ridicule associated with
the subject of lake monsters, few scientists have chosen to investigate the
issue. In the end, science has little to
say about lake monsters because
science has paid little attention to
them. However, these animals, if

ust as an assor tment


of lake monsters have
taken on the names
Tessie, Bessie,
and such to echo
the name of
Nessie (the Loch
Ness Monster), so,
too, exist a few
ocean-dwelling sea serpents, such as Caddy off
the coast of British Columbia, Chessie
from the Chesapeake Bay, and Cassie,
the Casco Bay sea serpent of Maine.
Interestingly, most lake monster
sightings between 1777 and 1877
were made in New England, with twothirds of those made of f the coast of
Maine. For instance, of f the Maine
coast in Broad Bay in 1751and in
Penobscot Bay in 1779men fishing
the Atlantic coastal shelf purpor tedly
sighted sea serpents. During June and
July of 1818, others claimed to have
seen a sea serpent in Por tland Bay,
ME. Other sightings occur red of f
Woods Island, ME, in the early 1900s
and Eastport, ME hosted encounters in
the late 1930s and again in 1940.
Although some Maine residents have
supposedly seen Cassie as late as the
1950s, few sightings have been reported in recent years, perhaps because
the noisy sea traffic has moved these
New England sea serpents away from
their former haunts.
LOREN COLEMAN

they exist, need not remain forever elusive. The answersand the proofmay
be as close as the first concerted scientific effort to get to the bottom of this
mystery. z
Loren Coleman is the co-author (with
Patrick Huyghe) of The Field Guide to
Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and
Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep
(NY: Tarcher/Penguin, 2003).

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Haunted Heritage

Haunted Heritage

Poet Dylan Thomas


Haunted Legacy

from Before I Knocked


by Dylan Thomas

by Lise Hull
n November 9, 1953, one of
Wales most important writers
died during a reading tour in
New York City. Collapsing from a brain
aneurysm ostensibly induced by years of
heavy drinking, Thomas said, Ive had
18 straight whiskeysI think thats the
record. Those were his last words,
words that revealed the chaos of his brief
39 years of life. Yet in death as in life,
Dylan's restless spirit still roams his
favorite hauntsWelsh public houses
where his voracious appetite for life and
drink freed the poet from the stresses of
poverty and the New York City tavern
where his Bohemian ways led to his
death-inducing coma.
In a well-tended cemetery in the tiny

When Dylan Thomas fell into a coma in November of 1953, it started with a bout of drinking at the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village, New York City. Now, patrons of the
tavern claim to occasionally see his ghost rotating his favorite corner table, as he did
when he frequented the place 50 years ago.

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worked as a radio broadcaster for the


BBC. In fact, broadcasters working in
the Alexandria Road Studios claim to
occasionally see Thomas ghost still wandering the hallways.
At times, people hear the powerful
voice of the poet-cum-broadcaster
reverberating throughout the BBC studios, see him in pubs, and in many
homes. Fifty years after Dylan Thomas

The Ghost of Florence Thomas

The poet Dylan Thomas.

west Wales village of Laugharne (pronounced Larn), Dylan Thomas


remains now lie underneath a humble
white cross near medieval St. Martins
Church. For many people, Laugharne is
the ultimate Dylan Thomas pilgrimage
site, a place where much of the poets life
can be visibly chronicled and his presence still vividly felt.
Nowadays, Laugharne teems with
tourists. Yet even off season, the tranquility and beauty of the historic seaside
spot evokes the emotions one associates
with the Welshmans best known works,
which include A Childs Christmas in
Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trade,
and Under Milk Wood.
Visitors may sense Thomas presence
as they wander the quiet lanes past his
former residences (including Sea View
and Castle House), along the footpaths
that wind their way past his tiny writing
shed (where many of the poets greatest
works including Do Not Go Gentle
Into that Good Night were penned), to
the famed Boathouse, with its views of
the Taf Estuar y, and through the
churchyard where he is buried.

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n recent years, some people claim to have encountered a different kind of Thomas at
the Boathouse. After Dylans death, his wife Caitlin and their three small children
moved to Italy. However, Florence Thomas, the poets mother, continued to live at the
Boathouse until her own death, which occurred, ironically, on the final night of the first
performance of Under Milk Wood, held in Laugharne in 1958. She was the last person to
occupy the Boathouse as a permanent home and apparently continues to haunt the cottage to this day.
Psychics have reported sensing cold spots around the staircase and feeling Florences
presence in the parlor, where she is said to have died. While her spirit is never actually
seen, staff working at the Boathouse claim that Florence makes her presence known by
the scraping of an upstairs chair across the floor as if she is rising rapidly from the table,
lights switching back on after workers have left for the evening, and by paintings moving
across the room away from their original hanging places.
LISE HULL

Lise Hull

I, born of flesh and ghost,


was neither a ghost
nor man, but mortal ghost.
And I was struck down by
deaths feather. I was a
mortal to the last.

Ghostly Sightings
ven though Dylan Thomas spoke
only English, he was a Welshman
through and through. He never
left Wales for long, choosing instead to
return time and again to Laugharne,
which he described as this timeless,
mild, beguiling island of a town and to
his roots in Swansea, south Wales, where
he lived as a child, and then, as an adult,

The Boathousedescribed by Thomas as the seashaken house on a breakneck of


rocksis now the home to his mothers restless spirit.

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Dylan Thomas simple gravesite.

death, his restless, spirit still thrives, not


just through the legacy of his writing
but also in the places that meant so
much to him. z
To reach Laugharne, take the main A40
roadway west of Carmarthen to the junction with the A4066 at St. Clears. Continue south on the A4066 to Laugharne.
Park in the large lot at the foot of the hill.
A footpath from the parking lot leads to
the Boathouse, which is open daily for a fee
and can be reached at low tide.
Located less than an hour by car west of
Cardiff, central Swansea features several
Thomas-related historic sites. Alexandria
Road Studios is about a 15-minute walk
from the city center. And 5 Cwmdonkin
Dr., the poets childhood home still stands
near Cwmdonkin Park, which Thomas
mentions in his writing. Nearby are the
Dylan Thomas Theatre, where his works
are often per formed, and the Dylan
Thomas Centre, which displays memorabilia from his life.

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Profiles in Evil

Profiles in Evil

ROMAN FEODOROVICH

VON

U N G E R N -S T E R N B E R G

The Mad Baron of Mongolia

Louis Guarnaccia

Perhaps the most deranged


homicidal maniac ever
to rule a nation,
Roman Feodorovich von
Ungern-Sternberg greatly
admired Genghis Khan and
the Mongols for their
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by Marc Cramer
ne of the least known but darkest figures to emerge from the
early 20th centur y was the
Mad Baron of Mongolia, Roman
Feodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg.
Born in the Baltics (probably Latvia) in
1886, Roman Feodorovich grew to
manhood in White Russia (Siberia),
where he soon gained a reputation as a
man to be feared for his bloodthirstiness

and bizarre appearance.


Unfortunately, no picture of him survives to this day, but his contemporaries
left us with a description of a man
deformed in both soma and psyche.
Born with extremely long fingers, his
head, which was said to be only slightly
larger than the size of a fist, bore an
angry red dueling scar. He had broad
shoulders, stringy blond hair, and a lipless mouth.
It was said that Romans murderous
temper caused drinkers to flee whenever
he kicked open a tavern door, as he
would often fire upon the patrons when
in dr unken rage. In spite of his psychosis, he had fought in the Carpathians,
rose to the rank of Major-General, and
later was posted to Siberia, where he
deluded himself into believing that
through murder, especially of the weak
and poor, his victims would be reborn at
a higher level.
Together with a psychopath named
Grigory Semenov, who had fought at
the barons side in the Carpathians, he
formed the Order of Military Buddhists
with 300 renegades and conscripted
soothsayers to predict his future and act
as his personal bodyguard. To keep his
army in line, the Mad Baron would
issue generous rations of vodka and
hashish to his warriors, proclaiming,
Only evolution leads to divine truth. I
am that process.
Envisioning an empire that would
include Manchuria and Tibet, the Mad
Baron entered Mongolia in 1920. During a bitterly cold February, the Order of
Military Buddhists stormed the Mongolian capital and went on a rampage of
looting, murder, and rape that lasted
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Dmitri Alioshin, one of UngernSternbergs officers who later penned an


autobiography, told of how the citys
small Jewish population was annihilated
by the rabidly anti-Semitic Baron. The
horror he described is difficult to imagine. Drunken horsemen, he wrote,
galloped along the streets shooting
and killing at will. The abuse of
women was so awful that I saw one of
the officers run inside a house holding
a razor, offering it to a girl so that
she could commit suicide before being
attacked by the Barons men.
After the orgy of rape and slaughter,
Roman Feodorovich placed the Bogdo
Khan, who was believed to be the eighth
reincarnation of a Buddhist deity (in
reality, he was a debauched pervert slowly dying of syphilis) on the throne. He
then set upon a campaign of urban
renewal, disinfecting the vile, rat-infested sewers, introducing paper currency,
building bridges, setting up a rudimentary system of public transportation, and
establishing schools.

The Reign of Terror


n 1921, food was in short supply
and schoolchildren were at risk of
losing the school dinners that the
Mad Baron had mandated, so at the end
of each morning session, the dunces
were routinely slaughtered and fed to
the other children. When slow learners
were in short supply, Ungern-Sternberg
sacrificed the brightest children so the
others could be fed.
A Khan in all but name, Roman
Feodorovich decreed that good behavior
would be rewarded with the death
penalty so that a victims good karma
would be uncorrupted by future misdeeds, thus ensuring rebirth at a higher
level. Wrongdoers, real and imaginary,
were taken to a tree called the Rebirth
Station, where they were lowered into a
pit of fire and burned to death.

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And when a Mongol applied for a job


with the madmans administration, one
of his favorite henchmen, a man nicknamed Teapot, hid behind a screen. If
the hapless candidate asked for a cup of
tea (Mongols and Tibetans drink as
many as 50 cups of butter tea daily),
Teapot would sneak behind the victim
and strangle him to death. But this did
not necessarily mean the Mongol was
not given the job, for Roman Feodorovich would then appoint the corpse and
pay him a salary until he eventually rotted away or, if left outdoors, was
devoured by the ferocious wild dogs that
stalked Urgas streets at night.
Since the authorities in Tokyo
believed that an independent Mongolia
provided a useful buffer zone between
the superpowers of Russia and China,
when Ungern-Sternbergs funds ran
low, he received financial aid from Japan.
But when the communist Russians
learned that Roman Feodorovich was
plotting next to invade Russia, the Russians backed the young Mongol Sukhe
Bataar to lead a Red Army division into
Urga to overthrow the Mad Baron.
Roman Feodorovich rode north to
face the challenge, leading his drugged,
drunken warriors into total defeat.
When it became clear that all was lost,
the Mad Baron fled from the battlefield,
disappearing into the night stark naked,
save for the talismans and medals he
wore on a yellow cord around his neck.

The End of the Reign


oon captured, the Mad Baron was
deported to Novosibirsk by train,
and at every stop, the caged prisoner was displayed to curious Russian
onlookers. His trial was unsurprisingly
swift and Roman Feodorovich, unrepentant and defiant to the end, was found
guilty and sentenced to death.
In September of 1921, the would-be
Khan was executed by a firing squad.

Mongol Sukhe Bataar, a courageous warrior who founded a desert-based opposition


party that would later overthrow the Mad
Baron.

When news of his death reached Urga,


prayers were offered up to exorcise his
ghost from the land of Genghis Khan.
Sukhe Bataar later returned in triumph
and renamed the city Ulanbaatar (Red
Hero). In the aftermath of the Mad
Barons rule, Mongolia became the first
Asian country to embrace communism.
In 1924, Bogdo Khan died and the
Mongolian Peoples Republic was
declared. A repressive regime was soon
imposed upon the nation and remained
in place until the people rose up in 1989
and brought about the fall of Mongolian
communism.
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n July of 2003, divers in Portsmouth,


England found a 5.5-yard-long piece
of wood that may be the missing front
section of Henry VIIIs flagship, the Mary
Rose. Until now,
scholars have had
no reliable evidence for the
appearance of the
bowcastle, which
was shown in
reconstruction
drawings as a fanciful
turreted
structure. But
marine exper ts
now believe that
the beam found is
the front stem of
the keel that was attached to the bowcastle
(the fortified front-section that housed
archers and cannon).
Built between 1509 and 1511 and
named after Henrys youngest sister, the
Mary Rose was the kings favorite ship and
the pride of the Tudor fleet. One of the
first ships that could fire broadside, she
sank off the coast of Portsmouth in 1545
during an engagement with the French as
Henry watched from the shore. Experts
believe that the ship was overloaded and
mishandled and not, as the French
claimed, sent to her watery grave by one of
their cannon.
Discovered in 1971 by an amateur diver,
three-quarters of the Mary Rose was raised
in October of 1982 and placed in a cradle
in the Portsmouth Dockyard. With the
newly discovered portion, the Mary Rose
will become the only complete cross-section of a Tudor ship and the only example
in the world of the revolutionary design of
Tudor warships. Surveys will now be done
to ascertain whether dredging to deepen
the route to Portsmouth Naval Base would
disturb the fragile remainder of the Mary
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n July, 2003, marine archaeologists


began bringing up the first artifacts
from the Great Lewis, the pride of
Oliver Cromwells fleet, which was sent to
the bottom of the sea by a combination of
adverse tides and winds, a rocky coastline,
and enemy cannons during a 1645 mission
to recapture Royalist Duncannon fort near
the Irish port of Waterford.
Cromwells attack on Waterford, which
involved three other ships, gave rise to a
famous saying when the Lord Protector
declared that he would take the town by
Hook or by Crook, referring to the two
headlands which surround the town.
Local fishermen say that they have
known about the wreck for years, but it
was not until the area was being dredged in
1999 that it first came to the attention of
archaeologists. So far, the site has yielded
decking, cannons, and timber lined with
leather, which was used keep them dry.
Divers also expect to find artillery, personal
items, and the remains of some of the
ships crew.

Historians Locate Remains


of Darwins HMS Beagle

team of historians from the Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies


at St. Andrews University in May,
2003, announced that they had identified
the final resting place of HMS Beagle, the
ship on which Charles Darwin circumnavigated the globe from 1831 to 1836 and
formulated his theories about evolution.

The Beagle and its captain Robert Fitzroy


are important to present-day naval historians for other reasons, as well. Launched in
1820 on Londons Thames River, the 235ton, 10-gun brig was refitted three years
later as a hydrographic survey and scientific
exploration vessel, aboard which Fitzroy
established the Meteorological Office, laying the foundations of the weather-forecasting service that is so valuable to seafarers today. It was then used as an
anti-smuggling vessel along Englands
southeast coast before being sold at auction for $850 and taken to the nearby
Essex marshes, where it was broken up.
Using remote sensing equipment, scholars discovered the scattered remains of the
ships superstructure, two of its lifeboats,
and a dense scattering of Victorian pottery.
Experts expect eventually to find substantial remains of the lower part of the vessels
hull, as well.

19th-Century Steamship
May Be Richest Find Ever

n July of 2003, underwater explorers


located the remains the S.S. Republic,
an 1860s side-wheel steamer that
could yield the richest cargo ever recovered
from a shipwreckthousands of gold coins
worth as much as $180 million.
After searching for more than 12 years,
Odyssey Marine Explorations Inc. found
the wreck about 100 miles southeast of
Savannah, GA. The ship foundered in a
hurricane in 1865, while en route from
New York to New Orleans carrying 59 passengers and 20,000 gold coins to finance
the reconstruction of the South after the
Civil War.
Experts say that the Republic, which
changed hands several times during its
dozen years at sea, also has a unique maritime history. Initially a commercial ferry,
it was seized by the Confederacy in 1861
and used as a blockade r unner. When
Union forces captured New Orleans in
1862, they discovered it at the dock laden
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that it may have been used to supply militar y camps and bases along the Rhine.
Indications that the barge was used as a
transport for military personnel include
lance points and axes that were standard
equipment for Roman soldiers.
The barge was transpor ted to the
National Institute of Maritime Archaeology in Lelystad, where it will be conserved
in a huge tank containing a special liquid
for two years, before being displayed to
the public.

Roman Barge Raised


in the Netherlands
and used it as the flagship for Vice-Admiral David G. Farraguts successful Mississippi campaign to split the Confederacy in
two. After the war, the ship was sold to a
nor thern steamship entrepreneur and
used to ferr y passengers between New
York and New Orleans.
The salvage team says that it could
recover the gold in less than a week, but is
instead planning a several month-long
recovery of its cultural artifacts, artifacts
which will eventually be placed on display
in hopes of increasing the market value of
the coins. The wreck is far out in international waters and the company has been
granted federal admiralty arrest of the
site, thus making it illegal for others to lay
claim to it.

Ancient Sanctuary of Zeus


Found in Greek River

n July of 2003, during work to broaden the bed of the Baphyras River at the
ancient Macedonian city of Dion in
central Greece, workers discovered a nearly
life-size marble statue of Zeus Hypsistos
sitting on a throne in what is believed to be
a sanctuar y of the king of the ancient
Greek gods.

The sanctuary is located on the western


bank of the river and opposite a sanctuary
of Isis, was discovered by chance while the
river was being drained as part of antiflooding works. Also found were 14 marble
eagles, symbols of the god of the summit
of Olympus and Heaven. The finds date
from the Hellenistic and Roman eras.

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n May of 2003, marine archaeologists


raised a remarkably well-preser ved
1,800-year-old Roman barge with an
intact exterior and masthead from the bottom of the Heldammer Stroom River
along the old course of the River Rhine,
which silted up centuries ago, near Utrecht
in the Netherlands.
First discovered in 1997 near the site of a
Roman military camp, the ship was built
from massive oak planks that probably
came from France or Germany in about
180 AD. One of only a few ships that have
been found north of the Alps, the flat-bottomed barge is longer and thinner than
most and is the first to be found with a
cabin containing an entire inventory of
items, including the captains kitchen, bed,
the contents of his cupboard, a decorated
chest complete with lock and key, and
wooden stool legs made of walnut and
carved with spiral grooves.
The ship and its contents were waterlogged and buried for nearly two millennia
beneath a deep layer of mud, clay, and
sand, which kept them from rotting.
Among the artifacts recovered are a piece
of wood with carved Roman numerals, a
paddle with traces of blue paint, and tools,
including a wooden shovel, an iron crowbar, shears, and four intact Roman planes
that were used to smooth wood. (Previously, only four such planes had been found in
the entire world)
The 75-foot-long, 15-foot-wide vessel
held no cargo when it sank, but the narrow
construction and other remains suggest

Gold Rush Shipwreck Surveyed


n July 2003, a team of divers began
exploring and mapping the remains of
the Frolic, one of California's most
important Gold Rush-Era shipwrecks.
Laden with Chinese household goods
bound for San Francisco, the Frolic went
aground in August
1850, at the nor th
end of what is now
the Point Cabrillo
Light Station & Preserve on the Mendocino coast. Its cargo
included 21,000 porcelain bowls, marble
inset tables, a prefabricated house with oyster shell windows, and 6,109 bottles of
Edinburgh ale.
Detailed underwater measurements and
drawings will be integrated into a comprehensive map of the wreck site, and recovery
efforts could begin in 2004.

Samuel F. Manning

Cromwells Flagship Discovered


Off Irelands Coast

Oldest Shipwreck in Alaska Found


n July of 2003, maritime archaeologists located the remains of the Russian sailing vessel Kadiak, the first
shipwreck ever found from the Russian
American colonial period and the oldest
shipwreck ever found in Alaska.
The Kadiak, which struck a rock shortly
after leaving the harbor and sank in shallow
waters near Spruce Island in 1860, was a
Russian American Company ship that
transported ice from Kodiak to San Francisco, CA. z

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Divers Find Missing Section


of Legendary Tudor Warship

Treasures from the Deep

Odyssey Marine Exploration

The Mary Rose Trust

Treasures from the Deep

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A founder and director of


the Dragon Project Trust,
Paul Devereux has spent the
last 35 years studying the
earths natural energies
and sacred places as well
as conducting research
into forces at prehistoric
sites and exploring dream
consciousness. He has also
authored 20 books and
numerous articles on ancient
lifeways, consciousness,
and unusual geophysical
phenomena.
We are thrilled to have had
the chance to chat with this
accomplished researcher.

