Subject: Something About The Higher Self. Part 3.
Mar. 17, 2008.
This talks about horses who had human heads.
........................................................
........................................................
We rapidly approached the coast of the mainland,
where waves were breaking over rocks of green, black,
orange and gold. The iridescence of the water, cra****ng
against the rocks, under the perpendicular rays of a
midday sun, created a memorably lovely effect. A band
of light and color was formed, one hundred times more
crystalline than a rainbow on Earth. We rose to an
altitude of about 200 meters and proceeded to travel
over the continent.
Thao flew us over a plain on which I could see
animals of all sorts - some were two-legged and
resembled little ostriches; others were four-legged
creatures, similar to mammoths, but twice as big. I
also watched cows graze side by side with
hippopotamuses. The cows were so similar to those we
have on Earth, I couldn't help but remark on it to
Thao, pointing as I did so, at a particular herd, just
like an excited child at the zoo. She laughed heartily.
`Why shouldn't we have cows here, Michel? Look over
there and you'll see donkeys and there, giraffes -
although they are somewhat taller than on Earth. See
how lovely those horses are as they run together.'
I was thrilled, but wasn’t I constantly thrilled by
this experience -sometimes a little more, sometimes a
little less? What really rendered me speechless, to the
amusement of my friends, was the sight of horses
bearing the heads of very pretty women - some blonde,
others auburn or brown and even some with blue hair. As
they galloped, they would often soar for tens of
meters. Ah yes! In fact, they had wings, folded back
against their bodies, which they made use of from time
to time - something like the flying fish which follow
or precede ****ps. They lifted their heads to see us and
tried to rival the speed of the Lativok.
Thao reduced speed and altitude, enabling us to
approach within several meters of them. There were more
surprises ahead of me, as some of these horse-women
cried out to us in a language that was recognisably
human. My three companions answered in the same
language, and the exchange was obviously a pleasant
one. We didn't linger long at that low altitude,
however, as some of the horse-women soared to such
heights, they almost touched our vehicle, thereby
risking injury to themselves.
The plain we flew over was, in places, embossed with
small knolls, all of about the same size. I remarked on
them and Biastra explained that, millions of years ago,
these knolls had been volcanoes. The vegetation below
us had none of the exuberance of the forest I had
‘experienced’ on my arrival. On the contrary, here the
trees were grouped in small stands, reaching no more
than 25 meters in height. As we passed, large white
birds took flight by the hundreds, only to land again,
a `safe' distance away. A wide water-course flowed to
the horizon, dissecting the plain with its lazy
wanderings.
I could make out some small dokos grouped together on
a bend of the river. Thao guided the Lativok above the
river, reducing altitude to water level as we
approached the settlement. We landed in a small square
between two dokos and were immediately surrounded by
the inhabitants. They didn't scramble or push to get
near us; rather, they stopped what they were doing and
calmly approached us. They formed a circle large enough
to be comfortable and for all to have equal op****tunity
to see an alien face to face.
Again, it struck me that these people all seemed to
be of the same age, apart from about half a dozen who
could have been older. Age, here, did not detract but
added a quality of surprising nobility.
I had also been struck by the absence of children on
the planet; and yet, in this settlement and among the
crowd that approached, I saw six or seven of them. They
were charming and appeared to be quite level headed for
children. According to Thao, they would have been eight
or nine years old.
Since my arrival on Thiaoouba, I had not yet had
occasion to meet so great a number of these people.
Glancing around the circle, I could appreciate a
calmness and reserve about them, as well as the great
beauty in their faces that I'd grown to expect. There
was a strong resemblance between them, as if they were
all brothers and sisters; and yet, isn't that our first
impression when we encounter a group of b-acks or
Asians together? In fact, the same physical variety in
facial features existed among these people, as exists
within r-ces on Earth.
In height, they varied from 280 to 300 centimeters,
their bodies being so well-pro****tioned, they were a
pleasure to behold - neither too muscular nor too puny,
and without deformity of any kind. Their hips were
somewhat larger than you would expect in a man, but
then I'd been told that some of them gave birth to
children.
