Beginning in 1931, a group of French scientists led by Marcel Griaule and Germaine Diterlen studied the life and worldview of the Dogon, a small African people (numbering about 300 thousand people) living in the territory of what is now the Republic of Mali.

The Dogon inhabit a small area in a bend of the Niger River, where they came between the 10th and 13th centuries, bringing with them their main altar, Lebe, and their strange customs and beliefs. They “own” the Bandiagara plateau at the foot of Mount Gomburi, and they live in peculiar buildings.

The isolation of the tribe from the rest of the world for many centuries allowed the peace-loving Dogon to preserve their identity. This also characterizes their mythology.

The result of this enormous work was the book “The Pale Fox” (named after one of the most popular characters of Dogon folklore), the first volume of which was published in 1965, after the death of Professor Griaule.

In “The Pale Fox,” French scientists presented and commented verbatim on Dogon myths about the creation of the universe and the history of the human race. Not all aspects of the mythology of the peoples of Africa are open to any “outside person”. Among the Dogon, for example, myths can only be told by olubaru - members of the Ava (mask society) who have undergone special training and know the special “language of Sigi” - Sigi So.

French ethnologists lived for a long time side by side with the Dogon, being on the most friendly terms with them. The kind attention shown by Professor Griol and his colleagues to the spiritual culture of this people found a response among the Dogon. By the decision of the council of patriarchs, Marcel Griaule was admitted to initiation into secret knowledge. Having presented the information received from the Dogon elders, Griol and Dieterlen honestly admitted that they “did not raise the question of how people who did not have the necessary tools managed to learn about the movement and certain characteristics of celestial bodies invisible to the naked eye.”

The most interesting aspect of the Dogon mythological system is their astronomical beliefs.

Strange, but true - the only currently known information about the explosion of Sirius B comes precisely from the Dogon. Olubara told French researchers that shortly after the appearance of people on Earth, the satellite of Sirius, the star Po, suddenly flared up, and then began to gradually dim and after 240 years became completely invisible.

It can be assumed that it was the Dogon who managed to register the explosion of Sirius B, unnoticed by astronomers from other countries. Situations arise where, as the well-known expression goes, “a riddle is explained by a mystery.” Indeed, the Dogon not only noted the very fact of the change in the brightness of Sirius, but also perfectly understood that it was not it that exploded, but its satellite, known to us as Sirius B, and to the Dogon as Po tolo, the star Po.

Back in 1950, M. Griol and J. Dieterlen in the “Journal of the Society of Africanists” drew attention to the unusual ideas of the Dogon about Sirius: this star was considered triple, the main component was called Sigi tolo, and its satellites were Po tolo and Emme ya tolo. The Dogon divide all celestial bodies into stars, planets and satellites. The former are included in the “family of stars that do not orbit (around another star)”, the latter are included in the “family of stars that rotate.” Satellites are “stars that go in circles.” The accuracy and clarity of these ideas is amazing (after all, we are talking about a people whose customs and mythology bear the stamp of ancient times). But even more mysterious is the fact that the characteristics of the star Po do not differ in any significant way from the characteristics of Sirius B, determined in our time with the help of very advanced instruments.

First of all, the star Po (Sirius B) is white, like a grain of po (fonio, a type of millet). In Dogon sanctuaries this star is symbolized by a very white stone. The orbital period of Sirius B around Sirius A is 50 years (current data is 49.9 years). This star is small in size but has enormous weight and density: “It is the smallest and heaviest of all stars.” According to the Dogon views, all things in the world consist of four basic elements - earth, water, air and fire. In Sirius B, the element “earth is replaced by metal” in all its forms and especially in the form of “sagala”. It is a metal “more brilliant than iron, and so heavy that all earthly creatures, united, could not lift even a particle.”

They know that there is another invisible star orbiting Sirius A, Emme ya tolo. According to the Dogon, it is larger than Sirius B, four times lighter, moves along a higher trajectory and is surrounded by two of its own satellites.

Dogon myths testified not only to the properties and trajectory of the Sirius satellite, invisible to the naked eye, but also to the four largest satellites of Jupiter, spiral galaxies and many other astronomical realities that became known to modern science only relatively recently. Myths also told about the arrival on Earth in a “spinning ark” of creatures somehow connected with the Sirius star system and the appearance of the first people on Earth.

One of them says that people were transported to Earth by spaceships - “heavenly arks from the planet whose sun was the star Sirius B before its explosion.” Descending, the ark “described a double spiral, reflecting with its movement the course of life in that vortex that revived its very first particle.” It is known that the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, the carrier of our genetic code, has a double helix shape.

Dogon legends tell of two stages of space travel. The first is associated with the arrival on Earth of the “Pale Fox” Yurugu, who symbolizes drought, darkness, disorder and is the opposite of moisture, light, order in the person of Nommo.

A little later, another “ark” brought Nommo to our planet (depicted as a half-man, half-snake with flexible limbs without joints, red eyes, and a forked tongue), along with whom the ancestors of people arrived. The ark flew to Earth through a special temporary “window” in the sky that Amma created. This ark landed after eight years of “swinging” in the sky, “raising a cloud of dust with an air whirlwind,” the heavenly space “about four corners” turned into earthly space “about four sides.”

Nommo was the first to leave the ark, and then all the other creatures. After this, Amma raised the chain supporting the ark into the sky and “closed” the sky.” “The people who, during the descent and at the moment of impact upon landing, saw the brilliance of Sigi Tolo, were now present at the first sunrise, which rose in the east and from that moment illuminated the universe.”

As it descended, the ark rotated, and this movement was supported by the “breath of the ancestors” through... the nozzle (la tuyere - in French translation). “The opening of the nozzle is the great path of the breath of the ancestors who descended from the sky. It was their breath that helped rotate, move and descend.”

Descriptions and images of this ark are very diverse. Most often it is represented in the form of a “pelvis” basket, resembling a truncated cone, the upper plane of which is a square and the lower plane is a circle. On the sides of the cone there are ladders on which people, animals, plants, etc. were held during descent.

That means they are aliens. It seems that everything converges: the primitive people have knowledge about the cosmos that is many times greater than their own cognitive abilities, and partly the level of knowledge of modern science.

Perhaps the Dogon borrowed their knowledge from modern European civilization? But this assumption faces significant difficulties. First of all, the star Po (Sirius B) plays a central role in Dogon mythology and is a symbol of all creation. But Sirius B was discovered in 1862, and its unusually high density was determined only before the outbreak of the First World War. Can an entire people base its mythology only on recent borrowings? Let us take into account that knowledge about space is quite naturally included in the system of this mythology, and it is not at all a systematic course in presenting views on the structure of the universe. This is precisely mythology, and a very archaic one at that. Suffice it to say that the heavenly bodies, so accurately described by the Olubaru, arise from parts of the body and drops of blood of the “divine sacrifice.” This is what surprises most of all: the organic combination of seemingly incompatible things, very primitive religious ideas and accurate, deep scientific knowledge.

The following is also interesting: both the explosion of Sirius B and the presence of a second satellite for Sirius to this day appear only in the hypotheses of specialist astronomers. Does this mean that the Dogon “borrow” hypotheses?

The "missionary" hypothesis was put forward. Indeed, missionaries from the Catholic organization “White Fathers” did a lot of work in Africa. But a missionary preaching views on the structure of the universe, including descriptions of the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, the Sirius system and spiral galaxies, looks, to put it mildly, strange.

Scientific debate about the existence of a second moon of Sirius began in the 1920s, and modern science has still not reached a consensus on this issue. If it is established that the second satellite of Sirius does not exist, the chances of the “missionary hypothesis” will increase sharply, since it will become obvious that the Dogon knowledge is tied specifically to the 20s of the 20th century, and not to the story of the aliens.

There was even a “saving” version that the Dogon had some kind of telescope like a round pool with uniformly rotating water, the mirror of which had a concave shape due to rotation and thereby served as an analogue of the mirror of a reflecting telescope - a fantastic hypothesis, of course. But, even if we accept it, how much will it explain in the cosmic revelations of the Dogon? The Dogon also know about the rotation of Sirius B around its axis, and that the Milky Way is a spiral star system. This knowledge could not be born from simply contemplating the sky through a telescope, no matter how powerful. This knowledge negates not only the speculation about the “Dogon telescope,” but also the assumption that the Dogon ancestors could have inherited their astronomical knowledge from the ancient Egyptian priests, since the Egyptian priests were clearly not able to master such knowledge.

