Wednesday, June 30, 2010

What is the Hopi 2012 Prophecy?

Should we be concerned about a Hopi 2012 prophecy? The Hopi Indians of the southwest are the oldest tribe of the United States. The Hopi have specific prophecies regarding the end of times which also coincide with other prophecies of the end of the world. The predictions of the Hopi are frightful.

The Hopi believe the world has been created and destroyed four times. After a time, each Hopi world goes through a cleansing and destruction so the next world can start fresh. The first three worlds have come and gone, we are now living in the fourth Hopi world. Here is how the Hopi say the first three worlds came to their end:

The Hopi first world
The first world was cleansed and destroyed by fire when all of the volcanoes on earth erupted. Everything on our planet was consumed by fire and everything had to start anew.

The Hopi second world
The second world was cleansed and destroyed by the Ice Age, which was caused when the North and South poles shifted their positions. The world was covered by ice, and mountains fell into the oceans and seas.

The Hopi third world
The third world was cleansed and destroyed by the Great Flood. Continents became submerged and sank into the waters of the oceans and seas. Some land splintered into small islands during the Great Flood.

We here today on planet Earth, are living in the Hopi fourth world. The prophecy of the Hopi says that this current-day fourth world is about to be cleansed and destroyed so that the new time of the fifth world can be ushered in.

The Hopi have signs that must be seen and fulfilled before the fifth world can begin. All but a few of these fifth world signs have come to be fulfilled. According to Hopi prophecy, the following are things yet to occur before the transition from the fourth world to the fifth:

* The seas and oceans will rise.
* Great earthquakes will happen all around the planet.
* The sun will become hotter.

We are already in our daily news talking about the polar ice caps melting and their water raising the ocean levels. Earthquakes have always happened, but now they are increasing in intensity and frequency all over our planet. We have been debating and arguing about Global Warming and sunspot flares for some time. Are the final signs of the Hopi coming true before our eyes today?

One other final sign of the end of the fourth world and the transition to the fifth world is that near the end of days, the earth will be crisscrossed by a spider web. As you read this article, you certainly are aware of how the World Wide Web has connected all of us everywhere together.

The Hopi prophecies are intriguing and interesting to contemplate, but the Hopi give no exact 2012 end of the world date prophecy. The Hopi instead talk about signs to be fulfilled or met before the current world is ended, and the new world begun.

There are other prophetic sources like the Mayan Calendar and the I Ching, that foretell the end of the world in 2012. In fact, the Mayan Calendar and the I Ching predict that the exact date of the end of the world is on December 21, 2012. Past soothsayers too, like Merlin, and Mother Shipton, and the Bible's Book of Revelations, also give us information about the end of the world and when and how it will come about.

If you study and learn about the prophecies and predictions of the Hopi, and the other seers and oracles, you will begin to see a common pattern amongst them all. Although they don't all use the same words or images to tell of the end of the world, there are amazing similarities in their prophecies.

How could different people, living in different times, in different cultures, come up with prophecies that are so much alike? Is this all a bunch of baloney, or is it the truth? I wondered this myself, so I learned all I could.

What the seers and predictors have to say is fascinating, and frightening too. If what they foresee is true, then we are soon to witness drastic change in our world. There are things you can do to prepare, but first you need to learn more about prophecy and the end of the world. Here is an excellent resource to learn more: http://december2012endofworld.info

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

America's Stonehenge - A New Theory

The America's Stonehenge archaeological site is located on the summit of Mystery Hill in North Salem, NH. It consists of enigmatic stone chambers, standing stones, niches, drains, and astronomical alignments. Who built these stone structures and for what purpose?

The professional archaeological community has long argued that the site was built by an eccentric farmer who built his house on the hill between 1825 and 1850. Other researchers have proposed that the site was built by Irish Monks. Both of these theories, although quite popular, have been disproven by the archaeological evidence. Stone tools used to quarry the bedrock and shape stones for the some of the earliest structures were C-14 dated to 3000 years ago. This means the site began construction well before Irish Monk starting building religious communities, and certainly predates any 19th century farmers by over three thousand years. Who else could have built this site?

Archaeology has discovered two groups of artifacts and other evidence at the site. The first group of artifacts dates from the 1800's though the early 1900's. All this evidence is associated with the Pattee homestead on the site (circa 1825-1850) and later picnickers from the early 1900's. The second group of artifacts and other evidence spans from 3000 years ago through the 1600's. All of this evidence is associated with Native American activity on the site. It consists of various stone tools used for quarrying, shards of Native American pottery made and used on the site, petroglyphs (rock carvings), pecked & abraded grooved drains, and other Native American artifacts. The evidence overwhelmingly points in one direction - the site was built by Native Americans.

What was the purpose of these stone structures? Like all cultures worldwide, the Native Americans had their own religious traditions. These religious beliefs involved holding ceremonies with various spirits. They created astronomical alignments to mark the date that a ceremony was to be held and also as a means to call the Sun Spirit into their ceremonies. They carved drains in the bedrock to pour sacred water into during ceremonies. They built stone chambers to hold other important ceremonies.

The theory that America's Stonehenge was built by Native Americans is based upon an exhaustive four year study of the site. This study is carefully documented in the book America's Stonehenge Deciphered.

Not sure what theory to believe? Then take a tour of the site and see for yourself. America's Stonehenge is open year round to visitors (admission fee is charged). For an in depth self-guided tour of the site based upon this new research checkout A Guide to America's Stonehenge pamphlet ($4.95) before your trip. Can't travel to the site in person? Take a tour of the site with a 40 minute documentary film, America's Stonehenge: The History of a Sacred Place

Mary Gage and James Gage (mother & son research team) are co-authors of several books on stone quarrying, historic carved stones, America's Stonehenge, and Native American stone structures in Northeastern United States.

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Who Built Stonehenge? - A Question That Has No Answer

Stonehenge, an ancient monument has captured millions of imaginations for centuries. Located on the Salisbury Plain in the Wiltshire, which is in England, Stonehenge is one of the major tourist destinations that draw millions of visitors from all over the world. There are many theories about Stonehenge that gives answer to the question - Who built Stonehenge? However, all of the theories have no significance, as there is no evidence to it.

For more than 100 years, investigations have discovered that the Stonehenge was built in many phases right from 2800 to 1800 BC. More likely, it has been designed to permit the observation of astronomical phenomena like the eclipses, summer and winter solstices, and others. The Stonehenge has many myths and legends. You can take guided tour to explore and understand this ancient monument. Most of the past archeologists believe that the Druids, who were the high priests of the Celts, have built the monument. Druids constructed this unique attraction for the sacrificial ceremonies.

The fact is that the Druids are not responsible to construct this unique attraction. In fact, it is impossible. Actually, scientists have discovered that the builders finished constructing the Stonehenge more than 2,000 years ago, that is before the Celts presence. After Celts, Romans arrived at this area, but even they did not construct the Stonehenge. Many people even believe that the construction of the Stonehenge monument began before 5,000 years ago by the Neolithic peoples of the British Isles.

No one is certain about the fact that who built Stonehenge and why? Still one thing that could be said is that this monument has been built in such a way that the first ray of the sun will fall directly on the entrance of the monument. An American Astronomer named Gerald Hawkins has also made a theory during 1960s that this major attraction was actually an astronomical observatory and calendar. His theory is extensively held even today, with his belief that the ancient peoples used this monument to foresee a broad variety of astronomical phenomena. There are still many uncertainties about this theory.

For past many years, this monument has become an unsolved mystery that cannot be sorted out. Even though, people do not know anything about the question of who built Stonehenge, but you can come and see its magnificence. Well, besides this, many other questions raises like how those ancient people would have made this, as the stones were very bulky with the measurements of 20 to 30 tones, all depends upon the size.

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10 Myths and Theories About Stonehenge

During the last century Stonehenge became the sort of symbol of Great Britain, the place where every decent tourist considers as a duty to be snapped on the background of, as the proof of having holiday in that particular place.

I clearly remember my first impression on Stonehenge. Notwithstanding the rapturous reverence and joyful satisfaction of my childhood dream was fulfilled there, at heart I felt a slight perplexity. Roughly speaking there is only a pile of huge stones standing on the empty field and being quite remote from any settlements, but only for walking around them, not even touching, there's such long queue line up every day as if in the centre of Salisbury Plain the great wizard himself Merlin was doing conjuring tricks.

Only in the British Islands the archeologists run across about 900 diminutive Stonehenges not mention to the countless amount of similar prehistoric structures found in the territory Of Europe and Asia. Stonehenge is simply the most grandiose and preserved of its time, moreover it's been covered by the mystery. But as far as the enigma equals with the attractiveness by most of the people, the infinite streams of tourists flow to Salisbury Plain, probably hoping that right on the spot it dawns on them why about 4600 years ago someone made such titanic efforts for erecting Stonehenge.

It needs to be said that during the last centuries there have been considered a great deal of different assumptions regarding «who?» and «why?» had built Stonehenge. Here are some myths and theories about Stonehenge:

1. Stonehenge appeared due to the druids that used it as a sacrificial temple for making their gory rituals. It was one of the first visions disproved with the development of the science and technologies. It was shown to be true that the Celts bared no relations to the construction of Stonehenge, because they came to the British Islands later than the megalithan construction had been put together.