All possessed magnificent heads of hair - most of a
golden-blond color, others platinum-blond or
coppery-blond and occasionally, a bright chestnut
color. There were also some, like Thao and Biastra,
with a fine down of hair on the upper lip, but, apart
from this, these people had absolutely no other body
hair. (This is not, of course, an observation that I
made at the time but one which I made later, when I had
occasion to see from quite near, a group of n-ked
sunbathers.) Their skin-type reminded me of Arab women
who protect themselves from the sun - it was certainly
not the pale skin typical of blondes with such light
eyes. So light, indeed, were the mauve and blue eyes
around me, that I might have wondered if they were
blind, had I been on Earth.
When I speak now, of their long legs and rounded
thighs - they reminded me of our female long-distance
runners, as well as their beautifully pro****tioned
b-easts, firm and shapely in every case, the reader
will understand my error in believing Thao to be a
female giant when first we met. It occurred to me that
women on Earth would be most envious of the br-asts of
these people - and men would be most delighted by
them...
I have already commented on the beauty of Thao's
face, and others in this crowd had similar `classic'
features; still others I would describe as `charming'
or `alluring'. Each face, though slightly different in
shape and features, seemed to have been designed by an
artist.
Each had been given its own unique charm; but, above
all, the quality most evident in their faces and in
their manner and de****tment, was the quality of
intelligence.
In all, I could find no fault with these people who
grouped around us, beaming smiles of welcome which
revealed rows of perfect white teeth. This physical
perfection did not surprise me, since Thao had
explained their ability to regenerate their body cells
at will. There was no reason, therefore, that these
magnificent bodies should age.
`Are we interrupting them in their work?' I asked
Biastra, who happened to be by my side.
`No, not really,' she replied. `Most of the people in
this town are on vacation - it is also a place where
people come to meditate.'
Three of the `elders' approached and Thao asked that
I address them in French, and loudly enough for
everyone to hear. I believe I said; `I am very happy
to be among you and to be able to admire your wonderful
planet.
You are fortunate people and I, myself, would like to
live among you.'
This speech released a concert of exclamation, not
only on account of the language, which most of them had
never before heard spoken, but also for the sense of
what I had said, which had been t-lepathically
communicated.
Biastra signalled we should follow the three
`elders', who led us into one of the dokos. When the
seven of us were comfortably installed, Thao began;
`Michel, I would like to introduce you to Lationusi.'
She held her hand towards one of the three and I bowed.
`Lationusi was, about 14 000 of your years ago, the
last King of the continent Mu on Earth.'
`I don't understand.'
`You don't want to understand, Michel, and, at this
particular moment, you resemble many of your peers on
Earth.'
I must have looked troubled, for Thao, Biastra and
Latoli laughed loudly.
`Don't look like that, Michel. I just meant to jostle
you a little.
Now, in the presence of Lationusi, I am going to
explain one of the mysteries that elude many experts on
your planet - who, I might add, would do better to
devote their precious time discovering more useful
things. I am going to unveil not one, but several of
the mysteries which obsess them.'
Our seats were arranged in a circle, Thao sat next to
Lationusi and I sat facing them.
`As I already explained during our journey to
Thiaoouba, the Bakaratinians arrived on Earth 1 350 000
years ago. Thirty thousand years later came the
terrible cataclysm that gouged out seas and caused the
emergence of islands and even continents. I made
mention also, of an enormous continent which arose in
the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
`This continent was called `Lamar' but is better
known to you as the continent of Mu. It emerged
virtually in one piece, to be shattered 2000 years
later, by seismic shock, into three principal
continents.
`With the passing of years, vegetation established on
these continents, large areas of which were located in
equatorial regions. Grass grew, forests established
and, gradually, animals migrated across the very narrow
isthmus that bound Mu to North America.
Part 2.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Something About Easter Island. Part 3.
Mar. 14, 2008.
This sums up what has been said about these statues.
........................................................
........................................................
Take this section from Ancient Tonga and the Lost
City of Mu:
Fijians may well be from Egypt and Africa, and this
may explain the curious fact that Fijians and Tongans
speak the same ancient language invarious dialects, yet
are two distinct r-cial types. Egypt is a land that was
inter-ra-ial in ancient times, and would have had two
different rac-al types speaking the same language. The
Egyptians were known to have explored and possibly
colonized along the East African coast and therefore it
is quite possible that Fijian has some linguistic
similarities with certain Tanganyikan [Tanzania]
dialects. As far as the Theban customs used in Fiji,
this may well be the use of wooden head stands for
sleeping, an unusual custom used in Fiji, Tonga, Tonga
and ancient Egypt. The Egyptians were also known for
their excellent stone masonry technics [sic], something
that can be easily seen in Tonga and other Pacific
Islands, particularly Rapa Nui (Easter Island)."
