ATLANTIUM Episode XXV

MARS...ANCIENT EARTH COLONY?

On the night before Halloween in 1938 millions of Americans were tuned in to a radio show featuring Plays directed and starring Orson Wells. The performance for that evening was an adaptation of the science fiction novel "War of the Worlds". The story about an invasion of aliens from Mars was broadcast across the country. The format of the play made it sound as if it was breaking news. This technique of performing a radio play with such realism was new and unfamiliar to many of the weekly listeners. The format sounded like an authentic news bulletin and the actors were reporters covering the story of unworldly ships that had crash landed on a farm just outside Grovers Mills New Jersey. The radio program was so convincing that a large number of people mistook it for a real news broadcast. As the program rolled on real news agencies started to pick up the story of the Martian invasion and a national panic ensued.

Mars has captivated the imagination of millions ever since Italian Angelo Secchi in 1858 discovered the existence of Canals on the surface of Mars. It wasn't long before ideas of advanced civilizations were at work on the planet building those canals. Today we know differently, an armada of deep space probes have mapped every inch of Mars. The Canals once thought to be martian made are nothing more than giant ruts cut by ancient running water. A new Martian controversy has taken center stage with seemingly endless potential. Viking I a Mars orbiting probe took pictures in 1976 of an immense feature on the surface that appeared to be a highly detailed human looking face. The photos set for years in NASA's files until they were discovered by researchers most notably Richard Hoagland. Hoagland was the first to claim that the face and nearby Pyramid structures were all evidence of an ancient martian civilization. The face is very human like and to some seems very reminiscent of the Sphinx. This has prompted a whole new crop of theories and speculation as to what these structures are and who might have built them. The area has come to be known as Cydonia, a vast smooth plain in the planets' northern hemisphere. More recently NASA returned to Mars with its' brand new high tech Odyssey probe and by popular demand flew over Cydonia. The probe returned some less than impressive digital high resolution photos. But still the features on the surface remain compelling to those that have spent years studying and theorizing what these curious structures might be. One remarkable idea lays out a connection between ancient Egypt and Cydonia. The face and nearby Pyramids share a great number of similarities. The Cydonia face carries the same headdress of the Sphinx and the Pharaohs. The cluster of large Pyramids seem to be arranged into a city with a town center and other large supporting buildings. Most of the theories propose that an ancient advanced Martian expeditionary party came to earth and established an outpost at Giza Egypt thus the many unique similarities. What if it was the other way around? Ancient Sanskrit texts from the Rama Empire describe in amazing detail the existence and use of advanced flying machines known as Vimanas. These flying marvels were common among a number of ancient empires at that time, including Atlantis, Egypt and the ancient Peruvians. The ancient texts chronicle the flights and battles that took place between these rival empires. One compelling aspect of the various stories is that these Vimanas were capable of fighting in space. Specially designed ships were capable of taking a contengent of troops to the Moon and the nearby Planets. Battles took place between the Rama Vimanas and those of the other empires in orbit above the Earth and other Planets. Egypt was noted as being one of the combatants in these stories and had Vimana technology on par to the Rama Empire. One possibility for the Face and Pyramids on Mars if they truely do exist could be that the ancient Egyptians left them there. Current science would find this utterly proposterous of coarse but science thought the world was flat. It is unclear how old these stories of Vimanas are, the Atlantium period is thought to have been 15,000 to 50,000 years ago. Our modern accepted ideas of civilization and use of technology only go back 7000 years or so. Could the structures at Cydonia on Mars be an ancient Earth colony? Did ancient humans travel to nearby Planets? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is "YES". Ancient artifacts and written accounts point to a time when ancient man was very familar with advanced flying machines. Artifacts from the Egyptians, Mayans, Peruvians, and the Rama Empire all point to an intricate understanding of flight and space travel. Maybe one day we will hear a real news bulletin stating that the Martians are us. ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XXIV

ANCIENT INTER DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL

The 90's Sci-Fi TV series "Sliders" explores the fantastic concept of traveling through an energy vortex that is connected to another dimension. The shows' heroes travel to a different dimension each week where they encounter one rude awakening after another. Real science has only just begun to generate theories about different dimensions and the possibilities they propose. Interesting ideas have been created in physics labs that point to atomic particles being present not only in our reality but in others simultaneously. In the Sliders series a machine was used to generate an opening between two closely aligned dimensions. These dimensions are envisioned as bubbles, like soap bubbles on water. Each bubble represents an entire reality just like ours. The bubbles are packed tightly together with their surfaces connecting to each other. In order to travel from one to the other you need to tear an opening where the two come together. In real life this would pose many complications, like what if the bubbles slide around and now you are no longer near the bubble you came from.

