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Dr. Judd Burton Out of Canaan: The Western Trajectory of the Iron Age Giant Diaspora
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ne of the enduring questions in giant research has to do with their collective fate during the first millennium B.C. In other words, “after David defeats the Rephaim Goliath, what happens to the giants of the Levant?” Obviously, their numbers are greatly reduced hereafter because the last mention of a giant in the Biblical text is 2 Samuel 21, in which David and his men were killing off the last of the Philistine giants, in this case, brothers of Goliath and other inhabitants of Gath. There are no direct references hereafter in the Old Testament, but there are cultural phenomena that occur in the Mediterranean world which suggest where surviving giants may have gone. Clearly, some kind of diaspora occurred.
I should clarify that I believe this diffusion to be a multi-axial diaspora. The giants would not have been completely restricted in the corridors they chose for their departures. A northwest track into the Celtic and Norse worlds is probable, as is yet another course out of Mesopotamia into the Indian Ocean and the Pacific world. This brief paper is a synopsis of the earliest phases of the westward-oriented migrations of giants from the Levant. Our story begins in the middle of the Hebrew conquest of Canaan (anytime between c. 1400-1200 B.C.), which began with Joshua and continued into the period of the Judges. This ongoing campaign destroyed and displaced a substantial number of giants, including Og of Bashan, but did not eradicate them. Contemporary with the conquest is a tremendous political and economic shift in the Aegean Civilizations of Crete and the Myceneans. The volcanic 2
eruption on Therea (c. 1550 B.C.), the depredations of the Sea Peoples—a multi-ethnic group of pirates—and likely successive droughts displaced many of the Minoans on Crete and likely many of the Mycenaeans on the Greek mainland, the latter being dominant in the Aegean as of c. 1400 B.C. Caphtor was often identified with Crete in the Bible (ie, Deut. 2:23, Amos 9:7), and as the ancestral homeland of the Philistines before they arrived in the Levant. It is possible that the Cretan and Mycenaean giants (Rephaim) were not just displaced but rather may have been deployed as reinforcements in the Levant in order to strengthen forces and increase their chances of destroying the bloodline of the Messiah. After the defeat of Goliath and the other Rephaim in ancient Israel, giants drop off the radar in the Near East during the early Iron Age. Another cultural phenomenon known as orientalizing begins in the 9th and 8th centuries B.C. and is pertinent to our discussion here. In short, it is the cultural impact of the ancient Near East on the Archaic Greek world, as evinced by mythological themes from Mesopotamia and the Levant becoming commonplace on Greek pottery at this time. There is a quantifiable movement of ideas from the Levant to the Greek world in the west. The Mediterranean Sea is a natural east-west thoroughfare for not only commerce, but also ideas and people. The same would be true for escaping giants. It is worth noting that the Greeks believed a number of their gods, demi-gods, and heroes came from Asia. The Phoenician king of Tyre Agenor, thought to have ruled before 2000 B.C., was born of Poseidon and the human princess Libya. Agenor’s children moved westward and settled in Anatolia and Thebes. Zeus absconded with Agenor’s daughter Europa (from whom the continent, consequently, takes its name) and their union produced none other than King Minos of Crete (Caphtor) whose wife bore the half-man, half-bull Minotaur. Thasos, son of Poseidon, set out from Phoenicia in search of Europa and eventually founded a city on the island of the same name in northern Greece. The Phrygian mother goddess Cybele and the river god Sangerios were also revered by Greeks. Tantalos, a king of the city state of the same
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name, and sometimes referred to as the King of Phrygia, was colonies around the Mediterranean provided a cultural corridor for the son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. He was sent to Tartarus the remnants of giants to take up temporary residence or travel for serving a stew made from his son Pelops to the gods. Asian further westward. In the case of the Phoenicians, this was likely influence may also be seen in the form of the demi-gods Medus the Rephaim, as they are mentioned in the Rash Shamra Texts. and Perses, from whom Media and Persia took their names. According to the historian Herodotus, the Amazons—a tribe of The shining example in this hypothesis, however, is the foundation fierce female warriors—came from Sarmatia in modern Ukraine. of Rome on the banks of the Tiber in 753 B.C. Rome’s origins, like The Iliad relates that semi-divine members travelled west to assist many civilizations, are a combination of history and mythology. the Trojans in the Trojan War, such as Penthesilia, the daughter The historian Livy tells us that the tribes who came to establish the of the god Ares. In ancient Greek and Latin texts Belos is the Roman civilization were originally refugees from the Trojan War name used for Marduk, thought to have been the same as Zeus or (which as we now know, actually happened c. 1250 B.C.), led by Aeneas, himself son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. The Jupiter by the Greeks (and likely the Canaanite Baal). Greek Evander of Pallantine established the city of Pallantium on I don’t mean to say that there were not giants and traditions of the site of Rome some years before the Trojan War, and instituted semi-divine beings in the Aegean before the proposed diaspora the Lupercalia, the chief rite of the god Pan, of whom Evander in the first millennium B.C. Anatolian and Greek mythologies are was a devotee. Evander would assist Aeneas and his people replete with stories of giants and such beings. The Odyssey and when they arrived because Evander had known Aeneas’ family. Iliad for instance, have been shown to have historical components, Two of their descendants founded the city of Rome: Romulus as demonstrated by archaeology and classicist Moses Finlay’s and Remus. These two co-regents were the progeny of the god The World of Odysseus. As a point of reference for giantkind, Mars and a Vestal Virgin named Rhea Sylvia. In giant/Watcher it should also be noted that Odysseus encounters a number of fashion, Mars raped Rhea Sylvia and the semi-divine, gigantic hostile gigantic races on his return, including the Cyclopean giants, Romulus and Remus were born, and eventually grew to found the and the Laistrygonians, who hurled boulders at Odysseus and his city. Indeed, we know from the antiquarian records kept by the men. However, the emergence of cities and key civilizations in the earliest of Rome’s scribes, the first king of Rome was a historical eastern and especially the western Mediterannean have a certain figure named Romulus. If Mars was an ancient Nephilim, and gigantic bouquet about them, and as such, denote a probable migrated first to Greece and then to the Italian peninsula, this trajectory of exit. would go a long way towards suggesting a western giant exodus. Furthermore, Romulus eventually killed his brother Remus over The Phoenicians of the Levantine coast were the greatest mariners who would be king. Ambition, greed, lust, murder, city-building……. of the ancient world. Their navigational prowess was well known Rome’s origins smack of gigantic influence and its founding fits and respected in the Mediterranean (by the likes of none other than the chronology of a Westward migration from the Levant. King Solomon), and is further illustrated by their voyages beyond Gibraltar to the west African coast and the tin mines of Cornwall The Celt-Iberian world of ancient Spain represents the westernmost in Britain. The Phoenicians were also great colonizers, having Mediterranean refuge of giants having left the Levant. The Celts established city states around the Mediterranean Basin. In 814 B.C. themselves believed in primordial giants such as the Fomors, the Phoenicians established the North African city of Carthage in and founding giants as in the case of the Tuatha de Dannan. In what is today Tunisia. From this colony grew the Carthaginian Greek and Roman era chronicles, generals and soldiers record Empire, which spread into Spain, Corsica, and Sardinia. A chain of their impressions of some Celts, whom they deemed gigantic red 3
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and blonde-haired behemoths. The absorption of Spain by Rome during the Punic Wars brought the Romans in direct contact with them. Historical, mythological, archaeological, and anthropological evidence point to decline in the population of Levantine giants, and their subsequent migration from the Iron Age Near East. The Mediterranean Sea offered a natural western trajectory for the course that at least some of the giants would have taken for polities and societies less hostile to their kind. The established Phoenician trade routes offered such access, with their cultural and religious familiarity, providing a string of colonies—particularly Carthaginian north Africa—in the Mediterranean. Likewise, Anatolia, Greece, and the Aegean world provided a northern Mediterranean east-west line through which giants could pass or settle into. Again, this cultural sphere would have been familiar with, and somewhat welcoming of demi-gods as rulers and warriors. Further displacement of men and giants from the Troad after the great war with Mycenae paved the way for the establishment of some of the Italic ethnicities and eventually the founding of Rome under the demi-gods Romulus and Remus. The northern paths of movement would have culminated in the Iberian Peninsula before further giants presumably crossed the Atlantic for destinations such as the British Isles and especially the Americas. Given the disappearance of giants from the Biblical text after Goliath and his brothers, and taken with the opening or existence of certain “giant-friendly” corridors in the Mediterranean, it is prudent to conclude that the sea and its cultural milieu served as the western path for the Iron Age diaspora of Levantine giants. Future articles will examine other trajectories. Dr. Judd H. Burton
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers…
Mark Conn The Coming One-World Religion
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here are many stories that need attention right now, from massive sea life deaths in the Pacific Ocean (as reported here and here) to the radiation leaks at the New Mexico WIPP facility, to the apparent invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces and the possible recall of the Russian Ambassador from the United States back to Russia, or the alarming rise in genetic birth defects in Washington state.