2. Stonehenge was built as the solar and lunar calendar, and it was the sort of peculiar astronomical observatory of the Bronze Age. Though there are questions arise then: «Why build such a labour-intensive calendar only for the observing the Sun and the Lune? Why not to observe it by means of leaving the marks on any surfaces?»

3. Stonehenge illustrates the model of Solar System according to which the System consists of 9 planets instead of 12.

4. As far as in the site of Stonehenge were found approximately 250 burials, some scientists concluded that it was the largest Neolithic cemetery and resting-place for the elite of that time.

5. The supporters of this idea say, that someone made their route of 200 miles for bringing the huge blocks from the mountains in Wales to the Salisbury Plain, to the purpose. Since the site where Stonehenge was built is a so-called place of power, the source of salubrious energy, where people feel an inexplicable surge of vigor and get healed from various illnesses. As proof of it there were discovered the interments of people with obvious body injuries, who presumably used to make pilgrimage to the cryptic place in hope of getting cured from their diseases.

6. Stonehenge is neither more nore less a portal into parallel worlds. Some people believe that the druids weren't exterminated by the Roman legionaries, that they simply escaped to another dimension with help of Stonehenge.

7. Stonehenge was created by an alien civilization as a message for the humans, which will be deciphered when the mankind is ready for it.

8. Stonehenge is...hm...a somewhat of Neolithic vagina, a monument being the embodiment of the Cult of the Mother Goddess. According to this bold theory the altar stone is none other than the clitoris.

9. There is the believe that the British Islands used to be a mountain part of sunken Atlantis. The Atlantians, who could affect the wave nature of things and because of that move the heavy monoliths, erected Stonehenge as one of many temples of the Cult of the Sun.

10. Stonehenge is the landing ground for the alien spaceships, an original radar, indicating the direction owing to very strong magnetic and energetic channels of the Earth having been concentrated there. In favour of this theory says the fact that the slabs of Stonehenge consists of quartz. This mineral is well known for its characteristic of emanation the radio-waves, which makes the megaliths a real radio transmitter. And the magnetic anomalies as well as the occurrences of UFOs with attributed to them crop circles are quite frequent phenomenons in the area of Stonehenge.

While we've been advancing the hypotheses regarding the nature of Stonehenge, it is getting more and more popular and produce a certain amount of peculiar imitations. So in Maryhill, Washington in the beginning of the 20th century was built the copy of Stonehenge, to be exact the interpretation of Stonehenge in its heyday, before it was destroyed by the humans and time. In America, the state of Nebraska there is its own Carhendge, and possibly in the distant future someone will be asking oneself why all those weird means of conveyance of the 20th century were collected together.

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Edgar Cayce - His "Other Category" Prophecy

Edgar Cayce was born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky on March 18, 1877 and had the luxury of a normal childhood of the nineteenth-century farm life. He never asked nor tried to be a psychic. But for more than 40 years, his gift of being able to see beyond has helped mankind, especially those who are sick and can't find a cure. Aside from primarily using his ability to look at the cure of rare illnesses, he also revealed a great amount of information on different topics such as health, dreams, meditation, religions, and reincarnation, among the few. It was the information that Cayce revealed about the future which he is probably most known for.

Most of his prophetic readings can be categorized in four distinct areas: Business, Life, Health, and Dream Interpretation. He gave more than 14,000 of these readings in his lifetime. Outside of the Big Four categories which Cayce spent most of his psychic energy there is the "Other Category". Here Cayce moves away from Business, Life, Health, and Dream Interpretation towards a vision of future events or prophetic visions. His most catastrophic was:

"Watch New York, Connecticut and the like. Many portions of the east coast will be disturbed, as well as many portions of the west coast, as well as the central portion of the United States. Los Angeles, San Francisco, most of all these will be among those that will be destroyed before New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear. This will be another generation though, here; while the southern portions of Carolina, Georgia, these will disappear. This will be much sooner. The waters of the Great Lakes will empty into the Gulf of Mexico."

Cayce also described about a new age of peace and enlightenment when the spirituality within humans would manifest on earth. But before this divine consciousness could rule the world, Cayce saw events that can only be described as apocalyptic - a period of purification involving natural disasters that will dramatically alter the surface of the earth, wars, economic collapse, and socio-political unrest.

Among Edgar Cayce's readings about the past are that the Sphinx had been built in 10,500 BC and that survivors of Atlantis had concealed beneath it a "Hall of Records" containing all the wisdom of their lost civilization and the true history of the human race. Cayce prophesied that this Hall of Records would be rediscovered and opened between 1996 and 1998. He connected the opening to the second coming of Christ.

Cayce never pinpointed the event directly to December 2012.

In the spring of 1922, he began to grow weak. His own readings advised him to rest but his sense of obligation to those who needs him prevented him. Finally, he collapsed from pure exhaustion. When Edgar Cayce told his family that he will be healed after the first day of the next year, it was almost a final goodbye. His family knew what he meant and truly enough he died on January 03, 1945.

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Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, and the Touch Lamp

You know, this is one of those topics that some people say they 'believe in,' or 'don't believe in,' while most think, "Pure speculation," or just plain, "Bunk!" But I have an answer to that. It has nothing to do with belief, it's whether or not it is real to you. You can 'not believe' that a certain tree is standing off to the side of the road, drive your car into it, total your car, and die, 'not believing' that the tree was really there. And the paranormal, supernatural, or spiritual side of life, is exactly the same. Belief doesn't make it real. You won't know whether it's real or not, until it's real to you.

This experience happened, and when it did, a new 'reality' was awakened in me. I didn't seek it out. I wasn't looking for it. I didn't expect it. But when it started happening, I did not believe, I knew.

A friend of mine was cleaning out her closet, came across 3 books that she felt were of no use to her, so, knowing I was interested in spiritual things, she called me up to ask if I would take them off her hands. All of these books were either about, or written by, Edgar Cacye, and one of them, about Atlantis, had been taken directly from the readings that Edgar Cacye gave to various people. My friend had told me that when she tried to read the book, she couldn't understand anything it said, but alone in the house one afternoon, I decided I would give it a shot, sat down at the kitchen table, coffee in hand, and commenced reading.

While it was true, that how it was written seemed obscure and cloaked, I was surprised that I seemed to 'tune in' to the intent behind the words, and was actually grasping what was being said. Very soon, I was thoroughly engaged in it, finding it utterly enjoyable. While the picture of how things were, started to come together, a distinct thought, like a small voice, came clearly into the back of my mind, and before I knew it, I found myself responding to it. "Go into your room," it suggested to me. "Why would I go into my room?" I heard myself questioning. "I have no reason to go into my room." This back-and-forth, continued for about 10 minutes, and finally, needing more coffee anyway, I got up, got my coffee, and went into my bedroom.

There was my cat, asleep on my bed, and right beside my bed was my night stand, with the touch lamp on it. Nothing unusual here. But what was unusual, was that the light was on. Now, it would not be unheard of for my cat to have walked across the night stand, and to have accidentally, touched the lamp, turning it on. But in the 7-8 years that I had owned the lamp, this had not happened. Yet here I was, looking at the lit-up lamp.

I would have just written it off as 'different,' and thought that the cat must have touched the lamp somehow, but what was disconcerting, was that voice I had heard. A suggestion, to go to my room for some reason unbeknownst to me. The two together, left a question unanswered within my mind. So I just took note of it, and walked back into the kitchen and commenced reading.

The following morning, I was awakened when the other lady who lived in the house with me, entered my room. She explained that when she had taken the dogs out to the bathroom in the middle of the night, she noticed that the light in my room went on. Thinking that something must be wrong, she got the dogs back to bed, and came into my room to see what was going on, only to find that I was fast asleep, with my bedside touch lamp on. She turned it off, went downstairs to bed, and now, was in my room to tell me what she had seen. However, when she went to explain the incident to me, she noticed that my bedside lamp was on. There was no question, she had definitely turned it off in the night, but now, here it was on again. So once again, I turned it off, and left it at that.

All things went along as normal, and so that afternoon, I sat down once again to continue reading the book. At some point I got up to get my second cup of coffee, and glancing into my room, just out of curiosity, there was my bedside light back on! This was becoming more than 'different,' it was uncanny feeling to it. All I could do was go into my room, turn it off, and keep reading. I did, and everything was normal.

That night, the same incident occurred. About the time the dogs had to go out, the other lady again noticed that my light came on. So putting the dogs to bed, she came into my room and turned it off. But again, the next morning, when she got up and glanced into my room, the light was back on.

This activity continued for the duration of my reading the book, which was over a period of about 5-7 days. One night, 'nature called,' and when I got up to go to the bathroom, I found my light on, and turned it off before climbing back into bed. The next morning, when I woke up, it was back on. On another night, after awakening to find my light on, and turning off again, I was awakened in the morning by a friend of mine entering my room. She had come over, and seeing my light on, assumed I was awake, and so opened my door. On and on it went. Every day I read the book, the light went on, and every night, it turned on at some point while we all slept. If I woke up and found it on, I turned it off, only to find it on again the next morning.