Not to worry, it seems there may be natural openings that exist between dimensions known as "Coordination Points". These points are all over the world and are natural gateways between our dimension and many others. The Pyramids at Giza Egypt are said to be one such Coordination Point. They are not all on the surface of the Earth, some may lay in the air above or in the depths below. When dimensions come together at these locations it would be possible to pass over, or just peer into the other side. This idea is not new it has been referenced many times down through ancient history. More recently strange artifacts and anecdotes from the last few hundred years have started to take on revived interest as more and more people have begun to open their minds to alternate possibilities. A number of researchers have gone back into newspapers and books from the 1700's forward looking for out of the ordinary accounts that may be connected in some way to the idea of inter dimensional travel. In 1885 a well digger discovered a clay doll at a depth of 320 feet. The doll was in good condition with many details clearly visible. The material it was found in was dated to over 300,000 years old. In 1826 well diggers near the Ohio River found a stump with a modern looking ax still stuck into it. The stump was found 100 feet down encased in a layer of material that dates to 100,000 years old. In 1851 the Boston Transcript reported that miners had blasted a metal vase out of solid rock. The vase made from zinc and silver had intricate floral patters in the metal work. The vase was cemented into limestone over 100,000 years old. 1853, a horned lizard was found in New Mexico inside solid rock. The lizard was still alive and had rested in a pocket molded perfectly to its body. The lizard was sent to the Smithsonian where it lived for a few days and died. In 1856 in St. Dizier France french workmen digging a railway tunnel were terrified when a large winged creature stumbled toward them and let out a squawk and fell at their feet. The animal was later identified as a Pterodactyl. The animal had been frozen in solid stone leaving a perfect mold of its body in the rock. Near Los Angeles in 1869 workers discovered a solid wall embedded in a coal mine. The wall featured perfectly formed unknown letters raised on its surface. The coal where the wall was found was over 200 million years old. In 1870 near Peoria Illinois well diggers lifted a copper coin the size of a quarter from 150 feet below. The coin was evenly made and featured detailed engravings on both sides. The material in which it was found dated to 150,000 B.C. In 1944 a sophisticated metal bell was found inside a lump of coal. The Bell was analysed and found to be made of unusual metals. These are but a small sampling of the strange stories that have been recorded in newspapers in the last few centuries. It is entirely possible that these stories are fiction and used solely for the purpose of selling newspapers. On the other hand stories like these appear very far back into our past. One possible explanation could be connected to the idea of Coordination Points and Inter Dimensional travel. These objects and animals could have been in the wrong place at the right time. If different dimensions do intersect from time to time they may claim objects and creatures in their paths. Pulling or pushing things from one side of the dimensional boundary to the other. Are these stories just an ancient version of Inquiring minds want to know? Are all of these ancient out of place artifacts mere hoaxes? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is "NO". The overwhelming number of these accounts of OOPARTs points to a different explanation. Perhaps in the near future science will discover the real secret of Sliding. ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XXIII

ANCIENT PERUVIAN SUPER-TECH

Galileo the 16th century Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who was most famous for inventing the telescope, would have been very surprised had he seen the Ica Stones. The Ica Stones named after a small Peruvian town near the Nazca Plains feature very detailed carvings of ancient Peruvians watching comets and other astral bodies with what appear to be telescopes. The stones were first discovered by a local farmer. The farmer told villagers that a flood had washed away the side of a mountain and reveled a cave. It was in this cave that he found thousands of the carved stones. The farmer began offering the stones to tourist as souvenirs then in 1966 geologists and archaeologist stumbled upon some the stones and were utterly amazed. The BBC aired a report that spotlighted the stones and a great deal of unwanted attention was focused on the small town.