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How did you first become


interested in sacred places?
first became interested in sacred
places while attending Ravensbourne College of Art in Kent, England. It was early in the evening on May
16, 1967, and I had gone to the window
(our studio was on the fourth floor of
the building), so I could take advantage
of the waning daylight to mix some
paint. A flash in the sky caught my eye
and looking up, I saw a vertical rectangle
of orange light approaching across the
fields from the north. The phenomenon
came to a halt in mid-air, several hundred feet above a nearby field. It was
pulsing, the color of glowing embers in a
fire, but had a rectangular outline and
looked a bit like a flaming door.
I called out to the others working in
the studio and they all came to the windows. By then, people had also wandered out onto the car park below to
watch this craft gradually dull, its shape
collapse, and then reconstitute itself into
a hard-edged human figure.
There could be no doubt about the
unusual nature of the aerial phenomenon. It was a geometrically precise
vertical rectangle of glowing orange
light that slowly collapsed then restructured itself before eventually fading to a
rose-colored smudge in the sky.
Thinking that I had witnessed a UFO,
I began reading up on UFOs, but the
books all talked about craft from outer
space, and what I had seen had been no
machine. Then I found the book Flying
Saucer Vision by John Michell, which
described ley lines and ancient sites (the
ancient astronaut theme was becoming popular at the time), and I was
hooked. I began visiting ancient sites,
started putting them in my paintings,
and reading up on them.

What is the present thinking on Earth


Energy among mainstream scientists?
uch of what is discussed
about earth energies is New
Age twaddle, but there are
real terrestrial energies. Authentic earth
energies include natural magnetism in
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Natural radiation
is highest
around ancient
American Indian
rock carvings,
such as this one
at McCoy
Spring, CA,
which depicts a
shaman
emerging from
a crack in the
rock as a snake.

the ground and the atmosphere.


Granite, for instance, is radioactive. In
enclosed structures, such as Stone Age
burial chambers made of granite, the
interiors emit a much higher radiation
count than outside because of the high
level of radon gas that gets trapped inside
the chamber.
Through the research conducted by
the Dragon Project, we have discovered
that environments with heightened natural radiation can trigger transient visionary states in certain people. The ancient
Egyptians transported Aswan granite
600 miles to clad the interiors of the
limestone pyramids in northern Egypt,
such as in the Kings Chamber in the
Great Pyramid at Giza. Why? The Egyptians called granite maat, a word meaning spiritual, and I think that they
understood that granite had this kind of
effect on people, which is why they used
it in their initiation chambers.
Actually, the radiation inside the
Kings Chamber is as high as the interiors of Stone Age chambers in Britain.
And work going on in the southwest of
the Unites States has determined that
natural background radiation is highest
around prehistoric American Indian
rock art. At one site, the investigator
even had to undergo decontamination
after several hours exposure!
However, natural magnetism sometimes fluctuates. For instance, at
Britains Rollright stone circle in
Oxfordshire, we used a magnetometer

Magnetic anomalies exist in Wales Presli


Mountains (seen here), especially at Carn Ingli,
where the bluestones for Stonehenge were mined.

to measure apparently random ripples


of magnetism that inexplicably ran up
and down certain stones. Most often,
though, natural magnetism is permanently present in rocks.
When some rocks were being formed
millions of years ago, iron in their makeup was polarized by a different magnetic
field to the Earths field today. So these
rocks can deflect compass needles when
a compass is held near them. For
instance, Carn Ingli (the name means
Peak of the Angels) in the Preseli hills
in southwest Wales (from where the
Stonehenge bluestones were mined), has
magnetic anomalies that can spin a compass needle south instead of north. In
fact, on its summit, two compass needles
will point in opposite directions.
Interestingly, archaeological analysis
shows that Carn Ingli was visited by
humans as early as 7,000 years ago.
Considered a sacred site even back then,
about 5,000 years ago, people built
stone monuments around it so that the
peak would be visible on the skyline for
miles. It remained a holy hill into Christian times, too. In the fifth century AD,
a holy man called Brynach is said to have
had visions up there.
This is not suprising as subtle changes
in magnetic fields can affect the temporal cortex in the brain, causing visions
and heightening ones abilities to see
ghosts and other paranormal phenomena. It can also cause abnormal states of
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childhood, or other altered mental


states. When one is removed from the
field, the effects cease.
Do you believe that humanitys
similar experiences at sacred sites
reveal some sort of collective
consciousness?
he human race shares deep, fundamental levels of consciousness,
and these have sometimes manifested themselves in similar ways around
the world. Interestingly, ancient people
interacted with the unconscious realms
of mind while we tend to shut them
away. That is why it is so important to
listen to our elders before those other
ways of being in the world are silenced
under a global welter of fast-food chains,
CNN, designer-culture, and sound bites.

How can one prepare for a visit to a


sacred site without tainting ones
experience of the site with preconceived expectations?
veryone has preconceptions of
some kind. For instance, most
people who visit Stonehenge
have usually heard of or seen pictures of
the site before visiting it. The trick is how
you visit a site. Dont be too busy; initially, dont take photographs or dowse,
etc. Rather, be still and note how the
actual experience of the site differs (or
not) from your preconceptions.
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site, as drawing makes seeing more


intense. Then take some kind of momento (such as a pebble or a blade of grass),
and some photographs. Wear an essential
oil or burn a cone of unlit incense while
walking around the site, in order to associate a smell with it. The key is to use
these memorabilia to help inspire dreams
about the site. Information passes
between the place and ones unconscious mind without ones waking self
ever being aware of it. So the way to get
in touch with that information is
through dreams, the gates into the
unconscious.
Tell me about your current research.
have been studying an archive in
Dublin, Ireland, that amounts to a
million pages of folklore that was
collected in the 1930s from all across
Ireland. I was looking for information
on fairy paths, which the Irish believed
were invisible paths that were travelled
by the spirit entities or fairies. These
paths were important in Old Ireland
because they affected where and how
people built their homes. After that, I
did a great deal of fieldwork in Ireland
to trace down those houses that a century or so ago had been deemed to be in
the way; that is, located on one of
these fairy paths.
By doing so, my team was able to
map out some of these pathways. From
this, it has become clear that Irish fairy

lore is almost identical with the feng shui


traditions of China. In feng shui, it is
considered bad luck to build a house,
office, or family tomb on straight paths
or tracksor in line with straight features, such as fencesbecause spirits
were thought to move along them. If
one blocked the passage of spirits, it was
believed that they could cause ill-fortune, disease, or poltergeist-like activity.
This is effectively the same belief behind
the fairy paths in Ireland.
I have also been researching the
corpse ways in Britain, Holland, and
Germanythe special roads followed
during medieval times when transporting the dead to burial. In Holland they
were called spokenwegen, or spook
roads. Shakespeare even referred to
them as Churchway paths in A Midsummer Nights Dream, in Pucks penultimate speech:
Now it is that time of night
That the graves all gaping wide
Each one lets forth his sprite
In the churchway paths to glide.
We have been researching this because
it explains why various ancient features
were built into the landscape. It is also
where the research on so-called ley
lines has led us.
I have also looked at a variety of other
routes with otherworldly associations
around the world, such as the mystery
lines and roads in the Americas, the
songlines of Australia, and so forth.
What we are finding is that peoples all
over the world felt there were spirits of
various kinds moving through the physical landscape. As a result, these peoples
left tangible, archaeological features
behind, such as the petroglyphs at
Three Rivers, NM, geoglyphs such as
the Nazca lines in Peru, and the ancient
ritual ways formed by rocks in Death
Valley, CA. z

For more info. on Paul Devereauxs


research, visit www.pauldevereux.co.uk or
check out his latest books: Fairy Paths and
Spirit Roads (Vega Books, 2003) and
Haunted Land (Piatkus Books, 2003).

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The Phenomenal

Power
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Gold
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hroughout the past century, scientists have been searching


for the Holy Grail of modern physics, which Albert Einstein
classified as a Unified Theory of Everything. This has led to
some amazing discoveries, including superstrings, quarks, and
superconductivity, along with an awareness of hitherto unknown
planes of existence.
Included in this research is the discovery that gold and platinumgroup metals can be transmuted into a fine white powder that has
gravity-defying attributes and an ability to literally bend space-time.
This powder is also reckoned to have extraordinary powers of levitation, transmutation, and teleportation. It can produce brilliant
light and deadly rays, as well as being the key to active physical
longevity.
The most astonishing fact about this powder, however, is that it is
not actually a new discovery. The ancient Mesopotamians called it
shem-an-na, the Egyptians described it as mfkzt, and the Alexandrians venerated it as a gift from Paradise. Later chemists, such as the
15th-century alchemist Nicolas Flamel, called this powder the
Philosophers Stone.

by Laurence Gardner, Kt, FSA


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One of the earliest historical records of


the attributes of this unusual white powder can be found in the Egyptian Pyramid Texts, sacred writings from around
2350 BC which adorned the fifthdynasty pyramid tomb of King Unas at
Saqqara. These texts described how the
King would live forever with the gods in
the Field of Mfkzt (pronounced
mufkaat), an ethereal location associated
with an otherworldly dimension called
the Field of the Blessed.
Mfkzt was also portrayed in a wall
relief from around 1450 BC at the temple of Karnak, in which all the treasures
of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III were depicted,
including a number of cone-shaped
objects which were explained as being
made of gold, but carry the rather odd
description of white bread.
It was in Karnak that Tuthmosis III
also founded his metallurgical fraternity
of Master Craftsmen, made up of 39
members on the High Council. They
were called the Great White Brotherhood, a name which, it was said, was
derived from their preoccupation with a
mysterious white powder of projection that was made into ingestible
bread-cakes for the pharaohs.
This powder was also mentioned in
an Alexandrian document called the
Iter Alexandri Magni ad Paradisum,
(c. 300 BC) which described Alexander
the Greats journey to the kingdom of
Ahura Mazda, the Persian god of light.
The account also described the
enchanted Paradise Stone, which was
said to have numerous magical properties, including the ability to outweigh
its own quantity of gold, although,
when transmuted into a powder, it was
said that even a feather could tip the
scales against it!
Further References to Mfkzt
n 1904, while researching the
mountain wilderness of Sinai for the
Egypt Exploration Fund, the British
archaeologist Sir William Flinders Petrie
discovered an Egyptian temple at the
summit of Mount Serbt (better known
as Mount Horeb, from the Exodus
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described as, He who brought the


noble and precious stone to his Majesty
and The Great One over the secrets of
the House of Goldpresenting a conical loaf to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c.
1380 BC).
Manna From Heaven
n old Babylonia (c. 2500 BC), an
enigmatic white powder was called
an-na, meaning fire-stone. When
made into conical cakes, it was called
shem-an-na, meaning cone-shaped or
highward fire-stone. In the Bible, the
Israelites referred to this bread-powder
as manna.
Flavius Josephus in his first-century
Antiquities of the Jews explained how the
word manna was actually a question,
meaning, What is it? In fact, the book
of Exodus confirms this, stating: They
called it manna because they knew not
what it was.
Interestingly, this is similar to mfkzt
revelations from the 18th-dynasty scroll
known as the Egyptian Book of the Dead
(alternatively called the Papyrus of Ani).
In this ritualistic work from around
1350 BC, the bread of the presence
is associated with a pharaoh who is
seeking enlightenment. At the completion of each stage of his journey, he asks
the question, What is it? Thus, the
Egyptian kings were ingesting this white
manna of gold in order to achieve
enlightenment.
In contrast to the physical body,
Egyptians believed that every person
also had a light body (ka) which had
to be fed in order to grow. Although
essentially an intangible feature of life,
the ka was said to be active in the Afterlife. The Egyptians also believed that
the food of the ka was light, and the
generative substance of light was mfkzt,
or the white powder of gold. However,
only the metallurgical adepts of the
mystery schools knew the secret of its
manufacture.

A Pharaoh seeking enlightenment from the Papyrus of Ani, otherwise known as the
Egyptian Book of the Dead.

halls and shrines, he uncovered numerous inscriptions relating to mfkzt,


accompanying a variety of hieroglyphs
for light and images of conical breadcakes. The temple had been operative for
1,400 years and its wall and stelae reliefs
dated from around 2600 BC to 1200
BC. The relief depicted pharaohs from
the fourth-dynasty Pharaoh Sneferu to

the 19th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II.


One of these was a carving of Tuthmosis IV (c. 1420 BC) in the presence of
the goddess Hathor. Before him were
depicted two offering stands topped
with lotus flowers and behind him stood
a man carrying a conical object described
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Manufacturing Manna
n all cases where the mfkzt powder
was allied with gold, bread, and
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The Ark of the Covenant

An Arcing Capacitor?
T

he book of Exodus explains that when Moses destroyed the Israelites' golden calf,
God issued a directive forbidding the manufacture of graven images. Immediately
after this, God instructed the craftsman Bezaleel to construct the Ark of the
Covenant specifying, in contradiction of his earlier directive, that two golden cherubs
should surmount its lid. So what were these arcane cherubim and how did they have the
power to produce the devastating light which the Bible described as wreaking havoc on
the biblical battlefields?
Today, a principal method of triggering the superconductive white powder of gold is by
electronic arcing. According to the Bible, the Ark was an insulated coffer, plated both
inside and out with gold, a construction that is quite similar to a modern electronic arcing
capacitor. Through our present understanding of high-spin elements, it is now believed
that the Ark may have been instrumental in the manufacture of shem-an-na (the manna of
Moses).
The Ten Commandments are often imagined as a couple of weighty stone slabs,
although the Book of Exodus gives no indication as to the shape or size of these stones.
Likewise, there is no mention in Exodus that the Commandments were placed in the Ark.
(Only the separate testimony is mentioned in this regard (Exodus 40:20)). In fact, the
Jewish Ha Qabala described these Tables of Testimony as being written on a divine crystal called schethiy, a crystal that was light enough and small enough for Moses to hold
in the palm of his hand. It then goes onto describe that the tables contained the secrets
of "all that man had ever known and all that man would ever know." In ancient
Mesopotamia (c. 3000 BC), the
same was said of the Tables of
Destiny, which were claimed to
have been handed down by the
gods Enlil and Enki, sons of the
great Anunnaki sky-god Anu.
Modern science has determined that schethiy crystal was
probably a platinum-group transition element, such as meteoric
iridium cr ystal, akin to the cr ystal pavement of Moses, as
described in Exodus 24:10.
When placed in the electronic
arcing capacitor of the Ark, it
would have increased the Ark's
powers from that of a conventional capacitor to a power ful
superconductor.
If this was the case, then the
Ark, by way of high energy blasts
and shor t-wave radiation, could
indeed have had the power to
damage five Philistine cities and
destroy the walls of Jericho, as
the Bible describes.
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it is also related to fire. For instance, the


Old Testament Book of Job states:
As for the ear th, out of it cometh
bread; and under it is turned up as it
were fire. The stones of it are the place
of sapphires, and it hath the dust of
gold.
Another biblical text from the book of
Exodus also discusses this mysterious
combination by describing the white
powder as a type of food. It appears in
the story of Moses and the Israelites at
Mount Horeb in Sinai, when Moses is
disturbed to find that his brother Aaron
has collected the gold rings from the
Israelites in order to forge from them a
golden calf as an idol of worship. The
account describes how Moses took the
golden calf, burned it with fire, transposed it into a powder, and fed it to the
Israelites. Later in the story, however, it
is explained that the fine powder could
be mixed with frankincense to make
white bread cakes, which the old Septuagint Bible called bread of the presence.
The stor y of Moses burning the
golden calf with fire to obtain powder
has long baffled theologians because
heating or burning gold does not produce powder, but only molten goldat
least that was what everyone thought
until recently.
Interestingly, the discovery of the process was made by an Arizona cotton
farmer named David Hudson. He not
only discovered how to make a superconductive white powder from gold and
platinum-group metals, but also (in
association with Argonne National Laboratories) how to make noble metals
from the white powder in the manner of
the medieval alchemists. In fact, in
1989, Hudsons patents were filed in 22
countries, classified as Orbitally Rearranged Monatomic Elements (ORMEs).
The Discovery of Exotic Matter
avid Hudsons research began
in 1976 while investigating soil
constituents at his farm near
Phoenix, AZ. The soil there had a surprisingly high sodium content, which
caused it to be crunchy and impenetra-

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The Powder of Projection and

The Philosophers Stone


I

n the book of Exodus, Moses was said to have made the powder of projection for
ingestion by the Israelites by burning the golden calf idol with fire. But burning or heating gold does not produce powder it produces molten goldor so it was thought until
the 1980s, when it was discovered that great extremes of heat can transmute gold into a
white powder of single or double atoms that have superconductive, anti-gravitational
properties. This process was passed down through the ages by various esoteric brotherhoods. In medieval times, alchemists called this substance the Philosophers' Stone.
British philosopher Eirenaeus Philalethes (a man revered by Isaac Newton, Rober t
Boyle, Elias Ashmole, and other Royal Society colleagues of his day) discussed in
Secrets Revealed (1667) the alchemical nature of the Philosophers' Stone, which was
commonly thought to transmute base metal into gold. Setting the record straight, Philalethes made the point that the Stone itself was made of gold, and
that the philosopher's art was in per fecting this process.
He stated:
Our Stone is nothing but gold digested to
the highest degree of purity and subtle fixation. Our gold, no longer vulgar, is the
ultimate goal of Nature. It is called a
Stone by vir tue of its fixed nature; it
resists the action of fire as successfully
as any stone. In species it is gold, more
pure than the purest; it is fixed and
incombustible like a stone, but its
appearance is that of a very fine powder.
This description was mirrored by the 15th-century French alchemist Nicolas Flamel, who wrote
in his Last Testament of 1416 that when the noble
metal was per fectly dried and digested, it made "a
fine powder of gold, which is the Philosophers'
Stone." The alchemists called it the container of
15th-century French
the light of life, as they believed that it was the
alchemist Nicolas Flamel.
food of the great enlightenment and the elixir of
active longevity.
LAURENCE GARDNER

ble to water. To combat this, Hudson


began injecting sulphuric acid into the
ground to break down the crust to a
manageable consistency. Hudson soon
discovered that his soil contained a naturally occurring substance that would
not dissolve in the acid and, when dried
in the Arizona sun, would flare into a
great blaze of white light and totally
disappear! Not only that, but subsequent testing of this cr ystalline substance by arc emission spectroscopy
revealed that it was pure nothing!
Following further unsuccessful tests at

Cornell University, a sample was sent to


Englands Har well Laboratories in
Oxfordshire for neutron activation analysis. But even they could not obtain a
suitable reading. Eventually, with assistance from the Soviet Academy of Sciences, it was determined that the mysterious substance was composed of
platinum-group elements in a form previously unknown to science.
In the course of the research, the
material was regularly heated and cooled
in a thermo-gravimetric process, which
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tional weight. It was discovered that at a


certain high temperature, the material
would fall apart to become a monatomic
(single atom) powder, at which point its
weight fell to 56% of its starting weight.
Further heating at 1160 centigrade
transformed the precious substance into
a wonderfully clear glass, at which point
the material returned to its original
weight.
Totally bewildered, the scientists continued their investigations. When they
repeatedly heated and cooled the sample
under inert gases, they found that the
cooling processes took the sample to an
amazing 400% of its starting weight. But
when they heated it again, they found it
weighed less than nothing. Not only
that, but when they removed the sample
from the pan, they discovered that the
pan actually weighed more than it did
with the material in it! So they postulated that the sample had the ability to
transfer its weightlessness to its supporting host. (Interestingly, this effect was
precisely in accordance with the old
Alexandrian text, which discussed how
the Paradise Stone of gold could outweigh its original metallic weight, but
when transposed to powder, even a
feather would tip the scales against it.)
The substance was also determined to
be a natural superconductor with a null
magnetic field, repelling both north and
south magnetic poles while having the
ability to levitate and store light and
energy within itself.
Hudson then met with Hal Puthoff,
director of the Institute for Advanced
Studies in Austin, TX. From the 1960s
on, Puthoff had been continuing the
anti-gravity investigations of the Russian
physicist Andrei Sakharov. In his studies
of gravity as a zero-point fluctuation
force, Puthoff had ascertained that when
matter begins to react in two dimensions, it should theoretically lose some of
its gravitational weight.
Given that Hudsons substance was
losing around four-ninths of its weight,
Hudson was able to confirm Puthoff s
theory in practice, explaining that when
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of its starting weight. Also, that when


heated, it could achieve a gravitational
attraction of less than zero, at which
point the weighing-pan also weighed less
than it did when empty.
Since gravity determines space-time,
Puthoff concluded that the powder fell
into the category of exotic matter and
was capable of bending space-time.
However, this would mean that the
powder would be resonating in a different dimension, and therefore it should
become invisible. Again, Hudson confirmed that the samples did vanish from
sight when their weight disappeared.
What was being said here was not simply that the substance could be moved
out of perceptual vision, but that it was
literally being transpor ted into an
unknown dimension of space-time. The
proof of this was ascertained by attempting to disturb the substance with a spatula while invisible, in an attempt to reposition it before returning it to a visible
state. But when the substance was sufficiently cooled, it returned to its previous
position and shape. In short, it was not
only invisible but also did not exist in
our dimension.

