The acknowledgement of the diversity of Neanderthal knowledge and skills has been growing. Tool making, caring for each other, dentistry, jewelry making, language, and elaborate burial rites have all been explored over the last few years. Now it seems seafaring may need to be added to the list.
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Jacques Collin de Plancy was a French occultist, demonologist and writer. He published a number of books on occultism and demonology. The most famous of these books is probably his “Dictionnaire Infernal”. The “Infernal Dictionary”, as it is known in English, is a book on demonology describing demons organized in hierarchies. The book first appeared in 1818 and it went on to have several editions.
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The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn’t surprising, since the belief in an afterlife, where the virtuous are rewarded with a place in heaven and the wicked are punished in hell, is a core teaching of Christianity.
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Before man invaded, a vast stretch along the southern coast of Africa, was once a lush green forest. A seagull’s view coming in from the sea would have seen the whitewash breakers of the Indian ocean spilling onto the pristine beaches, immediately bordered by thriving green indigenous forest, stretching far inland. Due to the high rainfall and moisture, water-loving-ferns, lofty trees rising up to 15 to 30 meters, including ironwood, stinkwood and yellowwood and fynbos plants flourished in this jungle.
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After the Blessed Virgin Mary and her assorted shrines and grottoes, evangelical Catholics in Canada and United States flock to and draw inspiration from the North American Martyrs’ Shrines in Midland, Ontario and Auriesville, New York; where collectively six clerics and two `donne’ or lay people were killed, supposedly `in odium fidei’ (in hatred of the faith).
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Now you want us top believe that Europeans are now descended from the filthy jews. Riiiiiiiiiight! Are you a jew? I figure that you have to be, writing this sort of tripe. As a 4 yr anthropology and archaeology, I call your mockery of a report a sham. Too bad the blacks already laid claim to their mythical Kwandana or you'd claim you started there.
Not to belittle the seafaring abilities of the Neanderthals, it sounds like a lot of this happened when sea levels were lower. Maybe they just walked to Crete through the Mediterranean plain?
I’m so glad to have found this site! So many fascinating articles and new information I wasn’t aware of before. I’ve studied ancient history and legends for over 40 years. I’m looking forward to discussing the information here with you.
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Sherri
There is a great deal of ancient evidence that's just sitting there waiting to be evaluated. Add what has been misinterpreted to what has been ignored to reveal the truth.
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Such a shame on humans. Yet another paradise lost. The forest is all but gone and is not readily accessible. If one drives on the main road one can easily bypass what is left, just a distant view.
An accurate assesment by Micki.
Although I think modern humans have been around for longer than 100,000 years I don't believe in lost civilizations like Atlantis or Mu. I do wonder though if it hadn't been for the very long reign of the dinosaurs could an advanced race like us have appeared on earth c.250 million years ago? If so we'd either have destroyed ourselves long ago or just maybe we'd have populated our region of the galaxy, where in all that time our descendants on different planets would have evolved very differently from each other.
One historian said the Romans knew about the analgesic properties of opium when its smoke is inhaled, and when it was available it was used to treat soldiers' battle wounds. It became forgotten knowledge.
Conundrum. If a previous civilization walked softly upon the earth and did not trash it, they would have survived. If they did what we are doing they would have died out but left a discernible footprint.
The Crespi tablets were discredited as fakes long ago.
Thank you for a very interesting article.
Is there any idea how Sumerians made the journey from what is now the Middle East to South America? As the oldest know civilization, I would think this would put to rest the idea that the Ancients had no knowledge of the planet or the continents. I would love to see more about this.
Hell is yet to be released
Andrue
While the article was good, so far as it went, it would have been nice to see Mexico, arguably the one country in North America most heavily influenced by Catholicism, featured along with Canada and the US>
The wheel was not "invented" - everything round will roll, even shit. what you are referring to is the bearing
The wheel was not "invented" - everything round will roll, even shit. what you are referring to is the bearing
An interesting hypothesis is raised by Robert Lomas & Christopher Knight in the Hiram Key.
The stone circles (Stonehenge) & Joshua's Gilgal (Bethel & original Bothal as well)
In the land of old, The hill of Tara in Ireland was where the law was proclaimed. The law of Jew's is the torah. There are also similarities between Phoenician and the early Irish Celtic language
The sacred tree of Shechem & the Druids Oak tree worship
The question is ;:What is the price of Eternal Life? And did the Missionaries have the message of it? If they did the sacrifice was worth it and the Hurons were lifted out of Darkness. If not ALL was for naught. Relativism is illogical and stupid.
The fundamental question is : What is the price of Eternal Life? Either the Jesuit missionaries were correct or they were not. If right the Hurons et al received Eternal Life and if not it was all for naught. There is no in between.Relativism is illogical.
... and queue my last visit to a site I enjoy, despite that fact that the tiny non-stories are clearly just an excuse to drive ad revenue. First The Daily Grail goes full CAGW retard mode, now this. There have been hints before, but this empties the entire nail gun into the coffin.
"Social Justice" is no longer just a [modifier] + [noun] phrase but has become a unique compound noun meaning 'collective punishment'. If someone today shares a trait with someone who did something bad in the past, they must be punished for being a member of said 'community'; they, as an individual will be held accountable for the collective sins of past groups and can only be relieved of their guilt for someone else's action with proper obsequiousness and self-shaming constantly debasing themselves becasue someone else told them they were 'privileged'.
Continuing this narrative on this site will force me to end my paid subscription. I have no desire to pay for post modern indoctrination.
interesting article, just to point it's not 'donne' but 'donné'='given; that is, native children whom their parentshad given to the Jesuits to educate and who, now adults, accompanied and served them
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