Local government officials didn't want anymore treasure hunters or tomb raiders running around so they arrested the farmer and put him behind bars for violating the Peruvian antiquities laws.
The authorities soon released the farmer claiming he had made a full confession admitting that he was solely responsible for carving the stones himself. The farmer who was a very simple man with no formal education claimed he used illustrations he saw in books and magazines as inspiration for the carvings. The small town's physician Dr. Javier Cabrera Darquea became the farmers best customer. The doctor purchased hundreds of the stones and would ask the farmer how many he had. The farmer was always secretive and non committal about the origin of the stones presumably because he didn't want to return to jail. The doctor agreed to purchase all the remaining stones and discovered that over 15,000 stones existed. Each one depicting a different scene more amazing and incredible than the next. The doctor concluded very quickly that the farmer had no part in carving the stones, calculating that the farmer would have had to carve a stone each day for over 40 years. The stones are now part of a permanent museum owned and maintained by Dr. Cabrera. The stones appear to be a knowledge base recorded in a manner that would survive any natural forces that they could be subjected to here on earth. The stones are a form of encyclopedia, each stone illustrating some event or technological capability. Besides the stargazing Indians there are stones that show in great detail brain surgery, organ transplants, blood transfusions, flying craft and global maps. One stone shows the mythological continents of Lemuria in the Pacific and Atlantis in the Atlantic. One of the most astonishing themes of the stones are that of dinosaurs and man interacting. Scenes of Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex are carved identical to modern ideas of how these extinct animals appeared. Many of the stones contain the same graphic images that appear on the desert floor of the Nazca Plains. The stones were found near the site of one of Peru's greatest mysteries. The Nazca drawings are huge images etched in the desert floor that can only be seen from high above. The images were virtually unknown until the invention of the airplane. Erich Von Daniken made the Nazca Lines famous in his book Chariots of the gods. Von Daniken theorized that the lines were ancient runways and guide posts for flying craft that frequented the area. The age of the Nazca Lines are unknown, researchers believe they were made by ancient Peruvian Indians that lived in the desert 2500 years ago. It is reasonable to make a connection between the Nazca Lines and the Ica Stones. If the stones are a hoax then they are incredible forgeries that would require the skill and knowledge of many technologically advanced sciences. Not to mention the tools and carving skills to produce over 15,000 individually unique stones. What would possibly motivate someone or a group of someones to invest the time and money into such an endeavour? The obvious answer is money of coarse, but how much money could the farmer and his co-conspirators make selling the stones to a few tourists and locals? If the stones are not a hoax then what is this stone library telling us? The images singularly and collectively revel an astonishing awareness of ancient Peruvian Super-Tech. Ancient Indian Sanskrit texts from the Rama Empire describe a time thousands of years ago when a great technological world existed. Large flying craft made trips from what is now modern India to Peru. Many ancient cultures have made reference to this ancient time when the world was full of incredible technological achievement. One distinct possibility is that these stones were created as a medium for knowledge to be passed down through time without being corrupted by fire, water or the elements. An indestructible knowledge base. Why then if these ancients were so advanced didn't they use a more technical material like stainless steel or titanium? Are the Ica Stones an elaborate hoax? Did an ancient super advanced civilization leave us a stone encyclopedia? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is "NO". The Ica Stones are most likely carvings made by the nearby Nazca Indians. These stones could be an attempt at recording knowledge that was lost. Knowledge that was remembered by a surviving group of individuals years after a great cataclysm that destroyed all human civilization. This would explain why they used stone to capture as many events and technologies as they could that it might not pass from memory. ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XXII

GREETINGS FROM DREAMTIME

The ancient Aborigines the oldest know race of humans on the planet tell of a state of reality known as "Dreamtime". They believe our world was created by spirit beings in an earlier age called Dreamtime. This age began at the dawn of time and continues even until today. Aborigines have always believed that there are two realities, one is the world around us and the other is Dreamtime. In their detailed myths these spirit beings came to earth in shinning boats, flying canoes that sailed high above the water. Wanjina came down from the sky and lived on the land and when they became tired they returned to their abode in sky clouds. In the many caves around Ayres Rock the Aborigines have left portraits of how the Wanjina appeared to them over 18,000 years ago.