However, there is still a lot of uncertainty in Dogon mythology. German astronomer Dieter Hermann called the situation with Dogon knowledge about space a “hopeless case.” However, everything secret will someday become clear.

Materials from the article “Sirius, which we do not know,” published in the journal “Technology of Youth” were used. Authors: Vladimir Rubtsov and Yuri Morozov

Mayan astrology

In the II - X centuries. AD in the southern part of Mexico and in the territory of present-day Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, there was a very high and extremely unique culture of the Mayan Indians. The Mayan civilization was a network of city-states, most of which were destroyed at the end of the 9th century. In the 15th century The Mayan culture was destroyed by the Spanish colonialists, who, eradicating the local religion, burned almost all the manuscripts containing both knowledge and the very history of the people. When in the 19th century The ruins of Mayan cities began to be discovered, and the remains of colossal observatory temples were discovered. One of the most famous Mayan cities, founded in the 8th century, Chichen Itza (in the north of Yucatan) was already ruins by the time of the Spaniards. But the remains of its grandiose religious and astronomical buildings (including the Karakol observatory) still amaze researchers.

In only four manuscripts (so-called codices) found so far, the Maya were also found dating back to different eras BC. information about the astronomical, cosmogonic and cosmological knowledge and ideas of this people. Some of the confusion in the surviving astronomical and astrological information can be explained by the fact that the surviving manuscripts are incomplete, and most importantly, they are mostly simplified rural priestly “reference books.” A number of texts were also found on stone slabs-steles.

The worship of the Sun and Moon by the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs dates back to ancient times. The priests at their observatories - sites located on the flat tops of grandiose step pyramids, tens of meters high, systematically monitored the sky, believing that all phenomena on Earth and in the state were determined by its laws.

Particular attention was paid to eclipses and the movement of moving luminaries - planets, which were credited with a great influence on the life and affairs of people and the state as a whole. The Mayan priests used the celestial bodies to predict happy or unlucky days for certain actions, not for individuals, but for certain social strata or age groups of the population.

As a result of systematic observations, the Mayan astrologer priests determined with fairly high accuracy the synodic periods of all known planets. Particular attention was paid to observations of the “Big Star” - Venus (mainly for astrological purposes). In addition to Venus, according to the Mayans, the Moon and shooting stars had a particularly strong influence on people.

The Mayans adopted a 20-digit counting system, which was also reflected in the structure of the calendar. Another, in addition to 20, the main number in Mayan astronomy and astrology was the number 13. The area of ​​​​the sky through which the Sun passed among the stars during the year, the Mayans divided into 13 constellation areas (“Zodiac”): 1. - ?; 2. - ?; 3. Bat; 4. Frog; 5. Parrot; 6. Snake with trunk; 7. Owl; 8. Scorpio; 9. Turtle; 10. Rattlesnake; eleven. - ?; 12. Jaguar; 13. Monkey.

The astronomical basis of the classical Mayan calendar was complex. Firstly, it was a sunny tropical year (haab). It consisted of 18 months of 20 days each (360 days), to which 5 extra unnamed days were added for the “change of power of the main gods.” The Mayans knew about the discrepancy between the 365-day calendar year and the true solar year, to take this into account they introduced a system of inserting additional days. This system gave the length of the year only 20 seconds less than the true one (the error of our Gregorian calendar is one and a half times larger). According to the research of V.I. Kozhanchikov, the Mayan calendar also took into account the synodic periods of movement of all five planets.

In addition, for astrological purposes the Mayans used a "short year" of 260 days, based on the already mentioned key numbers 13 and 20. This 260-day cycle (tzolk'in), a unique feature of Mesoamerican astrology, was formed by 200 BC . There are several explanations for why this particular cycle was identified.

First, the average time between conception and birth of a human being is 266 days, and Mayan women to this day associate tzolkin with the period of pregnancy. Second, there are at least four celestial events associated with the 260-day cycle:

Names of the 18 months of the Haab Mayan year The average time interval between the appearances of Venus as a morning or evening star is 263 days;

the average synodic period of revolution of Mars is 780 days, i.e. exactly three “short years”;

the average time interval between two successive halves of an eclipse season of 173.5 days is related to Tzolkin as 3:2;

the celestial rhythm, which makes sense only in tropical latitudes, is associated with the intervals of time during which the midday Sun at its highest point is in the north and in the south. These intervals vary with latitude, but at the parallel of 14.5°N, which is close to the position of the great Mayan city of Copan and the preclassic city of Izapa, the annual cycle is thus clearly divided into 105- and 260-day periods.

The Mayans accepted the mythical calculated date as the beginning of their chronology - 5,041,738 BC. But they traced their chronology (in European reckoning) from 3113 BC. A significant mystery is that the Mayans introduced periods covering enormous periods of time into their chronology system. The Mayans had a whole hierarchy of periods. Starting from 1 kin (1 day), periods were multiples of 20 (with one exception): vinal = 1 kin x 20; tun = 1 vinal x 18 = 360 kin; k"atun = 20 tuns (approx. 20 years); baktun = 20 k"atuns; pictun = 20 baktuns... alav "tun = 64 million years! The multiplicity of 20 was violated once, to harmonize the counting with the real solar year. Why these periods were introduced and how the Mayans calculated the zero date of their chronology remains unknown. This interest Mayan civilization brings them closer to the natural philosophers of Ancient India to particularly large numbers and eras.

Thus, the Mayans used two calendar systems: a long year, used in civil life, and a short year of 260 days, associated with astrology and religious rituals. The long year was divided into two types. A year of 360 days ("tun") was used for special purposes, but in everyday life the Mayans used a year of 365 days ("haab"), consisting of 18 months of 20 days. The five remaining days ("days without name") were placed at the end of the year. They were considered fatal. The short 260-day year ("Tzolkin") had 13 months of 20 days with weeks of 13 days. The days of the week were designated by numbers from 1 to 13. There was also a 9-day week. The years were combined into cycles: 4-year (in which the names of days and numbers of months were repeated) and 52-year (a combination of haab and tzolkin, 365 x 52 = 260 x 73 = 18,980).

According to the Mayans, the universe, like the Nahuas, consisted of 13 heavens and 9 underworlds. The lower “sky of the Moon” (moon goddess) was followed by “sky of the stars and the god of the Earth,” then “sky of the Sun and the goddess of water,” and after that “sky of Venus and the god of the Sun.” Even higher was the “sky of comets and the goddess of love.” The sixth sky is “the black sky of the night and the god of death,” the seventh is “the blue sky of the day and the god of corn.” Above him is the “sky of storms and the god of rain,” and then the “white sky of the god of the winds,” the “yellow sky of Um-tsek” (i.e., the god of death) and the “red sky of sacrifices.” The penultimate sky was given to the god of grain, and the last, thirteenth, was associated with the god in the form of an Owl and in some manuscripts is deciphered as belonging to the one “who owns the sky.” Indian sources often mention a group of gods, Oshlahun-Ti-Ku, lords of the heavens. These deities, the patrons of the 13-day week, were at enmity with another group of gods - the lords of the underworld, Bolon-Ti-Ku. Often these groups were perceived as a single whole. In the center of the universe, according to the Maya, there is a world tree, permeating all layers of heaven, and in its corners, i.e. cardinal directions, - four others: red (east), white (north), black (west) and yellow (south). Chaks (rain gods), pawahtuns (wind gods) and bakabs (carriers or holders of the sky) were associated with the four cardinal directions; they were located on the world trees and differed in color associated with one or another cardinal direction. Each colored trinity ruled the year.

Aztec Astrology

The Aztecs, who came to the Valley of Mexico from the north of the country in the 13th century. and having adopted the ideas of their predecessors the Toltecs, as well as the Zapotecs, Mayans, Mixtecs and Tarascans, the main motifs of mythology are the eternal struggle of two principles (light and darkness, sun and moisture, life and death, etc.), the development of the universe in certain stages or cycles, man’s dependence on the will of deities who personified the forces of nature, the need to constantly feed the gods with human blood, without which they would die; the death of the gods would mean a worldwide catastrophe. According to myths, the universe was created by Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl and went through four stages (or eras) of development. The first era (“Four Jaguars”), in which Tezcatlipoca was the supreme deity in the form of the Sun, ended with the extermination of the tribe of giants who then inhabited the earth by jaguars. In the second era (“Four Winds”) Quetzalcoatl became the Sun, and it ended with hurricanes and the transformation of people into monkeys. Tlaloc became the Third Sun, and his era (“Four Rains”) ended with a worldwide fire. In the fourth era (“Four Waters”), the Sun was the water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue; this period ended with a flood, during which people turned into fish. The modern, fifth era (“Four Earthquakes”) with the sun god Tonatiuh should end with terrible cataclysms.