Then came the day when I finished the book. I had been doing a lot of research on the content I was taking in, and so, that night, I sat on the edge of my bed, starring out my bedroom window into the night sky, my mind flooded with the incredible time and society that Atlantis was. As I sat musing, I saw it. Out of the corner of my eye, a light flooded my view. Turning to see the source, my eyes landed on my bedside touch lamp, turning off, on, off, on. Not flickering like a candle, but going off and on as if someone was turning the switch - which of course, isn't on a touch lamp. I sat watching it for about 30 seconds, and finally just reached out and touched the lamp myself, turning it on, and then turning it off for the last time.

The lamp never turned on 'by itself' again. For the remainder of the 2-3 years that I had it, there was never any such activity again.

A Poltergeist, you might suggest. No. Poltergeist activity is not selective, and involves more than one activity. The New Universal Family Encyclopedia, one of my research books, describes a Poltergeist as a 'noisy, mischievous, and often destructive invisible agent that persecutes the occupants of a house, most commonly by throwing or moving objects. There was no such activity, nor did I sense any destructive presence in the house before, then, or since.

Had this just been an isolated incident, I would have brushed it off, but when I 'heard' this small persistent voice, or suggestion, to go into my room, and found this lamp on for no reason, and found it on repeatedly for the duration of my time reading the book, not even my mind could reasonably 'brush it off.' I knew what I had 'heard' within me, and because spiritual things are not foreign to me, I knew there was a connection between what the people of Atlantis were about, and what I (and others) would be doing in my time on this earth. There was a confirmation to this incident about 6 months later, but that's another article.

One of my friends could find nothing in the book of Atlantis that she understood, or that made sense. You might say she had reason not to 'believe' in it. Yet when I started reading it, it was like I grasped not the words, but the intent behind them, and so it literally unfolded its meaning to me. Our belief doesn't make anything real or not real, but what should be an accepted fact, is that no one knows everything about life. If you really know that, there's a whole dynamic waiting for you to experience it.

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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Jesus Through Historicity and Science

Accounts of the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ (c. 5 BC-AD 33), described in biblical prophesy (written between 1450-430 BC), the synoptic gospels (Luke, Matthew and Mark, written between AD 50-90), the Gospel of John (written c. post AD-90), Epistles of Paul of Tarsus (AD 5-67) (written between AD 50-60), and the Dead Sea Scrolls (written c. 335-100 BC), to name a few, have been the subject of historical and scientific intrigue for centuries. Since the so-called "Age of Enlightenment" (18th century) when skeptics began to question if Jesus had in fact even existed, historicity (based on archaeology and history) and science (based on biology, chemistry, and physics) have become more essential than ever to substantiate textual sources (e.g. sacred scripts, Gnostic writings). Consequently, four key areas must be explored: The "Historical" Jesus, the virgin birth, the crucifixion, and the resurrection.

The "Historical" Jesus:

Proving that Jesus had in fact existed is likely the easiest part because of the existence of accounts from diverse historical sources (e.g. Roman, Greek, and Jewish). Per Discovery Channel's David Balsiger (Senior Producer of the "Fabric of Time" documentary) "more than 20 non-Christian sources" referred to "Jesus of Nazareth as a historical figure" between AD 30-130, "twelve mention(ed) His death provid(ing) details (and) ten refer(red) to His resurrection."

A sample of these historical, non-Christian sources, is listed below:

1. Talmud (c. AD 70-200): Sanhedrin 43a: "On the eve of Passover they hanged [crucified] Yeshu [Jesus]." - Jewish Source

2. Mara Bar-Serapion: Mentioned the "execution of Jesus [who was called a 'King']" when discussing the destruction of the Temple in AD 70. - Syrian Source

3. Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56-117), Historian: Annals, xv. 44: "Christus... was executed at the hands of the procurator Pontius Pilate." - Roman Source

4. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c. AD 69-140), Chief Secretary to Emperor Hadrian: The Lives of the Caesars (Claudius 5.25.4): "...the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he (Claudius) expelled them from Rome [in AD 49]. - Roman Source

5. Thallus: Third Book of History: Made mention of Jesus' death in approximately AD 52 when discussing "the darkness over the land [and earthquake] after His death" referenced to by Julius Africanus in c. AD 221. - Samaritan Source

6. Flavius Josephus (c. AD 37-97), Court Historian for Emperor Vespasian: Antiquities of the Jews: Described Jesus' crucifixion under Pontius Pilate in about AD 93/94. - Jewish Source

7. Pliny the Younger, Governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor (c. AD 61-112): Wrote a letter to Emperor Trajan in AD 112 for instructions how to deal with Christians, who... worshipped Christus. - Roman Source

8. Lucian of Samosata (c. AD 120-180), Writer and Rhetorician: The Death of Peregrine, 1113: "The Christians... worship a man to this day the distinguished parsonage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account..." - Greek Source

Consequently, E.P. Sanders, in The Historical Figure of Jesus (Penguin, 1996) when using Alexander The Great (356-323 BC) as a paradigm concluded, "The sources for Jesus are better... than those that deal with Alexander" and "the superiority of evidence for Jesus is seen when we ask what He thought" such that "the quest for the Historical Jesus" can be better achieved than a "search for historical detail on Alexander."

The Virgin Birth:

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" [Isaiah 7:14]

Although it appears highly improbable that a human virgin could bear a child, it is not scientifically impossible. Per Rich Deem, Is the Virgin Birth Scientifically Impossible? (15 December 2005), "it could be possible in humans for a [virgin] woman to give birth to a male... if the woman had both an X and Y chromosome, which occurs in 1 in 5 million women." Such a male would likely be an XX male since the child's DNA would come solely from his mother. Presently, 1 in 20,000 males are considered XX even though they had been conceived through male-female

When mathematics is utilized to determine the odds of a virgin female with a Y chromosome conceiving an XX male divided by (1 less the percentage of stillbirths), the probability of such a virgin birth is a minuscule but not impossible - 1 in 100.6711747 trillion. Consequently, if such a virgin birth occurred, which is not scientifically impossible and in fact plausible when considering the laws of physics discussed later in this article, it likely will remain unique in human history based on probability.

Based on DNA analysis performed on the only known historical artifacts specifically tied to Jesus - the Shroud of Turin (the cloth in which Jesus' body was wrapped when He was interred in the tomb) and the Oviedo Cloth (the napkin that covered Jesus' face when He was in the tomb) - His genetic composition was consistent with that of an XX male lending greater credence to His possible virgin origin.

Furthermore, when virgin birth or parthenogenesis (which per 'Virgin Birth' By Shark Confirmed: Second Case Ever (Science Daily, 11 October 2008) occurs when "the mother's chromosomes split during egg development [and] pair with another copy of itself [instead of with chromosomes from sperm]") is viewed in the context of nature, it is even more likely. To date, scientists have proven that parthenogenesis has occurred in some bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and single hammerhead and blacktip (female) shark species.

"Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him?" [Matthew 2:2]

Per F.J. Tipler, The Star of Bethlehem: a Type Ia/Ic Supernova in the Andromeda Galaxy (20 March, 2005) the star the magi saw was historically and scientifically real. It could have been Supernova (SN) 1885A in the Andromeda Galaxy whose center, based on calculations from the Babylon Observatory, was extremely close to Bethlehem, such that its "galactic halo" would have been visible in the town's center or a comet "that was observed for over seventy days with no movement recorded" by Chinese and Korean astronomers per Colin Humphreys, The Star of Bethlehem (Science and Christian Belief, October 1995), both of which could be seen in and around Bethlehem in 5 BC.

Based on contemporary descriptions, historicity and science that indicate Jesus was born on a cold night when "shepherds [were] living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night" [Luke 2:8], "sheep [in the area] were usually put out to grass between March and November," climactic data indicating that Bethlehem is usually "cold and very wet [from] December [though] February" and "the earliest date [the comet appeared based on] Chinese records" per Colin Humphreys, the birth date of Jesus can be calculated as March 9, 5 BC to further substantiate His historical existence.

The Crucifixion:

Archeological evidence in conjunction with astronomical calculations (that included a lunar eclipse) from non-Biblical sources based on textual accounts, in which the area was "plunged into prolonged darkness followed by an earthquake during the crucifixion," per Colin J. Humphreys and W.G. Waddington, Dating the Crucifixion (Nature, 22 December 1983) place the crucifixion date as April 1, AD 33 (based on the Gregorian calendar).

"Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened and the veil of the temple was torn in two" Luke wrote of the events [23:44-45] that fulfilled a prophesy made by Amos in c. 750 BC:

"Shall not the land tremble on this account and everyone mourn who lives in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt? On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight." [Amos 8:8-9]

Based on "a 2000 year paleoseismic record recovered from the lacustrine sedimentary section of the Dead Sea" a magnitude > 5.5 earthquake" occurred (likely across the Jericho fault line) in the Jerusalem/Dead Sea area in AD 33 that according to limited reports from the Judea region, caused damage to the Temple in Jerusalem as reported by Revital Ken-Tor, Amotz Agnon, Yehouda Enzel, Mordechai Stein, Shmuel Marco and Jorg F.W. Negendank, High-resolution geological record of historic earthquakes in the Dead Sea basin (American Geophysical Union, 2001).