But there is another story that is unfolding. Every believer who has studied the Word of God understands that in the end times, there would rise a unified, one-world religion.
In referring to himself in this manner, he revealed that he carried a message to the gathered ministers from the Vatican and Pope Francis himself. The Catholic and Charismatic Renewal is the hope of the Church. Then just before playing a specially recorded video message from Pope Francis to Kenneth Copeland, Palmer told the cheering crowd, When my wife saw that she could be Catholic, and Charismatic, and Evangelical, and Pentecostal, and it was absolutely accepted in the Catholic Church, she said that she would like to reconnect her roots with the Catholic culture. So she did. As you will see in the video, the crowd cheered as he continued, Brothers and sisters, Luther’s protest is over. Is yours?
That time is upon us. Since Pope Francis has been Pope, he has expressed a desire for the unity of the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and other Protestant denominations. The Lutheran Church signed an agreement with the Vatican over the very doctrine which Luther protested nearly 500 years ago. The Methodists have also signed an agreement with the Vatican on justification. And now, just a few weeks ago, an historic overture took place. During the annual Ministers’ Conference of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Anglican Episcopal Bishop Tony Palmer announced that he came in the spirit of Elijah, a direct reference to Malachi 4:5-6 5
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Click on the image below to watch the entire 22 minute video clip, but be prepared to be disquieted:
Pope Francis hasn’t limited his appeal for unity to only “Christian” denominations. He has also been courting Muslims. During his first ecumenical meeting, he said this: I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you. I really appreciate your presence: in it I see a tangible sign of the will to grow in mutual esteem and cooperation for the common good of humanity. More recently, he had this to say about Muslims: We must never forget that they “profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, who will judge humanity on the last day.”
During the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church developed their official dogma regarding anyone who believes that salvation is through Jesus Christ alone - they are condemned to hell: If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification, and that it is not in any way necessary, that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will; let him be anathema The Catholic Church has never reversed or renounced that statement. In fact, they have reaffirmed it many times throughout the years. So if Pope Francis really wants to reach an accord on justification, he needs to reverse this. Apparently, this isn’t going to stop some “Christian” organizations from uniting with Rome and declaring Francis to be “their Pope.” Why allow such a small thing as faith alone in Christ alone to stop unity? (That was sarcasm, in case you missed it). 6
By making this statement, he is calling into question the very foundational belief of Christianity - that Jesus Christ is God Himself. Muslims reject that Jesus Christ is God. The two beliefs are incompatible. But Pope Francis wants everyone to be unified, so He also extends the umbrella of salvation to atheists! The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not do evil. All of us. ‘But, Father, this is not Catholic! He cannot do good.’ Yes, he can… The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!.. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.
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And in the first ecumenical meeting that I mentioned above, he reveals he feels “close” to those who don’t even have a religious tradition:
distances of the Church of the people. But it is a serious illness, this of ideological Christians. It is an illness, but it is not new, eh?
In this, we feel close even to all those men and women who, In Revelation 6:9 - just barely at the beginning of the Tribulation whilst not recognizing themselves belonging to any religious Period, we read this haunting account: tradition, feel themselves nevertheless to be in search of truth, And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the goodness and beauty, this truth, goodness and beauty of God, souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the and who are our precious allies in efforts to defend the dignity testimony which they held: of man, in building a peaceful coexistence among peoples and in guarding Creation carefully. At this point in Scripture, if my understanding of prophetic Just a few decades ago, even a few years ago, a one-world religion chronology is accurate, the Tribulation Period has only begun. would have been unthinkable. Now, not only is it “thinkable,” we Where have these martyrs come from? It is important for us to remember that throughout much of history since Jesus Christ, can see that it is likely. there is one group who has killed generations of Christians who Here’s the response from Kenneth Copeland to the Pope’s overture dared to disagree with them - the Roman Catholic Church. And today Christians are being martyred daily by Muslims. for unity: …it is our duty to honor the Pope’s request and, as a Body of believers, join our faith with his by coming together in unity and agreeing with him in his quest, and for what is in his heart: the unity of the Body of Christ.
Could it be that resistance to unification with this forming oneworld religion, based on the quote above from Pope Francis, would be viewed as a “serious illness?” And those who stood in the way of unity would be purged, removed so as to not stand in the way of “progress?”
Kenneth Copeland represents a very large segment of charismatic Christians throughout the United States and, by his own admission earlier, even thinking about uniting with the Catholic Church when he began his ministry would have been “impossible.”
The puzzle pieces are falling into place, the end time one-world religion seems as if it is just around the corner, and the march toward the end has now become a sprint.
It seems he has changed his mind.
It’s time for the people of God to make their lamps ready.
Before we leave this post, there’s one more piece that we should examine. The Pope’s desire to “unite” seems to extend to include just about anyone - anyone, that is, other than Christians who take their faith too seriously!
I believe the Bridegroom is coming.
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Mark Conn is an author and speaker on the topics of biblical prophecy and end time events. You can find his blog at www.markconn.org
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to the research.1 The mere fact that these human fossil footprints are found in sedimentary rock & their young age is consistent with the model of Biblical Creation regarding life origins; not the evolutionary paradigm.