Every 52 years the universe was in danger of being destroyed, so the end of such a cycle and the beginning of a new one was accompanied by particularly significant rituals. According to myths, the universe was divided horizontally into four parts of the world and a center. The fire god Xiuhtecuhtli dominated the center. The East was considered a land of abundance and was dedicated to Tlaloc and the god of clouds and stars, Mixcoatl. The rulers of the south were the sowing god Xipe Totec and Macuilxochitl, but it was regarded as a region of evil. The West had a favorable meaning, because served as the home of the planet Venus, one of the incarnations of Quetzalcoatl. Finally, the north was subject to the god of death Mictlantecuhtli. Vertically, the world was divided into 13 heavens (each of which was inhabited by a specific god) and 9 hells. By the time of the Spanish conquest, a special group of gods of the stars and planets existed in the Aztec pantheon: Tonatiuh, the god of the Moon - Metztli, Mixcoatl, the god of the planet Venus - Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the star gods of the north - Senzon-Mimixcoa, etc.

The Aztecs paid special attention to the cult of the planet Venus, associated with Quetzalcoatl. At the same time the morning star and the evening luminary, Venus was a symbol of life and death. Aztec astrologers found that the 8 annual cycles of Venus correspond to 5 solar years. Every 65 solar years (i.e. 104 periods of Venus), the 13-year and 5-year cycles coincide, making the 65-year cycle especially important.

Bruce Scofield notes that Mesoamerican Indian astrology gave the same importance to intervals of time as Western astrology gives to regions of space. The Western Zodiac, aspects, houses - these are all spatial elements. In the Mesoamerican system, time intervals, with the day as the basic unit, had the same purpose.

There are 20 key signs that move in a clear sequence, controlling time intervals of 1 or 13 days. The 12 zodiac signs of Western astrology correspond to the Mesoamerican Decans, a set of signs within signs. Like the Zodiac, the 20 key signs of I.a. archetypally describe an evolutionary sequence. Celestial events and human births were interpreted according to the symbolism of the time intervals in which they occurred.

The 20 signs of Mesoamerican astrology are grouped into five groups of 4 signs. An important role in assessing a sign is played by its connection with a certain side of the world:

EAST NORTH WEST SOUTH

1. Crocodile 2. Wind 3. House 4. Lizard

5. Snake 6. Death 7. Deer 8. Rabbit

9. Water 10. Dog 11. Monkey 12. Grass

13. Reed 1. Ocelot 2. Eagle 3. Vulture

4. Movement 5. Knife 6. Rain 7. Flower

Each of these signs, called tonalli by the Aztecs, rules one day in the order shown above (from left to right). After 20 days, the cycle of such “daily signs” repeats. Each day also has its own number - from 1 to 13, this cycle runs simultaneously with the 20-day cycle (1 - Crocodile, 2 - Wind... 13 - Reed, 1 - Ocelot... 7 - Flower, 8 - Crocodile, etc. .d.). The sign with number 1 is considered the ruler of the entire 13-day period. 20 cycles of these thirteen numbers, coinciding with 13 cycles of twenty daily signs, form a 260-day calendar-astrological cycle, which the Mayans called “Tzolkin”, and the Aztecs called “tonalpouhalli”. Thus, in a 260-day cycle, each day is associated with a daily sign and at the same time is included in a 13-day sign. Each of the 20 groups of 13 days began with the number 1 and a new name. Depending on the first day, each group was favorable, unfavorable, or neutral. Thus, there were 260 different combinations in the cycle. Numbers containing seven, as well as 10 or more, were considered favorable, and nine foreshadowed misfortune.

The daily sign and the 13-day sign are fundamental concepts of Indian Astrology (I.A.) and provide the key to understanding personality and to the analysis of celestial events. In the minds of the Aztecs, the birth sign of each person predetermined his entire fate, as well as his path to another world. The role of astrologers was enormous, because no one dared to do anything important without first consulting and receiving the approval of one of the specialists who simultaneously played the role of scientists, psychologists and priests.

Indian Horoscope

Let's give a few examples. Those born on the 1st day of Ocelot are more at risk than others of being captured and dying in a foreign land; on the 2nd day of the Rabbit - indulge in drunkenness; The 4th day of the Dog promises wealth for the newborn. The East was a symbol of fertility, and the North, on the contrary, of infertility, the West was associated with withering and death, the South did not have clearly defined characteristics.

Name of the day Prediction for those born on this day

Maya Aztecs

(world tree) Crocodile Dishonest, lustful sinner, the worst person, indecisive, doubting

(wind) Wind A very lustful, dishonest man, his fate is bad

(darkness) Home Pathetic plebeian without a future, poor, hunter

(iguana) Lizard Jack of all trades, rich, wise

(cloud serpent) Snake Fire soul, killer, bad fate

(death) Death Very bad fate, killer

(eating) Deer Bloody his claws, very bad

(shining star) Rabbit Annoying, drunkard, dishonest talker, sower of discord

(water) Water From the fire is his soul, his fate is bad

(dog) Dog Reckless, stupid, sower of discord, adulterer

(craftsman) Monkey Skilled carpenter and weaver, jack of all trades, rich life, good luck in business, prudence

(fog) Grass Rich, his wealth is community, generous, not quarrelsome, very good person

(weed shoots) Reed Pathetic, poor, plebeian

(jaguar) Ocelot Brave jaguar, bloody mouth and claws, meat eater, killer

(work) Eagle Jack of all trades, very good, will speak soon

(peck) Vulture Thief, hunter character, brave, also a killer, bad fate, bad

(earthquake) Movement Wise and prudent merchant, blood drawer and healer, good, prudent

(flint knife) Knife Medicine man and blood drawer, healthy, brave

(bad weather) Rain Noble, very dreamy

(lord) Flower Rich, prudent, brave, good

Each 13-day period also has its own astrological meaning, determined by the first day of this period:

Crocodile (1. Crocodile - 13. Reed). He has no conflict between love and work. He is a daredevil, but goes to the goal with a cool head. Brings happiness to others. Personal well-being is dear to him. Exudes optimism and generosity. Touchingly cares for his partner, sometimes deifying him. Women are attractive creatures, feminine, and combine work and family life. Next to them, a man takes a break from everyday life. She is a homemaker, inclined to work in a team, and has many friends. People of this sign are all lucky, they know how to handle money.

Ocelot (1. Ocelot - 13. Death). Hunter, there is no prohibition for him. Resourceful, nature has endowed him with many abilities with which another would have achieved much. He seeks only his own happiness, pleasure, and knows no remorse. Does not like all sorts of responsibilities, both in love and in work. These are free, carefree natures who always play with love. They are adored and willingly test themselves in the arts, often with varying degrees of success. Accuracy and accuracy are not their strong point. However, they know how to glide through life.

Deer (1. Deer - 13. Rain). The horns don't threaten you. These people go to the wall wisely, because they do not tolerate obstacles. Very proud. Behind their temperament lies a timid nature, a fear of the precipice of happiness. They are jealous and fall in love quickly and deeply. They are looking for a type who will worship them. They know how to caress their partner. Happy in life. They always need someone ready to serve.

Flower (1. Flower - 13. Grass). These people are born artistic people: musicians, writers, specialists in their field. They have a cheerful disposition, they are happy and contented, even if there is no special reason for it. Their frivolity is dangerous. Sometimes they are arrogant and can insult and offend. They show off their merits, which, however, are obvious. If something doesn’t work out right away, they retreat. Therefore they are either at the top or at the bottom, but not in the middle. Women are cheerful, love to dance, enjoy life. They love to dress and know how to wear clothes with taste. A efficient and faithful wife, if she finds a suitable partner.