(Childress 1996:117-8)
The reader should note astoni****ng jumps in logic and
the use of `may explain' `it is quite possible' and
`this may well be.' These buzz-words may convince the
unwary that the natives of Fiji came from Egypt. By
using the phrase `Theban customs in Fiji' the writer
conjures up a connection between two far-separated
areas, and never mind that they are separated by both
thousands of years and thousands of miles and that the
custom of using head rests is found in a great many
cultures. By tossing in the phrase `masonry techniques
of Egyptians,' stone cutting practices of the Egyptians
are magically trans****ted to Tonga and Easter Island.
Implied is the rac-st notion that the people of Tonga
and Easter Island were incapable or unaware of masonry
techniques unless shown to them by someone from a
`higher civilization.'
Readers of Childress’ books will find just enough
factual information to give (for an instant) some
credibility, but then spurious comments from weird
sources are added and mixed into a murky stew.
`Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol',
Childress asks a few rhetorical questions:
Were the first inhabitants priests who used their
ancient knowledge taken from India and Egypt to build
the amazing sea****t of Nan Madol? Was Pohnpei a remote
Pacific base for an ancient navy that was occasionally
visited by air****ps from distant airfield? It boggles
the imagination!" [We agree with Childress's final
sentence, completely].
Then he goes on to discuss Egyptian `explorations' in
the Pacific around 1000 BC, and some Greek sailors are
tossed in, . . . remnants of Alexander the Great’s army
in Persia. The final chapter is titled `The Mystery of
the Settlement of the Pacific.' And here we find a
liberal dose of Barry Fell advocating Libyans and
Phoenicians in the Pacific, and those pesky Egyptians.
At this point, Childress states, `Though many
historians are reluctant to accept the theory of
Egyptians in the Pacific, the evidence is overwhelming
..
Other books published by Adventures Unlimited include
UFOs and Anti-Gravity; Extraterrestrial Archaeology;
The Anti-Gravity Handbook; Underground Bases & Tunnels;
What is the G-vernment Trying to Hide?, Ether
Technology.
Egyptians as the source of all things cultural seems
to be a fertile ground for some writers. A slim book by
Jairazbhoy [this book is the `Ishtar' of the book
world) claims that everything Polynesian can be traced
to Egypt by way of Mexico and South America.
[Dear Reader, the Egyptians did not make it to Easter
Island, or Nan Madol, or . . . The Fiji islanders are
neither Egyptian nor African. They came from the
Solomons or Vanuatu, having left their Southeast Asian
homeland and spreading eastward by way of Indonesia,
the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. The Fijian
language is not similar to nor is it related to that of
Tanganyika [Tanzania]. The many regional dialects found
in Fiji descend from the language known as
Austronesian. To respond to all the misleading
statements in these books would require writing another
book].
Rongorongo Tablets
Rongorongo tablets have been a fertile area for
speculation, for one can read nearly anything into the
small engraved images on wooden tablets. A goodly
amount of literature has described them as being linked
to the un-deciphered script of the Indus Valley,
Egyptian hieroglyphics, ancient Sumerian, Chinese, and
many others, despite the thousands of years difference
in time and huge distances apart. One creative writer
suggested they are a link to Stonehenge via those busy
extra-terrestrials. Gads, those guys really got around.
Conclusion
Creators of nutty theories and bizarre scenarios
and their ardent followers are not likely to be
converted by reason.
Their minds are made up, don’t bother them with the
facts and, besides, their books sell very well. The
general mind-set for authors of the fantastic genre is
against the scholarly and the professional. These
writers stress (and quote liberally) from sources
dating from the 19th century when the science of
archaeology was in its infancy. Before the Pacific sea
floor was mapped, many persons thought a continent
might have been there. But now we know it was not so.