Aaron Judkins Forbidden Archaeology: Footprints in Stone
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ou might recall that in the last issue, I discussed the Ica Stones and why I came to the conclusion that they are not authentic after all. However, I listed several other evidences that should not be ignored one of which is the human fossil footprints. It is generally recognized that the rocks have left us a record of human activity in the past. But in 1976, the finding of the Laetoli footprints in Africa literally put evolution back on the map. Mary Leaky discovered 70 human footprints in stone, in volcanic tuff, in Tanzania known as the Laetoli tracks. But anthropologist have interpreted them of the age to fit the social paradigm of human evolution. They looked like they were made by modern human beings, but that created a problem. The fossil footprints were in a stratum that dated at 3.7 million years. No modern human could have laid down that track since we were not around yet according to the theory of evolution. But this is not the first time that human fossil footprints have been found in supposed ancient rock strata. Many track sites around the world point to a global phenomenon. Recently, in Mexico they dated preserved fossil footprints in travertine, a sedimentary rock that contains minute traces of uranium from the waters in which it formed. Since uranium decays into the element thorium at predictable rates, the scientists were able to measure the ratio of those materials to determine the specimens’ ages. Their results showed that the pair of tracks discovered in 1961, now housed at Saltillo’s Museo del Desierto, were [only] about 10,550 years old. The 11 other prints, which remain where they were found in a Cuatro Ciénegas quarry, dated back about 7,250 years, according 8
If a fossil footprint is not made by a human then it is not a problem for evolution. But what about the human footprints in stone? That would seem to support Genesis. Is the fact that some are found next to dinosaurs indicate we lived at the same time as the giant plants, insects and animals of the ancient world? The first several chapters of Genesis talk of the giants of old; men of renown. Goliath and the King of Bashan give us glimpses of these giants by placing them at approx. 10-12 feet tall. I have spent the last 17 years excavating and researching this phenomenon which began on the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas. I have interviewed over the years the old-timers such as the late Emmitt McFall, who was born and raised in Glen Rose. He showed me personally where these giant human fossil footprints have been discovered and where others had been cut out in the 1930’s by the early researchers. I have also interviewed the late Grover Gibbs who has co-authored the book, “Valley of the Giants” (available at www.paluxydragon.Webstore.com). He has also explored the region of the Paluxy River ever since he was a kid. Growing up he worked at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Glen Rose. Occasionally, the young Grover gave tours to people who wanted to see the dinosaur tracks and human tracks. In the late 60’s C.N. Doughtery, who also co-authored “Valley of the Giants”, moved to the Glen Rose area and began to research the tracks. In their book he explains that when asking the locals how big the human tracks were they would slowly spread their hands apart till about the 18-24 inch mark. Could man once have been 12-18 feet tall? Doughtery walked the river month after month waiting for the right conditions to spot these alleged goliath sized impressions. Two years later his efforts paid off and spotted not 1 Nicholas J. Felstead, Silvia Gonzalez, et al. (2013). Holoceneaged human footprints from the Cuatrociénegas Basin, NE Mexico Journal of Archaeological Science
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one but two giant men tracks. The prints measured 21 and one half inches long and 8 inches across the toes with a seven foot stride from heal to heal. A man with 22 inch feet and a 7-foot step would be approximately 12 foot tall! But were these human tracks? Both Gibbs and Doughtery were convinced till their deaths. So was the late Mr. Alvis Delk who discovered the “Delk Print” now housed at the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas (www.creationevidence.org). I visited Mr. Delk about year before his death as he was in very poor health. I asked him about the track he found showing a dinosaur & human footprint in a limestone rock slab. He confirmed that indeed he had found the track in the river and that he believed it to be authentic. Before I left, I asked Mr. Delk if there was anything else he wanted to say about his find or if he had hoaxed it. He looked me in the eye & told me directly, “Everything I have told you is the truth. I’m not a liar.” Mr. Delk died recently with that same conviction. The implications of the Paluxy river footprints are significant. Dinosaurs and giant human tracks in the same strata imply that: A) Dinosaur tracks are found in the same limestone strata as the human fossil footprints. This indicates that dinosaurs and men lived at the same time and not 65 million years apart as evolution teaches! B) Aliens can be ruled out as an explanation for our existence. Human fossil footprints present a huge problem and threat to the scientific community. Here’s why: 1. If the tracks are millions of years old, why haven’t they eroded away millions of years ago? Running water over a print for 65 million years should have erased these prints so long ago. Since they were not eroded away, could it mean that they were placed down recently – perhaps only a few thousand years ago? 9
2. Evolution has to rewrite its theories and timelines so that humans and dinosaurs lived contemporaneously. 3. Greater confidence can be put in the book of Genesis, which states that God created all living things in 6 days. Did humans evolve over millions of years through evolutionary change? Was life seeded from outer space by alien-like creatures with advanced technology? Or are we the product of special creation as outlined in Genesis? Could these footprints in stone simply be as they appear – from a modern human? To the scientific community it’s unthinkable and unacceptable. Why? Because they would have to conclude that either modern man is much older than evolution theorizes or that the rock is much younger. Either way, this is a big problem for evolution. Evolution embodies the frustrations of questionable identity, uncertain past, meaningless present, and a hopeless future. It is apparent that as more discoveries are made, they will continue to contradict the accepted evolutionary model. In fact, more recent conclusions by scientists show that the fossil evidence is devastating to the evolutionary model and negates the entire concept of uniformity and the evolution of man. This is only a brief introduction to this intriguing subject of human footprints in stone. If you would like to continue this study there is a good resource book I wrote on this subject entitled, “Evolution and Human Fossil Footprints.” Also, be sure to view the new documentary “Forbidden History Part 2: Footprints in Stone” at www.aaronjudkins.pivotshare.com. As always, check out my website at www.aaronjudkins.com
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culture , some even using his image on cd covers. Shocking as it may seem for music artists to lift up a murderer who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds and possibly thousands according to sources, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Tony Kail Narco Culture: Deadly Trends
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he recent arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquin ‘Guzmán Loera known as ‘El Chapo’ after a 13 year manhunt brought the spotlight once again onto the threat of the drug cartels and their influence in America. Officials estimate that 90% of the cocaine that comes into the United States comes from drug cartels in Mexico.
Much like the world of American ‘gangster rap’ culture, the Drug War has acquired it’s own form of popular culture. Commonly known as ‘narcocultura’ or ‘narcoculture’, an entire industry has been built upon the aesthetics, personalities and history of the Drug War.
For a little insight into the life and crimes of Gúzman In April of 2012, Gúzman and his men left the dismembered bodies of fourteen Journalist Alma Guillermoprieto defines narcoculture as “The members of the Los Zetas cartel in Nuevo Laredo with a narco production of symbols, rituals and artifacts that allow people banner signed involved in the drug trade to recognize themselves as part of a with his name. community, to establish a hierarchy in which the acts they are Gúzman helped required to perform acquire positive value and to absorb the establish a billion terror inherent in their line of work.” dollar network with the Hell’s Angels The symbols, rituals and artifacts that are common to narcoculture motorcycle gang celebrate the lives of cartel leaders, drug trafficking groups and and the Canadian group violence. Historically the ‘outlaw’ has been a popular symbol th Mafia to funnel in Mexico. During the mid 19 century, the outlaw Joaquín Murrieta marijuana into New became very popular among Mexican pop culture. Murrieta was known as the Robin Hood of Mexico. During the California gold York. rush Murrieta was known as a bandit who would steal from the Gúzman became so rich from the exploits of the cartel that rich and give to the poor. Legend stated that Murrieta’s was Forbes magazine listed him as one of the world’s top billionaires. whipped by white Americans with a horse whip. Murrieta’s wife Gúzman has actually become a folkloric figure among Mexican was raped and his half-brother lynched. Murrieta became a bandit communities. He is considered a hero by many that see him from who set out to steal horses and help the impoverished. Murrieta became a symbol of hope and is believed to be the inspiration for coming from rags to riches. the popular fictional character Zoro. His struggle against Anglos Gúzman is even revered among some American rap artists. Songs represented the struggle that many Mexicans felt was their own. with lyrics speaking of ‘El Chapo’ can be found in gangster rap 10