Reed (1. Reed - 13. Snake). A sign associated with the wind. People of this sign are quick-tempered, hot-tempered, internally troubled, fickle and absent-minded. They can't take root anywhere. Adventurers, discoverers, love travel. Major speakers, lawyers. They love big words, you have to be careful with them, because they are created to be troublemakers and spies. Wealth does not shower on them, but they know how to stay afloat, sometimes at the expense of others. A difficult partner, although he may like him.

Death (1. Death - 13. Knife). Those born under this sign are the darling of fate. Life is abundant. Spiritual and material wealth, respect, honor, but they are afraid of him. Although he is a hospitable person who loves to throw feasts, he gives his favor and disfavor according to his mood. It is dangerous to have an enemy in him. Loyalty is not his strong suit. He has few friends, he is capricious and power-hungry. One can benefit from misfortune. Must take care of my fragile health.

Rain (1. Rain - 13. Monkey). His days are under the influence of formidable goddesses - women who treat man with envy. A person of this sign must be resourceful in order to win a place in the sun. He deals with magical powers, magic, witchcraft. Men are poor guys, seducers, looking only for pleasure. Women are carefree, fickle, seek pleasure and find it. They are capable of commerce, because in addition to cunning they have amazing resilience. Beware of their language, they are not liked for this, but sometimes respected.

Grass (1. Grass - 13. Lizard). They mistakenly consider themselves failures. Gentle, affectionate, but sometimes suffocating with their affection. The man is a reliable craftsman “with two right hands.” A woman knows many crafts, loves children and sacrifices herself for them. Prone to pessimism. Mine and yours - they do not separate these two concepts. So, like magpies, they collect those treasures that do not belong to them in order to rejoice in them. Friction with neighbors and friends.

Snake (1. Snake - 13. Movement). A sign of good mothers. Knows how to approach life on the lighter side. Often forgets about duty and responsibility. Fate favors her; career - ascending to well-being. Amazingly lazy, may fall; if this happens, you will find yourself in a safe place, and things will go better than before. Even debts and guilt will not bring you out of a state of peace. Appreciates gluttony and company. She has many friends, she goes everywhere for her sake, she is a cheerful person. In her youth she causes a lot of trouble, gets sick, and is disobedient. The Snake woman is valued as an intelligent employee. In the role of a wife, she is a reliable comrade, like a mother above others. Her birth is easy, she is the lucky one here too.

Knife (1. Knife - 13. Dog). These are lucky people with great abilities. The main properties are strength and insight. Great physical strength and performance. They love to work and eat. Can be top athletes. In love, feeling is not their strongest side, but they are strong and inventive, and have trouble finding an approach to their partner. They know how to lead. A person of this sign is not a means of mechanical traction. Combining vitality with intelligence. He is straightforward and simple. He is incorruptible in his position, his advice is valuable. Nerves are like a steel rope. Sometimes pedantic. Always sincere and decent, a darling of fate who succeeds in everything.

Monkey (1. Monkey - 13. House). Carefree, cheerful, frivolous. If it is necessary to expend labor to achieve wealth, she will not strive for it, as she is afraid of regular work. Her dream profession is: dancer, musician, singer. Favorite activity: playing, dreaming. She loves coquetry, but it is impossible to be offended by her. She believes in castles in the air, which she herself will break. She loves children, as she herself has a lot of childish carelessness. People of this sign are loved in society. They bring a good mood, but are fundamentally predisposed to melancholy. They care a lot about their health. But they need not fear for this.

Lizard (1. Lizard - 13. Vulture). She is the best partner. Connected with nature and physically very agile. Hates inactivity and immobility. Always in the fresh air, so she has good health. These are gardeners, foresters, peasants, i.e. “farmers” stand firmly on the ground. Reliably, with a sense of duty, he does his job. Even better than required, he easily endures losses and defeats. In marriage she is reliable and gives support. You are safe with her, she controls her nerves. Everything is going well for her.

Movement (1. Movement - 13. Water). A loving person does not know boredom, is constantly active, he is overwhelmed by ideas and thoughts. Energetic. Not a very comfortable marriage partner. She is a beautiful, thoroughbred woman, her sensual radiation completely destroys a man’s world. He is a merciless daredevil and knows his strength. Everything they do soon turns into smoke. They are fickle and changeable, but can get into the position of a partner. Not at any cost, but true in their own way. After a long search, they find a permanent partner.

Dog (1. Dog - 13. Wind). His love requires sacrifice. Happiness falls unexpectedly. He doesn’t wait for a miracle, doesn’t rely on chance, and especially in love. He knows how to fight for happiness, but he does it not as a player, but as a worker. He knows how to do big things and lead. Created to be a director, conductor. He has a flair for what is essential and necessary. Faithful and reliable, if his life is not turned into hell. An almost ideal partner in marriage, but he is “married” tightly to his profession, so he may lose his partner. It is not very easy to understand. To love him, you need to sacrifice something, which he, however, will generously and generously pay for. What is given to him comes back a hundredfold.

House (1. House - 13. Eagle). In love, a person of this sign is not domestic. By nature a player. A tendency towards pessimism, sometimes there is a reason for this. They play passionately, in the worst case they risk everything they have. Women are sociable, talkative, love to pour out their hearts, and look forward to new adventures. They love passionately and sacrifice everything in love. We need a firm hand in a partner who will lead people born under this sign.

Vulture (1. Vulture - 13. Rabbit). They love a quiet life and are faithful. Long life guaranteed. Children get sick at first, but live long. They don't run after happiness. Reasonable, born scientists. They make a problem out of love. They want to possess their partner not only physically, but also in his thoughts, although they themselves do not like it when someone gets into their soul. Very loyal, homely, friendly, but taciturn, thrifty, but sometimes generous.

Water (1. Water - 13. Crocodile). They love surprises in marriage. The goddess (water) is very changeable, she shows a new face every moment. People of this sign are neither good nor evil, neither poor nor rich... They are often in contradiction with themselves. This is not an easy partner, but more often it brings pleasant surprises. They are easy to control; you cannot openly offend them. They are gentle and affectionate. We must fight for happiness. A lot is demanded of them, especially in their younger years, but then it becomes easier for them. They have the right to reap the fruits of their labors.

Wind (1. Wind - 13. Ocelot). These people stand for clear relationships. Not very diplomatic. They value open, direct words. Where they are, clear relationships are created, but they are achieved in an indelicate way. They think through everything, the nature of a revolutionary. They know how to captivate, inspire, and sometimes confuse. In love they win immediately. They want everything or nothing. Intensive participation is expected from the partner. Spirituality is more important to them than sex. A difficult but generous person.

Eagle (1. Eagle - 13. Deer). Demanding in love. Loner, difficult to make contacts, selfish, arrogant. Superior to many in intelligence, few can be on his level. She attaches great importance to her appearance and takes care of herself. In love he is demanding and selective. It's not easy to get in touch. A partner for him is an adornment to his person. He knows how to interpret everything in his favor. Doesn't bother with little things. He happens to be a gourmet. Catcher of happiness.

Rabbit (1. Rabbit - 13. Flower). Selfless and selfless, born peasants and educators. They think about others, often forgetting about themselves, although they plan the future with a cool head and businesslike. They love children. They give advice. In love, he is not an active partner, but a yielding one, both man and woman. They play the second role voluntarily. They also work in the shade; they don’t like the light of the footlights. In difficult times, they turn to art, which means more to them than money, which they often refuse. They need a realistically thinking partner who understands them.

The north is associated with the sun god. These are restlessness, excitement, confusion, anxiety, militant spirit, enthusiasm and unbridled temperament.

The East is associated with the god of wind. Among the Aztecs, it symbolizes progress, inventions and discoveries, it is favorable for poets, scientists, but also for lovers.

The south is associated with the god of the stars. Not everything works out right away, but it still works out. During this period there are no storms, but there are attractions and downturns.

The West is associated with the god of rain. His years are fertile and abundant. Those born under his protection are destined for success and health. He has wealth and abundance.

1, 3, 7 - very good, these numbers are strong, i.e. eliminate everything bad from the horoscope.

10, 11, 12, 13 - soften all bad omens and strengthen good ones.

4, 5, 6 - worsen the good, and the less good worsen even more.

2, 8, 9 - smooth out everything that is in the horoscope. They weaken both the good and the bad.

