After reading this article, I was just struck by a "Eureka!" moment. In fairtytales and folk literature, we've been told that the lairs of dragons are often piled with gold and other valuable objects. In this sense, dragons are seen as possessive creatures that hoard abundant treasure; making a nest out of them and guarding them with fierce greed. This is why the Dragon or Serpent is usually symbolized as a creature of Avarice. However, after reading this article, it gave me a new thought on the relationship between Dragons and Treasure. Like how the Dragon protected the Golden Fleece, what if other dragons in other myths and legends have done the same? Instead of hoarding the treasure, the dragons could have guarded them from thieves and intruders.
A dragon would make an excellent security service, and if it were a pet, it could obey its owner's wishes.
This also reminded me of the roles of dragons found in the East - China, Japan and India. Asian dragons are both the owners and guardians of treasure and knowledge. They hoard and also protect them; only giving treasure to those who they seem worthy or earned of such wealth. The Dragon Kings of Japan and China live in underwater kingdoms filled with gold, sacred artifacts and powerful weapons. In India, the Nagas (legendary serpents with fiery venom) too guard the treasures of kings, gods and sages. And in Egypt, we have the Uraeus Serpent who spits rays of heat to enemies.
What if dragons - instead of being greedy evil beings - could have in fact been guardians of treasure? And what if the heroes or dragonslayers were no more than invasive thieves and that their victory stories were nothing more than biased accounts? Much of recorded accounts after all were written by victors, rarely the opposite. We only get one side of the Whole Movie. The Golden Fleece was protected and guarded by a Dragon. A Dragon who fiercely did its task well. Yet another question remains: what were these dragons? Giant serpents? Surviving dinosaurs or megafauna? Or perhaps genetic experiments done by the gods (aliens).
The silence from the powers be is deafening! This will be completely ignored by them . Evolution has had and made to fit the theory. This may completely demolish the evolution theory.
There are fakes out there. Historians, archeologists, scientists who have made things fit into theories tha t are now the facts.....
Interesting story. I haven't heard about the "Fankuang Tzu" before, and I may have to look it up further to verify their historical evidence. However, acupressure/acupuncture itself is indeed an ancient tradition that has been practiced for thousands of years. The article is correct that the Art of Pressure Points does predate organized Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as China wasn't the only country that knew this specific medical discipline. In Ayurveda (Traditional Indian Medicine), there is a branch of study called "Marma Chikitsa" where Vedic physicians would apply massage or poultice to "marmas" (pressure points). Applying pressure to these marmas (acupressure) would invigorate one's muscles - as well as to destroy them. "Marma Chikitsa" is taught in Ayurveda for the purpose of both protecting the human body's weaknesses as well as to heal injuries. Which is why "Marma Chikitsa" was also taught in martial arts in the Indian Subcontinent such as Kerala's "Kalaripayattu" or Sri Lanka's "Angampora". By learning where the marmas or pressure points are, martial artists could bring swift attack to their opponents' weak points - or heal their students. It is believed that Martial Arts was first developed in South India before spreading to China, Southeast Asia and Japan. If so, the Art of Acupressure + Acupuncture could have travelled all the way from the Indian Subcontinent together with the spread of martial arts.
Another way to see it is that while the Indian Subcontinent may have first discovered the Art of Pressure Points, the Chinese and Tibetans could have perfected the art further in development.
As for the "Fankuang Tzu", again I need more research on them. However, according to Vedic and Hindu-Buddhistic lore, the Himalayan Region was the Gateway between Deities and Mortals. The Himalayas was also the crossroads of various Eurasian cultures. It is said that all of the world's "rshis" (sages) gathered around the Himalayas where they held a conference on how to cure the various diseases of humankind. The sages meditated, researched and talked to the gods. In one incident, the sky god Indra (similar to the Greek Zeus and the Chinese Jade Emperor) met the sages and offered them the knowledge of medicine. Perhaps Indra and his heavenly host could have a connection to the "Fankuang Tzu". Or perhaps the sages were the "Fankuang Tzu" themselves. Perhaps these sages, instead of just being holy men, could have been the Ancient World's version of today's scientists and researchers.