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Clothing, jewelry, entertainment and publications bring the world of the Mexican drug trafficker into the limelight celebrating the lives of these individuals much like comic book heroes in the West. Journalists have noted that much of the cartel lifestyle is becoming very popular among disenchanted youth and young adults in Mexico. Cartel leaders are being viewed as examples of how someone can rise above the poverty and hardships found in poorer communities of Mexico. Drug dealers, murderers and terrorists are being seen as ‘celebrities’ that youth can seek to aspire to be. A 2013 survey of 1,400 junior high school students in eight Mexican states found that more than 26 percent of the students aspire to become narcos for the cartels. This has also created a fertile breeding ground for young cartel members known as ‘narco juniors’. Juniors are prized by the cartels as youth are not usually suspected to be cartel members. Juniors also stand a chance of not serving prison time if arrested because of their age. There is also a growing number of children of cartel leaders that are appearing in social media glamorizing the cartel lifestyle. Teenage daughters of the leadership of the Los Templarios Caballeros cartel are featured in Facebook and Instagram networks performing music and wearing symbols of the cartel. The son of cartel leader Chapo Guzman has been featured glamorizing the narco lifestyle by posing in photographs with African lions and automatic weapons. Narco culture has become such a huge phenomena that a university in Sinaloa Mexico has dedicated an entire department to the study of narco culture. 11
One of the most popular aspects of narcoculture is the musical style known as ‘narco corrido’. The narco corridor style of music takes it’s form from the early epic narrative songs from the Middle Ages which told stories of heroes and quests and historical events. Early forms of the music featured guitars and singers until the influence of Germans in Texas brought the use of the accordion to the corridos giving it a ‘polka’ sound. Early corridos were ballads about notable Mexican figures like Pancho Villa. The narco corrido took the stories and legends of drug cartels and personalities in the Drug War and set them to music. Today some researchers have called narco corridos ‘Gangster rap with accordions’. One of the first popular groups to play narco corridos was ‘Los Tigres del Norte’. The group’s songs glorified the drug trade by crooning stories of marijuana dealers escaping police and evading their enemies. The documentary ‘Narcocultura’ features footage of a band playing narcocorridos on stage in a nightclub. The audience is singing along with the lead singer with lyrics singing of beheading, arson and shooting victims while dealing drugs. The lead singer raises a full-size military grade bazooka on his shoulder and welcomes the crowd in El Paso. El Paso? Surely a band singing songs about murdering drug cartels and bringing bazookas on stage is happening in another country? No my friends. It is happening here. To make matters worse, it is being pushed into the American retail market as a form of valid entertainment. A quick search of Wal-Mart’s online store reveals a number of narcocorrido bands cd’s for sale. In the documentary,
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a narco artist brags about how he first sold around 800 copies of his music to Wal-Mart and that know they have bought literally thousands of his cd’s. Some of you may think “well this is just entertainment. It’s no different than some of the filth that’s out there already.” While there is a lot of junk out there, this music is written with a purpose designed by the cartels themselves. Cartels have been documented hiring artists and giving them lyrics about drug dealers, murders and threats toward rival cartels. In one scene of Narcocultura, a narcocorrido musician meets a group of cartel members in a parked car. The leader of the group dials a number and the singer sings a song that he has written that contains messages that brag about recent murders and exploits of the cartel. On the other end of the phone is the cartel leader calling from Mexico. The leader tells him that he likes the song. The man holding the phone pulls out a wad of cash and gives the artist several hundred dollar bills. Are we seeing the birth of the narco culture here in the U.S.? Once we begin to accept the pop culture aspects of the drug world will we begin to accept the drug lifestyle as a normative way of life? This world is getting more chaotic by the day. Evil is rising. Will we let this stand? Pray for strength to stand against the enemy. Don’t loose heart! Jesus is still on the throne! 12
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ow considering not everything that is supernatural is of the Lord. I tell you the truth there is a serious counterfeit version of Christianity unfolding before us in the world today. Just as the Holy Scriptures forewarned us about before Christ’s return. For example, we read in 1 Timothy 4:1,” Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;” We also see in 2 Timothy 4:3,” For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” So we really need to understand the Word of the Lord so that the true church is operating in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit today as God intended. Is this a suggestion or commandment? 1 Corinthians 12:31,” But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” If you didn’t know what the genuine church looks like, how will you be able to discern the counterfeit version of Christianity? In much the same way people are fooled by counterfeit money who can not tell the difference, simply because they have not taken the time to know the difference. Many people know about Jesus, but do they actually know him as only a true Born Again, SpiritFilled believer can only know Him? When the Lord Jesus had a church service what did He do? Clearly Jesus/Yeshua preached the Gospel, healed the sick and cast out demons. Then He told us to do this as well in His authority and 13
almighty name, John 14:12,” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Notice there is no limits on what you can ask of the Lord for because all things are possible with God! After Jesus’ glorious resurrection, one of the very first things he instructed his true followers to do was cast out evil spirits in his name. (Mark 16:15-20) Sadly today it appears most professing believers have never cast out one evil spirit in the almighty name of Jesus, nor have they laid hands on the sick and seen them recover either. If you have been truly Baptised in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, you can not help operating in these gifts and experiencing the fruits of the Holy Spirit? Why are we even instructed to meet as a church? We read in Hebrews 10:25,”Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Do you see the day approaching? Do you think it is possible we shall see the Lord Jesus return in our lifetime watching the prophetic landscape being fulfilled before us as we do today? Just as all roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ. All prophesy hinges around Israel and the Middle East. Is there any evidence in the our Holy Guide Book to the Supernatural that the church is ever to be a spectator event, where the people are simply entertained every week? Did the Lord Jesus ever give a seeker friendly message anywhere in all of Scripture, so no one was offended? We read in Matthew 4:17,” From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” What are we seeing unfolding before us today? Besides the resistance we are observing from so many in church leadership to
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try an avoid certain subject matter, like the UFO phenomena and countless abduction cases for example. How many churches have now also watered down the Gospel message that the subject of repentance no longer seems to be taught or relevant to your salvation? Is the church suppose to separate young and old so we can no longer truly relate to each other the Gospel message, and share life with people who are different from us economically, intellectually, and generationally? Do we need the living Word of God, or do we need more church consultants to help mold and make more modern day motivational speakers we now mistakenly call pastors even more popular? Didn’t we read in John 3:30 ,”He must increase, but I must decrease.” I tell you the truth in Christianity there is only one Superstar, the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the rest of us are simply suppose to deny ourselves, pick up our crosses and follow after Jesus! Matthew 16:24,”Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Not sure if anyone else may feel this way, but I find it a wee bit disturbing when I come across someone from some modern pop cultured type church who continually seems to say, “My pastor says such and such” and there never seems to be any Scriptures to back up these statements. What happen to following the Lord Jesus and clinging to what He has said? After all I believe the Lord clearly said what He means, and He means what He said! I therefore find it interesting how these popular motivational communicator type versions of pastors are able to carefully avoid actually quoting the Holy Scriptures in front of their audiences. (Notice I did not say congregation) Giving you a nice message without need of repentance that makes you feel good and justified in your sins? We were certainly warned the day would come when many in church will no longer endure sound doctrine. Folks that time is here, and as my esteemed friend and colleague Dr. L A Marzulli often says, “UFOs are Real, Burgeoning and NOT Going Away! I tell you the false church is also today Burgeoning 14
and NOT Going Away! Who can help but noticed the amazing advances we are making in technologies just as the Lord forewarned us would take place in the last days. Daniel 12:4,”But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” So we now have incorporated some of these technologies as a new business of churches, instead of being about God’s business. We have the new version of church as an actual “franchise” and the preacher as the “product.” If fact some have now employed these technologies to be able to franchise satellite churches and have their pastor become a star commodity by projecting him from their home church building as a life-sized holographic image to help entertain more people in more church buildings they own and operate. So now we can experience a holograph preaching on the alter, giving a fast tasty junk food type of message. We read in Galatians 1:8 ,”But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Please hear my heart I am not against technologies, and its advancement because clearly fire can be used to keep you warm and cook your food, or it can burn your house down and worse. It seems to me if you had a weekly gathering of thousands of people who say they love the Lord Jesus, surely the Lord would call numbers of them to help lead the church with supernatural signs and wonders following. What sort of signs followed the Lord Jesus I hear you ask? The sick were healed and people were delivered of evil spirits, yes those signs. All the gifts of the Holy Spirit ought to be operating in every true church of the Lord Jesus, yes including prophesy and speaking in supernatural languages. (1 Corinthians 12) If you stop and consider this, it appears that if someone today were to stand up and say, “I have a prophesy”, or started speaking in an unknown tongues in these modern popular churches the