While a very large part of the correspondences accepted in Mayan astrology has been lost, data about Aztec astrology has been preserved. Each of the 20 signs was considered to be under the control of a special deity of the Aztec pantheon. Knowledge of the Aztec gods and goddesses is crucial to understanding what these signs symbolize (just as understanding the signs of the Zodiac requires knowledge of the planetary rulers).

The Aztecs also had a solar calendar (xihihuitl) that had 365 days: 360 days made up 18 months of 20 days, with five extra days considered unlucky. Every fourth year was a leap year. Each year was named after its first day: the year of the Reed, the year of the Knife, the year of the House, the year of the Rabbit. The Year of the Reed has always been considered to bring misfortune. This was the case, for example, in 1519, when the Spanish invaded.

Several books surviving from the Spanish conquest hint that there was a body of symbolic knowledge that was used by priests and astrologers. Using these books, you can predict eclipses and planetary conjunctions, as well as determine the signs in which they should occur. Predictions of the effects of various combinations can be extended into the future with relevant mathematical precision.

I.a. was a complex subject: in Mesoamerica, not only individual, but also mundane astrology was developed. She operated in time intervals of 7200 days (which is close to the duration of the Jupiter-Saturn cycle), called “katun”. The katun was seen by the Maya as a fundamental unit of measurement in political and cultural matters. Katuns were united in groups of 13 and 20; 260 katuns constituted the era of creation. Since the Mayans were excellent mathematicians and left many dates imprinted in stone, it is absolutely certain that the current era began on August 11, 3113 BC. and will end on December 21, 2112 AD. The time span of 5125 years (260 katuns) is almost exactly one-fifth of the precessional cycle. In I.a. astrological eras were not measured, as in Western astrology, by 1/12 of the precession cycle and were not associated with signs (like the era of Pisces, the era of Aquarius, etc.); instead, eras in 1/5 of the precessional cycle were divided in the same way as the Tzolkin - into 20 parts of 13 and 13 parts of 20. Now humanity has entered the last katun of the entire era of creation, which began on April 6, 1993.

The reconstruction of Mesoamerican astrology is still far from complete. It should be taken into account that the true philosophical and natural philosophical ideas and ideas about the surrounding world among the Mayans and other Indian peoples may have remained unknown to us due to the almost complete destruction of their entire spiritual heritage, especially written monuments, by the Spanish conquerors. In Mexico today there are a number of practitioners using their own systems, in which they believe that the purest and perfect form of I.A. has been achieved. In many cases, they dismiss the work of academic researchers and ignore the tensions in the correlation between the ancient pre-Columbian calendar and the Christian calendar. However, after much research and careful comparisons of colonial documents, oral traditions and ancient inscriptions, consensus appears to be found in the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation, which places the beginning of this era of creation at August 11, 3113 BC. correct correlation. B. Scofield points out: "The tradition of Mesoamerican astrology appears to be the most subtle and complex of all the time-based astrological systems in the world, and in time it can become a great aid to world-class astrological research."

Incan astrology

Among the South American myths about the origin of the heavenly bodies, those whose heroes are the Sun and the Moon stand out. They are considered brothers (less commonly, brother and sister) or a married couple. In the latter case, the Sun is usually a man. There is a widespread myth about a love triangle between the Sun, the Moon and some third character (a bird, the daughter of the Sun), and in some versions the Moon appears as a woman, in others (in the same mythology) as a man. In the latter case, the lower brightness of the Moon is explained by its defeat in the fight with the Sun. For Botocudas, the full Moon is a man, the defective Moon is a woman.

South American myths explaining the origin of spots on the Moon are extremely diverse. The most common version is that the Moon, a man, descends to his beloved on earth, and she, in order to find out who she is dating, smears soot on his face. In other cases, the spots see the silhouette of a creature living on the Moon. The Toba Moon is a man with a thin line through which his insides can be seen. In tribal myth, she is the Sun hitting the Moon, leaving scars on her body. The movement of the Sun and Moon across the sky is considered as a continuation of their earthly path (among Quechuas), as the pursuit of one luminary by another (among Ona). An eclipse is explained by an attack on a star by a celestial monster, most often a jaguar (among the Toba, Guarani), or a struggle between the Sun and the Moon, in which first one side or the other wins (among the Yunkas, Jivaros, Botocudas). Most Indian tribes have myths about the brightest stars and constellations. The Pleiades and Orion's Belt attracted particular attention from the Indians of South America. For the most part, the stars are considered people who went to heaven before its connection with the earth was broken, the souls of people who died during the catastrophe (among the Araucanians), women descending to earth to enter into a love affair with people (among the Toba, Karazha ). Star mythology is especially developed among the Chaco tribes in eastern Brazil. Very popular are the myths about two hero brothers who, having accomplished a number of feats, turn into the Sun, Moon or stars at the end of the story.

Many South American tribes have an idea of ​​a supreme deity. Sometimes (Guarani, Apinaye) this is a god who is perceived as the old Sun, in contrast to his son, the new Sun.

Such ideas became the soil from which grew the original astrology of the Incas, who lived in the mountainous regions of Peru, Chile and Ecuador in the 12th - early 16th centuries.

The Incas considered the Milky Way - the Maya (Heavenly River) - to be the most important object in the celestial sphere. It is on it, according to their ideas, that all more or less significant objects in the sky are located. The Heavenly River continued on earth in the form of Vilcanota - an earthly river flowing near the capital of the Incas, the city of Cusco.

On the Milky Way, the Incas identified not so much constellations as spots of interstellar dust - coal bags visible on it as dark silhouettes. These "black constellations" are named after animals. Rising from the horizon, they seem to be chasing each other. But the ecliptic and the Zodiac associated with it were apparently not known to ancient Peruvian astrologers.

The sun was the main object of worship of the Incas: the supreme ruler of their state, the Great Inca, was personified with it.

In ancient Cuzco, on the ridge of a mountain there were stone pillars, later destroyed by the conquistadors. There were 8 of them, and maybe even 16. One half towered over the western, and the other half - over the eastern part of the city. Using these pillars, observing from the main temple of the city, the priests observed the points of sunrise and sunset on the days of the equinox and solstices.

The Incas had another type of “observatories” - intihuatana, i.e. "the place where the Sun is tied", "solar pier". The Intihuatans were carved into rocks. In the middle of the “pier” there was a stone column - a gnomon. By its shadow one could determine “what time it is.” Twice a year (when the Sun was exactly at its zenith at noon), this column did not cast a shadow at all and could serve as a kind of calendar.

In addition to the 12 months of 30 days in the Inca year, there were also 5 (and in leap years - 6) final days set aside for holidays.

The astronomical system of the ancient Peruvians served its creators no worse than the astronomy of the Mayans or Babylonians. As elsewhere in antiquity, it determined, for example, the timing of field work. The time of their beginning and end was indicated by the priests accurate to the day. And there were at least 18 types of important agricultural work here (!). They lasted from one and a half to two weeks to two and a half months and covered the entire year. Unfortunately, we have much more meager and fragmentary information about Inca astrology than about the astrological concepts of Mesoamerica.

Secret knowledge

There is probably not a single person who, at least once in his life, has not encountered something beyond his control, inexplicable and mystical. At this moment, everyone, somewhere deep inside, feels that our everyday life, with its orderliness and explanation, is nothing more than a shell behind which something is hidden.

And an infinite number of worlds, bright and mysterious, different from each other, inhabited by creatures whose reality is so difficult to believe. This world is accessible to magicians and clairvoyants, psychics and hypnotists - people who have supernatural abilities. This world is very similar to ancient myths, but it is as real as the physical world. And the path to this world lies through esoteric knowledge, which helps every person find the key to his magical abilities.

A large number of people tend to believe that “esotericism” is some kind of purely negative knowledge about magic and witchcraft. In fact, this is not so. Esotericism is a concept that arose in the ancient Greek school of Pythagoras and means the “inner courtyard” of the temple. Over time, having actually mixed with the occult, esotericism began to mean any secret knowledge for the “chosen few” that has come down to us from the depths of centuries.

In a narrower sense, esotericism is the doctrine of the inner nature of man. Not all people are able to understand the true root causes of our mental suffering, failures or the success of other people. Therefore, esotericism will never be understandable and accessible to everyone. We can say that a common feature of most esoteric directions is the study of the subtle (invisible) planes of our existence, as well as the types, roles and methods of using human psychic energy (prana) in everyday life. One of the main priorities of esotericism is the spiritual and energetic development of man.