At the same time, several historians, Thallus and Phlegon of Tralles, to name two, reported the occurrence of an eclipse "during the 18th year of the reign of Tiberius (42 BC-AD 37)" and "fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad" both of which corresponded to a period dating from the summer of AD 32 to spring of AD 33, in which "the day (turned) into such darkness of night that the stars could be seen in heaven, and the earth moved in Bithynia, toppling many buildings in the city of Nicea" per Crucifixion darkness and eclipse (Wikipedia. 14 May 2010).

Based on reconstruction of the Hebrew calendar, a lunar eclipse (consistent with Peter's account: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood..." [Acts 2:20]) occurred on April 1, AD 33 that per Colin J. Humphreys et al "was visible from Jerusalem at moonrise [at about 6:20 PM] with about 20% of the disc in the umbra of the earth's shadow and remainder in the penumbra. The eclipse finished... at 6:50 PM."

However, since the occurrence of such a lunar eclipse may not be able to fully explain the complete darkness, the approach of a severe storm (based on the darkness an approaching thunderstorm cast over Beijing, China at 11:30 AM on June 16, 2009) provides another probable cause especially since Verse 17, Lection 82 of the Gospel of the Holy Twelve (believed to have written by John in AD 70) states, "And behold there was great thunder and lightning, and the partition wall of the Holy place, from which hung the veil, fell down... and the earth did quake..."

From a medical standpoint, it is statistically improbable and historically impossible that Jesus survived the scourging and crucifixion based on corroborating sources and Roman execution methodology, in which no fewer than four executioners participated under threat of death if they failed, and a body was only released for burial after confirmation of death through piercing of the side with a spear (especially if the legs were not broken as was the case with regard to Jesus).

"And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was like drops of blood..." [Luke 22:44]. Medically, hemohidrosis or hematidrosis, sweating of blood, rarely occurs and when it does, it is the result of a person experiencing severe stress or shock.

Per Nymph Kellerman, The medical aspects of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (16 April 2006), "Flogging by the Romans was so severe the victim often died from the beating. They used a whip... called a flagellum that consisted of small pieces of bone and metal, attached to a number of leather strands. The skin was stripped from the back during a flogging, which exposed a bloody mass of muscle and bone [and at times caused arterial bleeding]," which per William D. Edwards, MD, Wesley J. Gabel, and Floyd E. Hosmer, On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ (JAMA Vol. 255, No. 11, 21 March 1986) resulted in "pain, blood loss (and dehydration that) set the stage for circulatory shock."

Subsequent to the scourging, Jesus was forced to carry a [75-125] pound crossbar on his shoulders for an estimated 650 yards, enough of a stress to cause a contusion and eventual rupturing of the heart. Afterwards, 7-inch nails were driven into Jesus' wrists (through the median nerve that resulted in excessive pain running through His arms) and feet (likely through the heel based on the excavated remains of "Yehohanan Ben Hagkol" (John, son of Hagkol) a 24-28 year-old male who had been in excellent health at the time of his crucifixion between AD 50-70 per Ancient Jewish Man's Remains Give Clues on Crucifixion (Reuters, 7 April 2004), that were discovered at Giv'at ha-Mivtar, just north of Jerusalem in 1968. Then, when the cross was placed into an upright position, per Nymph Kellerman, "it caused massive strain on the wrists, arms, and shoulders resulting in a dislocation of the shoulder and elbow joints. With the arms up and outward, the ribcage held in a fixed position, the victim [found] it extremely difficult to breathe and [consequently could] only take shallow breaths. As time passed, the muscles [underwent] severe cramps and spasmodic contractions, the lungs [began] to collapse in small areas [causing] hypoxia (a condition in which the body as a whole or a region of the body suffers from the effects oxygen-deprivation) and hypercarbia (a condition in which there carbon dioxide content in the blood is dangerously excessive). Respiratory acidosis (excessive acid in bodily fluids) [resulted] in increased strain on the heart that beat faster to compensate. Fluid [accumulated] in the lungs [until] under the strain of hypoxia and acidosis, the heart finally fail[ed]" if the victim had not suffocated first. Per William D. Edwards, MD et al, "survival [of the crucified] generally ranged from three or four hours to three or four days [depending on] the severity of the scourging."

"...one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." [John 19:34]

The cause of death for Jesus was likely a combination of acute heart failure and hypovolemia, with asphyxia playing a secondary role, based on the outflow of blood and water that ensued when His side was pierced. Per William D. Edwards, MD, "the water probably represented serous pleural (lung cavity) and pericardial (heart-sac) fluid [since] perhaps in the setting of hypovolemia and impending acute heart failure, pleural and pericardial effusions (accumulation of excess fluids) may have developed and added to the volume of apparent water." Consequently "the weight of historical and medical evidence indicates Jesus was dead before the wound to His side was inflicted. [However] had Jesus not been dead, "the spear thrust between his right ribs, [that] probably perforated not only the right lung but also the pericardium and heart [would have] ensured His death." Accordingly, [assumptions to the contrary] appear to be at odds with modern medical knowledge."

The Resurrection:

Proving the resurrection had occurred or was even scientifically possible has been a constant challenge. However when visual textual evidence (e.g. Jesus was seen by more than 500 people after His death (that, per Jeff Lasko, There is evidence to support Christ's resurrection (The Pittsburgh Standard, March 2002) led "entire communities of at least ten thousand Jews [to willingly] give up the very sociological and theological traditions that had given them their national identity within weeks of the resurrection) based on 1 Corinthians 15:6, in which mass hallucination was psychologically improbable per William Craig, Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (14 July 2002) since "no one had anticipated seeing Jesus alive again") is combined with historical evidence (e.g. Shroud of Turin) and theories and laws of physics, compelling evidence in support of Jesus' bodily resurrection and ascension exists.

"...the angel answered and said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen..." [Matthew 28:5-6]

Based on the established date for Jesus' crucifixion, textual evidence indicates that women (the lowest rung in the social order of the day) discovered Jesus' tomb was empty (corroborated by Jewish claims His body had been stolen, which his highly unlikely since the disciples at the time were cowering in fear at the loss of their leader since to them "it was over" and would not have been willing to die for a lie created by such a theft (which in all likelihood they did not have the intellectual ability to concoct based on their social, economic, and educational background), the Roman guard would have been executed for permitting such a crime to take place, and most importantly because the linen cloth that had wrapped Jesus remained intact - only deflated; thieves would not have had the time nor ability to replace the 100 pounds of spices that embalmed Jesus' body nor meticulously wrap the burial cloth back in place with such perfection in absence of a body) on the morning of April 3, AD 33.

When it comes to historical evidence, the Shroud of Turin is perhaps the most important artifact since it is directly linked to the crucifixion (textual scripts indicate it was Jesus' burial cloth, which was taken to Edessa by Thomas and Thaddeus Jude shortly after the resurrection in AD 33, historical writings confirm its presence in Edessa in AD 544 and transfer to Constantinople in AD 944, a 10th century drawing depicting Abgarus of Edessa and the shroud shows its distinct weave. In addition, textile/material analysis indicates it was compiled of fabric dating back to between 40 BC and AD 73 found only in the Masada fortress tombs (near the Dead Sea) and of high-quality 1st Century Syrian design. Furthermore, forensic analysis of pollen spores tie it directly to a 1st century plant that grew only in certain areas around Jerusalem, while bloodstains of type AB blood (common in the Middle East) confirmed by the presence of serum albumin (a plasma protein), an abundance of bilirubin (a bile pigment produced when the body is under severe trauma as would have been the case with a scourging and crucifixion) and faint writing (in Greek, Latin, and Aramaic) that reads, "(J)esu(s) Nazarene" per Ariel David, Vatican Expert: Turin Shroud Jesus Relic (Discovery News, 22 November 2009) links it directly to the 1st Century and specifically to Jesus) and provides tangible, visible evidence of the resurrection.

With establishment that the Shroud of Turin is directly and physically linked to Jesus, it is plausible to conclude the 3D negative image (consistent with neutrino (weak, invisible particles that can pass through other forms of matter) properties in which it was created within an instant and a short time after Jesus' death based on the AD 33 transfer date to Edessa) of His crucified body provides tangible evidence of His resurrection. Per Jesus Christ's Resurrection real, according to some scientists (Word Press, 5 April 2010), based on "modern particle physics," such a resurrection could conceivably have occurred when Jesus' body "dematerialized" from underneath the burial shroud in which its physical matter was converted into neutrinos and then "rematerialized" when outside the shroud [likely initiated through interaction with anti-neutrinos that caused] the neutrinos [to revert] back into their previous form of matter. Furthermore, when such a rematerialization took place, it is likely the process emitted an abundance of light (photonic energy), which further corroborated biblical accounts of His "glorified" body.