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ushers would probably quickly escort them to the back door and they will be forbidden to ever reenter. So what is the whole church is suppose to be doing? I mean the Word of God tells us clearly in Ephesians 4:11,” And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:” What’s perfecting you? Removing the old so the new can come. Removing the spirit of bitterness so forgiveness can come. Removing the spirit of anger and hatred so love can come. Allowing the Holy Spirit to purge the impurities to make you a vessel of honor. This clearly means all of us disciples of Christ are suppose to help minister to the body of Christ. Every true believer ought to be able to lead someone into salvation and pray for the sick and see them healed in the almighty name of Jesus! For we read in Hebrews 5:12,” For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.” If this seems strong meat to you, then it might mean its time you got off the milk and get on with the great commission. Amen! Luke 10:9,” And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.” I pray the Lord’s supernatural peace, healing, provision and protection cover you always with oceans of Agape love. PASTOR CASPAR Pastor, Author, Musician, Artist, Researcher, Lecturer, Equestrian, Caspar McCloud Ministries ©2014
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’m sitting in a pew trying to stay focused on the sermon. All week I had been researching the unexplainable things going on in the world for a film I was working on and as much as I tried, those thoughts couldn’t simply be dismissed. Hundreds of UFOs drifting over various countries and seen by thousands of people. World economies faltering. Rioting in the streets. Molotov cocktails in Kiev. Rockets fired from the Gaza strip. Meanwhile, the sermon pedantically went on, seemingly in a world that we don’t actually live in… “The Triune God — it can’t be compared to an egg, where it has a shell, a white and a yoke. This explanation isn’t correct that we’ve used to teach our kids.” A professional Photoshop graphic of an egg went up on the big projection screen, all nicely prepared in advance. The congregation appeared to all be on tranquilizers as we endured 45 minutes of various explanations of the Trinity — none provable. A solitary cough, a baby’s brief whimper. It was another sermon. Seated under the turquoise light of the narrow stain glass windows, the smell of rayon in the newly upholstered seat cushions is mixed with the scent of a two-year-old’s crumbling graham cracker. To keep my sanity, I turned in the Bible and began reading Matthew 23, about the problems Yeshua was having in his day with the scribes and Pharisees. This was far more interesting than the sermon. They were imposing laws on the people that they didn’t follow themselves, and liked to be seen in the temple. While the pastor sincerely giving today’s message wasn’t expecting people to donate their houses or imposing unusually strong judgments, the idea of church-going to many believers is something that you must do if you’re really serious about your faith. People continue 16
to come, but in truth the idea of Church in many facets of our world has become rote that you should participate in if you expect to go to heaven. Others go as a social affair, to meet people and have discussions afterwards. More often than not, the core of these discussions are about things going on, a sick person, updates to the building, church politics, gossip about one person or another, and so forth. Please, kill me now! They are not discussions that bring the supernatural into the forefront of our lives today. In fact, these people for the most part have no idea, really, what is going on. I’m not referring to the intelligent people on this blog that have had their eyes opened. In larger cities, the church has become big business with thousands of people’s names in email data-bases. Huge parking lots, some with tour-bus like trams deliver people to the portals of the church. Many have installed multi-million-dollar sophisticated media presentation systems inside of buildings constructed like small arenas with all the appropriate accouterments. You might need opera glasses to see the speaker on stage, unless you’re close to an HDTV monitor. These are the churches typically run by the motivational speakers, faith healers, and often the same ones that you should be most wary of. But often in the private board rooms are discussions of the financial issues, people and politics to keep this huge machine running. Many times, the root of the divisiveness starts here. The comparison to Yeshua sitting on a hillside, feeding the 5,000 and teaching the people becomes but a vague memory. Today’s corporate church is the opposite of what it was then, and sometimes gets close to the image where Yeshua took a whip to the money changes — the only time he got really mad at what was going on. The selling of beasts for sacrifices, the squabbling over prices are not all that different from some of the issues the church faces today. In my experience in trying to assist ministries over the past 30+ years, more often than not, there is a collapse of reason and an internal power struggle that develops. This can become so hardened that only a disaster can break it. If a ministry is good
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and doing successful work, then often an element of ego sneaks into the equation. True ethics are thrown out the window, and the ones closest to the funds seem to think they are “entitled” to live a life far above the others who may have much more tangible roles in making things actually run like they’re supposed to. We’ve all seen what happens, especially back in the late 80’s with the PTL scandal, Jimmy Swaggart, Oral Robert’s proclamation that he’d die if they didn’t get $8 million dollars, and Robert Tilton’s various exploits covered by ABC News. I knew Jim and Tammy Bakker, and tried to help Robert Tilton in those days. I wouldn’t characterize them as evil or wicked people. In fact, all these ministries started out by demonstrating great innovation and were for a time unbelievably successful, but they let money get the best of them and it lead in directions that internally corrupted the ministries. Some of those responsible spent significant time in jail. Anything that is powerful or good in the beginning is normally brought down from within. It rarely takes an outside force to cause a collapse, since the dark side works by fouling things up from inside. In the case of PTL in North Carolina in those days, a single newspaper The Charlotte Observer, noted that some things just didn’t seem to check out. Greed, corruption, sex, egos, arrogance — all of these examples helped to undermine people’s confidence in television evangelists and the Christian faith. The damage done to the secular viewer is incalculable, and the core messages that once may have been positive and uplifting were tainted by the reality that all these people were human, and humans make mistakes. Not that some of them didn’t make a huge dent in Christendom in a positive way, like the formation of what eventually became Oral Roberts University back in the 60s, but so much damage has been done by various ministries that the whole idea of a preaching show on television has lost much of its sizzle. And Christian television is painfully slow to change, if it ever will, especially when the show is making money. We all know that television itself is on its last legs. It is about to be usurped by streaming video and this has become commonplace 17
with companies like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu and VuDu, etc. The only thing we’re waiting for is faster ISP speeds to make the experience more reliable. We have a long way to go in that regard. People turn to Christian TV to be motivated or to gain help, just like they do in their cars on the radio, but while all this is going on the world is in free-fall and the majority of churches are oblivious to the Supernatural occurring right under their noses. It is ignored or worse, if you’re one that is questioning anything, you’re minimized as a heretic. Some people don’t want to talk about it. They actually are afraid of the information in some cases. Maybe it’s a fear of the occult, but all through the scriptures are supernatural references and how these things are real and how to deal with it. To the vast majority of believers, they are comfortable in what they believe. Some ministries exhibit the same reluctance to report on what is actually going on, if it includes topics that might be considered demonic or “dark.” They worry about offending their constituents. Others really don’t want to do any additional inspection or possible reevaluation of the scriptures on their own—gaining their own personal insight. We’re not to question God’s word. What if what we’ve been taught over and over since childhood is actually only part of the story? What if, by looking through a different paradigm, the scriptures seem to come alive in our age? Didn’t the same thing happen when Yeshua walked on the earth and the religious community couldn’t understand what was happening and instead caused problems instead of embracing the Supernatural in front of them? The congregation gets fed from their pastor who has been taught the scriptures in a certain way as to retain its inerrant message, or so he deeply believes. But then the message is infected by the problems of this world. He has a big air conditioning bill and is worried when he’s on the platform and happens to notice the ceiling tile with the brown stain. How much is it going to
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cost to repair the roof? Thoughts of a roofing estimate and that accompanying board meeting, for a moment, invade the sermon context. There have been complaints over the sound system, and the right projection screen gets washed out by the sun during the second service. People are complaining of echoes when they sit in the back, and the topic of adding HDTV screens under the balcony has been floated in discussions. Maybe another camera angle needs to be added…
In most Protestant churches, you come and sit or greet people in the lobby. Then you’re handed a bulletin and go through the double doors into the sanctuary where a musical group may already be playing. Then there’s singing. We’re asked to stand — we grope for the bulletin for the lyrics of a little known tune. We clap to the music. We sit, then stand again. A scripture is read. There’s more singing. A prayer is spoken, then you’re allowed to sit again.