Distortions of Space-Time
n the early 1990s, articles concerning stealth atoms and superconductivity began to appear with regularity in the scientific press. The Niels Bohr
Institute at the University of Copenhagen, the US Department of Energys
Argonne National Laboratories in
Chicago, IL, and their Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, TN, all confirmed
that the elements discovered by Hudson
existed in the monatomic state. These
included gold and the platinum-group
elements of iridium, rhodium, palladium, platinum, osmium, and ruthenium.
Manipulation of space-time quickly
became a subject of interest, leading to
an astonishing announcement in the
May, 1994 journal Classical and Quantum Gravity from the University of
Wales. Written by the Mexican mathematical scientist Miguel Alcubierre, he
stated:

It is now known that it is possible to


modify space-time in a way that allows
a spaceship to travel at an arbitrarily
large speed by a purely local expansion
of the space-time behind the spaceship
and an opposite contraction in front
of ita motion faster than the speed of
light, reminiscent of the warp drive of
science fiction.
This was followed a few months later
by an article in the American Scientist
(vol. 82), in which biophysicist Michael
Szpir showed how Alcubierres concept
did not violate Einsteins theory that no
object could travel faster than light.
Rather, he explained that when in warp
mode, the craft would not actually be
traveling at all. The theoretical acceleration would be enormous he stated,
but the true rate of acceleration would
be zero.
Here, then, was a form of speed-oflight travel that required a minimum of
time and fuel, except that the necessary
chunk of space-time would ostensibly
have moved from in front of the craft to
behind it, by means of contraction and
expansion, respectively. But what was the
necessary device to make this possible?
The Alcubierre article explained that
exotic matter will be needed to generate a distortion of space-time.
Based on information from the Ohio
Aerospace Institute in 1995, Britains
BBC News science editor Dr. David
Whitehouse subsequently reported that
the idea relies on the concept that space
is not empty, but instead has a shape
that can be distorted by matter. Therefore, the starship would simply rest in a
warp bubble between the two spacetime distortions.
So what is the exotic matter to which
Alcubierre referred? Szpir described it as
matter with the curious property of
having a negative energy density, unlike
normal matter (such as the stuff that
makes up people, the planets, and the
stars), which has a positive energy. The
necessary exotic device was an operative
superconductor. In this regard, the
white powder discovered by the Arizona
farmer was exotic matter with the ability
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A modern arcing plant for the creation of monatomic elements.

DNA and Monatomic Elements


n the May, 1995 issue of Scientific
American, the platinum-group
metal ruthenium was discussed in
relation to human DNA. It was pointed
out that when single ruthenium atoms
were placed at each end of a short strand
of DNA, the strand became 10,000
times more conductive; in effect, the
DNA became a superconductor.
Similarly, beginning in 1990, the Platinum Metals Review regularly featured
articles concerning the use of platinum,
iridium, and ruthenium in the treatment
of cancer, which is caused through the
abnormal and uncontrolled division of
body cells. They explained that when a
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compound resonated with the deformed


cell, causing the DNA to relax and
become corrected. Such treatment
involved no surgery, nor did it destroy
surrounding tissue with radiation or kill
the immune system, as with chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Effective though this form of treatment might be, we are dealing here with
minuscule DNA strands and single
atoms. This type of treatment might be
possible in a laboratory environment,
but how is it feasible for surgeons to
work on such an infinitely small scale
within peoples bodies?
In the world of physics, the more
expansive science gets, the more compact it gets. As reported in June, 2002,
in the journal Nature, scientists have

now invented a transistor from a single


atom, thus opening up a new era in the
science of nanotechnologythe construction of machines on a scale of millionths of a millimeter. These include
devices which literally can be guided
through a body by minute on-board
computers to effect precisely the type of
DNA corrections discussed in relation to
ruthenium atoms and cancer cells.
It is also known that both monatomic
iridium and rhodium have anti-aging
propertiesby flowing their light waves
through DNA, it slows down the cell
division process, thus maintaining the
telomerase enzyme which scientists call
the fountain of youth. (Aging occurs
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Similarly, ruthenium and platinum


compounds interact with human DNA
and the cellular body by flowing through
a single frequency light that resonates
with malformed DNA strands, causing
them to relax and become corrected.
Cells communicate with each other by
way of stealth atoms which travel via a
system of light waves. In essence, what
this new science determined was that
monatomic gold and platinums resonate
in frequency with these light waves to
dismantle the short-length helix and
rebuild it again correctly.
Not only that, but by stimulating
glandular secretions, high-spin elements
activate the endocrinal system in a way
that heightens awareness, perception,
and aptitude. For instance, the highspin powder of gold effects increases
melatonin production in the pineal
gland. Likewise, the monatomic powder
of iridium affects the serotonin production of the pituitary gland, and appears
to reactivate the bodys junk DNA,
along with the unused par ts of the
human brain.
Furthermore, following many weeks
of controlled electro-encephalograph
(EEG) tests, a detailed report issued in
November, 2002, by the Alpha Learning Institute in Switzerland, explained
that monatomic transition elements
improve learning ability by stimulating
electro-chemical reactions in the brain.
The repor t also described how
monatomic elements act as a left/right
brain balancing mechanism so as to
produce alpha waves with greater
amplitude. (Alpha brain waves are scientifically associated with greater intelligence, enhanced creativity, and
improved coordination.)
Irrespective of todays extensive
research in these areas, the secrets of the
highward fire stones seem to have
been known to our ancestors thousands
of years ago. They knew that there were
superconductors (stealth atoms) inherent
in the human body, which were the elements of individual consciousness which
they called the light body or ka. They
also knew that both the physical body
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The way forward now


lies in a nano-computer
technology, which can
operate in microscopic
environments with single atoms. The first
such components have
now been developed at
both Cornell University
and Harvard University,
and they are just one
nanometer (a millionth
of a millimeter) across,
or 100,000 times thinner than a human hair.

the food for the latter was the magical


powder of projection which was manufactured by the priestly Master Craftsmen
of the temples, for the express purpose of
deifying kings. By facilitating high levels
of hemispheric synchronization in the
brain, the powder fed to the ancient
priest kings gave them greater mind-body
control and, over time, exceptional powers of telepathy, ESP, psychokinesis,
telekinesis and remote viewing.
Today, these superconductive elements have re-emerged as the primary

substance required in fields ranging


from cancer treatment to stealth aircraft, and may even provide the essential
exotic matter needed for warp drive
space travel through hitherto insurmountable dimensions of space-time.
This, said Britains science correspondent for the London Times in June of
2002, is the ultimate road to the vanishing point. Everything is now headed
towards realms within previously
unknown dimensions, and to a time when
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David Hayward, www.aero-pix.com

nyone who has lived

near Pittsburgh, PA

since the 1950s has

heard the stor y of the Ghost


Bomber of the Monongahela
River. I first discovered the mystery one Friday evening when I
was about six years old, after digLibrary and Archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

ging through a stack of old newspapers in my grandparents living


room. After spotting a curious
headline, Mon Hides B-25Or
Does It? I spent many weeks
digesting as much of the story as
I could. Since then, I have been
actively researching this topic in
an attempt to learn the truth
about the crashand the conspiracy theories surrounding it.
Above: An aerial view of Pittsburgh,
PA from 1952. The Monongahela
River is the one on the right.
Above right: a B-25 bomber,
similar to that flown on the evening
of January 31, 1956.

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The B-25 went down on Januar y


31st, 1956. According to the official Air
Force reportmuch of which is still, to
this day, classifiedFlight B-25N, no.
44-29125 took off from Nellis Air Force
Base, NV, at 6:15 p.m. EST on January
30th, 1956. The official purpose of the
flight was to retrieve aircraft parts at
Olmstead Air Force Base near Harrisburg, PA. From there, it was to proceed
to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland,
where two passengers were to
be dropped off. There was to
be two refueling stops along
the way, one in Oklahoma
and the other in Michigan.
The crew of the B-25
was experienced. The
pilots, Major William
Dotson and Captain
John Jamieson, had
logged almost 6,000
hours of combined
flight time. The flight
also had two other
pilots on board as
passengers: Captain
Jean Ingraham and
Captain
Steve
Tabak.
The
remaining passengers were
Staff Sergeant Walter Soocey, Airman
Second Class Charles Smith, and Master
Sergeant Alfred Alleman.
Due to bad weather in Michigan and
problems with the planes brakes, the
crew stayed overnight in Oklahoma. The
next day they departed for Selfridge Air
Force Base in Michigan. At Selfridge, the
crew faced a three-hour delay for refueling. Estimating that its fuel supply
would be sufficient to reach Olmstead,
they took off again at 2:43 EST without
refueling, piloted by Major Dotson.
However, as the flight approached the
Butler Radio Beacon, 17 nautical miles
north of Pittsburgh, PA, they began to
experience difficulties. The exact nature
of these difficulties is unclear because
they are blacked out in the official
report. What is clear, however, is that by
the time the plane reached the New
Alexandria Beacon 31 nautical miles east
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drop in fuel in all of the tanks.


With only 120 gallons of fuel left and
the possibility of a leak or malfunction,
the crew radioed Greater Pittsburgh Airport at approximately 4 p.m. for permission to land. It was granted and the
plane turned around and headed back
towards Pittsburgh.
However, as the B-25 approached the
city, the fuel gauges indicated that the
wing tanks were empty and that the
main tank only contained 80 gallons of
fuel. Dotson dropped the plane to
3,000 feet and

altered their
course to avoid heavily populated areas. He then decided to land at
the closer Allegheny County Airport.
The unexplained fuel loss continued
and at 4:09 p.m., just as the plane
caught site of the Monongahela River,
both engines sputtered to a halt.
The tower at Allegheny County Airport immediately picked up the Mayday sent out by co-pilot Jamieson. At
that point it was clear that if they were
going to sur vive, they would have to
crash land the plane into the icy cold
waters of the Monongahela River.

A Crash Landing
t 4:11 p.m., Dotson lowered the
wing flaps and successfully glided the plane into the water, just
beyond the Homestead High Level

Bridge. The plane landed in the middle


of the river, about 500 feet from both
banks, with its nose facing downstream.
Dotson and the crew managed to
climb onto the top of the aircraft. However, both the wind velocity and the river
current were moving at 8 to 10 knots.
The temperature of the river was 35F,
and the outside temperature was 27F.
After ten minutes of taking on water, the
plane disappeared below the rivers surface, never to be seen again.
Aware that the plane was sinking,
Dotson, Alleman, and Smith jumped
into the freezing water and managed to
swim to a log floating in the river.
Although Dotson
and
Smith
remained on the
log and waited to
be rescued, Alleman decided to
swim to the left
bank of the river.
After an exhausting
swim,
some
bystanders and a Baldwin Police Officer
helped him out of the
water. Dotson and Smith
were then picked up
about 15 minutes later by
a commercial riverboat.
Jamieson had managed to
grab onto a piece of wood
that was floating down the river and he
was later picked up by a police launch.
Unfor tunately, both Ingraham and
Soocey disappeared while attempting to
swim to shore; their bodies were only
recovered several months later.
The Air Force report estimates that
the plane drifted for about one mile
before it became completely submerged
near Becks Run. It also states that Dotson and Smith were recovered one and a
half to two miles downstream from the
point of impact.
Dotson and Jamieson were both taken
to Montefiore Hospital while Smith was
taken to Magee Hospital and Alleman to
St. Josephs Hospital. Another unidentified man was also taken to South Side
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man to be a rescuer, but others


believe that he may have been yet
another passenger in the downed
plane. In fact, some of the nurses and
doctors working on the B-25s crew
later received unusual phone calls
from officials both at Nellis Air Force
Base and the Pentagon, ordering them
not to talk to the press about their
patients.

Inconsistencies in the Story


hen one takes a closer look
at the crash of the B-25, a
myriad of inconsistencies rise
to the surface. The most obvious question is, what happened to the plane? All
other aircraft that have gone down in the
rivers around Pittsburgh have been
recovered. So why did the B-25 mysteriously vanish?
The Monongahela River, known locally as the Mon, joins with the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at Pittsburghs Point. It averages depths of
between 20 to 25 feet and is roughly
800-1,000 feet across. The B-25 was
approximately 16 feet high, 53 feet in
length, and it had a wingspan of nearly
70 feet, so it would not have been possible for the plane to pass the Emsworth
Lock and Dam. Therefore, the plane
could have only traveled a limited distance down the river.
The plane was seen going under in one
piece, so it seems incredible that, after
more that two weeks of searching by the
Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers, decades of river traffic and dredging, and countless hours of searching by
private individuals, no trace of the plane
has ever been found.
Interestingly, dozens of witnesses have
come for ward over the years, each of
whom have claimed to have seen the
plane removed from the river in the middle of the night by the government.
Many of the witnesses were J&L Steelworkers and those living on the south
side of Pittsburgh. In fact, one truck
driver contacted the Perr y Marshall
Show in the late 1970s, claiming that he
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A page from the official Air Force Crash Investigation Report


showing sections which remain classified to this day.

CIA agent to load pieces of the recovered plane onto their trucks of f of a
barge in Sewickly, the same area where
the Coast Guard was stationed, and drive
it to a Nike Missile base in Oakdale near
Pittsburghs airport.
This story was verified by another man
who contacted the late Ghost Bomber
researcher and pilot Bob Johns. Hal,
who was part of the crew of the towboat
Zubik, claimed to have helped pull the
plane out of the river, and that it was sub-

sequently cut up and loaded onto barges.


Theories on the Crash
hat could have possibly been
on the plane that warranted
such a clandestine removal?
There are plenty of theories. Some say
that the plan carried an atomic or chemical weapon. Indeed, atomic testing was
occurring in Nevada, the state from
which the flight originated. And in the
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studied and experimented with in Oklahoma, the state in which the plane had
stopped overnight.
Although one of the ostensible reasons for stopping at OKs Tinker Air
Force base was problems with the
brakes, the planes log shows no repairs
being made on the plane that day. So it
is possible that the crew stopped in
Oklahoma to load on some secret
weapons instead.
Others believe that some kind of state
of the art, top-secret communications
system was on board. Whatever it was,
the extra weight from the cargo they
picked up in Oklahoma may have been
enough to cause the crew to miscalculate
the amount of fuel needed to reach their
destination. In fact, Johns suggests that
based on their fuel miscalculations, there
may have been as much as 8,000 pounds
of extra weight on the aircraft.
Other theories swirl around the
planes mysterious seventh passenger.
There are many conflicting repor ts
about what boats pulled which
crewmembers out of the water. After
conducting extensive interviews with
those who helped pull the crew out of
the water, Johns concluded that there
was indeed a fifth man pulled out, and
possibly even a sixth, which would bring
the total number of people onboard to
seven or eight.
Interestingly, this theor y was confirmed by an unlikely sourceSgt. Alleman. During an interview for the Perry
Marshall Show in 1976, Alleman
repeatedly stated that seven people were
on the plane when it crash-landed into
the river, even though records show
only six people on-board the B-25 at
the time. As for the identity of the seventh man, it has been suggested that he
was anyone from a Russian defector or
spy to Howard Hughes. However, if
there was some kind of secret cargo on
board, perhaps the extra man (or men)
were there to accompany it to its final
destination.
However, skeptics believe that the
extra man pulled out of the river was a
rescuer who had dove into the river to
help. Given the amount of confusion at

The B-25 Recovery Group on a barge on the Monongahela River, above the spot where
they believe that the plane may be located.

the scene, it is possible that either or


both of these theories are correct.
Other, more extravagant theories
have been put forward as to of what the
secret cargo of the plane may have consisted. Some have suggested that the
bomber was loaded with Mafia money;
others say it carried the bodies of
extraterrestrials. And finally, there is
everyones favoritethat the plane was
carrying a group of Las Vegas Showgirls
who were the close personal friends
of the crew. But for every wild version
of events, there is a serious discrepancy
about the incident.
For instance, it has been suggested
that the silence and denials that have
come from the surviving crew members
over the years is a result of government
pressure not to divulge the real mission
of the flight. According to Captain
James Cypher, Captain of the Titan
the ship which rescued Dotson from the
riverseveral FBI agents met his boat at
the dock. Cypher then described how
after moving away from the crowd, the
agents huddled with Dotson and
another rescued crew member before
sending them to the hospital.
Was the FBI really involved in the incident? Freedom of Information Act
requests have turned up no FBI records

of the incident, and the FBI denies any


involvement. (Of course, the Freedom
of Information Act does not allow access
to highly classified documents.)
In recent years, new attempts have
been made to locate the plane. In the
1990s, The B-25 Recover y Group
began searching for the plane using sidescan sonar. Although the group thinks
that the inconsistencies over the incident
are due to human error and eyewitness
confusion, they have been unable to
locate the plane after several years of
searching. They now believe that the
plane may have become lodged in a deep
gravel pit at the bottom of the river. But
the pit has been checked in various spots
over the years and no trace of the aircraft
has ever been found.
Is the B-25 still in the river? Were the
accounts of extra crew members and
their secret removal a result of confusion or outright exaggeration, or was
the government trying to prevent panic
by covering up a potentially dangerous
mistake? Unless the Recovery Group is
successfulor the US government
eventually admits the truth to the real
mission of the flightthe strange
events surrounding the Ghost
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He has been described as everything from the Devil incarnate to


a huckster and a fraud. His face
has been seen everywhere from
the pamphlets of cult-awareness
groups and FBI files to newsstand
magazines. Even more than half a
decade after his death, the name
of Anton Szandor LaVey, the
founder of the Church of Satan,
continues to be synonymous with
the embodiment of evil. Yet under
closer scrutiny, an image of a quite
different man emergesa real
human being who managed to
live life on his own terms.

By Ken Mondschein
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LaVeys Early Years


hile LaVeys tail may or may not
have existed, it is certain that the
Second World War brought
something approaching acceptance to
the awkward teenager.
Besides his appreciation for the films
of Fritz Lang (notably M, in which Peter
Lorre plays a child-murderer and
Metropolis, in which a mad scientist
builds a beautiful female robot), Germany held an undeniable fascination for
LaVey. The ruins of bomb-gutted Gothic cathedrals, where, in the words of one
GI, respectable, petty-bourgeois
women flung back their legs for the
price of a loaf of bread, fit in perfectly

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Church of Satan archive: www.churchofsatan.com

Anton LaVey, playing the


organ, in his early 20s.

with his philosophy


that humans are no
more than animals
who walk on their
hind legs, and that
it is the strong, not
the meek, who
would inherit the
earth.
Later in life,
LaVey would regale
listeners with stories about wearing
militar y uniforms
and going on submarine patrols in
his uncles boat
during his youth.
Even more incredibly, he claimed that
when the war
ended, he had traveled to Germany
with this uncle,
who had won an
Army contract to
build landing strips.
Besides World
War II, the second

An 18-year-old
Howard Stanton
Levey.

