U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy are a piece of American folklore of unknown origin. The list of coincidences appeared in the mainstream American press in 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, having appeared prior to that in the G.O.P. Congressional Committee Newsletter. Martin Gardner examined the list in an article in Scientific … [Read more...]
Cognitive Illusions
Cognitive illusions arise from interaction of perceived reality with assumptions about the world (prior knowledge), leading to "unconscious inferences". Cognitive illusions rely on stored knowledge about the world (depth, rabbits, women) and are also under some degree of conscious control (we can generally reverse the perception at will). The way you look at an object can … [Read more...]
Physiological Illusions
Physiological illusions, such as the afterimages following bright lights or adapting stimuli of excessively longer alternating patterns (contingent perceptual aftereffect, CAE), are the effects on the eyes or brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type - brightness, tilt, colour, movement, and so on. The theory is that stimuli have individual dedicated neural paths in the … [Read more...]
Visual Illusions and Brain Teasers
An optical illusion is any illusion that deceives the human visual system into perceiving something that is not present or incorrectly perceiving what is present. -- Wikipedia Discover the world of optical illusions where your eyes and your brain can fool you. Here you will find some of the best illusions and brain teasers around (and related … [Read more...]
Mysteries of China – Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is regarded as one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century, and is famous around the world. But do you know who built it and how long it took to finish? Here we have listed the top 10 amazing facts you should know before you visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since the discovery of the Terracotta Army, more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 … [Read more...]
Orienting Egyptian Pyramids
How the ancient Egyptians aligned their pyramids? Ancient Egyptian pyramids at Giza are precisely aligned to true North. What were the most likely methods used to orient these pyramids. Both "Stellar" and "Solar" methods of alignment are explained in this short article. Solar and Stellar methods of finding Cardinal Points Stretching the cord ceremony - … [Read more...]
Sacred Temples – Hidden Messages
Ancient writings contain detailed descriptions of temples that were never discovered. Have these temples ever existed? What was the message encoded in their architecture and dimensions? Ezekiel's Vision of a Temple (According to South Indian Temple Architecture) Ancient Linear Measuring Scale by T.L.Subash Chandira Bose, Sthapathi V.Raman and Jack … [Read more...]
The Four Elements of Alchemy
by Dennis William Hauck The Four Elements According to the ancients, the First Matter has a fourfold structure which they attributed to the existence of four archetypal forces or elements of creation which they named Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Obviously, the Four Elements of the alchemists are not our everyday ideas of earth, water, air, and fire, which are only the … [Read more...]
Ormus – Orbitally Rearranged Monatomic Elements
ORMUS, also called ORMEs (Orbitally Rearranged Monoatomic Elements) and m-state materials, is a fictitious group of substances exhibiting many miraculous properties, such as healing powers and superconductivity at room temperature. Claimed properties of ORMUS Chemically, ORMUS is supposed to be precious metals (gold, platinum, iridium, etc.) in an exotic state of … [Read more...]
The Cave Paintings of Tassili n’Ajjer: Proof of Ancient Astronauts?
Astronaut, Tassili, Sahara Desert 6000 BC. Tassili n'Ajjer (English: Plateau of the Rivers) is a heavily eroded sandstone rock formation in the Algerian section of the Sahara Desert, situated on a vast plateau, that encompasses south-east Algeria, western Libya and northern Niger. The Cave Paintings of Tassili n’Ajjer depict mysterious creatures with helmets gloves … [Read more...]
How many people have ever lived on earth?
Estimates of "the total number of people who have ever lived" published in the first decade of the 21st century range approximately from 100 to 115 billion. According to estimates by demographic researchers at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), as of 2015, there have been 108.2 billion who have ever been born. Taking away the roughly 7.4 billion who are alive today, we … [Read more...]
12 and Prime Numbers
A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. A natural number greater than 1 that is not a prime number is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because 1 and 5 are its only positive integer factors, whereas 6 is composite because it has the divisors 2 and 3 in addition to 1 and 6. The … [Read more...]
Pyramids – Ancient Batteries?
by Robert Bruce Baird In the Madre de Dios region of Brazil near Peru there are twelve battery laid out pyramids with berms of earth piled around to reflect energy (perhaps). I think Berlitz covered them or David Hatcher Childress - who ever it was said the foreign investigations were stopped and it isn't a case of being unreachable as many links will say as they talk … [Read more...]
SCOTLAND’S CATASTROPHIC COMET CONSPIRACY
by Ashley Cowie In 1945 a hyper-excentric catastrophist published the most bizarre conspiracy theory of all time. Plato's legendary Atlantis thrived in Scotland before being destroyed by a comet impact, and in ancient times the capital city Edinburgh was the real Jerusalem. Movies such as Armageddon and Deep Impact have engrained the concept of Earth being obliterated … [Read more...]
Number 7
The number 7 is has been important throughout history Perhaps the number 7 is considered as 'heaven' or lucky, because back in ancient times while standing on Earth, 7 planets were the only orbs that were visible in the sky with the naked eye, at any given time. Babylonians recognized seven planets. In classical antiquity, the seven classical planets are the seven non-fixed … [Read more...]
David Bowie and his Hidden Alien Quest
by Dan Green With the first year anniversary of David Bowie’s death and instant cremation upon us, I thought I would also add to the vast commentaries that have surfaced over that period. One burning question that has, to all intents and purposes, often addressed in a serious tone is could he, indeed, masking perfectly within his interests and portrayal of all things alien, … [Read more...]
The Thought Police
Anthony Bright-Paul In order to understand the workings of the thought-police there is no better place to start than with the Trial of Galileo. Read this introduction to article The Trial of Galileo by Doug Linder (2002) In the 1633 trial of Galileo Galilei, two worlds come into cosmic conflict. Galileo's world of science and humanism collides with the world of … [Read more...]
UNEARTHING THE INCA’S LOST SUN PATH
by Ashley Cowie Part 4 This fourth article in the Quest for the Golden Sun Disk series reveals a hitherto unknown solar alignment at the very heart of the Inca Empire, which unlocks the secret to understanding the Viracocha creation myth. The first article in this series examined how the Inca's legendary Golden Sun Disk was related to the greater Andean cosmovision, and … [Read more...]
SEEING BEYOND THE INCA’S SACRED PATH
by Ashley Cowie Part 3 ARMED WITH VINCE LEE'S MAPS OF THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS WE HAD LAUNCHED OUR EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF THE INCA'S GOLDEN SUN DISK AT THE WHITE ROCK ORACLE IN THE VILCABAMBA REGION OF PERU. For over a week we had explored the two great river gorges of the Urubamba and Apurimac and we had navigated the cloud covered peaks, cold uplands and moist forests … [Read more...]
QUEST FOR THE INCA’S GOLDEN SUN DISK
by Ashley Cowie PART 2... BELIEVED TO BE A GIFT FROM THE CREATOR GOD VIRACOCHA, INCA PRIESTS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN IN CUZCO, PERU, USED THE GOLDEN SUN DISC TO CONTROL THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THEIR ENTIRE EMPIRE. The Golden Sun Disk was used to control 41 ceke lines (energy lines) which emanated from the Temple across the entire Inca territory which were believed … [Read more...]