Creation of the 3D negative image is also consistent with Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity (E = mc2) in which "matter and energy are interchangeable under [certain] conditions" such that if Jesus had "enormous levels of energy... the matter of [His] dead body could be transformed into the matter of a living body" per Henry Pang, How the resurrection actually happened (17 May 2010). Accordingly, "if E were applied to [a] dead body... it could result in a living body." To expand further, spontaneous emission (the process by which an atom or molecule in an excited state (E2) may spontaneously decay into a ground state, with the remaining energy (E1) between the excited and ground states being released as photons) plausibly occurred during the rematerialization process.

For brevity, a few additional physics laws and theories that render Jesus' resurrection feasible are listed below:

1. The "Omninatural" concept in which per R.C. Metcalf, Colliding with Christ (Xulon Press, 2008), "nature is not limited to what we perceive empirically, but may include existence beyond the boundaries of Minkowski spacetime (one temporal and four spatial dimensions); [it] exists beyond the material universe we inhabit [and is composed of] space, time, matter, and energy." - consistent with Einstein's statement, "Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But I do not doubt that the lion belongs to it even though he cannot at once reveal himself because of his enormous size."

2. The EPR Paradox/Quantum Entanglement, in which all matter and energy are linked together such that delineations between the quantum (energy) and classical (the visible, physical) worlds as well as time and space are non-existent so that movement of particles between dimensions plausible.

3. The Law of Conservation of Matter that states mass/energy cannot be destroyed or lost.

4. Superstring or String Theory, in which the universe is comprised of subatomic particles that form a one-dimensional vibrating string that can either be closed or open and appear as point particles in a 10-dimensional universe (one temporal and three spatial dimensions we perceive + six compact space dimensions we do not perceive) in which particles in extra dimensions are curled up to a size less than 10 to the negative 33rd power (known as the Planck length).

5. M-Theory, in which the universe consists of 11 dimensions composed of two-dimensional flat planes known as "branes" that lie infinitesimally close to each other, from which energy (such as gravitons, weak particles of gravity first described by Isaac Newton between AD 1665-1667, and possibly neutrinos) may leak from one brane to another, thus travel between dimensions.

6. The Existence of Dark (or invisible) Matter whose gravitational pull originating from an unseen, higher dimension (called a "tesseract"), counterbalances the inward gravitational pull of our universe to prevent it from collapsing corroborated by recent findings based on studies of the Milky Way, Willman 1 and Seague 1 galaxies that revealed "most ordinary matter is hidden as well" per Matter Gone Missing (Discover, June 2010).

With the existence of higher dimensions well established since the mid 1970s, mathematics (e.g. higher dimensional algebra, which per Ronald Brown, Higher Dimensional Group Theory (19 October 2006) is a "contrast between the [one] dimensional viewpoint and the higher dimensional viewpoint") has also evolved to reflect this reality.

Based on the existence of another dimension (referred to as the 5th dimension), R.C. Metcalf explained the resurrection and ascension relying on analogies from Charles Schultz's Peanuts comic-strip and Edwin Abbott's 1888 book, Flatland, and interpretations of Salvador Dali's 1954 "Crucifixion" painting (that portrayed removal of a dimension, retained a three-dimensional cross and added four cubes to symbolize the presence of a higher dimension, likely because of "an intuitive understanding of the higher dimensional nature of Christ's resurrection").

Per R.C. Metcalf, "if 'Peanuts' was a 'Flatland' (a two-dimensional world) comic and we lifted Linus off the page into our three-dimensional world, it would appear he disappeared to Charlie Brown [and company]." Likewise if a dead Flatlander (who appeared as a dot) was placed into an open tomb (that appeared as a "C") that was then sealed (making it a closed "O") the body could not escape unless the Flatlander had been a Spacelander (three-dimensional in form) "with the majority of his body in Spaceland [such that] even if his Flatland body had died, [he] would remain alive... [and] could remove himself from Flatland entirely by moving back into Spaceland from whence he came!"

Keith Ward, a Regius professor of divinity at Oxford University concurs when discussing the resurrection. Per his article, New physics shows resurrection to be possible (The Tablet, 30 November 2006), Ward wrote, "[Jesus'] body always was, like all physical bodies, an appearance to human minds of a deeper unimaginable reality (since based on a 'multiverse' concept, matter is an expression of a deeper veiled reality [that in effect explains the 'Holy Trinity' - the unity of 'three persons in one Godhead' as referred to in Matthew 28:19 - ...Make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"]). It could be instantaneously transformed into another form (a 'spiritual body,' Paul calls it) in another space-time."

"What you sow does not come to life unless it dies... What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body." [1 Corinthians 36,43-44]

Conclusion:

Based on the likely existence of an omninatural universe, historical facts, archeological artifacts, and laws of physics, Jesus through historicity and science ties in seamlessly with the textual accounts and Biblical scripture. Jesus' virgin birth occurred when His particles were inserted (by "The Holy Spirit" per scripture) into our dimension (Mary's womb, to be precise). Once in Mary's womb, these particles evolved into human corporeal form. However, despite Jesus' birth, the majority of His body remained in the 5th dimension (since He is one with the Father, as mentioned later) such that when He was crucified, we only saw a tiny picture - the portion that physically died (and as it died, particles likely collided between the two dimensions resulting in observable natural phenomena such as lightning and thunder, darkness, and an earthquake, to name a few). However, since the majority of Jesus' body did not die since it remained safely in the 5th dimension that we cannot see or perceive, He was able to step out of the tomb, passing through in the form of neutrinos. In doing so, the visible portion of Jesus' body left a 3D negative image on the Shroud of Turin.

"Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side." [John 20:27]

Jesus then walked the earth for 40 days with only the crucified, physical part of His body visible. Afterwards, the particles and matter that comprised Jesus' crucified body crossed into the 5th dimension to rejoin the rest of His body that had not been harmed.

In addition, since M-Theory permits particles to pass between dimensions, it is likely the particles comprising Jesus' body will again cross over (validating prophecies of His second coming). Furthermore, based on science it appears that the biblical account offered by John when viewed from an omninatural or multiverse perspective was literal in more ways than the disciples could have imagined since prior to Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension that made an eschatological (of or pertaining to the ultimate destiny of humanity) resurrection possible, no one could pass to the 5th dimension:

"Then Jesus said to them, 'I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.' Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, where are You going?' Jesus answered him, 'Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.'" [John 7:33, 13:36]

It also may explain the assumption of Mary - in willingly carrying Jesus in her womb, she gained the necessary matter from the 5th dimension to physically draw her body to it. In addition, Jesus' words, "I am the resurrection and life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, shall live" [John 11:25] and "I am the bread of life... If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh... Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." [John 6:48,51,54] may be indicative that such belief and partaking in communion (in which physics corroborates the process of transubstantiation - the conversion of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus through attraction of particles from His body (that likely constantly replicate in the same way our cells propagate) that cross over into our dimension to coalesce with and transform the bread and wine) is prerequisite to convert us into a Spacelander (known as "born again" in scripture) for entry into the higher dimension (where Jesus resides) per the Flatland analogy.

Based on historical and scientific evidence (in which, per R.C. Metcalf, "the physical events of the resurrection conform to the laws of nature"), Jewish scholar Pinchas Lapid believes, "a bodily resurrection could possibly have [taken place]" since "Jewish tradition includes six accounts of God reawakening the dead (e.g. 1 Kings 17:22, 2 Kings 4:35 and 2 Kings 13:21 in the Old Testament)" per Religion: Resurrection? (Time, 7 May 1979) which is supported by a Dead Sea scroll called, "Gabriel's Vision" dating from c. 100 BC- AD 1 that describes a Messiah who suffered and died, and an "archangel (Gabriel) order[ing Him] to arise from the dead in three days" per Israeli scholar Ada Yardeni as reported in A New Dead Sea Scroll in Stone? (Biblical Archaeology Review, 8 July 2008).

Finally, when based on the laws of science that dictate "there was always a time when something existed," scientific fact that the universe has existed for approximately 13.7 billion years indicative of a finite beginning per Ken Than, Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe? (National Geographic, 9 April 2010), R.C. Metcalf concludes it "leaves only one [viable] option, an eternally self-existent, self-sustaining God that exists separately from the material universe," which substantiates Jesus' statement "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End" [Revelation 21:6]. Accordingly, based on M-Theory while utilizing the Flatland analogy, Jesus' words, "I and My Father are one" [John 10:30] offer a plausible description of the multi-dimensional existence that enabled Him to step out of the tomb and ascend from this dimension forty days later.

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William Sutherland is a published poet and writer. He is the author of three books, "Poetry, Prayers & Haiku" (1999), "Russian Spring" (2003) and "Aaliyah Remembered: Her Life & The Person behind the Mystique" (2005) and has been published in poetry anthologies around the world. He has been featured in "Who's Who in New Poets" (1996), "The International Who's Who in Poetry" (2004), and is a member of the "International Poetry Hall of Fame." He is also a contributor to Wikipedia, the number one online encyclopedia and has had an article featured in "Genetic Disorders" Greenhaven Press (2009).

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The Shroud of Turin - Depiction of Jeshua Or Demonic Preview of the Antichrist?