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The holiest day of the infernal calendar, as LaVey wrote in The Satanic Bible,
is ones own birthday. Even so, the nativity of the founder of the Church of Satan
himself is a matter of some debate.
LaVey claimed to have been born in
Chicago, IL on April 11, 1930. But
birth records have only been found for a
Howard Stanton Levey, who was born
on March 11 of that same year, to Mike
and Gertrude Levey, and whose date of
birth was later amended to a respectable
April 11, to obscure the fact that he was
conceived out of wedlock.
The family moved from place to place
during the years of the Great Depression, until Mike Levey finally obtained a
liquor dealership in San Francisco, CA
sometime in the late 1930s. No matter
where they went, however, the young
Howard Stanton was something of a
misfit. Though he was both intelligent
and a talented musician, he was also
odd-looking and unathletic.
It is somewhat telling of how alienated
the future Black Pope felt as a child
that in The Secret Life of a Satanistthe
official biography written by his longtime lover Blanche Bar tonLaVey
claimed to have been born with a vestigial tail, a rare mutation of which only
some 30-odd cases have been reported
in modern medical literatureand
which he claimed was surgically removed
in his early teens.

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greatest influence on the teenaged LaVey


was the carnival. As a boy, he had snuck
into a strip show at the San Francisco
Worlds Fair and had spied on the
womens bathroom while picking up bottles at an outdoor dance hall. Then at the
age of 17, he supposedly ran away from
home to join the Clyde Beatty Circus,
where he learned to handle a dozen lions
and tigers at a time. His real showbiz calling, however, was realized when the circus calliope player turned up for work
drunk one day. LaVey, a gifted keyboardist, sat in and the crowd was, as he
claimed, spellbound.
LaVeys work history, according to his
own account, also included telling fortunes and playing the organ for carnival
Bible-thumpers and burlesque-house
strippers. During this time in his life he
saw men lusting after half-naked girls
dancing at the carnival, and then on Sunday morning when he was playing organ
for the tent-show evangelists at the other
end of the carnival lot, he would see these
same men sitting in the pews with their
wives and children, asking God to forgive
them for their carnal desires. He knew
then that the Christian church thrived on
hypocrisy and that mans carnal nature
usually won out, no matter how much it
was purged by a religion.
In 1951, Howard Anton LaVey
married a petite, 15-year-old blonde
named Carole Lansing and the couples
first child Karla was born a year later. It
was in this period that LaVey claimed to
have studied criminology at City College in San Francisco and worked as a
crime scene photographer for the San
Francisco Police Departmentthough
no independent confirmation of this has
yet been made.
In fact, the only job that LaVey was
proven to have held during this period
was playing the organ at the Lost Weekend nightclub, a job which he apparently
did with some skill. All the while,
though, he continued to pursue his interest in the occult, eventually coming into
contact with the Church of Thelema, a
group of Aleister Crowley disciples run
by a brilliant but unhinged rocket scientist named Jack Parsons.

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The Church of Satan


aVeys invention of his past may not
have been so much dishonesty as it
was self-transformationthe outsiders eternal wish to become someone
else. Whatever his motivation, on April
30, 1966, Howard Stanton Levey died
and Anton Szandor LaVey was born in
his place.
Though he may have used the name
Anton LaVey as far back as his calliopeplaying days, the date on which he shaved
his head and donned a black collar was
carefully chosenthe night of April 30
or Walpurgisnacht, a time when the veil
between the worlds was thought to be
lifted. His congregation was an inner circle of devotees of magical practitioners
and occult scholars who met regularly at
LaVeys black-painted Victorian mansion,
located at 6114 California Street, in San
Francisco. Regular members reportedly
included several writers (including H.P.
Lovecrafts literary heir August Derleth),
a few police officers, a Danish baroness,
one of San Franciscos biggest property
owners, and (or so it was later claimed,
albeit without any evidence), cult leader
Charles Manson.
The Church of Satan leapt to national
attention in 1967, when LaVey performed a blasphemous wedding for two
Church members; baptized Zeena, his
three-year-old daughter by his lover
Diane Hegarty in the name of the Devil;
and performed a Satanic funeral for a
Navy sailor.
Even for San Francisco in the late
1960s, such behavior was considered
rather outr, and reporters flocked to his
door while those who wished to see and
be seen followed the press. Celebrity
members of the Church of Satan eventually included performer Sammy Davis, Jr.
(who was acclaimed a second-degree
warlock, though whether this was before
or after his Bar Mitzvah is unclear) and
supposedly even actress Kim Novak.
Jayne Mansfield, one of the 1960s
most outrageous sex symbols, also
became LaVeys disciple and lover. When
Mansfield was killed in 1967the top of
her head sliced off when the car in which

she was a passenger rear-ended a truck on


a foggy Louisiana highwaymany
blamed her death on the curse LaVey had
put on her agent Sam Brody (as they
were rivals for Mansfields attentions),
who was driving at the time. Such events
only increased the fame of the Black
Pope, and soon Satanic grottoes were
spreading throughout the country.

Giving Satan a Voice


n old photographs, LaVey cuts a distinctive figure with his all-black
clothes, shaved head, and neatly
trimmed goatee, often capped off with a
devils hood decorated with small horns.
However, as unique an individual as he
was, the so-called Black Pope was hardly
the first to give a voice to Satan.
Three hundred years earlier, poet John
Milton in Paradise Losthis epic attempt
to justifie the wayes of God to men
had described Lucifer as a sympathetic
character, whose revolt against divine
authority readers could sympathize with
and vicariously take part in themselves.
Similarly, the 18th-centur y engraver
William Blake had depicted Miltons
Satan as a beautiful fallen angel. And part
of the appeal of 19th-century romantic
poets, such as Lord Byron, was that their
work embodied both the diabolical and
the seductive.
In the 20th centur y, the Rolling
Stones song Sympathy for the Devil
(from their 1968 album Beggars Banquet) next made Satan a pop-culture icon
of sorts, which the band followed up on
by appearing in LaVey-disciple Kenneth
Angers 1969 film Invocation of My
Demon Brother, a film in which the Black
Pope himself made a cameo appearance.
LaVeys success in building the Church
of Satan can be explained not only by his
tapping into this archetype of the sympathetic Devil and by his media savvy, but
also by the fact that he had the fortune to
catchand partially inspirethe wave of
occultism that was washing over the United States in the late 1960s and early 70s,
a trend that included everything from the
founding of yoga ashrams and transcendental meditation to the popularization of
neo-pagan religions such as Wicca.

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An Infernal Philosophy
et behind the Halloween costumes, the Black Mass parodies,
claims to have masterminded many
celebrity tragedies, and the various publicity stunts, lay some ver y sincere
beliefs. While LaVey may have claimed
to have never believed in a literal Satan,
according to LaVey, the devil was the
embodiment of humanitys carnal, animal nature, and,
the spirit of progress, the inspirer of
all great movements that contribute
to the development of civilization
and the advancement of mankind
the spirit of rebellion that leads to
freedom, the embodiment of all heresies that liberate,
and, of course, an antidote to what he
considered to be the inevitable hypocrisy
of more mainstream religions.
In fact, if there was one cardinal sin in
the Church of Satan, it was hypocrisy.
The ultimate act of worship, according
to LaVey, was the glorification of the
self. The Satanist shuns terms such as
hope and prayer as they are indicative
of apprehension, he wrote in The
Satanic Bible. He then went on to add:
If we hope and pray for something to
come about, we will not act in a positive way which will make it happen.
The Satanist, realizing that anything he gets is of his own doing, takes
command of the situation instead of
praying to God for it to happen. Positive thinking and positive action add

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Nine Satanic Statements


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.

Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!


Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
Satan represents kindness to those who deser ve it, instead of love wasted on
ingrates!
Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!
Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic
vampires!
Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse
than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his divine spiritual and intellectual development, has become the most vicious animal of all.
Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or
emotional gratification!
Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever has, as he has kept it in business all these years!
FROM THE SATANIC BIBLE, 1969

up to results.
Of course, LaVey was hardly the only
San Franciscan in the 1960s to attempt
to subvert the dominant paradigm. In
the same year that the Church of Satan
became incorporated, Jefferson Poland
and his friends in the Sexual Freedom
League were throwing free love parties
and Ken Kesey was hosting his
psychedelic Acid Tests. In fact, the
very day after LaVey became the Black
Pope, the popular medieval re-enactment organization the Society for Cre-

ative Anachronism (SCA) began as a


theme party in science-fiction writer
Diana Paxtons Berkeley, CA backyard.
Founding a religion that was the
antithesis of Christianity was fully in
keeping with the spirit of the age.
While LaVey was hardly the only person in San Francisco at the time to
preach a gospel of sexual liberation and
the fulfillment of carnal appetites, he was
one of the few who espoused that
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Satanist, according to LaVey, held the


great herd of humanity in disdain as he
believed that most people existed only to
be manipulated by mass media into consuming more and more.
However, in contrast to the pop-culture image of the priest of evil, LaVey was
against harming innocent victims. In fact,
the ethics of LaVeys Satanismrespecting the rights of others so long as ones
own were not infringed uponresembled libertarianism more than anything
else. His actual words in The Satanic
Bible, in fact, are more redolent of Disney
than the diabolical:
Under NO circumstances would a
Satanist sacrifice any animal or
baby! Man, the animal, is the godhead to the Satanist. The purest form
of carnal existence reposes in the bodies of animals and human children
who have not grown old enough to
deny themselves their natural desires.
Therefore, the Satanist holds these
beings in a sacred regard, knowing he
can learn much from these natural
magicians of the world.
In the end, LaVeys Satanism evolved
from a parody of Christianity and occultdabbling into something quite different.
Neither a member of the Greatest Generation that had made the world safe for
democracy, nor a Baby Boomer enjoying
the youth culture of the golden age of the
American Empire, LaVey lived his later
years in a fugue state, playing half-forgotten tunes on his organ and dreaming of a
world that lay in the mists of memory.
In fact, in his basement, he created a
bar that would have been at home in a
film noir detective movie from the
1940s. This Den of Iniquity, as he
called it, was symbolic of his Satanic philosophy. It was almost as if by playing the
role of the diabolical adversary, LaVey
was trying to call into existence a reality
where square-jawed heroes really did
exist. Thus, according to his philosophy,
to worship the Devil was to imply the
existence of God. Much like the college
students in Diana Paxtons backyard who
were playing at being knights in shining
armor, Satanism, as lived by LaVey, was a
form of Romanticism.

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The Fall of an Empire


n an organization as devoted to the
ego as the Church of Satan, schism
was inevitable. In 1975, LaVey disciple Michael Aquino split with the
Church to found the rival Temple of Set.
Supposedly, the incident that precipitated
the break was LaVeys decision to begin

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Furthermore, as befits any magical


practitioner, LaVey was a master at
manipulating signs and symbolsin this
case, translating his sideshow Satan
image into press attention. In an example of art imitating life imitating art,
LaVey even claimed to have acted as a
technical advisor for Roman Polanskis
1968 movie Rosemarys Baby, and further claimed to have played the part of
Satan. Shortly thereafter, Polanskis
pregnant wife Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson family, a murder
that LaVey also took credit for inspiring,
albeit indirectly.

selling degrees in the Satanic priesthood.


But considering the vehemence with
which Aquino attacked his former mentor, we can only guess at the personal
issues that were also involved.
Besides attempting to discredit LaVey
by claiming that he had plagiarized much
of The Satanic Bible from the 19th-century writer Ragnar Redbeard, Aquino
also charged that LaVey so literally
believed in the Devil that he had drawn
out a contract for his own soul. Worse, in
1990, several years after an ugly palimony
case between LaVey and his former partner Diane Hegarty, his second daughter
Zeena renounced her father and joined
the Temple of Set. (However, she and

her husband, filmmaker Nicholas


Schreck, left the organization in 2002.)
Meanwhile, more conservative voices
were reacting against the Baby Boomer
excess of the 1960s and 70s when in
1983, a mentally unbalanced woman
accused employees at the McMar tin
preschool in Manhattan Beach, CA, of
sexually abusing her young son as part of
a Satanic conspiracy.
Though the charges brought against
the family who owned the school
which involved mythical tunnels under
the school and trips in hot-air balloons
were so fantastic that no rational person
could have believed them, the case
dragged on in court for six years. Meanwhile, conservative Christians, acting
through pressure groups such as the Tipper Gore-led Parents Music Resource
Center, waged a campaign against Satanic imagery in heavy-metal music.
In response to the assault, LaVey
increasingly became a recluse, retreating
into his Black House, playing old tunes
in his Den of Iniquity for visitors, and
writing articles about the governments
invisible war in demoralizing the population through such means as
microwave radiation and ultrasonic
transmitters.
LaVey died in 1997 of pulmonar y
edema, and was sur vived by his two
daughters, his longtime companion
Blanche Barton and their son Xerxes.
His dilapidated black Victorian home
fell into disrepair during the court battle over his estate and was demolished
in 2002.
Anton LaVeys legacy, however, lives
on. Every black-lipsticked teenager wearing Goth clothes and ever y pentagram-laden rock band owes a debt to the
Black Pope. For all of his playing the
one-dimensional part of the Devil, Anton
LaVey was a unique thinker and philosopher who understood the darkness inside
us all. z
Due to the sensitive nature of this article,
the publisher of Mysteries Magazine wishes to make clear that the views expressed
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Book Reviews

UFOs and the


National Security State
BY RICHARD DOLAN
ISBN: 1571743170
$15.95, HAMPTON ROADS, 2002

istorian Richard Dolans


UFOs and the National
Security State is an
unsparing chronological narrative that charts the UFO enigma
and its disturbing relationship
with the US militar y-industrial
complex from 1941 to 1973.
Dolans book is as intelligent
and sober as it is mind-boggling,
written with a welcome sense of
irony yet is rooted in documented fact.
Dolan revealingly juxtaposes
the UFO phenomenon with its
Cold War context, shedding light
on the militarys early search for
answers as well as the National
Investigator y Committee on
Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)s
tireless efforts to bring the UFO
issue to Congressional attention, the duplicitous tactics of
Project Blue Book and the Condon Repor t,
and much
more.
UFOs and
the National Security
State is an
unparalleled work
by
an
author
n o t
afraid to
challenge official
histor yeven if it means
exposing an enigma that defies
conventional explanation. Dolan
has raised the bar for scholars
of the UFO cover-up and offers a
remarkably solid argument to
the intellectually fashionable
debunking establishment.
MAC TONNIES

Book Reviews

Shifting Frequencies

Case MJ-12

The Wailing Wind

BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN
ISBN: 1-891824-04-X
$14.95, LIGHT TECHNOLOGY, 1998

BY KEVIN RANDLE
ISBN: 0380814730
$7.50, AVON, 2002

BY TONY HILLERMAN
ISBN: 0061098795
$7.99, HARPER, 2003

rom Pythagoras Music of


the Spheres to Nikolai
Teslas experiments with
electrical energy, human beings
have long realized the universal
power of vibrations. For many
cultures and religions, the universe is even said
to have begun
with a sound. In
this
volume
which was supposedly coauthored
with Shamael, the
Angel of Sound
writer and musician
Jonathan Goldman
reveals techniques
for
harnessing
these ener gies,
which he claims are
the key not only to universal harmony but also to personal healing and transformation.
Whereas there is ample
precedent in meditative and
esoteric traditions for the
use of sound, Goldmans
eclectic approach, which
draws on sources as disparate as the Kabbalah,
yoga, spiritualism, and cr ystallography (but which shows
little knowledge of any), does
not inspire confidence. Furthermore, his habit of referring to
himself in the third person (as if
Shamael, his heavenly guide,
were writing the book), tends to
be distracting.
Those who believe in inspired
knowledge and angel communication may find this book of
some interest. But serious practitioners of established hermetic traditionsor serious scholars of comparative religion
should probably take a pass.
KEN MONDSCHEIN

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hile most ufologists


have concluded that
the thousands of MJ12 documents (papers purporting to document official custody
of alien bodies and wreckage in
the wake of the alleged Roswell
UFO crash) are
clever for geries,
those convinced
that an extraterrestrial craft crashed
at Roswell, NM in
1947 concede that
something like the
MJ-12 group would
have been conceived. Randle
probes the origin
of
the
postRoswell oversight
committee with a keen sense of
perspective, pointing out
anachronisms and errors in the
MJ-12 papers. More importantly, he fingers key personnel who
would have been likely members of such a top-secret team.
This book succinctly frames
the modern myth that is MJ-12
in its historical context and challenges the UFO research community to dig deeper.
Randles most topical and
engagingly opinionated book
since The Abduction
Enigma,
Case MJ-12 is
r ecommended
to anyone familiar with the convoluted, emot i o n a l l y
charged landscape of the
Roswell incident.
MAC
TONNIES

ecret gold minesfor


centuries, their lure has
set men hunting, fighting,
and killing for treasure; in Arizona and New Mexico, legends
of hidden riches still draw
searchers. Author Tony Hillerman explores this in his new
mystery novel.
Wiley Denton star ted with
wealth and the adoration of his
lovely bride Linda. Yet greed
brought death one fateful Halloween years ago, when Denton
killed McKay, the man who tried
to swindle him with tales of a
lost Golden Calf mine. At the
same time, Linda suddenly vanished. Joe Leaphorn, the investigating officer, remains haunted
by her disappearance.
Move to the present, when
searching an abandoned vehicle
leads Officer Bernadette
Manuelito to a tin of tracer gold
and a new murder. But she is
caught between two worlds
when her spiritual beliefs about
death are at odds with accepted
police procedures.
After the FBI reprimands her,
Sgt. Jim Chee intervenes. Under
Chee's watchful eye, the Golden
Calf treasure swindle changes
from past histor y to present
motive. But has Chee's attraction to Bernadette
made him muddy the
investigations waters in
her defense? And what
about the four teens
whose shortcut across an
abandoned Ar my depot
was tormented by strange
moaning wails? Can there
be some ear thly explanation or did they really hear
the cries of a chindi, a Dineh
ghost?

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Chee's persistent approach to detection


differs from the more intuitive
curiosity of his long-time colleague in crime fighting, Joe
Leaphorn. So when Chee hits
an impass, he calls the legendary Lieutenant out of retirement to come help. What they
find when their clues converge
will haunt you, too.
This is Tony Hillerman's 15th
novel featuring Joe Leaphorn
and Jim Chee, and regular readers will be pleased to find their
favorite characters returning.
New readers, however, may be
somewhat at a loss, coming
into a series with so much past
histor y, and may wish to read
some of the previous stories
first.
While The Wailing Wind is well
wor th reading, it is more fully
enjoyed as par t of the series
than as a stand-alone volume.
MURRDAY FISHER

The Genesis and


Geometry of the
Labyrinth
BY PATRICK CONTY
ISBN: 089281922-7
$29.95, INNER TRADITIONS, 2002

atrick Conty brings


a painters eye
and a mystical
sensibility to this
impressive meditation
on the metaphysical
and spiritual significance of the labyrinth.
The language and logic
of this book is often
abstruse and confusing, but they are well

wor th the ef for t of concentration it takes to penetrate his


argument as Conty ultimately
addresses the essential riddles
of existence to demonstrate
how ancient myths are mirrored
in the str uctures of modern
physics and geometry.
Conty weaves together the
myths of world cultures, from
the Gordian knot to the nahals
of the South Pacific island of
Malekula, to demonstrate the
universality of the labyrinth as
the symbol of our origin and ultimate destination. He sews it all
up with references to Tantric ritual, Zen riddles, Hindu wisdom,
and symbols from African and
pre-Columbian civilizations.
Along the way he incorporates
the philosophy of Heraclitus
and Pythagoras and other protomathematical thinkers in order
to set up the comparison with
modern theories of mathematics and physics, pointing to
such natural phenomena as the
DNA helix.
Conty covers all the bases
from mysticism to science to
math and myth. If the book is
comprehensive in its scope, at
times the leaps to conclusion
are almost over whelming. But
the most enchanting aspect of
this book is the wealth of visual
detail and illustration that
accompany the text. The visual
illustrations of the myster y of
the labyrinth alone make this a
valuable addition
to
the
librar y of
a n y o n e
interested
in unraveling
the mysteries of life
and the universe.