In the legend, as the sages have finished their conference, they spread across various parts of the World from the Himalayas where they spread the art of medicine and knowledge. Maybe this was how Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine or even Greek Medicine could have been originated. And as the sages travelled across various lands and encountered local physicians, Medicine itself could have evolved even further.
Mythology aside, pressure points could also be learnt from the Natural World. Through trial and error, ancient physicians could discover where pressure points are. And by observing the Animal Kingom (e.g. a predatory big cat puncturing the pressure points of its prey's neck), these ancient physicians could have applied their visual findings to their medical advancement as well by comparing and contrasting.
Look at the reliefs of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their children (the children being most telling of all). These short term outside rulers of Egypt are obviously of the same species. Look at their body shapes. They are quite different.
I'm curious as to how they know its the oldest domesticated camel bones? Maybe oldest they have found thus far. It really amazes me how people have such closed minds.
Well, no matter what it exactly is, I do believe it is rather fascinating. Certainly, it would have been painstakingly time-consuming, whether it is ancient or middle ages. Thanks for this interesting article!
you should read :instellar migration and the human experience", it has knowledge in there similar to this that shows we did not come just out of Africa, they traced genetics across the world and has shown multiple results.
Very interesting, this reminds me of some underwater cities from around the world meet coral castle. I need to do some more research on these people and see what else they were about, what they did, what they built. I love lerning new things and this is one area of my interests. this is also a prime example of perhaps a flood hitting leaving there people to rebuild over the years and forcing them to live in grass huts. Knowledge is like the stock market and so if everything in life. Ups and downs, growth and decay.
they beliebe that the French man did it but we do not know for sure, what we do know is someone showed up our of the blue and did it. They said the nuns prayed for several months, there is power in prayer, and immense power in thought, the power to influence, draw, connect, pull in etc and this is a prime example of thought power. Just imagine every person on the world focused on one thought at the same time, what could we do, could we cure cancer, could we influence the universe in beautiful ways and make this world so much better.
All I can say is good and about time. There needs to be more research done on natural phenomenon and unexplained events, but it needs done by knowledgeable and open minded people and often through out academia we see tunel vision runnin rampant.
Though the comment does seem a little out of place in the aticle, and given the face that I did not see any dates as to the creation of the art, it may be said that it predates christianity, or merely the writer taken a personal stab at Christianity. Either way it the grotto looks well done and seems like a good place to visit.
this is true the pyramids were used by ancient priests and adepts to hone their skills and grow there mental and spirtual powers. People have gone there and heard voices, levitated, and felt an overwhelming power of electical force. It helps that a lot of these are built in places of high electromagnetic forces, some even being built on ley lines. Over time it is believed that these people left, or stopped practicing there, the art and culture was lost or wiped out so they found other uses for the chanbers and pyramids. They say Moses, Pythagoras and many others have trained in these pyramids and ancient egyptian sites. The library in Kemet used to be one of the largest and most well rounded libraries in the world that would rival any great library or museum built today.
Oh yeah...drill marks, saw marks, pits for giants saw, all this has been found all over the world at numerous sites, Egypt is just one of many. South America has stones cut with laser precision and other sites with saw marks and tool marks. Not to mention walls built without mortar and the grooves are so tight that no light or paper can pass through. I have said this before but people of ancient times were not dumb, perhaps they were even smarter than we are becuase even today with all of our advances and superior technologu (hmm mmh) we can duplicate what they did then.