Meanwhile, we are experiencing the complete manifestation of identifiable scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments. The world is rapidly advancing into a chaotic mass than it ever has before. The problems are enormous and affect the entire earth. Economies have crashed, the powers in control obviously have an agenda and it’s in full operation. The rise in BitCoin proves how people no longer want government control of their money. Constant wars and new levels of political corruption. The Military overreaching into people’s private lives. Radiation endlessly leaking into the Pacific. Animal deaths and weird two-headed mutations. Oar fish washing up near Oceanside, CA. DNA results on elongated skulls in Peru that defy normal human experience. Strange UFO activity numbers in the thousands every month. Thousands of them over cities with people looking up in wonder — like a Hollywood movie, but it’s real.
Then, announcements. Someone other than the pastor walks up and talks about the upcoming Bar-B-Q and the ladies Bible Study. Then, there’s the offering -- the digging around in purses looking for the checkbook, the frantic search for a pen. Where’s an envelope? We barely get that going and are asked to stand, dropping the pen on the floor in the process. The offering plate is passed. With the recession and the IRS eating into everyone’s income, the contents of the plate looked amazingly thin. Money was given to keep the church alive another week.
http://youtu.be/0tI77PMMcmA More and more people are into Channeling, and most of the church has no idea how to deal with it or what it really is. Can you really see into the future with Remote Viewing, or is it tantamount to automatic writing? Are their human hybrids walking among us, or can we simply dismiss past Biblical references as not for our time? Were there giants on the earth at one time, and could the same phenomena be happening again, in a slightly different way? Why is the Vatican talking about an alien savior and creating a new figure of the “Universal Christ?” Isn’t this stuff more interesting than looking at an Egg?? 18
Another song, a prayer, and finally we’re able to sit and listen to the sermon about the Triune God – a completely inscrutable message that left me wondering why we’d spend this long on a concept that has its basis in the Supernatural, proclaimed by a speaker who doesn’t recognize it. I’m certain he’d probably think I wasn’t saved if I brought up the topic. Then suddenly, the service was over and I felt relieved. The pain subsided. I waited for my wife to faithfully collect the prayer requests so that they could be taken care of that week, and continued reading the Bible at my pew on my iPhone as people filtered out of the building. The pastor walked by, “I hope this message was a blessing to you.” I looked up, not knowing what to say but “thank you.” Inside, I was ready to burst but contained myself. After all, he meant well.
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usual. I asked another friend, Jeff, about his recent experience in Japan. His comments were almost identical to Mike’s. One thing Jeff mentioned was this:
David Weatherly The Fallout of 2011
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arch 11, 2011 is a date that many people have now forgotten but the effects of that day’s epic disaster will affect our very planet for many, many years to come. It was on this date that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan experienced a catastrophic failure resulting in the meltdown of three of the plant’s six nuclear reactors. The event was far greater in magnitude than the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Russia. Recently I’ve received several reports on current conditions in Japan and the continued effects from the Fukushima disaster. I talked with Mike who spent two weeks in Tokyo and has local connections in the city. I had to ask how the locals were treating the incident and how much it had changed life in Japan. Here’s part of what he had to say: “You wouldn’t believe it David; these people are in complete denial about the disaster. When you ask them if they’re concerned about the radiation coming from the collapsed plant, they all give a standard response; “No, the government is taking care of it.” All the while people are dying in high numbers from the fallout and pollution; there are rising cancer rates and physical deformities are showing up in both animals and humans. It’s amazing that such intelligent people could be so oblivious to such a serious situation.” Amazing indeed, but at the same time, the mantra that the ‘government is taking care of it’ seems to be a popular phrase in both the United States and Japan. As long has officials say everything is okay, people feel they can continue with business as 19
“I had a conversation with a cook in a small restaurant that I’ve spent a lot of time in. I asked him if he was concerned about radiation affecting his fish, he responded; “No, no, no problem. Officials say is okay as long as you wash it.” I was stunned. The idea that you can simply ‘wash’ contamination off is being accepted simply because some bureaucrat issued a statement to that effect.” It’s important to bear in mind that one of the primary components of the Japanese diet is seafood, caught, obviously, off the coast of Japan right in the radiation saturated waters. Jeff was fortunate that his trip was short. Although Mike did his best to eat as little seafood as possible while in Tokyo, he still became ill after his brief stay; “Had it not been for my work related contract, I would never have even visited Tokyo, let alone staying for two long weeks. I spent a lot of time in Japan when I was young, but in recent years I’ve avoided going. The nation has transformed and the younger generations do everything they can to emulate America. Much as I tried to eat healthy, it just wasn’t easy to do. Most of the diet consists of seafood and products from the ocean. After a week of being there I started having some serious issues. It took almost a month after my return before I felt somewhat normal.” When it comes to Fukushima disaster, it’s difficult to get accurate information about the actual conditions. The Japanese government is more concerned about saving face then they are the long term effects of such a massive amount of radiation. US officials aren’t really concerned either. The idea that radiation from Japan could be reaching the west coast of the states is scoffed at by most politicians and of course, pro-nuclear scientists. It’s far from a laughing matter however and the effects are only beginning to surface.
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Just last month, scientists voiced their concern about a widespread epidemic of dying starfish in coastal tidepools off the coast of California. Curiously, none of the articles mentioned the possibility of radiation from Fukushima as a potential cause for the mass deaths. This isn’t the first mass die-off of starfish. There was another in the 1990s in the White Sea. Russian scientists attributed that dieoff to “pollution or nuclear contamination.” Indeed, many scientists in the United States have voiced their concern about the radiation still leaking from the Japanese plant. A 2011 report from Yale notes: “With contaminated water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear complex continuing to pour into the Pacific, scientists are concerned about how that radioactivity might affect marine life. Although the ocean’s capacity to dilute radiation is huge, signs are that nuclear isotopes are already moving up the local food chain.” What’s happened in the three years since this report was issued? Since the collapse of the plant three years ago, contaminated water has continued to pour into the Pacific Ocean. The soil around the plant has become another major issue. With such a large area saturated with radiation, the government has been digging up the contaminated soil and ‘relocating’ it. The big question is; where? Although they claim they are placing it in long term storage, they have also requested international permission to dump the contaminated soil in the ocean, further polluting the water. Some locals claim the soil is already being dumped without official permission.
people affected by the disaster, where they were evacuated to and how their health is; Again, no answer. Now, I’m not saying that those people have vanished, I just think they’ve been spread around so that no one notices how many of them are dying of cancer and so forth.” Mike makes a good point about the resulting cancer threat from the country’s radiation levels. A report from the World Health Organization in 2013 sought to downplay the increased risk but almost contradicts itself. The report claims that the additional risk from cancer is small, and mainly limited to those living closest to the plant. Yet, the same report predicts a seventy percent higher risk of thyroid cancer for girls and infants. Why would anyone find this the least bit acceptable? The truth is, we know very little about the effects from such massive fallout of radiation. The Chernobyl meltdown which was much smaller in size permanently altered the landscape in that part of Russia. As a closed society, we have received comparatively little information from the Russians about the long term results of that disaster. Now, we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg of the effects from Japan’s catastrophe. While some scientists admit that radiation from Fukushima has reached the west coast of the United States and Canada, they quickly issue the claim that the levels are ‘too low’ to effect humans or animals. Perhaps someone should have told the starfish. http://twocrowsparanormal.blogspot.com/
Further comments from Mike included this: “In Japan, there are some things that almost no one will talk about if you bring it up. For instance, ask why soil from the Fukushima area is being loaded onto ships. They either don’t know, don’t care, or they’re afraid to answer. Ask about the almost half a million 20
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deformation have been found on every continent except Antarctica, and were most common about 2000 years ago. The basic common denominators or reasons why cultures in such diverse places as Melanesia, Iraq, North America, South America and Europe performed this ritual on new borns seems to have been to physically distinguish them from the general population. In most if not all cases, artificial cranium deformation was done exclusively to the royal class of the cultures.