W W W. M Y S T E R I E S M A G A Z I N E . C O M

ELDER TOMES OF NOTE


Secret and Supressed
Banned Ideas and Hidden History
EDITED BY JIM KEITH
ISBN: 0-922915-14-8
$12.95, FERAL HOUSE, 1993

uthor Jim Keith died in 1999, but he lives on in the underground press as an investigator extraordinaire. Secret and
Suppressed is a collection of essays and exposs that he
edited, written by a number
of prominent authors in the
conspiracy field.
One provocative title in
the first sectionIs Paranoia a For m of Awareness?is written by Kerry
Thornley, who knew Lee Harvey Oswald when they were
in the Marines together in
1959. (Thornley was eventually involved in the Jim
Garrison investigation into
the JFK assassination.) Not
surprisingly, Thornley does
not buy the Warren Commissions conclusion that
Oswald acted as a lone gunman in the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. But
the essay also discusses
the psychology of paranoia as well as speculates on Watergate,
Charles Manson, and the Martin Luther King assassination.
The section called Cults and Casualties contains a variety of
essays whose subjects range from the Reverend Jim Jones and
the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, TX, to Jim Morrison, the singer
for the Doors, whose 1971 death in Paris has always been the
subject of urban legend.
In the third section, inter views shed an eerie light on Iraqs
motivation in attacking Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War and on the
shadowy guerrilla tactics of the Irish Republican Army. However,
the exclusive interview with an unnamed representative of the
Irish Republican Armys governing Army Council may be a cause
of skepticism for some readers.
Essays in the final section expose the Orwellian machinations
of the worlds power brokers. For instance, the essay titled
AIDS: Act of God or the Pentagon? speculates on the origin
and spread of this modern-day plague. Similarly, Exposing the
Nazi International details the global pervasiveness of Fascism.
Readers will either find the essays in Secret and Suppressed
preposterous or convincing. But in either case, they will certainly
find them compelling reading.

CHARLES
RAMMELKAMP

CHARLES RAMMELKAMP

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In the Theater

Terminator 3 (2003)
Rise of The Machines

hen the original Terminator was released in


1984, its gritty, disturbing vision of a future dominated by machines had a
tremendous impact on future
filmmakers and firmly established Arnold Schwarzeneggers
position as an action star. Its
sequel raised the bar even higher, as it introduced never-beforeseen computerized ef fects
while adding depth and interest
to the ongoing plotline by
reprogramming the Terminator character into a bodyguard
for John Connor, the future leader of a resistance movement
against the robots who seek to
annihilate humanity.
Despite the hype, the longawaited third installment of the
Terminator saga is little more
than a chapter in the stor y.
Filled with poorly done special
effects, little dialog, and an anemic plotline, one wonders why
anyone bothered to make the
film at all. Utterly lacking in motivation or the power ful imager y
that characterized the previous
two films, it seems like five minutes wor th of material has
been stretched into two hours.
The acting is poor, with the
notable exception of Kristanna
Loken, who makes a suitably

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chilling foe as T-X, yet another


humanoid robot sent to destroy
John Connor. There is nothing to
compare to the incredible morphing effects that made Terminator 2 so fascinating to watch;
in contrast, the effects in T3 are
shoddy and obvious, almost
painfully so, considering the
technology now available.
One pities ever yone involved
in the film and it is a sore disappointment for any Terminator
fan. One can only hope that the
next installment will return to
the standard that made the
first two films science-fiction
classics.
RICHARD MACKENZIE

Pirates of the
Caribbean (2003)
The Curse of the
Black Pearl

of stereotypical plundering and


carousing. These elements
could easily become trite and
boring, but there is a shipload
of wr y humor and just enough
surprises that the film genuinely
holds ones attention for a full
two and a half hours. Showstealing per formances by Johnny Depp and Geof frey Rush in
two uncharacteristic roles only
add to the fun. The seamless
special effects and the terrific
soundtrack fur ther bolster the
films entertainment value.
As might be expected from a
film produced by Jerr y Bruckheimer (The Rock, Armageddon,
and Con Air), commitment to
historical accuracy is not the
name of the game here. Glaring
anachronisms abound; the costumes and ships date to around
the mid 18th centur y, even
though pirates had been largely
eradicated from the Caribbean
at that point. Similarly, scenes
that apparently take place in the
city of Por t Royal, Jamaica,
should have been filmed underwater, since a devastating
earthquake submerged the city
in 1692, well before the period
of the film.
Obviously, popular enter tainment and historical accuracy do
not usually go hand in hand,
particularly when the entertain-

ment is based on a Disneyland


ride. Considering its meager
source, Pirates of the Caribbean
could have been a disastrous
under taking. However, the
strength of its cast, the great
action sequences, and a generous dollop of humor make this a
fine adventure film.
RICHARD MACKENZIE

Ghosts of
the Abyss (2003)

n his first film since the 1997


Oscar-winning Titanic, director/producer James Cameron
enlists a team of the worlds
foremost marine exper ts and
scientists, a crew of camera
operators, and actor Bill Paxton,
in an unscripted journey to the
Nor th Atlantic site where the
Titanic sank almost a centur y
ago and nearly 1,500 people
lost their lives. The result is
Ghosts of the Abyss, a documentar y filmed in 3D IMAX format as Cameron and his crew
use state-of-the-ar t technology
to explore the legendary wreck.
Much of the technology used
to image the remains of the
ship was developed for the
expedition and, along with the
inventive filmmaking techniques
used to produce the documentar y, those capabilities are as

ooks, ar ticles, and biographical materials are all


commonly used to derive
screenplays for theatrical releasesbut an amusement park
ride? Do not let the idea scare
you; Pirates of the Caribbean,
which is loosely based on the
classic ride at Disney theme
parks, far exceeds its source
material.
Pirates plotline features vast
treasures, damsels in distress,
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much the star of the film as is


the Titanic herself. What they
find is spectacular, but how
they do it is equally fascinating.
Ghosts of the Abyss opens
with a neat 3D trick that brings
a turn-of-the-centur y viewmaster up to the viewers eyes to
display a series of stereoscopic
photographs taken when the
Titanic was built. The technique
ser ves to draw the viewer into
the adventure in a sor t of
through-the-looking-glass experience, as though one were
peering out of the por tholes
with the rest of the crew as they
descend 12,000 feet to the
wreck of the leviathan.
Building on the initial historical background, the audience is
taken to the present day as
Paxton, co-star of the original
film and a close friend of
Cameron, boards the Russian
ship, the largest oceanographic
research vessel in the world.
Paxton narrates the documentar y, and his contributions as
host add a human element to
the exceedingly technical
endeavor.
His
likeable
demeanor, ner vousness as he
descends 2.5 miles beneath
the sea, and nausea when the
sea is rough add humor and
tension to the dive.
Other stars of the show are a
pair of tiny video robots/ROVs
(Remotely Controlled Vehicles),

each of which has an innovative


lighting system and a pair of
high-definition cameras that
record the ships details, such
as unbroken china, intact lead
glass windows, and passengers personal effects, including a bowler hat sitting on a
table and a water glass and
pitcher sitting per fectly upright
in a stateroom.
As the ROVs motor their way
through doors and windows and
sweep over various key spots,
from the grand staircase to the
coal engines in the bowels of
the ghostly ship, they seem to
take on personalities of their
own. In fact, they are so engaging that the crew affectionately
dubs them Jake and Elwood
(after the Blues Brothers). The
audience
cheers
when
Cameron and the crew use
Elwood to rescue Jake from
unexpected peril.
The resolution of the images
from the ROVs is somewhat
poor, so Cameron helps the
audience see the beautiful ship
beneath the remains of the
monstrous wreck by layering
and interweaving images of the
wreckage with historical photographs, intricate digital reconstructions, and live-action reenactments. At vital moments
of the ill-fated voyage, sets and
characters appear to firm up
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translucent, wandering around


the video of the actual wreckage like ghosts of the abyss.
However, the project takes an
unexpected turn when a member of the crew looks at his
watch as the mini-subs are
hauled to the sur face on the
final day of the expedition and
notes the time and datelatemorning, September 11, 2001.
As Cameron sur faces and is
infor med of the ter rorist
attacks on the United States,
his obsession with the tragedy
of the past suddenly seems trivial, and he questions whether
or not to continue the project.
They do continue, but with even
more understanding of their
subject and reverence for those
who perished.
JUDITH KANE

Spirited Away (2002)

reated and directed by


the renowned animator
Hiyao Miyizaki, and in
association with his animation
studio Studio Ghibli, Spirited
Away is an extraordinar y work
of art, which currently holds the
box-office record as the highestgrossing film in Japanese histor y. The Disney Studios picked
up the distribution rights for the
film and have released it for
North American audiences with
a superb dub, featuring the
voices of Daveigh Chase, Lauren Holly, and David Ogden

Stiers. Unlike many anim titles


with scratchy or squeaky
dubs that torment the ear, the
voice-over dubbing actually
adds to the enjoyment of this
animated film.
In Spirited Away, Miyizaki creates engaging characters and
stunning visual sequences that
will appeal to the entire family.
He also focuses on environmental and social issues while
avoiding the apocalyptic and
sometimes disturbing imager y
that characterized his previous
film, Princess Mononoke.
The storyline goes as follows:
While moving to the city, Chihiros parents are magically transformed into pigs for devouring
food at a seemingly abandoned
roadside snack bar. However,
the snack bar is actually part of
a resor t and bath for ancient
spirits who, largely abandoned
or polluted by modern society,
now only emerge at night.
In Chihuros quest to save
her parents, she finds employment at the bath while assisting and befriending many of her
bizarre new companions. In the
process, she learns compassion, courage, and respect on
her journey.
With humor, action, and gorgeous animation, Spirited Away
is an animated classic not to
be missed.
RICHARD MACKENZIE

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Web Reviews

Web Reviews: Megalithic Sites


hours exploring Britains great
ancient monuments.

Prehistoric Stone
Circles & Rows

Megalithic Wales

WWW.SOVER.NET/~IHONEYWO/

Stone Pages
WWW.STONEPAGES.COM

By Lise Hull

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or 14 years, web authors


Paola Arosio and Diego
Meozzi have been visiting
and photographing European
megaliths (giant stones) and
other prehistoric sites in order
to produce a comprehensive
guide to all things stone.
Each individual countr y has
been given its own section that
includes maps, photos, and personal evaluations of various
megalithic sites. The interactive
maps are colorful, easy to use,
and include links to individual
write-ups. Site evaluations are
diagrammed on easy-to-read
tables and include the authors
general impressions of the site
as well as a description of its
ambience and accessibility.
Stone Pages also features a
full glossar y which defines
terms such as archaeoastronomy and trilithon. A bookshop and 628 links to other
web sites about megalithic
monuments in Europe round out
this sites features. The active
message boards discuss sites
in danger, archaeo news, and
other branches of archaeology
all of which make Stone Pages
well worth a visit.

an and Judith Honeywood


introduce visitors to the world
of stone circles and stone
rows with a handy clickable
table, listing many of the most
intriguing sites in Britain. Each
site has its own link with photos
and hand-drawn layouts that
offer a dowsers personal perspective of the site. (Dowsing is
a process where steel rods are
used to identify invisible energies or anomalies radiating
from a spot, most notably from
ancient monuments.)
The Honeywoods explain the
purpose of various stone alignments, describe their experiences dowsing at each site, and
provide a detailed description of
the meaning of each stone.
One interesting example is
Drizzlecombe, a complex site
that features standing stones
which extend to a ring cairn and
stunning views of the surrounding moorlands. Of par ticular
interest is a photo that the
authors claim is a dancing spirit
at a cairn on the Drizzlecombe
site. (A bit frustrating, however,
is the lack of specific directions
to the site.) Besides the extensive inventor y of stone circles
and rows is a favorites page,
which features a host of links to
other megalithic sites and more
photos.
Prehistoric Stone Circles and
Rows will keep visitors busy for

WWW.GEODROME.DEMON.CO.UK/MEGA
LITH/STONE.HTM

n the remote valleys


and hillsides of Wales
lie stone monuments,
the legacy of a civilization long
gone. So star ts this visually
stimulating web site by Dr. Peter
Hodges, who has spent many
hours photographing and
recording the geometr y of
ancient sites. Megalithic Wales
is divided into three sections:
Stone Rings, Stone Rows
and Menhirs, and Burial
Chambers. Each describes the
location of a monument with
directions on how to reach it on
foot and with the aid of an Ordnance Survey map.
Listings also include pleasing
multiple photo angles and a
concise essay about each monument, which includes measurements and locations of
each stone. Visitors can click
on a link to view a photo of each
monument, which is useful for a
more detailed study of the
stones. Alignments of particular
stones are also discussed.
Somewhat hidden at the end of
the Burial Chambers section
is a links page, which features
several links to other fine
megalithic sites.
All in all, Megalithic Wales is a
thorough and well-presented
site.

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The Sacred Island


Guided Tours of Irelands
Ancient Sites
WWW.CARROWKEEL.COM
ainter and printmaker by
trade, Martin Byrne is the
tour guide for this fascinating, interactive web site that
focuses on the chambered
cairns of Ireland. (Byrne also
of fers personalized tours for
those interested in visiting the
actual places, which can be
arranged through the site.)
The Sacred Island is filled
with stunning photos and poetic writing. Links to each of the
15 cairns (and the other featured monuments) provide at
least one photo and a brief
essay about each site. Also
included are the locations,
measurements, and descriptions of the monument, along
with the authors personal
obser vations and interpretation of each cair n. Specific
directions on how to reach the
sites are also provided.
The links section covers a
wide range of topics, from
ancient sites and astronomy to
travel, accommodations, and
even music. The unusual Ar ts
and Crafts page features ar twork, furniture, and presentations with Celtic themes that
Br yne has created as a kind of
virtual gallery.
In all, Sacred Island is a
must see for anyone preparing to journey to Ireland to see
these monuments in person.

Recumbent Stones
Circles in Northeast
Scotland
WWW.ABDN.AC.UK/~LIB266/STONES

/MAIN.HTM
distinctive type of stone
circle can be found in
Nor theast Scotland and
site author Anna Edelsten is
happy to provide visitors with
details on this down-to-ear th
but highly informative web site.
The brief but thorough introduction explains why these stone
circles are dif ferent (they feature at least one recumbent or
flat-laying stone) and describe
exactly what one will see when
visiting each site.
The easy-to-use index lists 30
stone circles by county and
offers a simple menu that links
to individual sub pages within
the county. Each write up is dramatically illustrated with at
least one photo, an features an
Ordnance Sur vey map number
and directions to the circle.
Edelsten also provides information on the condition of each
monument. The high-quality
photos are well-presented, and
all the pages load up quickly.
This web site is for the nononsense explorer who is looking for information fast and in
an enjoyable format.

Megaliths
WWW.MEGALITHS.CO.UK

fter reading the basic


facts about megalithic
sites in Europe, visitors
to this site might think they

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know everything they ever wanted to know about these great


stone monuments. Yet explanations are not enough for Andis
Kaulins, whose information,
illustrations, and photos (with
the aid of photographer Martha
Walker) take visitors well
beyond a sur face understanding of the topic. For he believes
that neolithic megalithic sites
are astronomical endeavors in a
broadly based geodetic sur vey
system. He also notes their use
as land survey markers.
Megaliths features a vast
database of ancient stone sites
located not just in the British
Isles, but also in France, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia,
Russia, Spain, Por tugal, and
Italy. Kaulins presents easy-toview clickable maps of what he
claims are astronomical
over views of the sites by countr y. Clicking on a section of
some of the maps takes visitors
to intriguing diagrams which
show how the locations of the
sites mesh with stellar constellations.
One example is the Weris I
Dolmen in Belgium, where a diagram of the constellation Virgo
and several other stars are
superimposed onto a photo of
the ancient monument to
demonstrate the symbolic significance of the placement of
this megalith.
In all, Kaulins provides a visually and intellectually stimulating site which is also entertaining and innovative.

Megalithia
WWW.MEGALITHIA.COM

eb author Richard M.
clearly thrives on
exploring ancient monuments. His evocative narratives entice visitors to look further and feature not just the
more famous stone monuments
such as Stonehenge and Avebury, but other equally powerful
sites in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and France.
Besides his fine photos and
descriptive notes, Richard provides an extensive and easy-touse listing of each monument,
with links to infor mation on
each, photos, map locations,
and nearby sites to visit when in
the area. One of the most useful and effective features is the
Stone search engine, which
allows visitors to search the
Megalithia database by keyword, map reference, site
name, and other variables.
Not only does Richard present various megalithic sites in
a stimulating manner, he also
introduces visitors to the people
who built the sites, classifies
the different types of megalithic
sites with examples, and
includes an extensive bibliography. He also discusses two theories on why sites of such magnitude and complexity were
built, either as an astronomical
observatory or as power points
along ley lines, long tracks of
significance to the ancients.
In all, Megalithia offers a spirited and highly informative look
at many of the worlds ancient
monuments.

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Music Reviews

Music Reviews

Paradise Within

Holy Harmony

JOHN BALINT

JONATHAN GOLDMAN

BLISSWAVE RECORDS (BRW002-2)

ETHEREAN MUSIC (7145-2)

By Richard MacKenzie

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n Paradise Within, John


Balint has succeeded
admirably in creating a
New Age album that genuinely
moves the listener with its gentle harmonies. In creating these
pieces, Balint was motivated by
the concept of enjoying each
moment as it comes, a paradise within itself and within
us all.
Using synthesizers to recreate sounds ranging from
Japanese flutes to a Balinese
gamelan orchestra, he also
incorporates traditional African
vocals and nature sounds into
his music to create an intriguing and beautiful, multicultural
mixture.
For instance, on Per fectly
Present, he uses pianos and
softly muted guitars to form a
peaceful and meditative sound
that draws the listener in. Likewise, the title track Paradise
Within utilizes a multicultural
blend of instruments to evoke a
moment that is timeless yet
fragmentar y. Interestingly, the
abrupt endings of many of the
songs evoke the feeling of a
single moment that ends too
soon and cannot be recaptured.
Leaving Something More
explores variations on a single
leitmotif through the use of
bells and piano while Eternal
Gratitude incorporates Middle
Eastern and Indian influences
into its subtle cadences.
The intriguing combination of
synthesized and real instr uments is a wonder ful trait of
this CD, evoking moments and
moods both fantastic and real.
Paradise Within is a masterpiece of New Age music that
everyone can enjoy.

or thousands of years, it
has been believed by many
cultures that to utter the
name of a deity would be to
invoke power ful, benevolent
forces. In Holy Har mony,
Jonathan Goldman brings this
concept to the modern world
with his mixture of tuning forks,
using resonances mentioned in
the Bible and the hauntingly
beautiful chant of YHSVH, syllables that make up the ancient
name of Christ. Per fect for
deep meditation, these sounds
are intended to promote healing of both the body and spirit.
The tuning forks played on
the recording feature nine specific frequencies that Goldman
believes are involved in miraculous healings and divine manifestations. To fur ther intensify
their power, the ancient syllabic
chant invoking the name of
Yeshua (an early name for
Jesus) is incorporated into the
CD. By pronouncing the Hebrew
letters of Yod, Hey, Shin,
Vav, and Hey, the purest
for m of the divine name is
ascertained and used as a conduit for spiritual healing.
Goldman is well-known as a
pioneer in sound research and
in using music and specific frequencies as healing tools.
Incorporating musical elements

from around the globefrom


Native American flutes to
drums, bells, and singing bowls
from Tibethis multicultural
approach to music and healing
is further broadened by his use
of Hebrew chants and the Biblical tuning forks featured on this
interesting recording.

Tribal Journeys
METAMUSIC
ISBN: 1-56102-331-0

ribal Journeys is one of a


number of releases from
the Monroe Institute that
utilizes their Hemi-sync technology, which is intended to focus
and improve brain activity.
Hemi-sync refers to the utilization of two different sound frequencies that, when played
simultaneously, produce a third
electrical impulse which is perceived as sound in the brain, a
sound that can supposedly lead
to more focused states of
awareness. Unfor tunately, the
sound quality of this release,
which combines Hemi-sync with
the traditional rhythms of
African music, is so poor that
its use as a tool for meditationor for focusing both
halves of the brainis virtually
impossible.
The Monroe Institute suggests that these recordings be
listened to with stereo headphones; unfor tunately, even
with the headphones, the entire
CD was virtually inaudible. Only
occasionally did the faint sound
of a drum or a marimba break
through the silence, and even
on those rare occasions, the
sounds were so low that it was
difficult to identify the instrument being played, let alone
the rhythm it carried.
Whether the silent portions
of the CD carried the different
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tain; I personally noticed no difference in my state of consciousness nor felt more


relaxed or transcendent. On the
contrary; the lack of sound only
caused frustration and rapidly
mounting irritation, even when
played over stereo speakers
that should have carried the
sound farther.
Dr ums, flutes, and other
instruments have been used in
many cultures for thousands of
years to induce altered and transcendent states of mind. To
consider Tribal Journeys in that
categor y, however, does little
justice to the power of the traditional African music which it
seeks to imitate.