Esotericism is the knowledge of oneself and the mysteries of the surrounding world. These are not mathematical formulas, axioms and laws of physics. Esotericism goes beyond the limits of the material world and stores knowledge about other dimensions. This knowledge is like a deep emotional experience or dream, so vivid that it seems to be a separate reality.

Esotericism has existed since ancient times, but then secret knowledge was available only to a select few. But it is we who have had the amazing chance to live in a time when hidden knowledge becomes clear and accessible to everyone.

Esotericism is hidden and secret knowledge. Esotericism is magic and magic. Esotericism is the knowledge of oneself and the mysteries of the surrounding world. Esotericism is pure perception and pure consciousness.

Esotericism is the science of the mystical destiny of man. The goals and views of esotericism coincide with religious ones - that is, the main idea is the awareness of personality change.

Esotericism is a teaching, a body of knowledge intended only for initiated people who carry this secret within themselves and do not have the right to spread it beyond the boundaries of their knowledge.

The concept of esotericism comes from the Greek word “esoterikos”, which means hidden, internal. The teaching contains everything that was collected, accumulated, stored for centuries, passed on from generation to generation and improved in the culture of different peoples. This is the process of knowing the world around us and being, knowing oneself as a part of the whole. Each person carries a secret within himself, and it should belong only to him - this is the true meaning of esotericism.

Esotericism is a special teaching that is available only to initiates. This is in the broad sense of the word. If you follow this logic, both the ancient Greek mysteries and the teachings of the Freemasons can be classified as esotericism. In a narrower sense, esotericism is the doctrine of the inner nature of man. Also available only to initiates.

Esotericism is hidden and secret knowledge collected by different peoples over the centuries.

Esotericism is the knowledge of oneself and the mysteries of the surrounding world.

Esoterics or Esoteric [from Greek. esoterikos internal] - secret, hidden, intended exclusively for initiates.

Esotericism is a teaching accessible only to initiates who do not have the right to spread it further. For example, Jewish Kabbalah, ancient Greek mysteries, and Gnostic teachings are considered secret teachings. Currently, the teachings of Masons, Theosophists, and Anthroposophists are secret.

Esoteric knowledge is secret, hidden knowledge - everything that has been collected and stored by different peoples for centuries, passed on from generation to generation, lost and reappeared.

Astrology, Magic, Meditation, Mysticism, Clairvoyance, Parapsychology, etc. - this all has one thing in common: the mystical basis of the worldview, which is at the opposite pole with the scientific worldview: science is based on empirical, reproducible data - axioms, and mysticism - on unknowable, uncertain concepts.

A strong spirit is interested in the world around them, it is they who subsequently begin to be interested in these thingsami. Esotericists and mystics, through direct experience, learn the deepest truths. It is assumed that they manage to directly touch the deepest secrets of the Universe and man, not through blind faith, but through their own experience.

Therefore, between real esotericists, even those belonging to different traditions and schools, there have never been disagreements, much less confrontation - mystical experience depends on the fundamental structure of man and the Universe, and these things are the same for any people and time. Dogmatic unorthodoxy is the most important sign of esotericism. This is the true esotericism that is revealed through search, knowledge and love!

Spiritual practice in esotericism is a minimum of theory and a maximum of action. Spiritual practice is the interaction of internal and external energy, it is a stream of consciousness aimed at creating life. Any practice helps to shift your Assemblage Point.

For some reason, some scientists mistakenly consider our ancestors to be savages. They are convinced that all the ancient secrets have been unraveled, the riddles have long been solved. The ancestors had wisdom, skills, and strength incomprehensible to modern people. Now this is secret knowledge available exclusively to a select few.

The consciousness of ancient people was significantly different from the current rational thinking based on logic, materialism, and tangible facts. It is extremely difficult for researchers to understand the true nature of rock petroglyphs and megalithic structures, to accurately interpret ancient inscriptions, and to evaluate everyday life, interests, rituals, and way of life.

The integrity of the consciousness of wise ancestors

Significant events in history, such as the collapse of major civilizations, remain inexplicable; centuries of scientific work have not been able to lift the thick veil separating eras. Deciphering hieroglyphs, restoring dead languages, and archaeological searches do not provide a complete picture of culture, knowledge, and spiritual values; they create sensations that give rise to new mysteries.

Quite often, the secret knowledge of priests cannot be obtained due to the narrow-mindedness of prospectors who are unable to perceive new information. Many scientists are too incompetent in matters outside their specialization. The modern habit of fragmenting information about the world has a negative impact on the effectiveness of research.

Ancient healers, shamans, and magicians performed many functions; mystical awareness covered all areas of existence. The priests played the roles of astronomers, healers, musicians, and mathematicians. The secret knowledge of the ancients was more holistic and was used to the maximum. It is almost impossible for a specialist to comprehend such a volume of information.

Lost Opportunities

Legends of peoples of all continents often tell about an amazing era of universal unity and wisdom. One of them calls this blessed time the Golden Age. People possessed incomprehensible information about space, understood the essence of phenomena and things. Life in harmony with the universe, nature, and oneself was long and happy.

Our distant ancestors managed to comprehend the mysteries of matter, penetrate into other dimensions, and acquire colossal capabilities. Powerful knowledge defeated illness and worries. People decided that they could completely subjugate nature, becoming its master. This was a fatal mistake and led to inevitable disaster.

The biblical myth of the Tower of Babel is a vivid metaphor that allegorically reflects the essence of the events that took place. It is impossible to reach the heavens, to reach the limit of knowledge, to possess all the inexhaustible information. In the process of acquiring new information, skills, and abilities, people lost their consent, dividing into different nationalities. The universal language was lost, fierce wars and chaos began.

This can explain some of the similarity in the customs and life of territorially unrelated peoples. For example, in the language of the Slavs there are expressions phonetically identical to the words of ancient Sanskrit. The tower of unified information, created over millennia, was destroyed, everyone took away a piece of priceless information as a souvenir. Centuries later, the remnants of their former power made it possible to create the great civilizations of Maya, Atlantis, and the Ancient East, and to organize the Illuminati community, which had a huge impact on the appearance of the modern world.

Mysterious Hyperborea

In the north there was a great civilization, the mysteries of which remain incomprehensible to this day. Stories about her can be found in the ancient chronicles of Iran, India, and Greece. The life of the legendary Hyperborea was carefree, long, and fun. The mysterious people possessed mystical abilities, skills, and information that made it possible to create places of power unique in their energetic power.

Mysterious megalithic structures - seids, stone labyrinths, cromlechs, the purpose of which is unknown to historians, have now been preserved in the Murmansk region, Karelia, Scandinavia, and North America. Strange stones were used by shamans in rituals and are often mentioned in Scandinavian myths. Some esotericists claim that cromlechs and seids are portals to other worlds, which modern magicians have forgotten how to use.

The war between Hyperborea and Atlantis caused a global catastrophe that destroyed both civilizations, wiping out an entire continent. Significant climate changes have occurred, and the Arctic has become covered with centuries-old ice. The experience and scientific achievements of wise peoples are now almost completely lost. Pieces of this information are used by esoteric communities like the Illuminati.

Unity with nature and harmony

Harmony with the surrounding nature helped to discover the secrets of the universe. The highest energy that filled the space gave boundless strength, inspiration, joy, and peace. The conditions contributed to the fullest realization of talents, achievements, and discoveries.

Quite ordinary actions of our ancestors are now called magic. The secret knowledge of the priests helped to use the forces of nature, receiving the necessary help in a difficult situation. For ancient peoples, rituals were a common occurrence, without anything supernatural; they helped control the weather, protect the home from evil spirits, enemies, and envious people.

The ancestors communicated with the elements, plants, animals, deifying the entire environment, spiritualizing every grain of existence. The magic of the Slavs had enormous power, thanks to a holistic consciousness, personal strength, harmoniously included in the eternal cycle of life, the general energy of the Earth. To harm nature meant to cause irreparable damage to oneself, depriving oneself of a source of energy, support, and inspiration.

Holy Vedas

The rules of a harmonious life are described by the Vedas, a famous book widespread in India. Such information was passed down orally between generations among the Slavs. Sacred texts describe events that are more than 40,000 years old. The Vedas contain the essence of the worldview, the quintessence of the ancient ideas of the Slavs about space, man, and the Universe. Metaphors allegorically open the veil of secrets and explain divine laws in the language of myths. The book was mercilessly destroyed after the Baptism of Rus'.