Much more recently the Egyptians carved a panel in the Step Pyramid at Saqqara that prominently features a man sized creature with large almond shaped eyes. The "Mothman of Saqqara" is an insect looking being that would be very menacing in appearance if seen in person. The creature was placed in among a group of humans working on the Pyramids and could have potentially been instructing them. The Egyptian creature is named after the Mothman legend of Clendenin, West Virgina. Members of this sleepy town discovered a bazaar creature living in an abandoned TNT factory near town. It was described as a human sized moth like being with large reflective eyes that could fly. The town suffered from the collapse of its Silver Bridge leaving 46 dead the week before Christmas in 1966. Many still until today believe that the Mothman was there to warn residents or observe the Bridge collapse tragedy. After the tragedy the Mothman was never seen again. The 8000 year old rock drawings at Val Comonica Italy depict two ancient human like beings floating as if weightless and dressed in what today could be described as spacesuits. The beings are holding instruments of some sort and wearing helmets made of a clear glass bubble. A cave drawing made by early man in Africa revels a humanoid creature clearly wearing a protective suit and helmet. Flying discs are swirling above his head. The discs are drawn from the side and from below. In Japan as many as 15,000 Dogu figurines have been found throughout the island. These highly intricate clay figurines range in age from 10,000 to 2500 years old. Very little is known about the Dogu figurines. Researches believe that the Dogu were fertility gods or religious icons. However the figurines are amazingly similar to many of the other ancient images found throughout the world. The figurines are also called "divers". In the years after deep diving suits were invented observers noticed how closely the outfits resembled diving gear. This was long before the advent of space flight and spacesuits. Today's deep diving suits feature claw like hands for workers to manipulate objects from inside their pressurized suits. Many of the Dogu figures have claw like hands extending from their arms. The Dogu could be 3D representations of the Aborigines' Wanjina. The Dogu and Wanjina both share many of the same features. Large goggle like eyes, a small vent like nose and an oversized suit. The observation suggests that the Dogu were dressed in a manner that protected them from the earths' environment. The fact that so many of the figurines have been found indicates that the primitive peoples of Japan were very aware and respectful of the Dogu. Could ancient man have actually seen and interacted with all of these nightmarish creatures subsequently creating elaborate mythologies around the experience? Are these images evidence of contact by a space fairing race of beings? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is YES. Artifacts and ancient texts are surfacing that suggest that the world 50,000 to 12,000 years ago was far different from today. The world was host to super technology and served as an inter-galactic spaceport. Just as today we have people who live in the modern sophistication of large metropolitan cities while African bushmen live in primitive grass huts. This same juxtaposition could have existed in the ancient world, primitive outlanders could have come in contact with these visitors and would have been awestruck. This truly would have seemed like a Dream. Atlantium. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XXI

ANCIENT SPACE TRAVEL


One of the most well know stories from the Hebrew Bible is that of Ezekiel. More than 2500 years ago Ezekiel stood on the desert floor near the river Chebar where he describes being visited by a massive flying machine. Among other things he denotes how the flying machine moved, how its parts worked and how it sounded. NASA engineers stripped back all the layers of poetry and created an artist rendering of how Ezekiel's Wheel may have really appeared and the results are astounding. Ezekiel was by no means the only Bible figure to describe strange aberrations in the sky. There are countless drawings, figurines and written descriptions of exotic flying objects that have been observed from the most distant past. If you look at the evidence on the surface alone it leaves one with the impression that "Space Travel " was common place in the ancient past.