Shakti: Creativity Within


NAVRAS RECORDS
(NRCD4007)

onsidering the recent


surge in the popularity of
yoga, CDs geared toward
providing musical accompaniment for workout sessions,
from classical symphonies to
the latest pop hits for the MTV
generation, have flooded the
market. In some cases, however, their suitability is doubtful;
the speedy tempos many of
them feature may be fine for
aerobics, but for the balance of
mind as well as body that yoga
is intended to provide is lost
amidst driving beats that stimulate rather than relax. Based on
the ragas of classical Indian
music, Shakti: Creativity Within
offers an alternative.

Ragas are compositions


based on specific notes in a
musical scale. Through the perfor mance and repetition of
these notes, certain moods and
feelings can be evoked in the
listener, making them helpful for
creating an atmosphere conducive to activities such as yoga
and meditation. Shakti is based
on the Raga Yaman associated
with early evening. Per formed
on the santoor, a traditional
instrument similar to the hammered dulcimer, the soulful
music starts gradually, providing
an excellent warm-up sequence.
The later addition of percussion
instr uments increases the
tempo without distracting the
listener. But in general, this CD
would be better suited to more
physically oriented types of
yoga, such as Ashtanga or
Bikram style sessions.
The first track Reawakening
would make an excellent shor t
yoga session or, combined with
Breaking Barriers, an introduction to a longer session, perhaps as par t of a yoga class.
Unfor tunately, there is no complimentary cool-down sequence
toward the end, so allowances
should be made for this, perhaps by repeating the first track,
in order to lessen possible
strain on the body.
If one prefers traditional-style
music to accompany their yoga,
then Shakti: Creativity Within is
a fine choice.

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Vilgok Hangja, Vol. 1


SOUND OF WORLDS
FONO RECORDS (FA-080-2)

Body Prayer
CYNTHIA GAGE, CMT
RIDGEWAY SOUND

ll too often, we find our


ever yday lives taxing and
stressful. Body Prayer, a
collection of guided imager y
exercises, provides an effective
way to attain relaxation.
The exercises are suited for
any level of experience and no
special equipment is required.
All of them are fairly brief as
well, no longer than 15 minutes
or so, which makes them excellent exercises to tr y during a
lunch break or other gap in a
busy schedule. These are not
meditation sessions but guided
visualization exercises, which
present rich, revitalizing images
that help to soothe body, mind,
and spirit and, if one wishes,
create a tranquil state of mind
in preparation for meditation.
Cynthia Gages slow, mellifluous style of narration for each
exercise is finely suited to relaxation and her choice of images
is rich and tranquil. The first,
Sun Hear t, features images
of warmth and colored light to
concentrate on the positive
qualities one wishes to develop.
Jeweled Spine and Fluid
Flowing use water imager y to
relax the body and bring a sense
of awareness to ones inner as
well as outer self. BreathDrum concentrates on breathing exercises in order to help
one find peace and balance.
Separately or together, these
visualizations are per fect for
those hoping to attain harmony
within themselves, as well as
with the world around them.

he vibrant musical styles


of Asia and Eastern
Europe are showcased on
Vilgok Hangja, the first volume
in a series from the Sound of
Worlds project, a group of international musicians based in
Hungar y whose multicultural
collaborations fuse traditional
music with original interpretations. Music from India, Japan,
and folk songs from the Tamil
people of Sri Lanka create a mix
that will delight and inspire any
fan of world music.
The lyrical deftness of these
musicians is obvious from their
first track Kuri, which begins
with the subtle strains of a sitar
and haunting vocals, and then
rapidly progresses into a rousing
melody. Next, Surya is a contemplative piece, with its complex mix of rhythms, dr ums,
chanting, and bells, reminiscent
of Indian, Mideastern, and Asian
music. In contrast with these
lively pieces, Kali has an ominous feel, in keeping with its
association with the Hindu goddess of death and destruction.
For those who enjoy international music, Vilgok Hangja is a
joy. Just as the roots of a flower
conjoin to suppor t a single
bloom, the all-embracing nature
of this CD brings together
diverse strands that entwine to
form a single, beguiling whole.

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analyzing them and a wealth of down-to-earth, practical, real world applications of astrological/financial
forecasting tools. For investors, financial planners,
traders, money managers, brokers, analysts, academics, and astrologers. Speakers include Tim
Bost, Christopher Carolan, Tony Kolton, Mitchel
Lewis, Jean-Francois Richard, and Henr y Weingarten.
ASTRO-RAMA XVIII CONFERENCE:
TRAVEL THE STARS
April 30-May 2, 2004; Hudson, OH
Contact: Barry McCombs, Astro-Rama Conference,
PO Box 118, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440, (330) 6524971 | Email: astroramausa@yahoo.com | Web:
astroramausa.com
BELTANE TAURUS CROSS-QUARTER
SHAMANIC ASTROLOGY GATHERING
May 5-9, 2004; Faywood Hot Springs, NM
Contact: Carolyn Brent, (520) 744-0506 | Email:
p3@ShamanicAstrology.com
|
Web:
www.shamanicastrology.com/events | With Daniel
Giamario, Carolyn Brent, John Dumas an Shamanic
Astrology Staff. Includes optional journey to Casas
Grandes, Mexico and Paquime, the only archaeological site of its kind in northern Mexico.
CHART ANALYSIS INTENSIVE
SCRIPT AND ARCHETYPES TRACK
March 31-April 4, 2004; Sedona, AZ
Cost: $400 | Contact: Carolyn Brent, (520) 7440506 | Email: p3@ShamanicAstrology.com | Web:
www.shamanicastrology.com/events01.htm#tucson
2003 | Emphasis will be an in-depth chart analysis
and counseling techniques, exploring the Script and
Stor y Lines using the Whole House System, the
Shamanic Timeline including Outer Planet Initiation
Cycles and Synodic Planetary Returns, astrological
complexes, and chart comparison (relationship or
synastry). Optional beginner's workshop available.
CHART ANALYSIS INTENSIVE
SHAMANIC TIMELINE, INITIATION CYCLES
AND PLANETARY COMPLEXES TRACK
October 13-19, 2004; Sedona, AZ
Cost: $400 | Contact: Carolyn Brent, (520) 7440506 | Email: p3@ShamanicAstrology.com | Web:
http://www.shamanicastrology.com/events.htm
<http://www.mysteriesmagazine.com/cgi- | With
Daniel Giamario, Carolyn Brent, John Dumas, and
Shamanic astrology staff.
EVOLUTIONARY ASTROLOGY CONFERENCE
February 20-22, 2004; Vancouver, BC, Canada
Contact: (877) 348-5111 or (605) 348-5111 |
Email:
astrokmk@aol.com
|
Web:

www.astrologyguild.com/roseconference | Speakers
include Hanne Albrechtsen (Denmark); Kitty Kennard (England); Hayo Bol (Holland); Maurice Fernandez (Israel); Mark Batterbury, Rose Marcus (Canada); Kristin Fontana, Kim Marie, and Kim Maynard
(US). Lecture topics include Pluto transits, music &
imagery, evolutionary states, patriarchal conditioning and natural laws, water signs and emotions, and
much more.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN
ASTROLOGERS CONFERENCE: URANUS IN
PISCES: AWAKENING THE IMAGINATION
January 22-26, 2004; Melbourne, Australia
Cost: $419 until Dec. 30; $479 thereafter; addtl.
$55 non-mem. | Contact: Brian Clark | Email:
AstroSynthesis@bigpond.com | Web: www.faainc.
org.au/Uranus | Par t of a trinity of conferences
titled Astrology Transcending Boundaries, celebrating the reception of Neptune in Aquarius and
Uranus in Pisces. Guests include Verena Bachmann
and Claude Weiss (Switzerland); Demetra George,
Dennis Harness, Ray Merriman, and Glenn Perr y
(USA); Antonia Langsdorf (Germany); Chris McRae
(Canada); John Frawley (England), and many Australian guests, including Maggie Kerr (Queensland);
Martin Lewecki (South Australia); Linda Reid (Tasmania); Sherr yne Dalby, Pampara Hughes, and
Mary-Anne Reid (New South Wales); and others.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BUSINESS
ASTROLOGERS CONGRESS
November 6-8, 2003; London, England
Contact: Karen Boesen, +45-3828 7376 | Email:
info@businessastrologers.com
|
Web:
www.businessastrologers.com | For business people, traders, professional investors, and
astrologers. Guests include Mauricio Bernis and
Paula Falcao (Brazil); Karen Boesen (Denmark);
Maarit Laurento (Finland); Han van Straaten (The
Netherlands); Harald Seebereger (Switzerland); Roy
Gillett (UK); Mary Downing, Robert Gover, Barbara
Hamilton, Bill Meridian, and Grace Morris (USA).
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ASTROLOGY
November 29-30, 2003; Zurich, Switzerland
Cost: 120 Euro until Oct. 31; 160 EU thereafter |
Contact: 41-1-4224682 | Email: beatriceganz@bluewin.ch
|
Web:
www.alocality.ch/symposium | Organized by Beatrice Ganz (Switzerland), with Rolf Baltensperger,
Anita Cortesi, Karlheinz Dotter (Austria); Emil Lips,
Dr. Peter Niehenke, Wulfing von Rohr (Germany); Urs
Schlopfer, Ruth Schmidhauser, Wolfgang Somar y
(UK); Dr. Elizabeth Teissier (France); and more.

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INTL. SYMPOSIUM OF VEDIC ASTROLOGY
November 14-18, 2003; Sedona, AZ
Cost: $245 | Contact: (800) 900-6595 | Email:
acva@sedona.net
|
Web:
shop.sedona.net/vedicastrology/november2003.ht
m | Speakers include Sanjay Rath, Dr. K.S. Charak,
Dr. T.S. Vasan, Justice S.N. Kapoor, Narasimha
Alse, Nicolai Bachman M.A., Michiel Boender, Gordon Brennan, Christina Collins Hill, Bhagavan Das,
Jo A. Deevey M.D., Ronnie Gale Dreyer, Deborah
English, Penny Farrow M.S., Brendan Feeley M.A.,
Dennis Flaher ty, Andrew Foss, Dr. David Frawley,
and many others.
THE LUNAR NODES: UROBOROUS
November 15, 2003; Victoria, Australia
Cost: $98 | Contact: Astro*Synthesis, The Chiron
Centre, 407 Johnston St., Abbotsford Victoria, Australia 3067, 03 9419 4566 | Email: AstroSynthesis@bigpond.com | Web: www.astrosynthesis.
com.au/appliedastrology/workshop | Exploring the
lunar nodes the two points of intersection
between the ecliptic and Moons orbitin the natal
horoscope. Eclipses are part of this cycle and will
be explored with the nodes. Presented by Brian
Clark and Glennys Lawton.
NCGR EDUCATION CONFERENCE
November 6-9, 2003; Minneapolis, MN
Cost: $300; $100 single day | Contact: Joanne Castro, 110 Mali Drive, Nor th Plainfield, NJ 07062,
(908) 755-6708 | Email: jocat413@msn.com | Web:
www.geocosmic.org | Guests include Nancy Basenese, Richard Bonk, Ken Bowser, Bernadette Brady,
Joanne Castro, Gary Christen, Stephanie Clement,
Priscilla Costello, Ronnie Gale Dreyer, John Frawley,
Ira Gordon, Rob Hand, Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, Jason
Aeric Huenecke, Rick Hutchison, Kenneth Ir ving,
Warren Kinsman, Terry Lamb, Alphee Lavoie, Joyce
Levine, and many others.
NORTHWEST ASTROLOGICAL
CONFERENCE (NORWAC)
May 28-31, 2004; Seattle, WA
Contact:
(206)
545-2912
|
laurag@astrologyetal.com
|
www.astrologyetal.com/NORWAC

Email:
Web:

ORGANIZATION FOR PROFESSIONAL


ASTROLOGY (OPA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
AN ASTROLOGER'S RETREAT
April 22-25, 2004; Marco Island, FL
Cost: $325 until Aug. 1; $395 thereafter | Contact:
(239) 261-2840 | Email: BOBMULLIGA@aol.com |
Web: www.professional-astrology.org | Available for
any astrologers who are currently seeing clients and
want to work with other astrologers to improve their
counseling skills and build a stronger business plan.

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ADVANCED NIGHT SKY TRACK
November 3-7, 2003; Faywood Hot Springs, NM
Contact: Carolyn Brent, (520) 744-0506 | Email:
p3@ShamanicAstrology.com
|
Web:
www.shamanicastrology.com/events | With Daniel
Giamario, Carolyn Brent, John Dumas an Shamanic
Astrology Staff. Includes optional journey to Casas
Grandes, Mexico and Paquime, the only archaeological site of its kind in northern Mexico.
SHAMANIC ASTROLOGY AUTUMNAL
EQUINOX NIGHT SKY WILDERNESS CAMP
September 19-22, 2004; Fishlake Valley, NV
Cost: $300 | Contact: Daniel Giamario, 11301 Vista
Ave., Grass Valley, CA 95945, (310) 281-7651 |
Email: p3@ShamanicAstrology.com | Web:
www.shamanicastrology.com/events01 | Celebration at the ancient petroglyph mystery school with
Daniel Giamario, Carolyn Brent, John Dumas and
Shamanic astrology staff. Includes classes in experiential Shamanic astrology with emphasis on the
Venus and Mars synodic cycle, Night Sky Fundamentals, sunrise and sunset Equinox ceremonials with
the petroglyphs, high desert mountain hiking, and
astrological vision quest.

CROP CIRCLES
ANCIENT SACRED PLACES, CROP CIRCLES,
AND BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN ENGLAND
June, July, and August, 2004; Southern England
Contact: Ron Russell, PO Box 460760, Aurora, CO
80046, (303) 995-9966 | Email: ron@cropcircles.
org | Web: www.cropcircles.org/ tours.php | Experiential tours with a focus on research in Wiltshire,
England. Includes private access to Stonehenge,
special research training opportunities in the field,
tours to and remote viewing introduction training in
sacred sites and crop circles. Guests and speakers
include Ron Russell, Dr. Simeon Hein, Busty Taylor,
Colin Andrews, Peter Sorensen, John Michell, Paul
Vigay, Lucy Pringle, and others.
FIELD RESEARCH TRAINING INTENSIVE
Various dates; Wiltshire and Hampshire, England
Contact: Ron Russell, PO Box 460760, Aurora, CO
80046 | Email: ron@cropcircles.org | Web:
www.cropcircles.org/tours.php | Use Electrostatic
and Magnetic Meters and other equipment to plot
energy fluctuations, construct a legal test bed formation, and participate in a skywatch on a sacred
site using CSETI protocol. Includes discussion and
training in Resonant/Remote Viewing. Guest
research exper ts include Rodney Ashbur y, Paul
Vigay, Busty Taylor, Dr. Simeon Hein, Lucy Pringle,
Matthew Williams, and others. No previous experience necessary.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON CROP CIRCLES & STONEHENGE
July 19-26, 2004; Salisbury, England
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 or (719)
448-0514 | Email: travel@powerplaces.com | Web:
www.powerplaces.com/StonehengeCropCircles |
Explore the life-transforming energies and sacred
geometry of this ancient mystical landscape. Experience the magical energy of Stonehenge, Avebur y,
and Glastonbur y. Feel the power and energy of
Stonehenge, including private access inside its
inner circle, and walk through some crop circles.
With Barbara Hand Clow, Colin Andrews, and others.
LOST SECRETS OF THE SACRED ARK
November 13, 2003; London, England
Contact: Busty Taylor, 52 Appletree Grove, Andover,
Hampshire, SP10 3RG, (+44)0 1264 324496 |
Email: busty@circleflyer.fsnet.co.uk | Web:
www.graal.co.uk/events | Presented by Sir Laurence
Gardner.
SIGNS OF DESTINY II:
CROP CIRCLES, EARTH MYSTERIES & MORE
November 21-23, 2003; Tempe, AZ
Cost: $215 until Aug. 23; $265 thereafter; Fri. $80;
Sat. $160; Sun. $125; two-day passes $230; preand post-conf. options $40; individ. workshops $20
Contact: Dr. Chet Snow, PO Box 1738, Sedona, AZ
86339, (928) 204-1962 | Email: chetsnow@
sedona.net | Web: www.chetsnow.com/signs | Features lectures, workshops, photos, displays, and
speakers, including Sir Laurence Gardner, Dolores
Cannon, Linda Moulton Howe, Colin Andrews, Dr.
Eltjo Haselhoff, Francine Blake, Andy Thomas, Doug
Kenyon, Clarisse Conner, and others.

CRYPTOZOOLOGY
16TH ANNUAL BIGFOOT CONFERENCE/EXPO
April 3, 2004; Newcomerstown, OH
Contact: Don Keating, (740) 498-4542 | Email:
eobic@yahoo.com | Web: www.angelfire.com/oh/
ohiobigfoot/abc
BIGFOOT DAZE
May, 2004; Hillsboro, OR
Contact: Ray Crowe, Director IBS, 225 NE 30th Ave.,
Hillsboro, OR 97124, (503) 640-6581 | Email: raycrowe@aol.com
|
Web:
www.internationalbigfootsociety.com
SCCS CRYPTOZOOLOGY CONFERENCE
November 8, 2003; Greenville, SC
Cost: $20 adv.; $30 door | Email: dltanner99@
aol.com | Web: www.dltanner.com/ event | Features
displays, concessions, live auctions, and speakers,
including Loren Coleman, Mark A. Hall, Joshua P.
Warren, Mike McCurry, and D.L. Tanner.

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SOUTHERN CRYPTO CONFERENCE
June 26, 2004; Conroe, TX
Cost: $5 | Contact: Thirteen Promotions, 101 Broad
St., Orange, TX 77630 | Email: bigfoot@cr yptokeeper.com
|
Web:
www.cryptokeeper.com/conference

HEALTH/HOLISITIC HEALING
CONTACT HEALING CLINICS
Each Wednesday; London, England
Cost: 5 sugg. donation | Contact: The College of
Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberr y Place, London,
England SW7 2EB, +44 (0)20 7589 3292 | Email:
admin@psychic-studies.org.uk | Web: www.psychicstudies.org.uk/healing | Three healers bring down
three healing rays simultaneously in a focused way,
which is effective for those who are seriously ill and
those who have already had other forms of healing
but still have not achieved well-being.
HEALING TRAUMA
November 22-23, 2003; Copper Mountain, CO
December 6-7, 2003; Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
Contact: The Conference Works!, 7138 English
Birch Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46268, (317) 2975733 | Web: www.conferenceworks.com/ speaker_bnapa.cfm
HEALING WITH STAR ENERGIES
AWAKENING OUR ESSENCE
February 27-29, 2004; Worcester, VT
Sue Jamieson or Lyn Rober ts-Herrick (212) 6740525 | Email: StarEnergies@aol.com | Web:
www.dreamchange.org/projects/index
HERBAL MEDICINE: HOW PLANTS HEAL
November 22, 2003; Manchester, NH
Contact: North Eastern Institute of Whole Healthy,
(603) 623-5018 or Joyce Kendall (603) 524-7829 |
Email: mckay@neiwh.com or joyce@dreamchange.
org | Web: www.dreamchange.org/projects/
herbalmedicine | An introduction to the art and science of western herbal medicine, this workshop will
review the principles by which the world of plant
medicine has been viewed from the western perspective and will cover both spiritual aspects of
healing with plants and the physical attributes of
various plant groups and their application to physical symptoms, as well as basic herbal preparations
for use at home.
HERBS FOR THE RESPIRATORY
& NERVOUS SYSTEMS
November 23, 2003; Manchester, NH
Contact: North Eastern Institute of Whole Healthy,
(603) 623-5018 or Joyce Kendall (603) 524-7829 |
Email: mckay@neiwh.com or joyce@dreamchange.
org | Web: www.dreamchange.org | This workshop
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applications of various herbs used to treat the respiratory and nervous systems. Sample various infusions of herbs to experience them first-hand, learn
the art of blending herbal preparations for specific
symptoms, and the ar t of knowing how to safely
care for yourself and loved ones with the energy of
Mother Earth's medicines.
MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL
November 20-23, 2003; Sydney, Australia
Email: mbssyd@dmgworldmedia.com.au | Web:
mbsfestival.com.au | Bringing together the best in
progressive therapies, alternative cooking ideas,
spiritual and self-development groups, and ancient
practices.
TOUCHING SPIRIT TRAINING PROGRAM
November 15-16, 2003; Litchfield, CT
December 13-14, 2003; Litchfield, CT
Cost: $1,200 | Contact: Touching Spirit Center, 16
South St., Litchfield, CT 06759, (860) 567-0600 |
Web: www.touchingspirit.org/tprog1 | Training in the
ar t of spiritual healing and the science of energy
medicine includes opening the flow of healing energy through the hear t and hands attuning the
chakras and subtle energy flows of the body and
understanding how they affect health; opening the
intuitive and spiritual energies and combining prayer
and meditation for healing; creating original meditations that can be used with individuals and groups.

