by Manly P. Hall

In every mythology and legendary religion of the world there is one spot that is sacred above all others to the great ideal of that religion. To the Norseman it was Valhalla, the City of the Slain, built of the spears of heroes, where feasting and warfare was the order of the day. Here the heroes fought all day and reveled by night. Every day they killed the wild boar and feasted on it, and the next day it came to life again. In the Northland they tell that Valhalla was high on the top of the mountains, and that it was connected to the earth below by Befrost, the Rainbow Bridge; that up and down this bridge the Gods came, and Odin, the All-father, came down from Asgard, the City of the Gods, and worked and labored with mankind. (more…)

by Richard S. Shaver

Part I – The Ancient Earth – cont.

Now, the people who lived before the first world-wide deluge were not few, not fools, and not locally oriented, but world-wide and closely knit culturally all over the world as well as in space.

The period of this world civilization of the far past was an immensely long time. During that long growth, mankind reached not a civilization equal to ours, but one so far advanced it is difficult for us to imagine it, let alone accept it as the gospel it is.

This is why the antiquarians in their search for primitive artifacts have missed the trail altogether. The artifacts available from the far past are not primitive, although there are a few very early and very peculiar things one can’t place in any niche. (more…)

by Richard S. Shaver

Part I – The Ancient Earth

I address this book about rock books to people who have been denied the advantage of knowing the fate of all men on Earth. Rock books describe a way out of this uncertain world which was used by total populations of Earth in the past. It is just possible we may need the guidance and information thus provided, since men seem to have the ability to transform what was once paradise into an approaching hell.

It seems probable that there were and are two forces manipulating the history of our planet. In my reading of the “Rock Books of Beginning” I find we have records from two different worlds. One of these was the moon when it was in orbit about the sun. Its rock books were all dumped upon Earth at the time of the first moon fall, along with its air and water and loose soil, and its people. (more…)

by David Hatcher Childress

If we human beings want to feel humility, there is no need to look
at the starred infinity above. It suffices to turn our gaze upon the
world cultures that existed thousands of years before us, achieved
greatness before us, and perished before us.
-C.W. Ceram, Gods, Graves, & Scholars

The Amazing Inventions of China

Many ancient inventions are said to have originated in China, though many of them probably came from even earlier cultures.

The Chinese possessed geared machinery from an early age–some think as far back as the early centuries B.C., if not before. While modern historians prefer to trace China back only to the the Chou dynasty in 1122 B.C., the Chinese themselves trace their history back to the semi-mythical “Five Monarchs.” (more…)

by David Hatcher Childress

As we acquire knowledge,
things do not become more comprehensible,
but more mysterious.
-Will Durant

I think, myself that in 1903, we passed through
the remains of a powdered world left
over from an ancient interplanetary dispute,
brooding in space….
-Charles Fort

Was the Science of Egypt Inherited from an Earlier Culture?

In my searches for lost cities and mysteries of the past, I have often found clues to the technology of the ancients. These clues can be in the form of depictions of ancient devices in rock paintings or carvings (such as the electric devices at the Temple of Hathor in Egypt) or as small models of devices (such as the miniature solid gold airplanes at the Bogota Gold Museum) or in the stories from ancient texts (such as the Ramayana or even the Bible).

I would like to recap some of the evidence for ancient technology and for advanced ancient cultures in the past. What is amazing about the modern world versus the ancient one is that in the modern world, the average citizen has access to advanced technology such as electricity, a personal vehicle, telephone, fax, and computer technology. In the ancient world, high technology was largely denied the masses. In fact it was often used in temples and ceremonies to gain power over people by amazing or terrifying them; this was part of worship and mystery. (more…)

by Vincent H. Gaddis

THROUGHOUT the world there are mysterious shafts, caves and tunnels built or inhabited by unknown beings who have vanished into the mists of pre-history. These visible links with a puzzling antiquity present problems to the modern world that are bewildering and baffling.

In Tibet there is a secret city, hidden in the world’s highest mountains, and built at the top of a pit that drops deep into the earth; in Nova Scotia there is a strange underground chamber protected by ancient engineering so ingenious that it has baffled the best salvage experts; in Mexico the prehistoric Acapulco tunnel and the padre-protected and sealed opening at Xilitla remain unexplored. (more…)