The ancient Sumer were one of the most prolific chroniclers of Space Travel. Using a cuneiform alphabet of more that 400 letters they recorded in great detail the story of the space fairing Annunaki. The Annunaki traveled to Earth from a distant planet known to them as Nibiru. The Sumer left us with an enormous cache of information including crude artist renderings. Appearing on a Sumerian clay tablet is an image of what looks like a frame from a Hollywood storyboard. A Starship that looks eerily like the Enterprise from the Star Trek series is headed directly toward our solar system. The Sun and the Planets are depicted in the familiar flat plane that we use today. One remarkable detail featured in the image seems to represent a collector array on the left front pylon. Our modern spacecraft and satellites use this same dish shaped antenna to pick up weak radio signals that travel vast distances. These images are 6500 years old but yet still seem futuristic and contain knowledge that was only rediscovered in very recent times. The ancient Rama Empire known today as India left us with a cornucopia of data related to their space program and various flying craft. Sanskrit texts that have recently been translated define a number of various craft that are classified as being able to fly in the atmosphere only, while others are capable of space travel. One story tells of a battle on the moon and in orbit between the Rama and one of its rival empires. These Rama space craft were designed to carry a contingent of soldiers to any planet for deployment. The Egyptians carved images 5000 years ago of creatures they beleived came to earth from the heavens. Images of various craft have been discovered recently at the temple Abydos. These highly controversial carvings have set traditional archaeology on its heels. The images are detailed reliefs of futuristic flying craft that mainstream historians say are just a fluke. That in fact even though these images look like modern aircraft they are just the result of panels being carved over and over a number of times leaving these completely unintentional images. More recently the skies over 16th century Europe were filled with advanced flying craft. Many Renaissance painters conspicuously included them in religious frescos. Often the craft are seen with their deft pilots at the controls. The New World has had its share of space travelers, the Maya left us a number of elaborate stone carvings that reveal highly technical illustrations of space craft. Even ancient Japan has a long heritage of artifacts, writings and paintings that memorialize fantastic flying machines and their operators. The Dogu figurines dating back 10,000 to 30,000 years are an enigma. These ancient astronauts with there intricately carved spacesuits and helmets were made by humans that according to modern science were just emerging from their caves. These awesome looking figurines have been found in many areas and are always uniquely similar. The Dogu figurines always feature large goggles, a helmet and a complex suit with pockets and straps. How could the ancient Japanese conceived of these images when they were barely beyond wearing animal skins? All of these ancient artifacts leave us with many difficult questions. How did all of these ancient primitive cultures create such compelling ideas and technological understanding? Did these ancient people produce these ideas and objects? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is NO. All of these ideas and artifacts are most likely the ancient worlds' best shot at remembering an earlier age. The age prior to our earliest recorded history, the time from 50,000 to 12,000 years ago. New and amazing information is beginning to emerge that may put mankind on a completely different footing. We may ultimately find that our real origins are well beyond the bounds of this world. ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XX

OZ...THE REAL EDEN?

The 1939 landmark movie "The Wizard of OZ " starring Judy Garland features the promise land destination known as the "Emerald City". The characters in the film all have one goal in common and that is to reach the futuristic city where every need and prayer can be fulfilled. L. Frank Baum wrote the cult classic "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" in 1900 along with 13 sequels in the years following. He envisioned The Emerald City as a modern metropolis on a hill where an advanced society dwelled. At the helm of this great and advanced center of technology lives a Wizard. An individual that possesses awesome knowledge and power. This theme has echoed down through our history for thousands of years.

The book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible opens with the story of how God created the Garden of Eden and placed his ultimate creation Adam within its midst. The Eden was complete and contained all that a prototype man and woman could want or need. Soon, Eve and Adam became dissatisfied with Eden and were expelled for there corrupt behavior. This myth is present at the core of ancient writings from the Sumerians, Babylonians, Indians and hundreds of different cultures from all around the world. The Greek philosopher Plato referred to a great continent in the Atlantic known as Atlantis. He learned of the Atlanteans from the Egyptians who knew of them from the Sumerians. In every version of the ancient stories of our beginnings there is a great city, a very advanced culture, a wizard and a fall from grace. Edgar Cayce the great sooth sayer of the early 20th century described an advanced civilization called Mu meaning motherland that existed 50,000 to 15,000 years ago. Lemuria, Oz, are other names used to refer to Mu which exisited before and then along side Atlantis. Writings and oral records indicate that Mu was a continent that was situated in the Pacific between the Americas and Australia. The story of Mu and Atlantis are the story of Eden. These great paradises were all lost to cataclysm wrought by a wizard, an extraterrestrial or in the case of Genesis God Almighty. A picture is evolving from the ancient record that is being gathered by modern researchers from the four corners of the world. This picture yet fully developed is revelling an astonishing possibility that the Earth was truly an Eden in the ancient past. The ATLANTIUM is the world of Mu and Atlantis, a world host to a global civilization that spanned the entire planet. A world where every technological advance had been realized, a world where inter-planetary space travel was common place, where every need of man had been met. When the Atlantium was destroyed in a worldwide planet level event the few left behind immortalized it. How would a band of randomly chosen people today describe our world to their children if all that we know were lost? There would be no way to recover from that kind of destruction and the world would have no choice but to start over from scratch. Wouldn't we tell of a paradise on earth where the land flowed with milk and honey and men flew in the sky and traveled to the stars? In the ATLANTIUM continuum the answer is YES. We are in the Atlantium continuum, our world is most likely a re-run of the ancient world. We have had only 12,000 years to reorganize and are still potentially as much as 40,000 years behind the first Atlantium. It doesn't take much imagination to realize that if man continues on the track of technological advances that have been achieved in the last 50-100 years we will soon be living in a miracle world. Will our planet be a Garden of Eden in 40,000 years? ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XIX