NEW AGE
2004 INTL. CONFERENCE ON ENLIGHTENMENT
January 16-20, 2004; Santa Fe, NM
Cost: $495 | Contact: The Message Company, 4
Camino Azul, Santa Fe, NM 87508, (505) 474-0998
or (505) 474-7604 | Email: message@bizspirit.com
| Web: www.bizspirit.com/home/eventcalendar |
Speakers include Peter Levine PhD, Gay Hendricks
PhD, Kathlyn Hendricks PhD, Richard Moss MD,
Angeles Arrien, Hank Wesselman, Robert Rabbin,
Isaac Shapiro, Pamela Wilson, John Sherman, Arjuna Ardagh, Adyashanti, Tina de Souza, Onye Onyemaechi, Robert Gass, Judith Gass, Gail Ackerman,
Joe Miguez, and Sita Jamison.
THE CALL TO LIVE A SYMBOLIC LIFE
November 14-15, 2003: Indianapolis, IN
Cost: $235 (adv. reg. disc. avail.) | Contact: The
Conference Works!, 7138 English Birch Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46268, (317) 297-5733 | Web:
www.conferenceworks.com/speaker_cmyss.cfm |
Examines the challenges of following a spiritual path
that opens one's soul and psyche. Uses archetypal
energies and the power of symbolic sight to discover
insight for integrating ones spirit and personality,
and making life choices based upon the needs of
ones spirit.

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THE RELATIONSHIP RUNES
November 11, 2003; London, England
Cost: 10; must book in adv. | Contact: The College
of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London,
England SW7 2EB, +44 (0)20 7589 3292 | Email:
admin@psychic-studies.org.uk | Web: www.psychicstudies.org.uk | Learn to use Rune stones, the oldest form of western divination, as tools for selfcounseling and self-understanding and offer a way
of communicating with your subconscious mind.
CONTACTING YOUR SPIRIT GUIDES AND ANGELS
November 15, 2003; Minneapolis, MN
November 22, 2003; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cost: $150 | Contact: (408) 379-7070 | Email:
office@sylvia.org | Web: www.sylvia.org/home/
csga_reg.cfm | Angels have been in every religion
and culture as messengers, guardians, and God's
protective army. It is simple to reach them; belief is
the key. Learn their names and functions to help you
to call upon the best helper for your specific goals.
Learn how Spirit Guides can infuse knowledge and
answer your personal questions. Meet your Guides
by using simple meditations. Learn to discern real
messages from your own thoughts. Protect yourself
from unwanted spirits with Tools of Protection.
DREAM CLINIC
December 6, 2003; Seattle, WA
Cost: $65 | Contact: (408) 379-7070 | Email:
office@sylvia.org | Web: www.sylvia.org/home/
dreamclinic.cfm | Learn how to direct and interpret
dreams, get rid of night terrors, discover past lives,
contact deceased loved ones, interpret and gain
control over your thoughts, and better understand
the stress of everyday life.
ENERGY BALANCING MOVEMENT
POLARITY-BASED EXERCISE
November 18, 2003; Manchester, NH
Contact: North Eastern Institute of Whole Healthy,
(603) 623-5018 or Joyce Kendall (603) 524-7829 |
Email: mckay@neiwh.com or joyce@dreamchange.
org | Web: www.dreamchange.org | Learn Energy Balancing Movement, which involves the application of
stretching and Yoga-like exercises that align the various energy currents of the body. Based on the polarity model of the five elements and energy centers
(chakras), the movements can be used to address
specific areas of trouble on both the physical and
energetic level.
MAKING CONTACT WITH THE OTHER SIDE
November 14, 2003; Indianapolis, IN
November 16, 2003; Toronto, Ont., Canada
January 16, 2004; Phoenix, AZ
January 18, 2004; New Orleans, LA
March 26, 2004; Detroit, MI
March 28, 2004; Columbus, OH
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April 25, 2004; Chicago, IL
April 30, 2004; Albuquerque, NM
Contact: (408) 379-7070 | Email: office@sylvia.org |
Web: www.sylvia.org/home/lectures.cfm | Presented by psychic Sylvia Browne.
MASTER CIRCLE OF REMEMBERING:
LIFE EMPOWERMENT AND SHAMANIC
REIKI MASTER-TEACHER CERTIFICATION
March 2004 - Sept. 2005; western MA
Contact: Dolores Mannix, (212) 674-0525 | Email:
ShamanicReiki@aol.com
or
dolores@dreamchange.org
|
Web:
www.dreamchange.org/projects/masterscircle.html
| Eighteen-month intensive training program emphasizes personal development and empowerment, the
natural and compassionate brilliance that arises
from attunement to spirit. The program focuses on
cleansing on the soul level, aligning with the deeper
intentions of the soul, and expanding awareness,
and offers the information needed to develop and
teach all levels of Reiki.
MEDITATION WITH PSYCHIC SYLVIA BROWNE
December 6, 2003; New York, NY
January 24, 2004; Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $150 | Contact: (408) 376-2123 | Email:
office@sylvia.org | Web: www.sylvia.org/home/
prayermeditation.cfm | Learn practical techniques
for relaxing and healing the mind, body and soul
through meditation. This class explains and defines
meditation. Learn the steps of meditation to visualize for success, synergism, and manifesting desired
abundance as well as receiving messages from Spirit Guides, Angels or deceased loved ones. Learn various meditations and the skills necessary to design
meditations for yourself and others.
NATURE OF GOOD AND EVIL
November 15, 2003; Seattle, WA
Cost: $65 | Contact: (425) 255-9042 | Email:
office@sylvia.org | Web: www.sylvia.org/home/
natureofgood.cfm | During this difficult time of coping with insidious evil acts, we are in a battle of good
vs. evil. Learn more about light, gray, and dark entities; earth as home planet for the dark; tools and
techniques of spiritual protection; and positive
actions to cope with stress in our daily lives.
NEW LIVING EXPO
April 23-25 , 2004; San Francisco, CA
Cost: $100 VIP pass; $30 weekend; $10 Fri.; $15
Sat.; $15 Sun.; $20 single workshop | Contact: New
Living Expo, 422 Corte Escuela, Novato, CA 94949,
(415) 382-8300 | Email: info@newlivingexpo.com |
Web: www.newageexpo.com | Connecting body,
mind, and spirit. Includes exhibits, lectures, panel
discussions, and workshops. Speakers include Jack
Canfield, Joan Borysenko, Dannion Brinkley, Margot
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Andrews, John Gray, Dr. Brian O'Leary, John R. Lee
M.D., Master Zhi Gang Sha, Maria Shaw, Pankaj
Naram, Sondra Ray, Kokomon and Aeeshah Clottey,
and many others.
THE PROPHETS CONFERENCE:
A JOURNEY SHIFTING THE FOCUS
December 5-7, 2003; Palm Springs, CA
Cost: $285 until Oct. 4; $325 thereafter; Single lectures $25; One-day passes $95; group disc. avail. |
Contact: Myster y School, PO Box 567, Kula, HI
96790,
(888)
777-5981
|
Email:
prophets@greatmyster y.org
|
Web:
www.greatmyster y.org/ ps2003conference | Prepare for the the New World Cycle and become the
prophetic creators of and joyful messengers for a
magnificent birthing. Speakers include Byron Katie,
Sharon Salzberg, Gregg Braden Barbara Marx Hubbard, Mikela and Philip Tarlow, Peter Russell, Jan
Phillips, Duane Elgin, Huston Smith, Laura Day, and
Richard Metzger.
SACRED CONTRACTS:
AWAKENING YOUR DIVINE POTENTIAL
December 8, 2003; London, England
Cost: 50 | Contact: The College of Psychic Studies,
16 Queensberry Place, London, England SW7 2EB,
+44 (0)20 7589 3292 | Email: admin@psychic-studies.org.uk | Web: www.psychic-studies.org.uk | This
workshop will help you discover the sacred agreement that forged your life's purpose, the meaning of
your life experiences and relationships, and your
individ. archetypal profile. Presented by Caroline
Myss, PhD.
SHAPESHIFTING: PERSONAL
AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
February 27-29, 2004; Austin, TX
Contact: Omega Institute, (877) 944-3003 | Email:
ShamanicReiki@aol.com
|
Web:
www.dreamchange.org/projects/omega2-27-04 | In
this workshop, learn about energy connections with
the natural world that empower you to shapeshift
and delve into the three levels of shapeshifting: cellular (transforming into animals, healing cancer,
shedding weight); personal (living in the now, dropping addictions); and institutional (changing society).
SHAPESHIFTING THE ORGANIZATION: RAISING
INDIVID. AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
March 26-28, 2004; Austin, TX
Email:
john@dreamchange.org
|
Web:
www.dreamchange.org/projects/omega3-26-04
VISION QUEST
November 15-23, 2003; Death Valley, CA
Cost: $695 | Contact: Rites of Passage, PO Box
2061, Santa Rosa, CA 95405, (707) 537-1927 |
Email: mikeb@ritesofpassagevisionquest.org | Web:

www.ritesofpassagevisionquest.org/visionquest |
Learn to negotiate and celebrate life's transitions,
completing the old, moving through the threshold of
the unknown, and returning to the world reborn.
WOMEN OF WISDOM CONFERENCE:
EMBRACE COMMUNITY, DANCE THE MYSTERY
February 13-21, 2004; Seattle, WA
Contact: Women of Wisdom Foundation, PO Box
30043, Seattle, WA 98113, (206) 782-3363 |
Email: wow@womenofwisdom.org | Web:
www.womenofwisdom.org

OTHER
AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY CONFERENCE
May 25-29, 2004; Nashville, TN
Contact: American Astronomical Society, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009,
(202) 328-2010 | Email: aas@aas.org | Web:
www.aas.org
AIRY FAIRY/PAGAN FED. LECTURE SERIES
Various dates; Sheffield, England
Cost: 1.50 | Contact: Francis Clarke-Rowland, +44
(0)114 232 27 74 or +44 (0(776 021 53 85 |
Email:
clarke-rowland@talk21.com
or
anwen@air yfair y.org
|
Web:
www.airyfairy.org/Workshops | Topics include Wand
Making: How to make a personal power pointer, A
Pagan Guide to Greek Mythology, Tree Power: The
uses and magic of the forest, Animal Wisdom:
How to contact and use the power around you in
your pets, You Are What You Eat, Spirit Nets &
Dreamcatchers: How to tell the difference and make
them, and more.
FENG SHUI WORKSHOPS
November 22-23, 2003; Kent, England
December 13-14, 2003; Kent, England
January 11-12, 2004; Kent, England
February 22-23, 2004; Kent, England
Cost: 154 | Contact: The Alan Stirling School of
Feng Shui, 16 Ash Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2JL,
UK, +44 07092 051455 | Email:
alan777@blueyonder.co.uk
or
alanstirling@fengshuithatworks.co.uk
|
Web:
www.fengshuithatworks.co.uk/school/index
INTERNATIONAL CONF. ON SACRED SEXUALITY:
AWAKENING AWARENESSAN INVITATION
TOWARDS ENGLIGHTENMENT
January 16-20, 2004; Santa Fe, NM
Contact: 4 Camino Azul, Santa Fe, NM 87508, (505)
474-0998 | Email: message@bizspirit.com | Web:
www.bizspirit.com/sexuality/sx_index | Investigate
the space between ordinary and non-ordinary reality,
expand personal awareness, and participate in the
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Arjuna Ardagh, Peter Levine, Merilyn Tunneshende,
Gay Hendricks PhD, and Kathlyn Hendricks PhD.
INTL.CONF. ON SCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS:
CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLORING ITSELF
April 23-28, 2004; Albuquerque, NM
Cost: $595 | Contact: 4 Camino Azul, Santa Fe, NM
87508, (505) 474-0998 | Email: message@bizspirit.com
|
Web:
www.bizspirit.com/science/index | Speakers include
Peter Russell, Raymond Moody, Judith Orloff, Alan
Wallace, Russell Targ, Christine Page, Duane Elgin,
Brian O'Leary, Carlos Warter, Danah Zohar, Saniel
Bonder, Howard Mar tin, Meir Schneider, Stephen
Wolinsky, Onye Onyemaechi, and Tina de Souza.
MELBOURNE INTL. TAROT CONFERENCE:
HISTORY, SYMBOLS, INNER PATH
July 2005; Melbourne, Australia
Email: jmd@aeclectic.net | Web: www.tarotguild.
org.au/2005conference | Explore the Tarot's important history to its esotericism spirituality, from its
syncretic undertones to its psychological uses, and
its correlations to various other fields. Speakers
include Janet Berres, Kim Danber t, Jean-Michel
David, Mark Filipas, Mary Greer, Pat Martian, Fern
Mercier, Rachel Pollack, Jerry Roelen, Inna Semetsky, Valerie Sim-Behi, Helen Weingarten, and James
Wells.
SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL
RESEARCH LECTURE PROGRAMME
Various Dates; London, England
Cost: 5 | Contact: Society for Psychical Research,
49 Marloes Road, London, W8 6LA, UK, +44 171
937 8984 | Web: www.spr.ac.uk/lectures.php3 |
Upcoming topics include Redefining Secular Humanism in the Light of Psychical Research; Dickens and
Spirit Photography; The Actor, the Medium and the
Message; and Does the Emotional System Help ESP
Affect Behavior?
TOWARD A DEEPER MEDITATION: EASTERN AND
WESTERN METHODS AND CONCEPTS
December 6, 2003; Virginia Beach, VA
Contact: Association for Research and Enlightenment, 215 67th St., Virginia Beach, VA 23451,
(800) 333-4499 or (757) 428-3588 Ext. 7323 |
Email: confregistrar@edgarcayce.org | Web:
www.edgarcayce.org | John Van Auken will lead you
into a semi-hypnotic state from which you can let go
enough to awaken to your individuality, soul, and
higher mind, in order to move into contact with the
Infinite Consciousness.
TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY:
CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS
January 9-13, 2004; Burlingame, CA
Contact: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 744
San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, (650) 4934430 | Email: itpinfo@itp.edu | Web: www.itp.edu

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UNEXPLAINED MYSTERIES CONFERENCE
April 4, 2004; Dorchester, Dorset, England
Cost: 18 adv., 25 door
Contact: Conference 2004, 1, Goldcombe Farm Cottage, Mar tinstown, Dorchester, Dorset, England,
01305
889108
|
Email:
davidkingston@btopenworld.com | Web: universityoflife.users 2.50megs.com/page4.htm | Speakers
include Stewar t Langdown, David Kingston, and
Crighton Miller.

GHOSTOUR: THE HAUNTED


VACATION TO ENGLAND
June 6-13, 2004; England
Contact: Tours of Terror, 315 Derby Ave., Orange, CT
06477, (866) TERRORTOUR or (203) 795-4737 |
Email: TOURSofTERROR@aol.com | Web:
www.ghostour.com | Features haunted hotels and
houses, haunted castles, ghostly walks, creepy
graveyards, psychic investigations, supernatural
sights and tales, haunted pub crawl, ghost stories,
haunted churches and theaters, and more.

PARANORMAL

GHOST WATCH AT CRAIG Y NOS CASTLE


March 13-14, 2004; Wales, UK
Cost: 125 (double occ.; incl. banquet and full
English breakfast) | Contact: R Lines, 100 Marl
Close, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3NQ England,
01935427004 | Email: bill@ghostwatch-tv.fsnet.co.
uk | Web: www.ghostwatch.tv | Join the ghost watch
team for a serious but fun weekend, including ghost
hunting, a medieval banquet, demonstrations of
clairvoyance and psychic art, controlled circles, and
an all night vigil at a genuine haunted castle, where
strange happenings have been experienced since it
was first inhabited in 1841.

2004 PARAPSYCHOLOGY ASSOC. CONVENTION


August 5-8, 2004; Vienna, Austria
Email: pa-2004@parapsychologie.ac.at | Web: parapsychologie.ac.at/pa-2004/convent
CITY OF THE DEAD SEMINAR
February 13-15, 2004; Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Rose Eckhoff, (407) 894-6619 | Email:
CFGSLady@aol.com | Web: www.ghostweb.com |
Drs. Dave Oester and Sharon Gill of the Intl. Ghost
Hunters Society will host the seminar and lead the
investigation at the Salinas Pueblo Missions.
CONFERENCE ON PARANORMAL STUDIES
November 7-9, 2003; Tucson, AZ
Contact: American Institute of Parapsychology,
Andrew Nichols, PhD, PO Box 142193, Gainesville,
FL 32614 | Email: aiptucson@hotmail.com | Features Parapsychological Field Investigator training
workshops and speakers, including Dr. Gar y
Schwar tz, Director of the Human Energy Systems
Laboratory at the University of Arizona and author;
Prof. Loyd Auerbach, AIP California State Section
Director and author; Bill Everist, a psychology professor and paranormal investigator; and Brian
Gross, Arizona's most active ghost hunter.
Eastern Regional Paranormal Conference
July 22-24, 2004; Baltimore, MD
Cost: $50 | Email: conference@paranormal weekly.com | Web: bsprnet.com/conference/ | Speakers
include Troy Taylor, Rosemar y Ellen Guiley, Kelly
Weaver, Rick Fisher, Ed Okonowicz, and Charles J.
Adams III.
GHOSTLY SEMINAR AT SEA
April 25-May 1, 2004; Miami, FL
to eastern Caribbean Islands
Cost: $828.26 (incl. port charges, gratuities, meals
and ent.) | Contact: Rose Eckhoff, (407) 894-6619 |
Email: CFGSLady@Aol.com | Web: www.ghost
web.com/nor way | Sail to St. Thomas, St. Mar tin
and the private island of Great Stirrup Cay, with
planned investigations en route. Classes will include
Electronic Voice Phenomena and photography.

INDEPENDENT GHOST HUNTERS CONFERENCE:


GHOSTS, GUARDIANS AND SPIRITS
April 16-17, 2004; Mechanicsburg, PA
Contact: Kelly Weaver, (717) 737-7623 | Email:
weaviate@aol.com | Web: home.supernet.com/
~rfisher/IGHC | Speakers include Troy Taylor, Rosemary Ellen Guilley Ph.D., Riley Heagerty, and Kelly
Weaver.
JOHNSTOWN GHOST CONFERENCE
June 5-6, 2004; Johnstown, PA
Contact: Rose Eckhoff, (407) 894-6619 | Email:
MagicDimensions@aol.com | Web: www.ghostweb.
com | Drs. Dave Oester and Sharon Gill of the International Ghost Hunters Society will host the seminar
and lead the investigation of the most haunted main
street in America.
JOSHUA P. WARREN PARANORMAL CONFERENCE
January 9-11, 2004; Asheville, NC
Cost: $478 (incl. accom., some meals) | Contact:
(800) 438-4800 | Email: jpw@LEMURteam.com |
Web: www.paranormalconference.com | Produced by
L.E.M.U.R. Paranormal Investigations and Joshua P.
Warren, author of Haunted Asheville and How to
Hunt Ghosts and located at the 4-star Grove Park
Inn Resort & Spa in the Blue Ridge Mountains, this
interactive conference features a wide variety of content including ghosts, psychic phenomena, UFOs
and extraterrestrials, cryptozoology, weird technologies, convenient locations available for live ghost
hunting, and more. Speakers and guests include
Maggie Blackman, Will Beckwith, Tom Cameron,
Loren Coleman, and Patrick Huyghe.