To quote from someone who was writing in that earlier
time period and trying to pass it off as ‘truth’ or
‘fact’ is deceptive. Using outdated sources is a
typical practice, in a sort of `let the reader beware'
attitude, and popular writers consistently over-stress
the similarities and assumed similarities between early
civilizations of the two hemispheres:
Who are these folks who foist c-azy theories upon the
public? Wauchope (1962: 125) states that crank
pseudo-scientists hold certain traits in common:
.. . . the crank works in almost total isolation from
his fellows, and. . . has a tendency toward paranoia
likely to be exhibited in five ways: he considers
himself a genius; he regards his colleagues as ignorant
blockheads; he believes himself unjustly persecuted and
discriminated against; and he writes in a complex
jargon."
The consequence is that a huge number of books are of
little scientific value, and what sells is far-out
fiction or fictionalized accounts of ancient cultures
that stress the `mysteries' of the place.
While sensational books remain popular, in recent
years the ****ft has been to television shows or series
that stress the ‘mysteries’ of various places around
the globe, speculating and insinuating about esoteric
and wonderful things that ancient peoples may have
done, and how they knew `s-crets' that have been `lost'
over the centuries.
There is little doubt that the TV media manipulates
its viewers, particularly the young who tend to believe
what they see (or think they see). These programs are
popular, narrated by movie stars with deep melodic
voices, and the public responds to them. One can only
cite the prevalence of TV science fiction programs that
seem to get more fantastic every season, or the members
of the recent `Heaven’s Gate' suicide cult in
California that thought they were to be carried off by
a space ****p. (JW I heard "The Two" speak and they
were very conviencing but something told me not to
be part of their group.)
A lot of people believe that flying saucers have
landed, and that there are intelligent beings `out
there'. While there may indeed be intelligent life
elsewhere in the universe, the real story of what
happened here on earth in the past is far more
fascinating. Archaeology is an exciting subject. What
is more absorbing than discovering and understanding
how people lived thousands of years ago, how they faced
similar problems of shelter and survival, and struggled
to understand their universe? We have a depth of
history, and an amazing cultural heritage. Our
ancestors built shrines, shelters, made pottery and
wove fabrics, created tools, and objects of metal. They
built communities and families, created writing
systems, carved statuary, and buried their dead with
offerings for their g-ds. Their story is our story, on
another level of development. To represent that past
falsely and for money and notoriety is reprehensible.
And there is another thing. To suggest or intimate
that the ancient Easter Islanders did not carve their
statues and build their shrines is to deny them their
past. Easter Island has a rich history, coming out of
the Polynesian tradition, which in turn derives from
Southeast Asia. They created a remarkable civilization,
out there, isolated in the vast South Pacific Ocean.
Let’s give them a little credit!
Childress, David H. 1996. Ancient Tonga and the Lost
City of Mu’a. Adventures Unlimited Press.
Childress, David H. 1998. "Ancient Micronesia and the
Lost City of Nan Madol. Adventures Unlimited Press.
Däniken, Erich von. 1971. Chariots of the G-ds?
Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. Bantam Books, New
York.
Däniken, Erich von. 1973. "The Gold of the -ods.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.
Denver Post for 20 December 1981 (written by B.
Borst).
Gary, Tom. 1978. An Amateur P-ychic Speaks Out: With
an Easter Island Theory.
Consumer Beacon for August 2nd, Texas.
Jairazbhoy, R. A. 1990. Ancient Egyptian Survivals in
the Pacific. Kar**** House, England.
Mazière, Francis. 1968. Mysteries of Easter Island.
The Scientific Book Club, London.
Wauchope, Robert. 1962. "Lost Tribes & Sunken
Continents. The University of Chicago Press.
Wolff, Werner. 1973. "Island of Death. A new Key to
Easter Island’s Culture through an ethno-psychological
study. Hacker Art Books, New York.
"Would you Believe; the Controversial Phenomena
Magazine." 1990. No. 32, Spring.
"Elephant" and "Blowout" cartoons by Nico Wilkins.
These and all other illustrations are © 2001 by the
Easter Island Foundation and the respective artists.
(JW IMHO the thing that happened on Easter Island
was that some people with a highly advanced culture
built the statues that are there now. It may have
been the group that Thao belongs to. They made a
statue that contains the name of Thao on it and it
is made to look somewhat like her. On some of these
statues they have a round red hat on the top of their
heads which are probably like the hats that Thaoe's
friends wear when they put on their colored robes.