The Shroud of Turin is either a priceless artifact or the prophetic blueprint of the world's most sinister plot--according to prior prophecies. Seed of ancient Hebrews currently dwelling in Israel in the south offer conclusive evidence as to the features of ancient Hebrews. Professor Hillel's DNA analysis in "History of a Myth" and "The Golden Fleece Found" give scientific evidence as to the identities and racial makeup of most ancient Hebrews, including those earliest Judeo-Christian converts of Jeshua.

The volume listed below suggests that the portraying of a European-looking Jeshua is not only in contradiction to the Second Commandment (Exodus 20:4) but that the deed might be a very sinister and demonic plot--a foundation seed preview of the Antichrist. We must explore that possibility. After all: think of the many "elect" persons that could be fooled by believing that the Messiah resurrected and became born again as, not a Hebrew Messiah ("to the Jew first") but as a European to reject His own. That could easily happen if we believe that the ancient Hebrews looked like the recent Jewish returnees (those that returned from Russia, Europe, and America). Could that rejection and recasting be based on this scripture in the King James Bible? John 1:11 states "He came to his own and they received Him not." The New Living Translation (printed 2007) states "He came to his own people and his own received him not." My simple question is this. Is it written that because "Some" of his own rejected him that He rejected his own people? I say "some" because that teaching is unfounded: all his disciples and over 90-percent of his then followers were Jews, mainly black Jews.

We would have a different perception if we observed the black skin and black hair--quite different facial characteristics-- of those Jews, whose ancestors resided in Israel from the time of Christ (the black shepherds or Bedouin) that inhabit the Wildernesses of Judea and Massada. Paintings in museums in Israel, Oman and other Arabic nations reveal that ancient Jews, Arabs and Africans looked so much alike that they were indistinguishable--except for dress and jewelry. Artifacts and coins in Syria's most revered history book "From Elba to Damascus" highlight the early black Syrian population also. Coins of the legendary Queen Zenobia of Syria (240-274 C.E) show a black lady with thick lips and braids. The Book of Esther in the Torah and the Bible, state that under the reign of Ahaserus, Jews who lived in Israel, inhabitants of Ethiopia and residents of India had indistinguishable features. That became apparent during the selection of a replacement queen for Queen Vashti. As a result, Esther (a black Jewish girl) got the nod. All ancient artifacts, drawings, and Torah descriptions point to the fact that ancient Hebrews were mainly black or dark brown peoples- Amos 9:7, Song of Solomon 1:5, and 1:6, Leviticus 13:31, Lev 13:37.

Description of Ancient Hebrews:
Their hairs were black: Leviticus 13:31 and 13:37...2 Kings 1:8. Genesis 25:25 (Torah texts "black knitted hair like rolled oats"; Exodus 25:23, Exodus 25:26; Numbers 6:5 hair knitted in locks; Song 5:11 "Hair black like those of a blackbird." Black Skin---Job 30:30 "My skin was black"...Song of Solomon 1:5, and 1:6 Black in appearance; Job 30:30, Amos 9:7.

Let us be very clear: Jeshua's followers were not persecuted and fed to lions because they were Semitic or Hamitic Hebrews. The strange truth is that because most ancient Hebrews were black in appearance, and because Jews were blamed for burning the most holy pagan city, Rome, hatred for Jews became universal hatred for blacks because since early times, Jewish traders, tent makers, and Hebrew texts' copyists were all black. So for the first 300 years of the proliferation of Rome's version of Gentile Christianity, when Jews--mainly black Jews--were hunted and persecuted, Europe knew only black Jews. Jews and black people became synonymous. Over time Satan, the biggest hater of black Hebrews (their shrines and temples are spoken about worldwide: David, Samson, Solomon) got nations to steal their land, precious resources and work them without pay for 400-year periods in fulfillment of Psalm 44:12, Isaiah 52: 5, and Genesis 15:13. Jews even got blamed for killing Jesus.

WHOSE IMAGE IS ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN?

European-looking Jews were non-existent during the time of Jeshua called "Jesus the Christ." In fact, the only European-looking people that Jesus or His disciples ever saw were Romans, perhaps Greeks and inhabitants of Adriatic coastal regions. Saul (mistaken for an Egyptian) Simon Bar Jonah, and most of Jeshua's disciples were all black or brown ancient Hebrews. The man called Simon (father of at least one of Jeshua's disciples) chosen to carry Jeshua's cross hailed from the African coastal town of Cyrene, now Libya, was also black or brown. The fact that Jeshua's natural mother, stepfather, and he as an infant could have gone to Egypt and not be recognized meant that they all must have looked like the black and brown Egyptians.

The Shroud:
If the Shroud of Turin is what the caretakers say it is, it would "Not" be a priceless artifact because it is patched. Original and priceless artifacts need to be in their original forms-as natural as possible. The artifact would be extremely pricey, but not priceless. If it is a fake, it would still be very valuable--because of its mastery. Which is it?

Previous Tests:

In 1988, after years of trying to secure permission to test the shroud, using numerous carbon-dating techniques approved by the Vatican authorities, scientists made their findings public. The fibers that they extracted proved that either the shroud or parts of the shroud were of woven fabric from medieval times--somewhere around the middle 13th to late 14th century. Some were more specific. They gave a timeline of approx 1250 to 1400 C.E. None of the examiners compared the features on the shroud to those of the ancient Hebrews.

REAL LITMUST TEST MISSING

It is well documented that one of the things that took place in the Upper Room in Israel during the 40-day wait after Jeshua's Resurrection was that the Holy Spirit transferred God's kinetic energy upon all Jeshua's disciples. While Jeshua was on earth, and more so now that He has attained the affirmation of Psalm 2, that kinetic energy is even more real. I can speak with such authority because I experienced it firsthand in the same Upper Room in 1998, while I visited the ruins of the synagogue where Jeshua preached, and at the ruins of Simon bar Jonah's house. Scientists affirm the existence of kinetic energy. It is described as energy attached to an object in motion, equal to half the mass of the body times the square of its velocity.

Prophets and extremely holy people are known to manifest very strong amounts of kinetic energy. Since Jeshua's kinetic energy is so strong that anything He touched or touches holds God's spiritual energy ad infinitum, why not include the obvious fail-proof test? The Vatican's ultimate litmus test for anyone being named for sainthood in the Catholic Church is the miraculous healing of a formerly sick person who allegedly touches a relic or picture of a dead Christian martyr. Think of how much more miraculous power and kinetic energy there is, if that Shroud is really the burial cloth of the Resurrected Christ? By continuing to insist that the European-looking image is Jeshua, according to the same prophecy book referenced previously, if someone can clone a body representing that depicted on the Shroud, what could prevent Satan from entering it? All spirits need bodies or objects of motion to attach their kinetic energies to. Since the image closely resembles Michelangelo's nephew, who posed for a portrait depicting Jeshua, WHAT A CLEVER WAY TO "FOOL THE VERY ELECT."

Suggested readings: The Golden Fleece Found by Basil Hill http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Fleece-Found-Basil-Hill/dp/1412043190

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The Gulf Oil 'Volcano' - A 2012 End-Time Sign?

Many people are talking about the year 2012 and whether or not it will bring the end of the world.

Some link their predictions to the fact that the ancient calendar of the Mayans comes to an abrupt end in December, 2012, as if time itself ceases to exist after that. Some cite prophecies in the Bible about the end of days and the coming of new heavens and a new earth. Still others, eschewing religious and spiritual explanations, point to scientific claims that man's accelerating destruction of his biosphere could soon lead to the end of all life on earth.

All of these doomsayers see fulfillment of their apocalyptic fears in the natural and man-made disasters that make the news nearly every night.

Take the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting from the explosion of a drilling rig. Oil spills are bad, of course, but is this one really so terrible as to possibly constitute a sign of 2012 end-tme events?

The world has survived oil spills before, notably the Exxon Valdez wreck that harmed wildlife and fishing in Alaska. But that disaster was minuscule, some experts say, compared to the ongoing environmental catastrophe in the Gulf.

One U.S. Army engineer has stated that, in his opinion, the oil pocket that was hit by the drillers was so powerful and under such intense pressure that it might be impossible to fully contain it. Some scientists have been quoted as saying the leak could be discharging as much as 25,000 barrels of oil a day -- much more than is being reported by mainstream media -- with no end in sight.

Many experts are saying we shouldn't even be referring to this as an oil spill. It is more properly described as an oil volcano, they say. Our earth itself has been wounded by our drilling, it seems. And it is responding by pumping out crude oil in never-before-seen volumes.

So what does all this mean? Some would have us believe this will turn out to be a normal oil-spill event, regrettable but not permanently damaging. We can expect pictures of oil-soaked beach sand and seabirds coated in goo, and some fishermen might lose their livelihoods -- but that will be about all.

At the other extreme, some are warning that if this oil volcano cannot be fully and permanently capped, it will lead to the death not only of the Gulf of Mexico, but of every ocean on earth. Imagine: No fish. No plankton. No whales, dolphins or seals. No sea birds (that feed on ocean life). It would be the end of a vital part of the food chain that is critical to all life, including the terrestrial kind -- even humans.

This latter scenario fits in perfectly with predictions about 2012, many of which talk about a great dying off or extinction, starting with the seas. This oil spill could well be the trigger for that chilling eventuality.