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After reading this article, I was just struck by a "Eureka!" moment. In fairtytales and folk literature, we've been told that the lairs of dragons are often piled with gold and other valuable objects. In this sense, dragons are seen as possessive creatures that hoard abundant treasure; making a nest out of them and guarding them with fierce greed. This is why the Dragon or Serpent is usually symbolized as a creature of Avarice. However, after reading this article, it gave me a new thought on the relationship between Dragons and Treasure. Like how the Dragon protected the Golden Fleece, what if other dragons in other myths and legends have done the same? Instead of hoarding the treasure, the dragons could have guarded them from thieves and intruders.
A dragon would make an excellent security service, and if it were a pet, it could obey its owner's wishes.
This also reminded me of the roles of dragons found in the East - China, Japan and India. Asian dragons are both the owners and guardians of treasure and knowledge. They hoard and also protect them; only giving treasure to those who they seem worthy or earned of such wealth. The Dragon Kings of Japan and China live in underwater kingdoms filled with gold, sacred artifacts and powerful weapons. In India, the Nagas (legendary serpents with fiery venom) too guard the treasures of kings, gods and sages. And in Egypt, we have the Uraeus Serpent who spits rays of heat to enemies.
What if dragons - instead of being greedy evil beings - could have in fact been guardians of treasure? And what if the heroes or dragonslayers were no more than invasive thieves and that their victory stories were nothing more than biased accounts? Much of recorded accounts after all were written by victors, rarely the opposite. We only get one side of the Whole Movie. The Golden Fleece was protected and guarded by a Dragon. A Dragon who fiercely did its task well. Yet another question remains: what were these dragons? Giant serpents? Surviving dinosaurs or megafauna? Or perhaps genetic experiments done by the gods (aliens).
The silence from the powers be is deafening! This will be completely ignored by them . Evolution has had and made to fit the theory. This may completely demolish the evolution theory.
There are fakes out there. Historians, archeologists, scientists who have made things fit into theories tha t are now the facts.....
Interesting story. I haven't heard about the "Fankuang Tzu" before, and I may have to look it up further to verify their historical evidence. However, acupressure/acupuncture itself is indeed an ancient tradition that has been practiced for thousands of years. The article is correct that the Art of Pressure Points does predate organized Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as China wasn't the only country that knew this specific medical discipline. In Ayurveda (Traditional Indian Medicine), there is a branch of study called "Marma Chikitsa" where Vedic physicians would apply massage or poultice to "marmas" (pressure points). Applying pressure to these marmas (acupressure) would invigorate one's muscles - as well as to destroy them. "Marma Chikitsa" is taught in Ayurveda for the purpose of both protecting the human body's weaknesses as well as to heal injuries. Which is why "Marma Chikitsa" was also taught in martial arts in the Indian Subcontinent such as Kerala's "Kalaripayattu" or Sri Lanka's "Angampora". By learning where the marmas or pressure points are, martial artists could bring swift attack to their opponents' weak points - or heal their students. It is believed that Martial Arts was first developed in South India before spreading to China, Southeast Asia and Japan. If so, the Art of Acupressure + Acupuncture could have travelled all the way from the Indian Subcontinent together with the spread of martial arts.
Another way to see it is that while the Indian Subcontinent may have first discovered the Art of Pressure Points, the Chinese and Tibetans could have perfected the art further in development.
As for the "Fankuang Tzu", again I need more research on them. However, according to Vedic and Hindu-Buddhistic lore, the Himalayan Region was the Gateway between Deities and Mortals. The Himalayas was also the crossroads of various Eurasian cultures. It is said that all of the world's "rshis" (sages) gathered around the Himalayas where they held a conference on how to cure the various diseases of humankind. The sages meditated, researched and talked to the gods. In one incident, the sky god Indra (similar to the Greek Zeus and the Chinese Jade Emperor) met the sages and offered them the knowledge of medicine. Perhaps Indra and his heavenly host could have a connection to the "Fankuang Tzu". Or perhaps the sages were the "Fankuang Tzu" themselves. Perhaps these sages, instead of just being holy men, could have been the Ancient World's version of today's scientists and researchers.