CIVILIZATION.... GIFT FROM ABOVE?

It is difficult to imagine when your sitting in your car listening to satellite radio, stuck in traffic in a major urban enclave that everything around you may have come from the sky. Recently, volumes of information from researchers has been surfacing that raise powerful questions. Where did ancient civilization really come from? Scientists and Archaeologists agree that the first truly organized civilizations began in Mesopotamia with the Sumerians some 6500 years ago. From there two very different trains of thought diverge.

The classic knowledge base says that man was living in caves and hunting for food using primitive weapons. Then the cavemen just settled down for some reason and started making cities and creating everything a civilized community would need. Before the Sumerians there is no record of incremental developments in writing, math, astronomy, education, government, or any other component of civilized life. It seems that these amazing humans just pulled up there sandal straps and invented everything that they needed. The Sumer were prolific writers, using an alphabet consisting of 400 symbols they wrote down everything on clay and stone tablets. One thing about the writings of the Sumerians is that they wrote everything in stone. No one today can say that their writings have been altered for political, religious or translation reasons. What you see is what they wrote. This singular fact is what makes the records of the Sumer so important today. Zecharia Sitchin one of the few people worldwide that can read Sumerian cuneiform has written many books on the writings of the ancient Sumerians. His study has taken him down a very different path than that of his colleagues. Sitchin has spent 40 years reading and studying the ancient writings of the Sumerians and he believes that the texts describe actual events that took place and are not mere mythologies. Mainstream academia summarizes the Sumerian stories as Mythos, elaborate physco-symboligy that attempts to explain creation and mans relationship with God. Sitchin believes that the Sumerians lived among a super advanced space fairing race called the Annunaki. And it was these not so benevolent space travelers that gave humans everything they needed to create a civilization. The Sumerians wrote that the Annunaki came from the outer solar system from a planet called Nibiru. They gave early man mathematics, time measurement that we still use today and just about everything else a modern civilization would need. From literally no where cities with water and sewer systems, streets, government, writing, financial systems, education, science, astronomy and many other advanced ideas sprang into being. The Sumerians wrote that the Annunaki translated "Those from heaven who came to Earth" gave them all the knowledge that they had. Today we still use the 60 minute 60 second time model that the Sumer say was given to them by the Annunaki. Many other concepts like the 12 month calendar and the constellations of the Zodiac to name but just a few are still in use today. If the Sumer had created all of these modern achievements on there own why would they give all the credit to a mythological Annunaki? The Sumerians had elaborate knowledge of our solar system, they were fully aware of the location of all the planets in the solar system, the constellations of the zodiac and the procession of the equinoxes. All of this 5000 years before the invention of the first telescope. In a relief panel made by rolling a metal scroll over wet clay the solar system is clearly represented with the sun in the center and 10 planets revolving around it. The tenth planet is Nibiru the Annunaki home world. It was thought that the Earth was the center of the solar system and all the planets revolved around it until the 1600's some 5500 years later. Could the Sumerians have lived among super advanced spacemen? Did the Annunaki give mankind a jump start and hand down key knowledge from the sky? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is YES. It is clear that the Sumerians were amazingly advanced, creating many concepts and ideas that we still use everyday. After 6500 years their ideas must be pretty good for us to still be using them. Ancient works from all over the world tell of a time before a great deluge when man was company to angels that came to earth and shared their wealth and knowledge with man. The Sumer were most likely the last Atlanteans. ATLANTIUM/Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XVIII

ANCIENT DATABASE REVELED

The ancient Egyptians and Greeks spoke of an astral library known to them as the Akasha. The word Akasha means "Sky", "Space" or "Aether" intimating that it dwells outside the physical. The Akashic Records were described by the ancients as a "Hall of Knowledge" where everything that has ever happened, or will happen is stored in millisecond by millisecond detail. The Akashic Record also chronicles the details of all animals, plants, minerals, and objects that ever have or ever will exist. Every person dead, alive or to be born has every moment of their lives recorded in the great Akasha. A great computer database in the sky.