Some of these hats have been removed from some of the
statues. They are made of a different colored rock
and it is red in color.
The native people have attempted to cut other
statues with wooden tools but have never, as far as I
know, been able to trans****t these large statues very
far and put them on the statue pedestals. So that's
it my opinion on these statues.)
Part 3 of 3.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
C-re For The Big C. Mar. 17, 2008.
Here is some innformation that was written up in
one of the pulp magazines that usually lie like a
rug but you never can tell they may have something
here.
........................................................
........................................................
Subject: C-ncer cured with baking soda & maple syrup!
http://www.healingcancernaturally.com
/bakingsoda-maplesyruptreatment.html
Country doctor cu-es ca-cer - with baking soda &
maple syrup
by George Sanford
/Weekly World News
Asheville, N.C. - "There's not a tumor on G-d's green
Earth that can't be licked with a little baking soda
and maple syrup!"
That's the astoni****ng claim of controversial folk
h-aler Jim Kelmun - who says his simple home remedy can
stop and reverse the growth of deadly can-ers.
The 75-year-old former truck driver has no medical
degree and authorities are demanding that he stop
dispensing his "wonder d-ug" - or face a p-ison
sentence.
But his loyal patients swear by the man they fondly
call "Dr. Jim" - and say he's a m-racle worker.
"Dr. Jim cured me of lung can-er," declares farmer
Ian Rodhiuse, 64. "Those other doctors told me I was a
goner and had less than six months to live.
"But the doc put me on his mixture - and in a couple
of months, the canc-r was gone. It didn't even show up
on X-rays!"
The gentle, silver-haired grandfather - who has been
preparing home remedies since 1954 - says he first hit
upon the mi-acle cure in the mid-1970s, when he was
treating a family plagued by b-east c-ncer.
"There were five sisters in the family and all of
them passed away from the big C by age 50 - except
one," he recalls.
"I asked if there was anything different in her diet.
She told me she was partial to sipping maple syrup and
baking soda.
"I figured, let me try it out on some of my other
patients."
Since then, "Dr. Jim" has dispensed his mixture to
more than 200 patients diagnosed with terminal canc-r.
Amazingly, he claims that of that number, 185 lived at
least 15 more years - and nearly half enjoyed a
complete remission of their disease.
"You tell me about another treatment that works that
good!" he demands proudly.
Medical experts are less enthusiastic. "This man is a
quack, plain and simple," blasts an official at a state
medical association. "We intend to see that he is arrested for
practising medicine without a license."
Until that happens, Dr. Jim vows to keep prescribing
his treatment: "I'm just going to keep on saving
lives."
Dr. Jim's Miracle treatment is made with baking soda
and maple syrup.
Will Dr. Jim's recipe work for you?
We don't know - and Weekly World News urges you to
consult your own trusted physician before embarking on
any course of medical treatment. But here, for our
readers, is Dr. Jim's recipe:
Mix one part baking soda with three parts maple syrup
in a small saucepan. Stir briskly. Heat for five
minutes. Take one teaspoon daily, as needed.
Compare New and Experimental Approaches to Treating
& Healing cancer: Dr. Simoncini's Sodium Bicarbonate
Ca-cer Treatment.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
C-re For The Big C. Mar. 17, 2008.
I looked up this information on google and found
the following information.
........................................................
........................................................
http://www.w3c.org
/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd
-- saved from url
http://www.cancertutor.com
/Cancer02/Kelmun.html
Dr. Jim - Jim Kelmun Protocol / Treatment For Can-er
http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html
"Cancer Tutor: Unscrambling the Maze of Deception By
Orthodox Medicine; Whether you have ca-cer or not, your
life could depend on how well you know what is going on
in the w-r in medicine. This is an article on the Jim
Kelmun Protocol treatment for can-er."
"ca-cer, can-r prevention, canc-r c-re, cur- ca-cer,
cu-es canc-r, natural, alternative, alternative ca-cer
treatments, alternative treatments, Jim Kelmun, Dr.