In the legend, as the sages have finished their conference, they spread across various parts of the World from the Himalayas where they spread the art of medicine and knowledge. Maybe this was how Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine or even Greek Medicine could have been originated. And as the sages travelled across various lands and encountered local physicians, Medicine itself could have evolved even further.
Mythology aside, pressure points could also be learnt from the Natural World. Through trial and error, ancient physicians could discover where pressure points are. And by observing the Animal Kingom (e.g. a predatory big cat puncturing the pressure points of its prey's neck), these ancient physicians could have applied their visual findings to their medical advancement as well by comparing and contrasting.
Many things we have learned, were first considered insane and unbelievable ideas. An open mind is ALWAYS better than a closed one.
Just seems strange to me!
Excellent in-depth article, very well written and enjoyable. I never knew of the ring count corresponding to the age - interesting!
Look at the reliefs of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their children (the children being most telling of all). These short term outside rulers of Egypt are obviously of the same species. Look at their body shapes. They are quite different.
I'm curious as to how they know its the oldest domesticated camel bones? Maybe oldest they have found thus far. It really amazes me how people have such closed minds.
Interesting. Remember Da Vinci and his helicopter models? Also, he had plans drawn up for a tank! People have always been ingenious.
Enjoyed the article, also enjoyed the discussion!
Well, no matter what it exactly is, I do believe it is rather fascinating. Certainly, it would have been painstakingly time-consuming, whether it is ancient or middle ages. Thanks for this interesting article!
Not buying it. I think this is completely jumping the gun. Ridiculous. Take a breath and calm down.
you should read :instellar migration and the human experience", it has knowledge in there similar to this that shows we did not come just out of Africa, they traced genetics across the world and has shown multiple results.
Very interesting, this reminds me of some underwater cities from around the world meet coral castle. I need to do some more research on these people and see what else they were about, what they did, what they built. I love lerning new things and this is one area of my interests. this is also a prime example of perhaps a flood hitting leaving there people to rebuild over the years and forcing them to live in grass huts. Knowledge is like the stock market and so if everything in life. Ups and downs, growth and decay.
they beliebe that the French man did it but we do not know for sure, what we do know is someone showed up our of the blue and did it. They said the nuns prayed for several months, there is power in prayer, and immense power in thought, the power to influence, draw, connect, pull in etc and this is a prime example of thought power. Just imagine every person on the world focused on one thought at the same time, what could we do, could we cure cancer, could we influence the universe in beautiful ways and make this world so much better.
All I can say is good and about time. There needs to be more research done on natural phenomenon and unexplained events, but it needs done by knowledgeable and open minded people and often through out academia we see tunel vision runnin rampant.
Though the comment does seem a little out of place in the aticle, and given the face that I did not see any dates as to the creation of the art, it may be said that it predates christianity, or merely the writer taken a personal stab at Christianity. Either way it the grotto looks well done and seems like a good place to visit.
this is true the pyramids were used by ancient priests and adepts to hone their skills and grow there mental and spirtual powers. People have gone there and heard voices, levitated, and felt an overwhelming power of electical force. It helps that a lot of these are built in places of high electromagnetic forces, some even being built on ley lines. Over time it is believed that these people left, or stopped practicing there, the art and culture was lost or wiped out so they found other uses for the chanbers and pyramids. They say Moses, Pythagoras and many others have trained in these pyramids and ancient egyptian sites. The library in Kemet used to be one of the largest and most well rounded libraries in the world that would rival any great library or museum built today.
Do we still talk about the Pyramids as possibly being tombs?
Oh yeah...drill marks, saw marks, pits for giants saw, all this has been found all over the world at numerous sites, Egypt is just one of many. South America has stones cut with laser precision and other sites with saw marks and tool marks. Not to mention walls built without mortar and the grooves are so tight that no light or paper can pass through. I have said this before but people of ancient times were not dumb, perhaps they were even smarter than we are becuase even today with all of our advances and superior technologu (hmm mmh) we can duplicate what they did then.
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