Great Britain
Many of you will know I am English and my heart is firmly implanted in this windy island, but also my posts for this great isle are few and far between. There is one reason for that – we actually know very little about our true history.
Places like Avebury – the ancient site I have visited the most as I’ve always lived relatively close by, and which I call my spiritual home – are as mysterious as the people who built them. I often find myself infuriated at the guesswork employed by so-called scholars as to what these sites were built for, and that evidence is based only on archaeological discoveries. Fair enough, one might think, but in our modern world we have almost completely removed the spiritual aspects of our being in favour of a materialistic and technological society. The further we move into that society, the farther we travel away from truth. Until we actually look at wider reasons why these sites were built, we will never know. Certainly places like Stonehenge and Avebury were undoubtedly created with another purpose in mind. Just like the great pyramids in Giza, and all over the world, we are scratching our heads since this knowledge has either been lost, or is being kept secret by small groups of people who wish that we remain in total ignorance of where we really came from. The reasons for that are simple – none of it fits with the Darwinian model of linear evolution. It is clear to me after decades of research that our ancestors knew something that we don’t. No, not something, but many things.
Britain is the perfect example. Of course, the name itself comes from the Roman invaders, who named it Britannia. Our historical records come from the very empire that invaded us and, as the article says, most of those texts are biased. Prior to Roman invasion, and later Vikings, Normans, and many others, Britain was pretty much left to evolve by itself for thousands of years. Sure, there were migrations, of that there is no doubt, but the problem is without any historical records we really have no idea about how this great country existed. The archaeological evidence alone shows how people lived, but the spiritual aspects are as elusive as the elixir of life. We simply cannot explain our history by artefacts dug from the ground, for all that tells us is practical elements of society – it does not tell us how they were thinking. Let me give you an example. The blue stones that were erected at Stonehenge came from west Wales, a logistical nightmare even by today’s standards. So there is only one conclusion that can be made – these stones had a deep, spiritual importance for the people to even bother to transport them over such a huge distance. But there also might be a technological reason for their use, and if one steps out of the mainstream academic view, itself blinded by tunnel vision, we start to see that there was something else going on with these sites that we haven’t even begun to understand. Sound technology was most probably implemented in ways we don’t fully understand, and I say that from my own research and personal experience at these sites. Earth energies may have been utilised. Hallucinogenic drugs like magic mushrooms were also most likely used on some level, but our governments, who enforce ridiculous petty rules onto us, ensure these ideas aren’t even considered by mainstream academia because they are not socially acceptable. Brushing the obvious under the carpet does not help us to understand what was occurring at these places, and thus what was going on in the minds of our ancestors. Until we unlock these codes, we won’t even begin to understand.
Recently, research was done which concluded the pyramids of Egypt could store electromagnetic energy, and when we start to think in those terms, we are not only pushing the boundaries of our own thought, but we are beginning to get a glimpse into the highly advanced technology that was available prior to the worst attack on the human psyche that has ever occurred on this planet – religion. When I say religion I would suggest any religion that was created around two thousand years ago and since – Christianity and Islam stick out in that context. Hinduism, the oldest religion in the world, Buddhism, and a few others, hark back to a time when religion was exactly what it is supposed to be – deeply spiritual, without strict rules laid down that only exist to control the minds of the population and eliminate their capacity to think for themselves. And thus we return to Britain – the deeply spiritual religion that once existed here is as obscure as the reasons Stonehenge was built. We find ourselves lost, our culture has no ancient identity, and until we break through the barrier that has been created by mainstream archaeology and academia, we will be scratching our heads for another two thousand years. Thankfully, those who are thinking outside the box have indeed started to scratch the surface – earth energies, healing sanctuaries, higher vibrational frequencies, sound technologies and even higher dimensions of existence all come into play when we start to think properly. And by thinking in those terms we actually connect with our ancestors on a spiritual level.
Our modern technology may be advancing on one level, but actually when you think about it we are digressing very rapidly. We are not evolving at all. We are swiftly devolving into a materialist being and all traces of our true spiritual being are being removed from us only to be replaced with a robotic slave that exists only to line the pockets of certain individuals. Like Graham Hancock once said, one can only conclude a demonic force has taken over our beautiful planet and is intent only on total destruction of not only the earth, but the beings that live on it. We do stand at a crossroads, and unless we all start to wake up we will soon be in deep trouble. Without our spirituality – our true essence – we are heading down a very dark path indeed.