Remember, the disasters attending the so-called end times of 2012 will be "mega" ones: super earthquakes, extreme volcanoes, shockingly massive terror attacks... and,perhaps, bigger-than-big oil spills. Watch the news on this one, folks. Prepare yourself and your loved ones. And good luck to us all.

Don't believe everything you hear about 2012 and what it could mean to you personally -- but don't disbelieve everything, either. The truth is out there and can be discovered. See the 2012 Predictions site at http://www.2012alarm.com.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Who Were the Sons and Daughters of Mary and Joseph?

If you've ever wondered how many children Mary and Joseph had then you're in for a treat in this article. Specifically, I'll be discussing biblical, historical and references in Christian tradition Joseph and Mary's offspring. After you've finished with this article you should have an increased understanding of the important area of Jesus' family life.

Use Of The 'Brethren' Jewish Idiom-

'Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us?' (Mt 13:55-56).

In the Hebrew and Aramaic language which Jesus and his family used, the word 'brother' and 'sister' were used broadly in the family setting. This was mainly because Hebrew and Aramaic do not have a word for 'cousin.' In fact, the term 'brethren' was commonly understood to include cousins, relatives, in laws, nephews, even close family friends namely all members of an extended clan or family network.

An example of this word usage can be found as far back as the Book of Genesis, the first in the Bible; 'Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken..'(Gen 14:14) Lot was referred to in this verse as 'brother' but he was in fact and it is obvious from the text that he was Abraham's' nephew. The term 'brother' was therefore a 'catch all' phrase in the Hebrew language.

When the New Testament was written down the translators using the Greek language, though they had a word for 'cousin' chose to keep the broader Hebrew usage (idioms) for the words 'brother' and 'sister' to ensure continuity of the context in the Scripture passages as 'cousin' might have been too narrow, 'brethren' either male or female was less exact.

Confusion has arisen however in that the Greek for brother and sister, namely adelphos and adelphe respectively have a much narrower interpretation in normal usage than the Hebrew idioms had. These Greek terms are more like the English words for brother or sister i.e. referring to blood brothers and sisters or half brothers and sisters only, relatives strictly of the same parents and not extended family members.

Arguments That Jesus Was Not The Only Child-

Aside from the confusion over terms discussed above, there are a several prominent arguments for the theory that Jesus was NOT the only child of Joseph and Mary.

The first argument centres around the wording concerning Joseph and Mary's marriage and betrothal arrangements; 'And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son..' (Mt 1:25). This verse has led many to believe that AFTER Jesus' birth Mary and Joseph went on to have several children, the strict number of which is not identifiable or even mentioned in Scripture.

However, to refute this argument it must be remembered that when the Bible was written the word 'till' or the modern alternative 'until' actually meant that some action hadn't happened up until that point, it didn't imply an event happening later on (as it does in our language).

An example of the Biblical use of the word 'till' is found in the Book of Samuel, 'Michal the daughter of Saul had no children till the day of her death.' (2 Sam 6:23). The meaning of the word 'till' in the Biblical context here is obvious, it does not logically imply that Michal had children after her death.

A second argument is that Jesus was called the 'first born' hence there must have been children after him. Once again in those times the Jews used the term 'first born' differently than we do in our language which presupposes a second born.

For the Jews their 'first born' was the first male child that had 'opened the womb', who was to be presented and offered to God the father in the Temple as an offering (Jesus' presentation is a Feast celebrated on February 2nd each year). Therefore in Jewish idiom usage the first male child of a marriage was called the 'first-born' EVEN if he was only ever the only child of the marriage.

As Didymus commented in the year 386, '"It helps us to understand the terms 'first-born' and 'only-begotten' when the Evangelist tells us that Mary remained a virgin 'until she brought forth her first-born son' (Mt1:25); for neither did Mary, who is to be honoured and praised above all others, marry anyone else, nor did she ever become the Mother of anyone else, but even after childbirth she remained always and forever an immaculate virgin" (The Trinity 3:4 [A.D. 386]).

The third argument is very tenuous. Some say that a celibate marriage of Joseph and Mary (tradition attests that they had both made God inspired vows of virginity before their meeting and subsequent God inspired marriage) would have been impossible, even unnatural. However the great Scripture scholar Saint Jerome attests that the Holy Family was no ordinary family and that Jesus was, 'a virgin Son, born of a virginal wedlock'. The Messiah's immaculate purity necessitated his parents were immaculately pure also.

St Jerome supported the idea that both Joseph and Mary had taken vows of virginity prior to their marriage and known to God alone. Saint Joseph's purity would have been a fitting complement for the man who was to be the protector of God's new Ark of the Covenant, Mary, and his own Immaculate Son.

Arguments That Jesus WAS The Only Child

First of all, if Mary had not taken a vow of virginity BEFORE her marriage to Saint Joseph the question she asked the angel at the Annunciation would have been pointless. 'How can this be since I have no relations with a man?' (Luke 1:34), from the Church's earliest days the fathers of the Church have interpreted this Bible passage as meaning that Mary had made a vow of lifelong virginity which was unusual at that time but not unheard of.

Without the existence of this prior vow Mary's question to the angel would have been pointless as she wouldn't have asked 'how' she was to have a child, since she would have been expecting to conceive in the normal way as any newlywed would.

No, Mary's question makes sense only if there was a vow of virginity already made and offered to God (Church Tradition and the early fathers attest to this).

Further, a careful and studied look at the New Testament shows that Mary kept this vow of virginity and never had any children other than Jesus, no other child is mentioned in Scripture as being a son or daughter of Mary aside from Jesus. As Jesus grew up in Nazareth he was called, 'the son of Mary' (Mk 6:3) not 'a son of Mary' as there were no siblings to make this reference plural.

Secondly in the Gospel of Luke, when we are told of the finding of Jesus in the Temple at age twelve and his growth in age and wisdom at Nazareth, there is no hint or mention of ANY other children in the family. It is assumed throughout on careful reading of this passage that Jesus was Joseph and Mary's only child (Lk 2 41-52).

Thirdly at the Crucifixion Jesus entrusted his mother to the apostle John (John 19:26-27) if he had other blood brothers and sisters to look after Mary after his death why would Jesus have done this, entrusted his mother to someone outside the family circle?

Some have argued concerning this objection, that Jesus, who is love personified, may have 'fallen' out with his supposed brothers and sister because they didn't believe in him so he wanted to 'hurt' them by entrusting his mother to John instead.

It is hard to imagine why Jesus would have callously ignored his 'brothers' in favour of someone outside the family.

It was in 380 that Helvidius first brought forward the idea that the 'brothers of the Lord' or the 'brethren of the Lord' mentioned in the Gospels could be actual children born to Mary and Joseph after Jesus' birth.
Saint Jerome, the great Scripture scholar remarked about this idea that it was, ' novel, wicked, and a daring affront to the faith of the whole world'.

St Jerome three years later wrote ananswer to this assumption, ' I assert what has already been proven from the gospel-that Victorinus spoke of the brethren of the Lord not as being sons of Mary but brethren in the sense I have explained, that is to say, brethren in point of kinship, not by nature.'

( It is interesting to note that in the 1920's Jesus appeared to Sr Lucia, the seer of Fatima. In this vision Jesus warned of the sins of blasphemy against his Mother, one of which was the denial of Mary's perpetual virginity)

Saint Jerome in his treatise also went onto say that contrary to unsubstantiated and unreliable apocryphal writings such as the Proto-Evangelium of James-A.D. 125 (which claimed that Joseph was a widower with six children at the time of marrying Mary) St Joseph was a virgin who had never married and had consecrated himself totally to God's service in prayer. Such apocryphal writings never made it into Scripture or even Church tradition as they could not be substantiated sufficiently.

Summary

When on the Cross as he was dying, Jesus spoke to St John, 'Behold thy mother' he was also speaking to us and to Mary he said 'Behold thy son'. At that moment Jesus was spiritually entrusting all of his children redeemed at the price of his blood to Mary, his mother. He could not give us a better gift.

At that moment, Mary became the spiritual mother of millions of souls in all times and in all ages. The mystical mother of all God's children in Christ and as Mary is spiritual mother, by their marital union, St Joseph shares a spiritual fatherhood of all God's children as he was the father on earth of God's only begotten son.

So mystically speaking Mary and Joseph are mystical parents to billions of children worldwide, to the body of Christ on earth.

Surely, as Jesus chose to come to the earth through Mary the path back to God is through Jesus 'the way, the truth and the life'. On this path we are helped by the prayers and guidance of Mary and of Saint Joseph in Heaven. For more information on God's perfect love and about the sin of blasphemy against Mary go to: http://www.knowledgeofgodsperfectlove.com

Rose is an author, teacher and has been a catechist for the past ten years. She enjoys sharing the riches of the knowledge of the faith with others.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

2012 Changes - Top 3 Reasons Not to Fear the Coming 2012 Changes

In this article I put together the top three reasons why we should not fear the coming 2012 changes no matter how unsettling they seem in the interim. I will begin with a story about how I came to understand this.