Brien Foerster
L.A.: Recently you released preliminary DNA results from a sample sent to the late Lloyd Pye. What was your reaction to this?
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L.A.: What got you interested in the Paracas Culture and specifically the elongated skulls which are found there? B.F.: My wife and I were returning from a bus trip to Chile and decided to stop in Paracas for a break from the long drive. There we found the Paracas History Museum owned by Sr. Juan Navarro. The museum had an elongated skull on display, and after inquiring about it, Sr. Juan told us that he had more at home. The next day he brought 4 from his house and let me look at them. It was the strange size and shape of them that started by now ongoing fascination with this little studied culture. L.A.: In your co-authored book with David Childress you both indicate that the cone head or elongated phenomena may have been world wide. Why do you think this was so? B.F.: Elongated skulls, mainly the result of artificial 21
B.F.: The important thing to stress is that these were initial findings, and thus not conclusive. Replications of the testing must be performed in order to get a true statistical result. However, I was dumbfounded when I first got the email from the geneticist about this, and read it over several times over the proceeding days. Should these results be reinforced by further testing, the implications are immense, and could change the whole picture of human history. L.A.: When we were last together, a few months ago, we re-visited the Chongos graveyard. You found a bowl there, which was lying on the ground in pieces. What did you discover about it when you reconstructed back at Sr. Juan’s Paracas Museum? B.F.: What is amazing about the Paracas culture is that so little is known about them, and even employees at the main archaeology and anthropology museum in Lima Peru will attest to that. The Paracas were one of the earliest true civilizations known about in Peru, yet they created some of the finest textiles and ceramics, in some cases much finer than the later Inca. The bowl in question, once reconstructed, has amazingly thin walls; that showed it to be the work of a master crafts person. Ask any modern day potter, and they will tell you that it is far more difficult to make a thin walled pot or vessel than a thicker one. Also, we placed this bowl on a glass table and spun it. It was incredibly balanced, and seemed almost perfectly round. We measured the diameter of the bowl in several places and found it to in fact be round. What
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this suggests is that the Paracas had and used the potters wheel, which no pre-Colombian Native group of the Americas is thought to have known about. L.A.: We are beginning to find elongated skulls around the megalithic structures found on the planet, what is your theory regarding this phenomena?
L.A.: Your new book on the Nazca lines has some interesting information, specifically in regard to debunking some of what Erik Von Daniken has posited. Who do you think constructed the lines?
B.F.: I am in fact writing a book about this now; the relationship between elongated skulls and megalithic sites in Peru and Bolivia. What is emerging is that at most megalithic sites, elongated skulls have been found. The problem is, most of the skulls have never been radiocarbon dated, and thus it is unknown how old they are. I strongly believe that many of the finest megalithic works predate any known civilization, especially the Inca to whom they are often attributed, and that if nothing else, the elongated skulls are the descendants of these ancient mysterious builders. L.A.: Why do you think no one has really examined the Paracas skulls since 1928? B.F.: Most likely the majority of academics believe that all of the Paracas elongated skulls are the product of cultural head binding, and thus have not carried the study further. The problem is that no one knows where the Paracas in fact came from. That is why I am presently writing my book on this subject. L.A.: Where do you think the Paracas people came from? B.F.: We need genetic results to really look at this in depth, but my suspicion is that at least part of their ancestry comes from another continent. The fact that the royal Paracas seem to have had auburn brown hair suggests that they are not exclusively Native American in background. Red hair, and in fact blonde hair have their origins in the middle east, and so I am theorizing that some of the Paracas ancestors came from that part of Asia, by boat. To suggest that all ancient people of the Americas crossed the Bering land bridge I believe is an insult to them; surely some could have built durable sailing craft in the distant past. 22
B.F.: It is my firm belief that the Paracas started making the lines and geoglyphs, and then the Nazca culture took the process over from them. There is a huge geoglyph at Paracas, facing and only visible from the ocean called the Candelabro. Most conventional academics think that the Paracas people made this. Then, as we travel to the southeast, at least 1600 lines and geoglyphs are found in an area called Palpa, and father southeast from there we have the Nazca area works. The reasons behind their construction are complex, and thus that is why I wrote the book. In essence, many of the lines were made to track underground streams whose source is in the highlands and even the Andes to the east. Since the entire area is mainly desert, access to, and tracking of underground water was vital, both to the Paracas, and the later Nazca. Some of the geoglyphs could have been of ceremonial function, since each one has an opening for devotees to enter. In the case of the Hummingbird for example, this opening is the tip of
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its beak. Also, other lines may have been used to track the paths of the sun and moon, and yet others could have been efficient paths for going from one place to another.
Puma Punku materials. Also, the only original inscriptions found in the Puma Punku period stones are two simple “door like” designs, almost like they were the maker’s hall marks. The other inscriptions, such as on the famous Gate of the Sun are far cruder in execution, and were most likely made by the Tiwanaku culture. L.A.: Your closing thoughts?
L.A.: You may have been the first person to discover an interesting connection in Tiwanaku. Tell us about your discovery? B.F.: From my many trips there, with geologists, engineers, archaeologists and lay people, it seems clear that Tiwanaku and Puma Punku, which is thought by many conventional academics to be separate places, are in fact time periods of construction. The Puma Punku phase was first, and most complex. Huge red sandstone blocks, as much as 100 plus tons were brought to the Tiwanaku/Puma Punku area from between 5 and 10 km away, and the grey andesite stones, shaped with astonishing precision were brought from a quarry more than 70 km away. That quarry is said by some to presently be underwater, at Lake Titicaca. The work ascribed to the actual Tiwanaku culture, who existed between 100 and 1000 AD, is of inferior quality and was to some extent made of recycled 23
B.F.: To honestly come to grips with the above information, which does not fit with conventional historic theories, one must visit these sites personally. I invite the readers to join me on a tour of Tiwanaku/Puma Punku with www.hiddenincatours.com, and to see the Paracas skulls with me and L.A. Marzulli in May 2014. Details of that tour are here: http://hiddenincatours.com/homepageintroduction-tab/nephilim-skulls-of-ancient-peru-tour-with-l-a-marzulli/ Brien’s links are: www.hiddenincatours.com www.hiddenincavideos.com And his books can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/BrienFoerster/e/B0043JJ3JS/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1393693596&sr=82-ent
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related art forms, learning from Native teachers. After completing an Honours Bachelor Of Science degree, Brien decided to take up carving and sculpture full time at the age of 25. This included the creation of 15 full size totem poles, dugout canoes, masks, bowls, boxes and other Native style works. In 1995 he moved to Maui, Hawaii, and was hired as assistant project manager for the building of the 62 foot double hull sailing canoe (ancestor of the modern day catamaran) Mo’okiha O Pi’ilani (Sacred Lizard That Pierces The Heavens.) This project lasted 2 years. There, having learned how to make Hawaiian outrigger canoe paddles from master carver Keola Sequiera, he started an online outrigger paddle business, which flourished internationally, resulting in the making of 2500 hand crafted paddles. Peru became his next major area of interest. The study of the Inca culture led to his writing his first book, A Brief History Of The Incas. As of December 2013 he has written a total of 13 books; all available in e-format, and some in paperback form via his www. hiddenincatours.com website, as well as www.hiddenincavideos.com and www. amazon.com.