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/rites-before-romanitas-reconstructing-britains-iron-age-beliefs.htm

Greece
Located west of the Isthmus of Corinth, the ancient city of Tenea has finally been discovered by archaeologists.
Although excavations started in 2013, it was only in the last two months that archaeologists had realised what they had discovered based on artefacts and rich grave goods.
Famed for being founded by Trojan captives from the even more famous Trojan wars, the city was extremely wealthy and the artefacts discovered so far bear this out. The city would have been an important connection between nearby Corinth and the south-western city of Argos, one of the earliest settlements in civilised western history.
Very little is known about Tenea, although there are many historical references which clearly suggest the city was founded by Trojans. This itself tells us a lot about how ancient prisoners were used after defeat. Of course, it was the Mycenaeans who were responsible for this entire episode, as their culture was the dominant force in Greece at that time. Following the destruction of Mycenae and the palace economy after the wars, commerce then shifted towards the coastal cities of Argos and Corinth, and also trade between Greece and Asia Minor flourished even further as Greek colonisers settled in Asia Minor itself. It does seem a rather odd thing to do – to emigrate to another country to start colonising, but then to bring immigrants into your own country to build new cities and settle. Maybe they both preferred the weather in each other’s country! However, the most likely scenario is that skill sets learned by different cultures could be implemented in both areas so that trade becomes much easier. In other words, if one culture is making square plugs and the other round holes, they don’t mix. By migrating these skills and swapping ideas trade would flourish under the same implemented system, and this may be one reason why we see such a boom in engineering techniques and trade during the first millennium BC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46205607?fbclid=IwAR1pQ5XNeNuU5i63bRsC1accpdYvelD-ZpD7M4VJDcF9Pd3_1HZyKZwqmYI

Turkey
Sardis, one of the longest-running archaeological digs in history (1910 – 1914, 1922, 1958 – present day), was once the capital of the Lydian culture, the dominant force in western Anatolia for a thousand years before further Greek and Persian invasions.
Not to be confused with the contemporary culture of Lycia, which co-existed further east and contained a different language, Lydia included cities such as Troy, Ephesus and Miletus.
Sardis is located approximately 50 km east from the modern city of Izmir and, unlike many of its sister cities, was located further inland and so avoided many coastal raids from Greeks and Persians, and later pirates, although that didn’t mean the city was immune from inland attacks. Lydian culture itself was already gone long before the Roman Empire came to power. The city of Sardis, however, remained in use until the Byzantine era. From 1250 BC, the time of the Greek siege of Troy, the city remained the power center of the Lydian culture until the mid-6th century BC. Attacks from Cimmerians (7th Century BC), Greeks (6th Century BC), and Athenians and Persians (5th Century BC) shows how the city’s power was weakened during those centuries. Despite the Athenian attack in the 5th Century BC, the city remained under Persian rule from the 5th Century BC until the city surrendered to Alexander the Great in 334 BC, along with the rest of Anatolia. In the Hellenistic period the city was taken by King Antiochos III (3rd Century BC), and later the Romans.
Turkey contains some of the world’s most important archaeological sites, and one could argue the most important, due to the country being the bridge between east and west for more than 2,500 years. Troy, Ephesus, Gobekli Tepe, and so many more important cities, without which our world would not be what it is today. And then there’s the cult of Artemis and Apollo, along with Leto, which I strongly believe originated in Anatolia and not Greece, which shows how influential ancient Anatolian cities were in the formation of western culture.
Anatolian states were long established prior to the Greeks and the Romans, and only the Minoans and the Mycenaeans can boast a contemporary culture. At that time, however, Minoan influence in Anatolia was almost non-existent compared with the connection to mainland Greece. It seems during the second millennium BC these incredibly important city states pretty much avoided one another in regards to conflict until the great Trojan Wars, but trade would have been thriving nonetheless. Greek invasions of Asia Minor only occurred in an influential manner when their own city states started to collapse. Mycenae itself collapsed as a palace economy after the Trojan Wars through huge earthquakes which leveled the city around the same time as the victory over Troy itself. Irony, one might say, but it appears much of the wealth of the Mycenaeans was being funneled into the war effort. Thus a combination of a weakened economy and natural disasters brought an end to the Mycenaean culture and saw the rise of the Greek city states, such as Athens and Sparta.
Sardis remains as a legacy of Anatolian power prior to Greek or Persian influence, with now-extinct languages and a unique culture that highly influenced its southern European partners. Let’s hope excavations continue for another sixty years.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/harvard-archaeologists-probe-the-secrets-of-sardis/

