June 20, 2008

• Manifestations of The New Aeon

  Divination, Alchemy, Crystal power, Extra-terrestrial visitors. What's your opinion on any or all of these?

  Various forms of the subjects mentioned above have all been the subject of serious scrutiny at one time or another. They tend to be lumped into a group of subjects most consider "unprovable" or superstition, despite some anecdotal evidence. One thing they seem to have in common is their propensity to draw con men and charlatans who use the attractive concept that "There is a new and easier way", or "There is hidden knowledge which will give you power" to draw in the gullible and make themselves a comfortable living. Let's take a look at some of these subjects:

  Divination
  The idea that certain people have the power to find hidden resources or objects is wide-spread. In New England, I know that people still use water diviners to determine water well drilling sites. When I drilled my well, I considered for a moment and said:"Drill here". The drillers hit a gusher at 85 feet. My next door neighbor said "Drill where it's convenient". They drilled 300 feet for a trickle. Their well was within 20 feet of mine. Maybe I should hire myself out

  Alchemy
  The search for the "Philosopher's stone" or the "Universal solvent" was the actual genesis of much of modern chemistry. Promises of the ability to turn "whatever" into gold or manipulate life (Think Mary Shelly's Frankenstein) was really the start of the scientific method. Read the works of early scientists - they really saw "Through a glass darkly" and are indistinguishable from alchemists.

  Crystal Power
  This is really a more modern idea, Many primitive tribes believed in the mystical and healing power of all sorts of rocks and gems. This manifested itself in the use of such things as "poison-canceling" rhino or narwhal horn drinking cups and the use of pulverized gemstones as cures. Crystals had many unusual powers (You could "grow" some kinds in solutions, they acted as prisms , they could be found in perfectly ordinary rocks sometimes) and that was enough to make them mysterious and desirable.

  Extra-terrestrial visitors
  All those things in the sky. Sometimes they seem to be impossible and certainly not a more familiar flying machine.
  If they are unidentified, they must have landed and disembarked someone from somewhere else, mustn't they?
  I remember once standing in my rural back yard watching a very bright star -thing move across the sky at unbelievable speed while another star-thing raced to meet it. I was watching the Mir/ space-shuttle rendezvous, which- if you knew where to look - was easily visible to the naked eye.

  Most manifestations of the "New Aeon" are the product of wishful thinking and vivid imaginations - but we can still hope can't we?

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