About 10 years ago, I picked up the phone and called a psychic because I wanted some insight into the weird, confusing, and destabilizing events that were transpiring in my life and I didn't know where to turn. The psychic told me that my husband and I were leaving behind the karmic phase of our lives and going into the dharma phase (dharma I discovered means life purpose).

I had considered that good news, but then why weren't things getting better all of a sudden? In fact, many challenges, obstacles and difficulties were still on the horizon for years to come.

Back then I didn't understand that the crises would bring gifts way beyond what my human mind could possibly imagine. I just needed to go through the crises and creatively get past the obstacles and learn what I needed to learn rather than running away from them. (It was frightening while I was going through them, but what I learned in the process can help people deal with 2012 changes now.)

Going through that process also taught me a lot about what I know about reconnecting and integrating with your higher self and following through with your higher self's guidance--which I can now make available to others.

You could say that discovering the gifts of these hard times is what will end the hard times. You could also say that discovering the gifts of duality is what will end duality.

So Reason 1 is:
The 2012 changes will bring gifts way beyond what humanity can imagine right now. We just need to go through the crises (some of which are still to come) and get past the obstacles and we will discover creative solutions that we couldn't have discovered had things been on an "even keel."

Reason 2 is:
The 2012 changes have already been decreed according to Divine Plan.

We were never meant to go through the "dark" forever. The period of time that we were to be "in the dark" on this planet is a "blink of an eye" compared to the rest of our time in the universe.

In fact, this can be scientifically "proven" by closely studying the astronomy, the exact nature of the alignment that our planet and solar system is going through with respect to the Galactic Center (and, I have a feeling, with Cosmic Center).

Good news for non-scientists: I put this information together in a way so that anyone can understand what is happening and this understanding will help anyone not be afraid. (Well, you'll still have to go through your personal challenges. But if you understand what is going on, you'll be much more empowered and a lot less afraid.)

Some people will then bring up "The Matrix" and say that the Global Elite and the old systems will prevent whatever changes we're trying to make here (i.e. there will be obstacles). But people don't understand the Matrix very well.

The Global Elite are themselves a part of the Matrix, not the creators of the Matrix. Furthermore, they themselves are playing into Divine Plan. (However, that they are the creators and/or controllers of the Matrix is an illusion they'd like the world to embrace.)

They are as much a part of the Matrix, the Divine Plan, as you are. Reconnect to your higher self and follow through with your inner guidance and it won't take long to see these things from the perspective of your higher self.

So Reason 3 is:

All of it is a part of the Divine Plan and the Divine Plan assures the success of the end of this cycle for humanity. As for the individual, you will definitely need to do your part by following through with your higher self's plan. Your higher self holds the keys to your contribution and to your success.

These are the top three reasons why humanity should not fear, but actually welcome, the coming 2012 changes.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Top 12 Cool Interesting Facts About 2012

Aside from the obvious Mayan Calendar and Biblical references, there are also some interesting factoids spawning all over the web that would really add up to the end-of-the-world scenario. Some are interesting, some are funny, and most are just weirdly connected. Want to know them all?

1) The 2012 Olympics will be held in that great city of the World London.

2) NASA predicts that a great meteor will narrowly miss the earth in 2012.

3) The Vatican holds very closely to the Prophecy of St. Malachy. This Medieval Monk had described, one by one, a total of 112 popes until Doomsday. The current Pope, Benedict XVI is the 111th named Pope. Only one Pope remains. And he has a name: Peter the Roman.

4) There are exactly 2012 days between the June 20 2007 Summer solstice and the December 21 2012 Winter solstice.

5) It is anticipated that the last son of the KGB, Vladimir Putin, will return to rule Russia in 2012.

6) The Times News Network predicts that global financial markets will crash in 2012.

7) An elder of the New Zealand Maori reports that the Maoris have taught for centuries that the great curtain over the world will be "torn" in 2012.

8) According to numerology, every number has a corresponding letter associated with it. Reading the date as a number, 12-21-12, it translates into A-B-B-A-A-B. Reading it from left to right, it becomes BA ABBA. In Hebrew, a language read from left to right, it means "Father comes / Father is coming".

9) Did you know that the Earth has a heartbeat? Yes! It is called the Schumann Cavity Resonance, the frequency of the Earth. Since its discovery up 'til 1986 the Earth's "heartbeat" was a constant 7.8 Hertz per second. Since then it raised dramatically up to 10 Hertz per second, up to 1998. After that, magnetic properties of the Earth dramatically dropped and is expected to reach its zero point on... 2012.

10) When viewed from above, the layout of the three Giza Pyramids in Egypt coincides with the shape that will be assumed by the three stars which make up the belt of the constellation Orion on December 21, 2012.

11)World oil consumption is beginning to peak through the abuse and misuse of the earth's natural resources, and it is predicted that oil consumption will peak in 2012.

12)The alignment of Sun, Moon and the earth on December 21, 2012 is significant because gravitational release of hidden asteroids can take place.

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Bigfoot - Myth Or Reality?

The most well known creature and likely the most sought after one in and out of crypto zoological circles has to be Bigfoot also well known as 'Sasquatch". Bigfoot has become a historical legend dating back centuries and is one of the most debated creatures as to its existence. The Sasquatch is alleged to be an ape-like creature inhabiting forest and woodlands, often described as a large and hairy bipedal man like ape. There have been accounts and sighting of this mysterious creature from area's all around the world especially the Pacific Northwestern region of the US and Canada. The name Sasquatch meaning "wild man' comes from an Indian dialect thought to be from the Coast Salish Indian tribe of British Columbia. The more common name for the creature "Bigfoot" is a journalistic term that was generated by the media in the last century and was used because of large foot prints found thought to be linked to the creature.

Bigfoot has been described in many varying accounts from many different area's with some slight variance in exact details. Bigfoot is usually described as an ape like creature standing between 6 and 15 feet tall and weighing in the area of 400-600 pounds covered in brown to reddish tinted hair. The creature is often said to large eyes with a low set forehead and brow ridge , often a common human like facial description is mentioned. The creature is also commonly reported to have a strong and rather unpleasant smell by those who have claimed to get close enough. There have also been tracks linked to the creature of sizes in the range of 24 inches long and 8 inches wide, hence the nickname 'bigfoot".

Sightings and reports of Sasquatch have been around for centuries and have continued to be reported up to present day. Legends of the creature inhabiting area's of the Pacific Northwest go all the way back to the native Indian tribes such as the Salish, Lummi, Klallam, and Samish tribes. Many of these legends show accounts of a creature with very similar features as many of the modern day Bigfoot sightings. More modern sightings of the creature have also offered varying articles for use in trying to document the bigfoot existence such as photo's , film, plaster cast of footprints, even samples of hair thought to used for DNA testing. The Patterson-Gimlin film is perhaps the most well know of any alleged bigfoot footage and still baffles scientist today as to its authenticity. The film shows the creature walking along with "Frame-3523 showing a clear image of a creature fitting the description of Bigfoot. This film has been studied by various scientist and photo experts and has yet to be explained or proven to be a hoax.

There have also been many plaster cast made of alleged bigfoot prints in area's around the world. Many Crypto zoologist point to some of these cast as some of the most important evidence of a Bigfoot existence. Some of the well made cast show proof of a 'push-off mound in mid footprint" and many scientist agree this has value if only for its difficulty in hoaxing because neither fake wood nor rubber faked feet can create this feature. This footprint evidence also offers more interesting facts in the area of comfortable stepping distance for humans which is said to be about half the individual's standing height or a trace more, reported Sasquatch steps are in excess of three feet which can make the argument that these steps would be difficult to impossible to hoax or create artificially by someone wearing fake feet. Many eyewitness sightings of the creature have been reported and many of them coming from area's that are near rivers, lakes, or creeks along with area's with plentiful rainfall totals and many researchers say this points to a pattern of a living species occupying an ecological niche as opposed to all sightings being hoaxes.

Some scientist point out that the described ape-like man known as Bigfoot could actually be "Gigantopithecus". Fossils of this creature have been found in parts of china and its known that many species of animals migrated across the "Bering land bridge" and its not unreasonable that Gigantopithecus could have as well and would account for some bigfoot sightings. Although this hypothesis is generally considered as being entirely speculation as not enough is know about Gigantopithecus to provide an sustainable link. Other simply explain Sasquatch as being a unknown primate existing in the most extreme wilderness areas. Some even attribute the Sasquatch to being a product of UFO's.

Scientist will continue to debate the existence of the Sasquatch and many still consider it a mix of folklore , myth, and simple misidentifications. Most claim these sightings are simply hoax's or embellished accounts from eyewitness's with muddled memories and misinterpretations of what they actually saw. But the Sasquatch has become such a sought after creature that many organizations have been formed to not only research but track and attempt to prove its existence. These groups spend hours upon hours in area's around the world documenting sightings and evaluating all evidence collected. Through out the years the Sasquatch has become the poster creature of many in the Crypto Zoological field.

Is Sasquatch really inhabiting forest and wildlife area's around the world? Is this creature a yet to be discovered primate shying away from humanity? Or is this just a creature built from folklore and myth though out time only existing in the minds of mankind? Many believers await the day when reliable proof can be offered up and the long told story be given an exciting ending.

"The Search Continues"

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