Peru
Twenty wooden sculptures have been found in a corridor in Chan Chan that had been buried for many centuries. Despite one of the sculptures disintegrating, nineteen remain intact. Estimated to be around 750 years old, the dry climate and burial of the sculptures meant they had remained undisturbed for a considerable time.
I visited Chan Chan, located outside the modern city of Trujillo, back in 2004 and it was the largest civilisation ever to have existed in Peru, prior to the rise of the Inca empire. In fact the Inca had a hard time pacifying the natives. The Inca spread so fast in western south America that no other civilisation could halt their rapid ascent, but the city of Chan Chan was so huge the Inca decided not to attack the city, and instead used a tactic which would become synonymous with the Roman empire – slow pacification and unification through steady cultural dissolution. If my memory serves me correctly, the process took around ten years, which is strangely similar to the story of the Greeks and the city of Troy.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/centuries-old-wooden-statues-discovered-peru/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2018-10-24T13:22:31   

Egypt
A shrine dedicated to Ramses II and used throughout the period has been fully excavated.
The site is located in the Matariya district in Cairo.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/315098/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Excavation-of-King-Ramses-II-shrine-in-Matariya-co.aspx

Bulgaria
This short article packs a punch with its revelation.
Ancient Greek trading vessels were plentiful, but whether at the bottom of the sea or on land, all traces of these ships have disappeared along with ancient Greek culture, except for parts of ships preserved in sediment and other protective environments. Think back to the raising of the Mary Rose. Only one side of the ship existed because it was buried in the sand – the rest of the ship had totally disintegrated in the salt water environment.
But this incredible discovery of a Greek ship shows the vessel fully intact – the 1.2-mile depth means the ship lies in oxygen-free water where no deterioration of the wood can occur.
Bringing it to the surface, however, would prove almost impossible.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/23/worlds-oldest-intact-shipwreck-discovered-bottom-black-sea/1736855002/

The Evolution took four-and-a-half years from start to print, and I was expecting The Guru to be completed well within that time. Now it has been four-and-a-half years since I started The Guru and the end is nowhere in sight. For sure, two years of writer’s block can be taken into consideration, and the reason for the block, which I now understand, is because the original idea for the book was wrong.
Recently I have completed the second draft and what has evolved from the first is a complete rewriting of the story in many places, to the point that the guru himself is no longer the central character. Instead, the relationship between the protagonist and Anjali, a woman he first met in The Evolution, has become the central focus. Ironically The Guru description, which I wrote several years ago, does explain that the story is about relationships, but it has evolved so much that it overshadows anything the guru is doing in the story.
Recently I have had the second draft proof read by a good friend of mine who works with film scripts in London, and his advice has been invaluable. We both agree that the relationship between the two central characters needs to be developed a bit more, and that the guru himself has gone from the central character to a side character.
The story itself is thrilling with twists and turns that will leave the reader wondering what’s happening until the very last page, so the actual framework to the story is going very well. The problem is it is mixed together with chapters I wrote more than four years ago and those original chapters need to removed or rewritten. The first quarter of the book will probably be removed entirely, and the guru himself may also be removed from the story, depending on how the third draft evolves.
After a very long telephone conversation with my friend about the content of the book in comparison with the original we have both agreed that the book title will be changed. We have also agreed on the new title. The book will be re-packaged and, unfortunately, I will most probably need to commission a new painting for the cover as the old one may have to go. I will be rewriting The Guru section in the website in the coming days also.
I can reveal that the book will now be simply entitled, ‘Sita’.
I still hope to go for publication next year, but for now I need to leave the book alone and allow the subconscious to work out how to resolve the issues from the second draft. Already there are many ideas coming forth on how to develop the next draft.
Despite the length of time this book has taken I believe it will be a better book than The Evolution. The concept is completely different.
With The Evolution we are basically reading a diary, so that every thought of the main character is written down in detail. Sita is not written in the same format and almost comes from the third person, so that the adventure takes precedent over any internal thought mechanisms of the protagonist. Again we will read the same mix of fact and fiction, and the second draft of Sita has evolved around the ancient Hindu epic, The Ramayana, hence the new title.