Invaluable information, according to new historians, was received by the people of India from the Slavs. This causes a lot of unnecessary controversy. All information has a common source, older than all modern civilizations. Ancient laws were created by the perfect mind of the disappeared population of the Earth, which existed long before the appearance of the Slavs, Indians, and peoples of the East. The book teaches world harmony, not quarrels about one's own origin.

Mistakes of Historians

Contrary to the popular version of human development, our distant ancestors were not savages at all. The latest discoveries by archaeologists have forced scientists to rethink the mental abilities of people who lived in ancient times. The scrolls preserve information about the circumference of the Earth and the age of the Universe, which coincide with modern values. Without precise instruments and technical capabilities, it is impossible to determine them. Here are some more interesting facts:

• The construction of the Suez Canal was started by the Egyptian pharaohs, who successfully changed the course of the great Nile.
• An Indian holy book describes the creation of the universe from a cloud of dust.
• The African Dogon tribe has precise information going back generations that would be the envy of modern astronomers.
• Sumerian scientists were able to calculate the cycle of revolution of the Moon and stars, and had a detailed map of the Solar System.
• The Mayans were able to determine the length of the lunar month and the length of the year with an accuracy of up to a thousandth of a day, without using chronological instruments.
• Scientists of the past were well aware of the presence of the microcosm; they even insisted on the similarity of the structure of the infinitely small and the immensely large.
• Two thousand years ago, Democritus declared the existence of the smallest indivisible particles of physical matter.
• Brahman papyri contain information about the atomic structure of substances.

The book of the development of science has many torn pages. Incredible achievements and breakthroughs alternate with periods of decline, destruction, and barbarity. In the not-so-distant Middle Ages, scientists were burned at the stake; most representatives of the peoples of Europe were convinced that the flat Earth was supported by three pillars, and the firmament was created from crystal. False information about the world order continues to spread. Who benefits from such ignorance?

The Secret Power of the Earth

There is an opinion that refutes the complete disappearance of the powerful civilization of the Golden Age. Some representatives of the all-powerful people managed to escape, preserving their invaluable information heritage and acquiring power. They formed a hidden government of the Illuminati, taking charge of the planet.

One historical theory tells of mysterious priests controlling the pharaohs themselves. The Sumerian inscriptions, the stone Book of Power, tell of the Anunnaki “coming from paradise,” revered as gods who shared scientific knowledge with people.

The truth about the power of the Illuminati is carefully guarded from outsiders. The name of the mystical union of ancient superhumans, to which kings, presidents, and official religions obey, is constantly changing. It was no coincidence that in the Middle Ages, inquisitors destroyed scientists, dissidents, and people with superpowers. All historical processes are controlled by an invisible power that has a clear hierarchical structure that strictly divides responsibilities.

The influence of the secret society

The origin of the powerful United States, its influence, and development were controlled by the Illuminati government. The dollar bill even features the recognizable Masonic symbol, the pyramid, topped by the All-Seeing Eye.

World domination was achieved thanks to several hundred wealthy families included in society for the purpose of economic control. These people are used as blind tools of a mystical organization. The Illuminati society included brilliant scientists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei.

Some Masons mention Satan. Is it not with the aim of confusing public opinion and instilling fear? Perhaps all their mysterious attributes are nothing more than a prop created to hide the truth from the uninitiated.

Understanding the secrets of the universe gives enormous power, allowing you to control the consciousness of the population of most of the planet, to subjugate presidents, crowned heads, the media, and finances. The purpose of the Illuminati, the motives and plans of the organizers are absolutely incomprehensible to ordinary people. These omnipotent people have a different consciousness, which is incomprehensible to most.

Scientific research does not bring scientists any closer to unraveling the secrets of existence. The whole universe of secret knowledge is patiently awaiting the development of social intellect, spirituality, and reason. Modern humanity is not ready to receive information carefully preserved by the mystical union, which opens up unprecedented abilities.

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Secret knowledge of ancient civilizations.

The enormous catastrophe that happened to the Earth 13.5 thousand years ago brought down the curtain on the previous history of mankind. Meanwhile, there is reason to believe that it swept away a developed civilization.

The flow of scientific information coming to us from the depths of millennia is striking in its high level.

Chaldean sources from three thousand years ago, for example, claim that the radius of the globe is 6310.5 kilometers. According to the latest data, it is equal to 6371.03 kilometers. (The slight difference is explained today by the hypothesis of the expansion of the Earth). Six thousand years ago, the Aryans believed that the cause of disease was bacteria, but the microcosm became accessible to us only after the invention of the microscope. By dividing space into 360 degrees and time into 60 minutes and seconds, we continue the tradition of Sumer (3-4 thousand years BC), which is based on the concept of the unity of space and time. The Egyptians 6 thousand years ago had precise knowledge about the magnetic poles of the planet...

No matter how much we delve into the history of early civilizations, we are faced with the same phenomenon: high-level knowledge is present everywhere in a “ready-made” form, without a hint of what we call evidence. It seems that this “ready-made” knowledge was born in some other time.

By whom and when? This question is difficult to answer, but enthusiasts of this problem are trying to get to the bottom of the truth...

Greek paradox

An unexpected impetus for this hypothesis was the paradox of Ancient Greece.

Modern ideas about the structure of matter, in fact, at its deepest level, are very close in essence to the theory of Democritus, dating back to the 5th century BC. e. Today's views on the infinity and discreteness of space and time were formulated by Epicurus in the 4th century BC. e. Epicurus's contemporary Theophrastus spoke about chemical warfare and the chemical mutual aid of plants. We understood this only in the 30s of the 20th century, after the discovery of photocides. From Empedocles (5th century BC) we learn that there was a separate genesis of flora and fauna, and Galen’s teaching about the origin of man from apes anticipated Darwin by two millennia...

What is the paradox? The fact is that, contrary to logic, deep and correct, from the point of view of today's science, knowledge about the theory does not belong to the late Hellenic thinkers (Ptolemy, Aristotle, etc.), but to their early predecessors - Thales, Solon, Anaxagoras, Heraclitus, Pythagoras...

It was these gifted representatives of humanity that gave a powerful impetus to the emergence of Greek science, which is explained by their involvement in “esoteric” (secret) knowledge, received in ancient Egypt, Persia, Babylon and Shambhala - states whose intellectual potential still remains largely mysterious.

Indeed, the first luminary of Greek science, Thales of Miletus, made all his discoveries in astronomy and mathematics after visiting Egypt and Mesopotamia. The same can be said about Democritus, who studied astronomy from the Egyptian priests and Babylonians, and medicine from Indian yogis. Heraclitus, having spent several years in Persia, was the first to formulate for us a dialectical worldview, saying that at the heart of everything is the continuous struggle of opposites that form the highest unity - the harmony of the world.

As for the mysterious figure of Pythagoras, even for his contemporaries, who brought the doctrine of number as the hidden essence of things to the Greeks, he not only traveled to many countries of the East and Asia, but, after spending 22 years in Egypt, was accepted into the caste of priests, passing for initiation incredible tests of will. Initiates... They returned from their wanderings with a ready-made doctrine, theory, system. They talked about incomprehensible things. They remained incomprehensible not only to contemporaries, but also to descendants for thousands of years...

What did their teachers know?

Knowledge Gallery

All Attempts to trace the emergence of this or that knowledge in the ancient world lead to the fact that we can only see the top of the “tree of knowledge”, at best the crown, but we do not see the trunk and roots.

When Europe could barely count on their fingers, the peoples of Mesopotamia were already operating in their calculations with infinitely large values. Cubic, biquadratic equations, negative and transcendental numbers, systems of indefinite equations, curves of the third and fourth orders, etc. - all this was known in Mesopotamia, India and China thousands of years before the Greeks... The Egyptians knew not only that the Earth is a sphere , but also that it rotates in space, obeying the same laws as the other planets of the solar system. And the law of blood circulation, discovered in the 17th century by William Harvey, was known to them more than 6 thousand years ago, as well as the functions of the heart and brain.