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November 8, 2003; Mansfield, OH
November 21, 2003; Mansfield, OH
Cost: $25 | Contact: Mansfield Reformator y, 100
Reformator y Road, Mansfield, OH 44905, (419)
522-2644 | Email: info@mrps.org | Web:
mrps.org/index2
NINE HOURS OF PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE
February 6, 2004
Cost: 5 sugg. donation | Contact:The Natural Healing Centre, Firth Road, Auchendinny, Roslin, EH25
9QJ Scotland, +44 (0( 1968 678789 | Email:
info@DeepIndigoEvents.co.uk
|
Web:
www.deepindigoevents.co.uk/calendar | Incl. top
national and international speakers.
PARADIGMA 2005: 4TH FINNISH CONF. FOR
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE PARANORMAL
Spring 2005; Tampere, Finland
Contact: ParaNet Finland, c/o Jarkko Kari, PhD,
Karhunkatu 4E 5, FIN-33520 Tampere, Finland,
+358 3 255 7894 | Email: paradigma@rajatiede.org
| Web: www.rajatiede.org/paradigma/english
PENNSYLVANIA PARANORMAL CONFERENCE
March 20, 2004; Gettysburg, PA
Cost: $70 | Contact: Rick Fisher, 1033 Williamsburg
Road, Lancaster, PA 17603, (717) 871-8610 |
Email:
rfisher@redrose.net
|
Web:
www.paranormalpa.com | Roswell meets Kecksburgthe two most famous cases of a UFO crash
come together, plus lectures on Bigfoot, Ouija
Boards, mysterious stone chambers, and spontaneous human combustion. Guest speakers include
Rick Fisher, Stan Gordon, Mike Frizzell, Eric Altman,
Larry Arnold, and others.
SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS
GHOST WALK AND HAUNTED DINNER
December 13, 2003; Alton, IL
Contact: Troy Taylor, History & Hauntings Book Company, 515 East Third St., Alton, IL 62002, (888)
GHOSTLY or (618) 465-1086 | Web: www.prairie
ghosts.com | Join author Troy Taylor for a festive
host hunt in the most haunted town in America, with
candlelight, hot cider, and dinner.
STRANGE PHENOMENA
INVESTIGATIONS LECTURE SERIES
Various dates; London, England
Cost: 6:50 | Contact: Malcolm Robinson, 07949
178 835 | Web: www.angelfire.com/space/
spi/page2 | Speakers include Guy Lyon Playfair,
Ross Hemsworth, Eric Morris, and Colin Bennett.

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REMOTE VIEWING

SACRED SITES/PILGRIMAGES

CONTROLLED REMOTE VIEWING


5-DAY APPLICATIONS AND TRAINING COURSES
Various Dates; Boulder City, CO
Cost: $500 | Contact: Dr. Angela Thompson Smith,
The Nevada Remote Viewing Group, 509 5th St.,
Boulder City, NV 89005, (702) 293-3696 | Email:
Catalyst@peoplepc.com | Web: mypeoplepc.com/
members/catalyst/catalyst/id4

AMAZON INTENSIVE WITH THE SHUAR


January 8-18, 2004; Ecuador
Cost: $2,775 (air fare not incl.) | Contact: Joyce
Kendall, (603) 524-7829 | Email: energyjk@att.net |
Web: www.dreamchange.org/trips/index | Experience an Arutam journey and traditional Shuar Vision
Quest in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Participate in a community cleansing ceremony and a pilgrimage to the Sacred Water fall, Atun. Spend intimate time with the Shuar in community and sacred
ceremonies and learn how to live within the unity of
all things. Meet Nunkui, the Shuar goddess of the
forest and other spirit teachers in direct experiential
ceremonies and journeys.

GATEWAY VOYAGE
March 1-7; 2004; Faber, VA
Cost: $1,495 | Contact: The Monroe Institute, 62
Rober ts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938, (866)
881-3440 or (434) 361-1252 | Email: TMIprograms@monroeinstitute.org | Web: www. monroeinstitute.org | Learn to achieve the out-of-body state
and tools that will enable relaxation, recognition and
control of personal energy, problem-solving, greater
self-awareness and self-discovery, emotional cleansing, programming your future, development and
exploration of human consciousness, deeper levels
of self-discovery, awareness, willful control of one's
awareness, and communication with and visits to
other energy systems and realities.
MC2: MANIFESTATION AND CREATION SQUARED
March 8-14, 2004; Faber, VA
Cost: $1,495 | Contact: The Monroe Institute, 62
Rober ts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938, (866)
881-3440 or (434) 361-1252 | Email: TMIprograms@monroeinstitute.org
|
Web:
www.monroeinstitute.org
REMOTE VIEWING PRACTICUM
November 8-14, 2003; Faber, VA
February 22-28, 2004; Faber, VA
Cost: $1,495 | Contact: The Monroe Institute, 62
Rober ts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938, (866)
881-3440 or (434) 361-1252 | Email: TMIprograms@monroeinstitute.org
|
Web:
www.monroeinstitute.org
REMOTE VIEWING WEEKEND WORKSHOP
November 15-16, 2003; Las Vegas, NV
Cost: $298 | Contact: (866) 607-8439 | Email:
rtarg@espresearch.com | Web: www. remoteperception.com | Presented by Edward A. Dames, Major,
U.S. Army (Ret.), a decorated militar y intelligence
officer and an original member of the U.S. Army prototype remote viewing training program.
STARLINES
December 13-19, 2003; Faber, VA
Cost: $1,495 | Contact: The Monroe Institute, 62
Rober ts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938, (866)
881-3440 or (434) 361-1252 | Email: TMIprograms@monroeinstitute.org
|
Web:
www.monroeinstitute.org

ANDEAN SHAMAN INTENSIVE: AN INTIMATE


APPRENTICESHIP TO ANCIENT QUECHUA
HEALING TRADITIONS
November 11-21, 2003; Ecuador
Cost: $2,650 (air fare not incl.) | Contact: Joyce
Kendall, (603) 524-7829 | Email: energyjk@att.net |
Web: www.dreamchange.org | Experience an apprenticeship to ancient Quechua healing traditions in the
Valley of the Dawn, a powerful vortex in the heart of
the sacred Andean volcanoes. Learn the ar t of
shapeshifting and working with the power, energy,
and wisdom of the elements. Practice energetic
diagnostic methods, shapeshifting with volcanoes,
fire-blowing, and the use of sacred items for healing.
Perform ceremonies at sacred springs, learn about
sacred plants and medicinals, and replenish in natural hot springs.
ANIMALS & NATURE: THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCIS
November 1-8, 2003; Assisi, Italy
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 or (719)
448-0514 | Email: travel@powerplaces.com | Web:
www.powerplaces.com/assisifox | Experience Assisi
and explore the life and teachings of St. Francis,
including the spiritual relationship between
humankind and the animal kingdom. The spirituality
of St. Francis will be linked with the core teachings
of other world religions and indigenous wisdom traditions to reveal the timeless and universal nature of
those values and virtues that make us fully human.
EGYPT: IN SEARCH OF ORIGINAL WISDOM
November 29-December 13, 2003; Egypt
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 | Email:
travel@powerplaces.com | Web: www.power
places.com | Hike to the top of Mt. Sinai, visit the
interior chambers of the Great Pyramid, journey
along the Nile River and explore temple sites such
as Abydos, Sakkara, Denderah, and Karnak! Gregg
Braden will present informal seminars before visits
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EGYPTIAN PILGRIMAGE WITH GRAHAM HANCOCK
November 1-12, 2003; Egypt
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 | Email:
travel@powerplaces.com | Web: www.power
places.com | Experience some of the most sacred
and powerful sites in the world. Explore the desert
landscape of highly advanced geometric monuments
that hold the secrets of the mysterious past, ancient
mysteries, and lost civilizations, and possibly the
keys to the future.
FATHER SUN & MOTHER MOON
SHAMANIC JOURNEY
June 17-24, 2004; Ecuador
Cost: $2,775 (air fare not incl.) | Contact: Joyce
Kendall, (603) 524-7829 | Email: energyjk@att.net |
Web: www.dreamchange.org | Experience an introduction to ancient Quechua, Saranguro, and Amazonian healing traditions with the descendants of the
ancient Incans through a journey to the Andean
mountains, the colorful marketplace of Otavalo, the
deep Amazon, Termas de Papallact, cloud forest hot
springs, and the village of Vilcabamba. Through
teachings, healings, and ceremonies, learn the traditions and ceremonies of the lowland Quechua, the
teachings of plant-spirit medicine, the ar t of
shapeshifting, and our intimate connection with all
living things of the earth.
FROM INCAS TO HEAD-SHRINKERS
EQUINOX JOURNEY
March 18-27, 2004; Quito
Cost: $2,775 (airfare not incl.) | Contact: Mary Tendall, (530) 267-5737 | Email: mar ytendall@dreamchange.org
|
Web:
www.dreamchange.org/ trips/index
HARMONIC CONCORDANCE IN EGYPT
November 4-11, 2003; Egypt
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 | Email:
travel@powerplaces.com | Web: www.power
places.com/HARMONICEGYPT | Experience the Harmonic Concordance (total lunar eclipse), the
moment which bears the astrological signature of
the Shift of the Ages, at the Great Pyramid, the site
of the ancient mystery schools and the most potent
energy portal on the planet. Experience energies of
sacred geometry with a private group entrance into
all three chambers, including the fabled King's
chamber, and a walking tour of the Giza Plateau, the
Sphinx and the other pyramids. Speakers include
John Mirehiel and Jan Mirehiel.
MAJESTIC EGYPT
May 2004; Egypt
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 or (719)
448-0514 | Email: travel@powerplaces.com | Web:
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Explore Abydos (once the holiest site in the world for
ancient Egyptians), Luxor, the Colossi of Memnon,
and the great monuments and temples of the Land
of the Dead and Valley of the Kings. Experience the
powerful temples of Medinet Habu; Karnak; Queen
Hatshepsut, the only female Pharoah of Egypt; and
Hathor, goddess of love, music, and dance.
MICRONESIA CONFERENCE
November 14-28, 2003; Pohnpei, Micronesia
Cost: $899 | Contact: The World Explorers Club,
Adventures Unlimited Conferences, One Adventure
Place, Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946, (815) 253-9000
Email: info@wexclub.com | Web: www.wexclub.com/
conferences/micronesia | Explore the world's most
mysterious island with David Hatcher Childress, who
will examine Nan Madol and how the stones were
levitated into place. Other speakers will give presentations of legends of Lemuria, earth changes, and
prophecies.
MOTHER MEERA SPIRITUAL TOUR
June 11-18, 2004; Rhineland, Germany
Cost: $1,300 (double occ., airfare not incl.) | Contact: Dr. Chet Snow, Box 1738, Sedona, AZ 86339,
(928) 204-1962 | Email: chetsnow@sedona.net |
Web: www.chetsnow.com/mothermeera | Visit Mother Meera, a Spiritual Master in human form, and
experience darshan (transmission of life-changing
light and energy). Visit nearby historic spiritual sites,
including the Cologne and Limburg Gothic cathedrals, ancient Teutonic sacred mounts and healing
springs, and the convent of Hildegaard von Bingen.
MYSTERY CITIES OF CENTRAL MEXICO
November 14-28, 2003; Central Mexico
Cost: $2,100 | Contact: The World Explorers Club,
Adventures Unlimited Conferences, One Adventure
Place, Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946, (815) 253-9000
Email: info@wexclub.com | Web: www.wexclub.com/
conferences/wexico | Explore the pyramids of Teotihuacan, the Mayan ruins of El Tajin, the ancient
Toltec Atlanteans at Tula, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl
at Xochicalco, and the strange city of Acambaro with
David Hatcher Childress.
MYSTICAL INDIA:
IN SEARCH OF ORIGINAL WISDOM
January 9-17, 2004; India
Contact: Power Places, 2509 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 or (719)
448-0514 | Email: travel@powerplaces.com | Web:
www.powerplaces.com/EgyptBraden* | Be inspired
in Agra, the birth place of Krishna and the home of
the Taj Mahal, the temples and magnificent sculptures of Khajuraho, the Hindu spiritual center at
Mathura, Sarnath (where Buddha gave his first sermon), the Hindu religious capital in Varanasi on the
banks of the sacred Ganges, and other sacred sites
in India. With Gregg Braden.

NUNKWI AMAZON PLANT MEDICINE WITH THE


SHUAR AND THE LOWLAND QUECHUA
December 2-12, 2003; Ecuador
Cost: $2,895 (airfare not incl.) | Contact: Mary Tendall,(530) 265-5737 | Email: mar ytendall@dreamchange.org
|
Web:
www.dreamchange.org/trips/ index | Experience the
wisdom and healing of Nunkwi, Shuar goddess of
the ear th. Work with the Shuar tribe deep in the
Amazon rainforest, then travel to an Upper Amazon
community and work with the lowland Quechua.
Journey with spirit-plant medicine and learn the
ancient art of communicating. With the guidance of
powerful shamans and elders, experience shamanic
plant healings, plant walks, and work in a medicine
garden.
OLD WINCHESTER HILL PILGRIMAGE
November 2, 2003; Winchester, England
Contact: Lene, +44 (0)23 8225 0468 or Sheila +44
(0) 23 8264 8107 | Web: www.gatekeeper.org.uk/
gatekeeper/localevents.asp | Discover personal and
planetar y healing through pilgrimage. Rediscover
the ancient art of pilgrimage as a way of journeyingwith an awareness of the sacred nature of our environment, with both ancient and modern knowledge
about the landscape.
ON THE PATH TO DIVINE LOVE
November 28-December 7, 2003; India
Contact:
(800)
234-8687
|
Web:
www.powerplaces.com/Har vey_INDIA | Using the
great Persian mystical texts that inspired the emperors and their builders as a guide, travel to the
sacred sites and great cities and ruins of India With
Andrew Harvey.
POWER PLACES IN PERU
December 6-27, 2003; Peruvian Andes
Cost: $3,300 - $3,600 | Contact: Chamba Lane,
(530) 265-0534 | Email: chamba@gotnet.net | Web:
www.shamanicastrology.com/pdf/peru_tour2003.p
df | Explore ancient sites and learn how astronomical alignments played into the worship of energy by
the ancients. Focus on the goddess energy of
Pachamama the Ear th Mother, culminating in the
creation of a full moon ritual at the ancient Tihaunacan goddess temple on the seldom-visited Isle of
the Moon, situated on Lake Titicaca.
RECOVERING LOST WISDOM CONFERENCE
June 15-22, 2004; Cusco, Peru
Contact: Power Places, 2609 #A Andromeda, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, (800) 234-8687 or (719)
448-0514 | Email: travel@powerplaces.com | Web:
www.powerplaces.com/Perutrips
SACRED DANCE AND PILGRIMAGE
Various dates; Warwickshire, England
Contact: Suzy Straw (01295 788398) | Email: secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk | Web: www.gatekeeper.org.

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uk/gatekeeper/nationalevents.asp | Themes focus


on the appropriate sign of the zodiac and include
Encircling the Land with Sacred Dance, Paneurythmy
Days, Sacred Space-Sacred Dance, and Dance in
the Ancient Rollright Stone Circle of Oxfordshire.
SHAPESHIFTING: SUMMER
SOLSTICE SHAMANIC JOURNEY
June 7-24, 2004; Nepal and Tibet
Cost: $3,850 | Contact: John Perkins, Re-connection
Journeys, 77 Harbour Square, Suite 3902, Toronto,
Ontario, M5J 2S2 Canada, (416) 203-3595 | Email:
sheena@reconnectionjourneys.com | Web: www.
reconnectionjourneys.com/tibet | Intensive program
begins in Nepal with preparation for the workshop at
the sacred sites in Kathmandu and Lumbini, Buddhas birthplace, and continues to the mystic land of
Tibet, to visit exotic gompas (monasteries), meditate
at power vortexes surrounded by sacred mountains,
participate in rituals, and learn local Shamanic practices and indigenous healing techniques.
WARWICKSHIRE PILGRIMAGE
December 23, 2003; Warwickshire, England
Contact: Sue Taylor, +44 (0)16 8489 2533 | Web:
www.gatekeeper.org.uk/gatekeeper/localevents.as
p | Rediscover the ancient art of pilgrimage as a way
of journeying-with an awareness of the sacred nature
of our environment, with both ancient and modern
knowledge about the landscape.
WINTER SOLSTICE PILGRIMAGE
December 19, 2003; Suffolk and Norfolk, England
Contact: Caroline McCausland or Fania Mahony
(01986 784673) | Email: secretar y@gatekeeper.
org.uk | Web: www.gatekeeper.org.uk/gatekeeper/
localevents.asp | Pilgrimages to churches on the
Michael and Mar y energy lines on the Suffolk/Norfolk borders.

SHAMANISM
INTL. CONFERENCE ON SHAMANISM:
A JOURNEY THROUGH TRANSFORMATION
January 16-20, 2004; Santa Fe, NM
Cost: $495 | Contact: 4 Camino Azul, Santa Fe, NM
87508, (505) 474-0998 | Email: message@bizspirit.com
|
Web:
www.bizspirit.com/shamanism/ sh_index | Speakers and presenters include Tina de Souza, Onye
Onyemaechi, Merilyn Tunneshende, Hank Wesselman, and Connie Grauds.
SHAMANISM: ANCIENT QUECHUAN
HEALING CEREMONIES
December 13, 2003; Manchester, NH
Contact: North Eastern Institute of Whole Healthy,
(603) 623-5018 or Joyce Kendall (603) 524-7829 |
Email: mckay@neiwh.com or joyce@dreamchange.
org | Web: www.dreamchange.org/projects/quechua

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| Share in the healing knowledge of the ancient


Quechua, descendents of the Inca. Learn about the
seven sacred spirits, your interconnectedness with
Pachamama (mother ear th/universe) and several
ancient Quechuan ceremonies of healing and selfmeditation.

thereafter | Contact: Alien Resistance Headquarters,


109 Nor th Main St., Roswell, NM 88203, (505)
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SHAMANIC DREAM: TENDING CIRCLE


AND ANCIENT HUICHOL WISDOM
January 26-February 1, 2004; Yelapa, Mexico
Cost: $925 (transporation not incl.)
Contact: Faith, (561) 622-6064 or Mar y Tendall,
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mar ytendall@dreamchange.org
|
Web:
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WINTER CONFERENCE
February 8-14, 2004; Westminster, CO
Contact: International UFO Congress, 9975
Wadswor th Parkway #K2-504,Westminster, CO
80021, (303) 543-9443 | Email: ufocongress@
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November 21-23, 2003; Western MA
Cost: 50 | Contact: Lyn Roberts-Herrick, (212) 6740525 | Email: ShamanicReiki@aol.com | Web:
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Learn to use Reiki symbols while meditating to thin
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THE MAGIC OF MAKING IT HAPPEN
November 7-9, 2003; Muskegon, MI
Contact: Ed Wolf, (231) 798-4220 | Email:
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UFOS AND ALIENS


2004 OZARK UFO CONFERENCE
April 9-11, 2004; Eureka Springs, AR
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ANCIENT OF DAYS CONFERENCE:
WHERE FAITH AND SCIENCE MEET
July 2-4, 2004; Roswell, NM
Cost: $75 early bird; $100 until May 1st; $150

INTERNATIONAL UFO MUSEUM


AND RESEARCH CENTER LECTURE SERIES
Various dates; Roswell, NM
Cost: FREE | Contact: International UFO Museum
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MAJESTIC DOCUMENTS/UFO CRASH
RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE: EVIDENCE
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November 14-16, 2003; Las Vegas, NV
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