Jim, baking soda, maple syrup"
http://www.cancertutor.com/index.html
How It Works
This treatment is a combination of pure, 100% maple
syrup and baking soda. When mixed and heated together,
the maple syrup and baking soda bind together. The
maple syrup targets c-ncer cells (which consume 15
times more glucose than normal cells) and the baking
soda, which is dragged into the can-er cell by the
maple syrup, being very alkaline, removes the microbe
inside the canc-r cell.
The Protocol
Very Im****tant Note: USE ONLY baking soda which is
stated to be "aluminum free." This includes
pharmaceutical grade baking soda or a product such as
Bob's Red Mill (Aluminimum-Free) Baking Soda.
Mix one part baking soda with three parts (pure,
100%) maple syrup in a small saucepan.
Stir Briskly as it is heating.
Heat the mixture for 5 minutes (which means do not
use heat that is too high).
Take 1 teaspoon daily, as needed.
We have not been able to get the maple syrup to bind
to the baking soda, using Bob's Red Mill baking soda.
If you figure out how to keep the maple syrup from
separating from the baking soda, after refrigerating
overnight, please let us know how you did it (make sure
you include the word "ca-cer" or "Kelmun" in the
Subject line:
http://www.cancertutor.com/email3.html
Email Cancer Tutor
The Original Kelmun Article
Here is the original article. It is in 'pdf' format,
thus it requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer02/MapleSyrup.pdf
The Original Article
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Something About The Higher Self. Part 4.
Mar 17, 2008.
This explains when the Earth captured our present
Moon.
........................................................
........................................................
`The yellow r-ce who had better managed to come to
terms with the disastrous consequences of the
cataclysm, were first to construct ****ps and explore
the seas. About 300 000 Earth years ago, they landed on
the northwest coast of Mu, where they eventually
founded a small colony.
`This colony barely grew over the course of centuries
as there were difficulties in expatriating, which would
take too long to explain and which does not concern us
now.
`About 250 000 Earth years ago, the inhabitants of
planet Aremo X3, on which we stopped to take samples
during our journey here, embarked on an interplanetary
voyage of exploration penetrating your solar system.
After having skirted Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury,
they landed on the planet Earth in China, where their
spacecraft caused considerable panic among the
populace. Their legends refer to `fire dragons'
descending from the sky. The fear and mistrust of the
Chinese, led them eventually, to attack the aliens, who
were forced to use violence in order to defend
themselves. This they hated, for they were not only
technologically advanced but also highly s-iritual
people who abhorred k-lling.
`They moved on, continuing their exploration of the
planet. It turned out, that the continent of Mu had
most appeal for them for two main reasons. First, the
continent appeared to be virtually uninhabited and
second, by virtue of its latitude, it was a veritable
paradise.
`They had become particularly cautious since their
confrontation with the Chinese and felt it would be
wise to establish a base to which they could retreat,
should they encounter further hostilities of a serious
nature from Earth people. I have not yet explained that
their reason for exploring Earth was their intention of
resettling several million people from Aremo X3 -
a planet that was becoming uncomfortably overpopulated.
This operation was much too serious to take risks of
any kind. Thus, it was decided that their base of
retreat would be set up, not on Earth, but on the moon,
which was quite close and considered very safe.
`Fifty years were spent establi****ng the lunar bases
and it wasn't until they were ready that emigration to
Mu began. All went well. The small Chinese colony that
had existed in the north-west of Mu had been totally
destroyed some decades after their first visit, so in
effect, they had the entire continent to themselves.
`Work began immediately on the construction of towns,
canals and roads, which they paved with immense
flagstones. Their usual means of trans****t was a flying
chariot, not unlike our Lativoks.
`From their planet, they im****ted animals such as the
dog and the armadillo - which they were very partial to
on Aremo X3, and also the pig.'
When she told me about all those im****ted animals, I
remembered how astonished I'd been to see pigs and dogs
on that famous planet during our earlier visit.
Suddenly, everything was very clear to me.
`In height, these people averaged 180 centimeters for
the males, and 160 centimeters for the females. Their
hair was dark, their eyes of a beautiful black and
their skin lightly bronzed. You saw some of their kind
when we stopped at Aremo X3 and I believe you have
already guessed them to be the ancestors of the
Polynesians.
`So they established settlements throughout the
length and breadth of the continent, including 19 large
cities, seven of which were s-cred.