In search of the key to the phenomenon of ancient knowledge, it is difficult to ignore their stone embodiment - the Great Pyramid of Giza. Much has been written about it, but how can we not remember its “surprises”... The perimeter divided by two heights gives the number “pi” (3.14). The height multiplied by a billion is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Other measurements indicate the weight of the Earth, the exact orientation to the cardinal points, etc. From the gallery leading to the “royal chamber” a view opens directly to the North Star...

Well, what kind of view opens up to us through this thickness of millennia? Where does the knowledge gallery lead?

Secret knowledge

Such a certain level of knowledge must be preceded by some practical activity of mankind. Therefore, whenever we discover amazing knowledge among the ancients, which is not based on previous experience, arises as if from non-existence, the assumption arises that this information could be the remnants of the knowledge of previous civilizations, which were preserved after the catastrophe - the death of the planet Phaethon and all the consequences from there the consequences.

At one time he wrote about the existence of a certain caste - bearers of secret knowledge. Newton.

“There are other great mysteries,” he wrote, “which the great initiates do not boast about... If what Hermes writes is true, they cannot be comprehended without the world being in great danger.”

The scientist speaks about the ancient sages this way: “If I have seen further, it is only because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.” Many of these giants of science, as mentioned above, received their knowledge in Egypt, and the latter from Shambhala, from the great Himalayan sages - the Mahatmas, descendants of the Atlanteans.

Plutarch reports that he, like Alexander the Great, as a student of Aristotle, became familiar with knowledge that philosophers called “oral” and “secret” and was not widely publicized.

Even the mighty conquerors of the world, to whom Macedonsky belonged, accustomed to deciding issues of life and death of peoples and countries, froze with respect and meekness before the fragments of the “inheritance of secret knowledge” of initiates and Atlanteans.

With silent sorrow, Alexander the Great once looked at the nameless stone that lay at the burial site of Hermes Trismegistus - the Thrice Greatest. Generations of researchers and interpreters of ancient texts have wrestled with the mystery of who he is? Who is he who gave his name to the hermetic, esoteric secret knowledge of the occultists? American esotericist Manly P. Hall in his work “Encyclopedic Exposition of Symbolic Philosophy” notes:

“Iamblichus states that Hermes was the author of twenty thousand books, Manetho increases the number to 26,000 - a figure that speaks for itself. A single figure, even one clothed with divine prerogatives, could hardly handle such divine work. Among the sciences and arts which Hermes is said to have revealed to men were medicine, chemistry, law, astrology, music, rhetoric, magic, philosophy, geography, mathematics, anatomy and oratory.”

Researchers believe that it was Hermes who was known to the Jews as Enoch. It was also adopted into the mythology of the Greeks... And among the ancient Romans it became Mercury. In the Egyptian depiction of Thoth, he is depicted recording on a wax tablet the results of the weighing of the souls of the dead in the Judgment Hall.

According to legend, when Hermes-Thoth walked the earth with people, he entrusted his followers with the sacred book of Thoth. This book contains the secrets of the process that makes it possible to revive humanity...

It was before whose memory the great Alexander the Great bowed. In his Comparative Lives, Plutarch writes:

“Alexander the Great, who was a student of Aristotle, not only mastered the concepts of morality and the state, but also tasted other, deeper knowledge, which philosophers called “secret” and did not promote it».

But one day Alexander departed from his teacher Aristotle, which occurred shortly after the following event. This is what Makedonsky wrote:

“Alexander wishes prosperity to Aristotle!

You did wrong by divulging the teachings, intended for purely oral presentation. How else will we differ from other people if the same teachings on which we were brought up become common property? I would like to have superiority over others not in power, but in knowledge of higher subjects.

Be healthy"

There is an opinion that Alexander the Great undertook his unprecedented conquests with the sole purpose of attracting the attention of the gods (space aliens) and being honored with a conversation with them during his lifetime!..

The mysterious death of Alexander did not allow him to carry out these intentions...

In an effort to protect access to some important and dangerous knowledge, initiates strictly kept their secret. “Whoever comprehends the magical secrets of the word, let him keep it from everyone and hide it in his teaching.”, - written in the Rigveda (India). One of the magical Egyptian papyri begins and ends with the order: “Shut your mouth! Guard your lips!” In India, 150 years ago, if a person of a lower caste deliberately or unintentionally overheard the reading of the sacred books of the Brahmins, then molten lead was poured into his ears.

Indestructible evidence

In the 6th century BC. Egyptian priests said to Solon: “Oh Solon, you Greeks are like children... you know nothing about ancient times, about the hoary knowledge of the past...”

The chronicles reported to Solon by the priests of Ancient Egypt said that many millennia ago the country was occupied by the army of the powerful island state of the Atlanteans...

Legends attribute to the mysterious Atlantis an unusually high level of knowledge and technology. If so, then was it not the discernible tip of the iceberg of “protocivilization”? Or maybe there were several such “oases” on Earth?

Be that as it may, some scientists are convinced that supercivilization is a fact that took place in the history of mankind.

If homo sapiens, they believe, was exactly the same as us, in a physiological sense, existed on Earth about 50-70 thousand years ago, then why couldn’t humanity achieve in such a period of time what we managed in just 5- 7 thousand years of “written” history? We are looking for material “material” traces of “proto-civilization” and do not find them. No wonder: the elements and time could turn them to dust many times over. Meanwhile, the only indelible trace, evidence that is not subject to time, can only be Knowledge, information transmitted from the memory of one generation to the memory of another throughout the history of mankind. And what the transfer and storage of knowledge has always been surrounded by strict secrecy and was trusted only to a select few, - evidence of its pricelessness in the ancient world (people already understood then: depending on the goals, knowledge can serve both good and evil).

The calendars of the most ancient peoples of the world - the Aryans, Egyptians, Assyrians and later, the Mayans - indicated the date of the Catastrophe - 11542, starting their chronology from there.

What caused it is unknown. According to some, the Earth “captured” the Moon, others believe that our planet collided with a celestial body, a fragment of the exploded planet Phaeton, and others believe that we are talking about a catastrophic increase in the activity of the Sun. What happened as a result? Has the Earth's orbit changed? Have the poles shifted? Has the planet slowed down its rotation? (By the way, 290 days of the ancient Inca calendar suggest that before the Catastrophe the Earth revolved around the Sun 1.25 times faster.) Drastic climate change. Global flood". Terrifying earthquakes. Huge tsunami. Mountain building processes... Could anything, even a super civilization, survive in such a hell?

Dust and gases rising into the atmosphere obscured the Sun for a hundred years. The surviving people scattered throughout the Earth, taking with them the most valuable things - children and knowledge... In many ways, humanity had to start over...

From the ashes a new world was born. The leap into civilization took place in strictly localized places - in the valleys of large rivers: the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Yellow River. The spring of this rise was the technology of basin farming, which required precise knowledge. Under these conditions, those groups of people that made up the “shards” of the once flourishing “proto-civilization” could play the role of a catalyst. It was not they, of course, who created powerful states in river valleys, but, storing “ready-made” knowledge, they were able to become a kind of “trigger mechanism” for a new round in the history of earthly civilization.

Yes, their knowledge was probably fragmentary. But this was accurate knowledge. And they bore traits of the same origin. It is no coincidence that the cosmogonic myths of the most diverse peoples of the world are so similar to each other. It is no coincidence that the same numbers - 3,7,9,11, 13, 24, 27, 36... - were considered sacred in various parts of the world. Today, their information component has already been partially revealed - the number of planets in the solar system, the rhythm of the Sun’s activity, biorhythms, and time characteristics. It is possible that they may also be information codes for certain world constants.

...At all times, humanity has wondered: what was the Beginning of our world? Today we are already manipulating the genetic code, but the origin of life is the same unsolved mystery for us as it was for those who lived many thousands of years ago. Sooner or later science will solve it, because this knowledge is necessary for humanity.

Or maybe this has already happened once? What if the answer to this question is somewhere very close - encrypted in the stones of the pyramids or in the bizarre allegories of myths? And you just need to look at them with a different, closer look of a Man of the 21st century?..

PS: On the same topic, my old article about nine unknown sages - owners of secret knowledge: Secret rule of the "Wise Men" https://cont.ws/@sage/478357

Mandy Talbot:

“Of all the sciences, the most dangerous is the science of controlling the thoughts of the crowd, because it allows you to control the whole world.”

Many of these plans have already been implemented, including in the Russian Federation...