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El Dorado and the ET connection
Posted on Sunday, 21 July, 2013
Columnist: Leonard Farra
When the Spaniards arrived in Colombia, South America, 500 years ago, they heard legends about a Golden Man ,(El Dorado) ,which triggered a rush to find a fabulous city of gold.(1) This fantastic story came from the Chibcha speaking Muiscans who lived in the high valleys in the north of present Colombia. The Muiscans were a large confederation of peoples, divided into two main groups, and Bacata, modern Bogata, was the capital of their southern region. In order to appreciate the deeper significance of the El Dorado tradition, we need to know that many Early World peoples had legends of a serpent linked civiliser who visited Earth from the Sky-World. Many people, especially some of the Native Americans, said that he had the appearance of a tall, white, bearded, man and that he wore a long white robe and sandals. The early people knew him under various names and in the New World, the Incas called him Viracocha, the Aztecs-Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent), and the Muiscans – Bochica. There is a huge statue of Bochica in the Colombian town of Cuitiva Boyacá. In many early cultures this being was associated with the Pleiades but as the Muiscans had no system of writing, and their inner religious traditions were unreported, or were not disclosed to non believers, it’s unclear if they believed that he came from these stars. The Pleiades were featured in numerous traditions throughout the Americas. The small Barasana tribe of Colombia, for example, call them the Great Mother, and the creator of man and Earth (Hugh-Jones), and like many other peoples, the Colombian Kogi, (The Elder Brothers), place special significance on their rising on the summer solstice.
The North American Natchez Indians claimed that their ancestors were visited by a great white being, of dazzling appearance, who came from the Sun. The Incas believed that Viracocha created the Sun, Moon, and stars but they also called him ‘the Son of the Sun.’ According to one Incan legend, he appeared in the south , after a period of darkness, when the Sun rose from an island in Lake Titicaca. (2) The Sun is of golden appearance and this may be the reason why gold was special to the Muiscans and why they called Bochica ‘the Son of the Sun’. It’s also possible that he was also known as Sua-the name of the Sun (3) Could it be that the Ancients used the Sun as an appropriate symbol to represent the home ,(the craft), of this Pleiades linked being?
Many early people had legends of a great flood that was caused by a god, or gods, who destroyed the evil people of the previous age, and the indications are that this was not connected with the end of the Ice Age ,as generally believed, and that it occurred around 5,000 years ago when there was climate change, and substantial flooding, in various parts of the world. This era was claimed to be the Dawn of Civilisation in the Middle East but current research indicates that civilisation also had its beginnings in parts of the New World such as in the region around the Caribbean in Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and, interestingly, in the Yucatan Peninsula because the Mayan calendar ,which begins in 3113? b.c.e. follows the destruction of the previous age. The Incas said that Viracocha caused floods to destroy his enemies (4) and the Muiscans believed that when the people forsook the teachings of Bochica, and became wicked, the land in the region of Bogata was engulfed in a flood. Bochica returned on a rainbow and created the Tequendama Falls through which the flood waters drained away. After the Flood, the gods left this world and were never seen again.
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El Dorado and the ET connection
Posted on Sunday, 21 July, 2013
Columnist: Leonard Farra
When the Spaniards arrived in Colombia, South America, 500 years ago, they heard legends about a Golden Man ,(El Dorado) ,which triggered a rush to find a fabulous city of gold.(1) This fantastic story came from the Chibcha speaking Muiscans who lived in the high valleys in the north of present Colombia. The Muiscans were a large confederation of peoples, divided into two main groups, and Bacata, modern Bogata, was the capital of their southern region. In order to appreciate the deeper significance of the El Dorado tradition, we need to know that many Early World peoples had legends of a serpent linked civiliser who visited Earth from the Sky-World. Many people, especially some of the Native Americans, said that he had the appearance of a tall, white, bearded, man and that he wore a long white robe and sandals. The early people knew him under various names and in the New World, the Incas called him Viracocha, the Aztecs-Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent), and the Muiscans – Bochica. There is a huge statue of Bochica in the Colombian town of Cuitiva Boyacá. In many early cultures this being was associated with the Pleiades but as the Muiscans had no system of writing, and their inner religious traditions were unreported, or were not disclosed to non believers, it’s unclear if they believed that he came from these stars. The Pleiades were featured in numerous traditions throughout the Americas. The small Barasana tribe of Colombia, for example, call them the Great Mother, and the creator of man and Earth (Hugh-Jones), and like many other peoples, the Colombian Kogi, (The Elder Brothers), place special significance on their rising on the summer solstice.
The North American Natchez Indians claimed that their ancestors were visited by a great white being, of dazzling appearance, who came from the Sun. The Incas believed that Viracocha created the Sun, Moon, and stars but they also called him ‘the Son of the Sun.’ According to one Incan legend, he appeared in the south , after a period of darkness, when the Sun rose from an island in Lake Titicaca. (2) The Sun is of golden appearance and this may be the reason why gold was special to the Muiscans and why they called Bochica ‘the Son of the Sun’. It’s also possible that he was also known as Sua-the name of the Sun (3) Could it be that the Ancients used the Sun as an appropriate symbol to represent the home ,(the craft), of this Pleiades linked being?
Many early people had legends of a great flood that was caused by a god, or gods, who destroyed the evil people of the previous age, and the indications are that this was not connected with the end of the Ice Age ,as generally believed, and that it occurred around 5,000 years ago when there was climate change, and substantial flooding, in various parts of the world. This era was claimed to be the Dawn of Civilisation in the Middle East but current research indicates that civilisation also had its beginnings in parts of the New World such as in the region around the Caribbean in Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and, interestingly, in the Yucatan Peninsula because the Mayan calendar ,which begins in 3113? b.c.e. follows the destruction of the previous age. The Incas said that Viracocha caused floods to destroy his enemies (4) and the Muiscans believed that when the people forsook the teachings of Bochica, and became wicked, the land in the region of Bogata was engulfed in a flood. Bochica returned on a rainbow and created the Tequendama Falls through which the flood waters drained away. After the Flood, the gods left this world and were never seen again.
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