Small villages were also numerous, for these people
were highly skilled farmers and graziers.
`Their p-litical system was modelled on that of Aremo
X3. They had long ago discovered that the only way to
go-ern a country properly was to place at the head of
gov-rnment, seven men of integrity, representing no
pol-tical party, but sincerely committed to doing what
they could for their nation.
`The seventh among them was the Supreme Judge whose
vote on council was worth two. If four were against him
and two with him on a particular issue, they were at
deadlock, and hours or days of debate would ensue,
until at least one of the seven was persuaded to change
his vote. This debate was conducted within a context of
intelligence, love and concern for the people.
`These high figures received no great material
benefits for leading the nation. It was their vocation
to lead and they did it for the love of serving their
country - this avoided the problem of hiding
op****tunists among the leaders.'
`The same can't be said of our n-tional l-aders now,'
I remarked with a hint of bitterness. `Where were such
men found?'
The procedure was as follows: In a village or
district, a man of integrity was elected by referendum.
No one with a record of bad conduct or a tendency
towards fanaticism could be chosen - the chosen one
would have demonstrated integrity in all spheres. He
would then be sent to the nearest town, along with
other representatives from neighbouring villages, and
there, further elections would be held.
`For example, if there were 60 villages, there would
be 60 men elected by the people for their integrity and
not for promises which they made, but couldn't keep.
`Representatives from all over the nation would meet
together in the capital city. They would be divided
into groups of six and each group assigned a particular
conference room. For the next ten days the group would
be together - holding discussions, sharing meals,
enjoying shows and, eventually, they would elect a
group leader. So, if there had been 60 representatives,
divided into ten groups, there would be ten group
leaders. Of these ten, seven would be elected by the
same process, and from the seven, an eventual Supreme
Leader would emerge. He was given the title of King.'
`So, he was a republican King,' I said.
Thao smiled at my remark and Lationusi gave a slight
frown.
`The King was elected in this way only if his
predecessor di-d without having nominated a successor,
or if the successor was not unanimously accepted by the
council of seven. He was given the title of King, first
because he was the representative on Earth of the Great
Sp-rit, and second because nine times out of ten, he
would be the son or near relative of the preceding
King.'
`Something like the Roman method, then.'
`Yes indeed. However, if this King manifested the
slightest tendency towards dictator****p, he was
overthrown by his council of peers. But let's go back
now to our emigrants from Aremo X3...
`Their capital city, given the name Savanasa, was
situated on a plateau overlooking the Gulf of Suvatu.
The plateau was 300 meters high and, except for two
hills - one in the south-west and one in the
south-east, this was the highest point on the continent
of Mu.'
`I'm sorry, Thao - may I interrupt? When you
explained the cataclysm which knocked the Earth off its
axis, you said that refuge on the moon was not possible
because it didn't exist - and yet now, you say that
safety bases were established on the moon for these
emigrants...'
`There was no moon at the time when the bl-cks
populated Australia, or for a very long time
afterwards. There had been two very small moons much
earlier - about six million years ago, which revolved
around Earth, eventually colliding with it. Earth was
not inhabited at the time so, although terrible
cataclysms followed, it didn't really matter.
`About 500 000 years ago, Earth `captured' a much
larger moon - the one which exists now. It was passing
too close to your planet and was attracted into an
orbit. This often happens with moons. Further
catastrophes were provoked by this event...'
(same told from Rampa - but he do not give exact
time.
rø-coment)
`What do you mean when you say ‘passing too close’ to
Earth? Why didn't it crash? And anyway, what is a
moon?
`It could have crashed indeed, but that doesn't often
happen. A moon is originally a small planet revolving
around its sun in a spiral that becomes increasingly
tight. The smaller planets spiral more rapidly than the
larger ones, because their [7] inertial force is less.
`Their spiral being faster, the smaller planets often
catch up to the larger planets and, if they pass too
closely, the gravitational attraction of the planet
will be stronger than that of the sun. The smaller
planet begins to orbit the larger one, still in a
spiral, which will sooner or later result in a
collision.'
`Are you saying that our beautiful moon celebrated in
poem and song, will one day fall on our heads?'
`One day, yes... but not for about 195 000 years.'
I must have seemed relieved and my fright somewhat
comical, for my hosts all laughed.
Part 4.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