analyzing the DNA of elongated human skulls of the Peruvian Paracas culture on his behalf. Other such tests are being conducted by Dr. Melba Ketchum. He counts amongst his colleagues Stephen Mehler, author, archaeologist, ancient Egypt oral tradition specialist and expert on crystal skulls, Christopher Dunn, engineer and author of The Giza Power Plant, Dr. Robert Schoch, geologist and expert of ancient Egypt, Hugh Newman of Megalithomania, who he co-sponsors tours with, L.A. Marzulli, and many other well known “alternative” authors and researchers. Brien has been on 9 episodes of Ancient Aliens, numerous radio shows, including Red Ice Creations, Coast To Coast Am, Jeff Rense, Project Camelot and a new US video series called Unsealed, as well as L.A. Marzulli’s The Watchers, episode 6. He has become an authority on the megalithic works of South America and the perplexing ancient Elongated Headed people of the area, and divides his time between Paracas Peru, and Cusco.
He also writes articles for Graham Hancock: www.grahamhancock.com, and is associated with Lloyd Pye of the Starchild project, whose geneticist is 24
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set was one of the biggest prizes and the tickets were more expensive. Long story short, Craig’s sister won your dvd set. We couldn’t believe it, our friend Matt said, “ you think there was some divine intervention there?”
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Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for everything, and we would like to send you a souvenir from the auction. Is there an address that we can send it too?
Sending a note to thank you for your hard work in all that you do.
Thank you so much.
I have known about you for a couple years. I am still learning about your efforts overall but am already very supportive. Anyway, thank you. God bless you and may God show you all you need to find in your upcoming trips. I will be praying for you.
• Hi Mr Marzulli, First of all I just wanted to say thanks for the dvd set that you sent us for our memorial, it was one of the biggest prizes we had on the floor. Our auction was amazing and we raised over $9,000 dollars for our church. I also thought you would like to hear the story about who won your dvd set. Craig and I always talked about your dvds and radio show, and our friend Matt Hynus is actually the one that sent you the photograph of the crop circle in Ohio that you used in the watchers. The night before the auction Craig’s widow was talking to Craig’s sister about how he listened to your show and watched your dvd’s. Craigs sister was kind of poking fun of the theories that we all talked about and just wasn’t really buying into it. She wasn’t being mean she just didn’t understand it. Well at the end of their conversation Craig’s wife said “you really should just watch the dvd’s” and Craig’s sister just kind of laughed it off and that was that. Well the day of the auction, your dvd
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• LA, it was such a pleasure to meet you and wifey after all the years I’ve been following your ministry. I’m the deputy sheriff you gave your book to. Once again well done. I’ve never been able to get to a conference with like minded people who are outside of the “American churchianity” thought process. It was so uplifting to speak with you, Doug Hamp, and some of the guests in the lobby. Years ago I stopped tithing to the church I attended, started purchasing books and videos from you, tom horn, Steve Quayle, skiba, and many others, and started lending them out to family, friends, and co-workers. You probably won’t be surprised that they call me “conspiracy Larry” at work. Many people have at least opened their eyes to Jesus and the prophecy of his return because of the materials that God has produced through his servants. Keep up the good work and May Jesus continue to strengthen you and guide you as we edge toward difficult times. I know from personal experience over the years how tiring and frustrating it can be to talk to people who are afraid or don’t want to hear. Keep up the fight. I’ll keep you and your family in my prayers. Thanks for all you do. Larry
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Greetings and God bless you and all of your seemingly never ending endeavors of preparing God’s sons and daughters. My mom got me into watching and reading your material and I have been a follower of your preaching for quite some time now. It is my goal to someday be able to attend one of your conferences with my mother. I have always tried to be cautious of what my two children listen and watch but as you know things do slip through the cracks. One of those slips did happen to be Katie Perry. When my mom and I were watching your cosmic chess match conference I did make my daughter leave the room when her repulsive video was shown. However, just today while watching your Nephilm Mounds conference video series, I did have her watch it so she could fully understand why her music wasn’t allowed not just that particular song. She was also disgusted by the video and removed all her music from her phone and also decided to make sure the rest of her music was okay so amen for that. It was a hard judgment call for me to do but felt compelled to have watch it to understand. Thank the Lord she did and was absolutely sickened by her ideology. I wanted to thank you for all your hard work and pray for you and the ministry your are doing. On a off note, I was watching the news and there was a list of the worst states to live in that causes the most unhappiness. Can u guess what state is number one? It was Ohio. Hmmmmm. Considering that the Nephilim Mounds are there, and having watching your conference video, I wasn’t surprised. Just thought I would share that seeming insignificant bit of news.
Dear L.A. Marzulli, Your talk with the venerable Brother Hutchings on SWRC the past two days regarding UFOs was most intriguing. On a cross country trip driving through Phoenix, AZ back in 1997 I recall witnessing strange lights hovering high above that city. It was a remarkable sight and later we read about it in the news. I think these were likely UFOs. God bless, Anna R
• Hi L.A Just thought I would inform you about a recent TV advert in the UK. It is a Tetley tea advert which in its opening shot shows a large UFO over London. Next shot it shows large aliens entering the emergency headquarters. Next shot it shows cartoon Tetley tea men coming into the room with a tea trolly and subduing the aliens with a cup of tea. Are we been pre warned about a forthcoming alien disclosure as you mention, so when it happens we will just accept it. This is not the only advert showing aliens, the shop Argos has been running a series featuring a alien family over the last year. I think its true we are been made ready to accept aliens. Keep up the good work of informing us. God bless you, Rod
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Take care, L.A. and may God continue to bless you and guide you. And may your work bring more and more people to Christ Jesus, our saviour and Lord
Congratulations on your award for Watchers 7!
Sincerely,
Great work buddy, you and Rick deserve it!
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place and a great resource. Anyway, I went to a lecture on the flood which was great. After the lecture, I asked the presenter about Genesis 6:1-6 and what AIG’s position was in regard as I could not find anything in any of their literature. The Historical Flood is such a huge part to explaining origins and our world today. Why not expound on these verses? The response from the presenter was, “Well, we don’t want to get all X-Files on everybody...”! He went on to explain that he held basically a Seth-ite view. Amazing. You may have heard similar experiences, but I thought I would share mine with you.
You deserve many more!
Peace!
God Bless you thru eternity!!
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How wonderful!!! Rosa
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• You are very welcome! Thanks again for your ministry and for devoting so your life, gifts, and resources to research that guys like me can’t because of our call to shepherd the flock. I have a time on Wednesday night just for politics, prophecy, and the supernatural for about an hour after our prayer and Bible study time. We have been talking about the nephilim for a while then. I have also preached about them on Sunday morning, etc. Two weeks ago, I preached on Genesis 6-8. I spent a significant amount of time on the nephilim then. Whoa! Lots of questions... Lots of light bulbs being turned on. Very exciting. I have learned with subjects like this that it just takes time. Preach the text. Pray. Answer questions. Give them good resources such as yours to check out on their own. I believe there is a growing need to help pastors and congregations understand how to biblically teach, explain, and give a forum for these issues - especially as we get closer to the Lord’s return!
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Just a thought that I would like your feedback if you have time. About 3 years ago, I took my family to the Answers in Genesis Museum/Center in Kentucky. It is an awesome 28
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