The Hebrew Bible refers to these records as the "Book of Life", an infinite scroll that God uses to record every thought of every individual. This record can be changed and cleansed, the mistakes and sins of individuals can be blotted from the "Book of Life". The Book is consulted as to whether a dead individual is to be permitted into Heaven. These stories are all composite elements of one first story that has been passed down from the ancient past. Edgar Cayce born in 1877 became world famous after discovering the cure to his own life threatening illness by tapping into the Akashic Records. Cayce had only an eighth grade education, yet he dictated volumes upon volumes of information about subjects like math, science, medicine, history and the future. When asked how he obtained this knowledge he claimed to be able to connect with the Akasha. He said he could know anything about anything that ever happened or will ever happen. Cayce would go into a self hypnotic trance and speak aloud about any subject he was asked about. Cayce was asked to look back as far as he could into the records and describe what he found. He told of the Atlanteans and their struggles with various factions within, and how their continent was destroyed by the explosion of an overcharged crystal. He concluded that refugees of Atlantis settled in Egypt and Central America. One of his most famous readings reveled that a Hall of Records would be found beneath the Sphinx at Giza. Cayce died in 1945 and his family maintains a library of all his readings over 14,000 of them in all. Today scientists primarily in the realm of physics and quantum mechanics are looking at the idea of information being at the root of all existence. Evolving theories include ideas with names like Plank scale, zero point energy and the aether physics model. All matter and all the vacuum of space are made of atomic particles that when pulled apart continue to get smaller and smaller until you get down to the core building block. This bottom level is the Plank Scale. The lego of the Universe, from this the smallest of all elements, everything exists. In one compelling idea this element is called an Aether Unit a magnetic field that oscillates. Many Physicists believe that these smallest particles are a form of information energy, and that the Universe is an unimaginably vast sea of information energy. A well known physics experiment concluded that photons behave differently when being observed leading many to conclude that the consciousness of the experimenter was influencing the behavior of the photons. Some scientists believe that our thoughts could have a connection to this ocean of information energy and that this energy could be connected to us in some way. Is the Universe itself a giant ocean of data? Could the ancients have known what science is only now rediscovering? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is YES. The myths told by our ancestors are most likely encrypted ancient knowledge that has been passed down until today. Only now are we just beginning to decode these myths with science and reason. Edgar Cayce said that time was like a ball and that everything that has, or ever will happen is in that ball taking place all at the same time. It is only our human perception that makes it seem to flow in a progression. Are we ready to Google the "Book of Life"? ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XVII

MERCURY... ANCIENT SPACEMAN?

The Roman god Mercury was a swift and just messenger capable of sending messages to Heaven at lightning speeds. He was depicted as having wings sprouting from his ankles and head emphasizing his speed and agility. The Mercury of the Romans was a derivative of a long line of information technologists. The oldest known reference to a Deity resembling Mercury was made by the Ancient Sumer. They described creatures known to them as Nephilim, meaning "lofty Ones" or "Those who came to Earth from Heaven".

The Sumer sculpted images of these beings as half bird and half man, they wrote extensively about how these beings travelled from Earth to Heaven and back at will. One possibility is that the Sumer wanted to make a clear statement that these man like beings could fly. One of the well documented stories details the fascination and desire the Nephilim had for human women and how they bred with them generating a race of super hybrids. The Hebrew Bible eludes to these events in Genesis chapter six. The Sumer's Nephilim became the Egyptian god Thoth. Thoth was depicted as having the head of an Ibis bird and the body of a man. A very close iteration of the Nephilim as described by the Sumer 2000 years earlier. Thoth was the Egyptian god that created writing, chronicled all knowledge and was the measurer

and recorder of time. Thoth was thought to be scribe to the gods and maintained a great library of scrolls. His images are prolific among the ruins of ancient Egyptian temples. Thoth always has one form of instrument or device in his hand or about his head. What these curious items are and their purpose may never be understood. Thoth evolved into the Greek god Hermes a thousand years on resuming his post as herald to the gods. Hermes carries messages from earth to the gods in Heaven. All of these figures carried an instrument called by the Romans a Caduceus. A staff with two snakes entwined around it. When real life Roman messengers carried important news or information across the battlefield to the opposing leadership they in fact bore a Caduceus. This provided complete protection for messengers, no one would dare harm them if they carried a Caduceus. The Sumerians were the first to document the appearance of the Nephilim and record the amazing and thought provoking behavior of a being that inspired many great empires. Were Mercury and all his progenitors spacemen? Were their behavior and capabilities patterned after an individual from a space fairing civilization that once lived on Earth? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is YES. The Ancient Sumer recorded many stories of the Nephilim, the Hebrew Bible refers to them as Fallen Angels and their mark on humanity has continued until today. Just like many other ancient artifacts that are taken for granted, they remain Mercurial until viewed through the filter of scientific curiosity. ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author

ATLANTIUM Episode XVI

WAKE UP, SMELL THE TECHNOLOGY

The 60's Sci-Fi movie opus "Planet of the Apes" contains a profound and famous scene of three Ape judges confronted with irrefutable evidence of Human Technology and then striking the iconic pose of Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil. These three Ape judges refused to be persuaded by the facts. Today many ancient artifacts are confusing Scientists and bewildering authorities in all disciplines.

The precept of an ancient technologically advanced civilization dating back 35,000 to 50,000 years ago is not a consideration for contemporary science. A rock discovered in the Lanzhou province of China was found to contain an intricately machined shaft of metal. The stone is at least tens of thousands of years old and contains a screw that could have been made in a modern machine shop. The Chinese have studied it and have no explanation how such a modern piece of technology came to set inside a stone formed millennia ago. No theories were put forth by these scholars. Instead looking to outer space for an explanation for the existence of the mysterious rock. "Perhaps the machined metal is a relic from a nearby civilization in space", some of the researchers have been quoted as saying. A similar rock made the Russian newspapers recently. The stone contained a Nut and Bolt which was obviously there for quite some time. Nuts and Bolts are a fairly modern contrivance.

Another ancient belief buster are the hundreds of glass and crystal lenses that have been found in many ancient ruins around the world. Some of these precision ground lenses have been dated to 3500 b.c. and beyond. Optics of this caliber were not commonly available until the late 1500s. A ground lens was excavated from the Palace of the Assyrian King Sargon II who lived 800 years before Christ. The lens which sets in a British Museum is a perfect convex lens with a flat plane base. This lens was ground in a way known today as "Toroidal" the process was first invented in the 1900s. Roman authors Seneca and Cicero wrote of magnification and minute works of art produced under a magnifying glass. Cicero writes of a miniature version of the Iliad so small that it could fit inside a nutshell. It is from this the expression " in a nutshell" came into being after being passed on by Shakespeare in the play of Hamlet. Robert Temple best selling author writes extensively about OOPARTS (Out Of Place ARTifacts) and is a collector of ancient lenses. He writes about taking a sample from his collection and showing it to the Greek and Roman antiquities department of the British Museum. They immediately said it was a "fake" it was made of glass and they didn't make these back then. Had the lens been crystal it would have dated to 700 b.c. Temple had no doubt that it was crystal and had the lens analysed by the Natural History Museum which proved that the object was rock crystal, and hence genuine. The interesting part of the comment by the British Museum expert who insisted the lens was a fake and said none of this can be real is that Temple has come across this response many times. He calls it "consensus blindness". People agree not to see what they are convinced cannot exist. 'Everyone knows' that there was no optical technology in antiquity, so consequently when you come across it, staring you in the face, you go blind. End of conflict. Could an ancient worldwide society have made advanced optics and precision tooled metal? Did early man use these advanced artifacts left over after some global catastrophe? In the Atlantium continuum the answer is YES. It is possible that an ancient advanced civilization made these technologically advanced artifacts. If we could just open our minds enough to at least question the origins of these amazing creations we may be astounded by what we find. "Once I was blind, now I see" (from the hymn "Amazing Grace" written by John Newton 1748) ATLANTIUM. Roc Hatfield/Author