How a search for the hidden land of Shambhala turned into a geopolitical power play. By Dimitra Nikolaidou (Atlas Obscura) In December of 1923, two unlikely travelers arrived in Darjeeling, India intent on finding what could not possibly exist: Shambhala, a kingdom located inside a hollow earth. Along them trailed Soviet spies, Western occultists and Mongolian rebels, all serving their own agendas. Even with so many eyes on them, their expedition still managed to disappear from the face of […] Read More
Category: The Hollow Earth
The Macuxi Indians are indigenous people who live in the Amazon forest in South America. According to their ancestral legends, they are descendants of the children of the sun, the creator of Fire and disease and they are the protectors of the “Hollow Earth.” Their oral legends speak of an entrance into Earth. Until the year 1907, the Macuxies would enter a cavern, and travel from 13 to 15 days until they reached the interior of the […] Read More
Many decades ago, when the construction of the library facilities at Western Carolina University near Cullowhee, North Carolina, had been underway, a local story tells of the discovery of an underground chamber, in which the bodies of what appeared to be a number of Native Americans were found. As the story goes, the construction proceeded as planned at the time, and the chamber was sealed shortly after a small group of archaeologists was allowed to examine the remains, along […] Read More
Few of the great fears held by humankind in our path to modernity would rival that of our long dread for the darkness. Fortunately, with the daily cycle of the Earth’s rotation, we are only bathed in that blackness for a few hours at a time. Hence, over the long course of its evolution, humanity has worked mostly by the waking hours, having learned to hide ourselves away as the light recedes, and take our rest during the hours […] Read More
The Macuxi Indians knew about the existence of the Hollow Earth nearly one hundred years ago. But are their legends true or are they another incredible story of folklore? What if Jules Verne’s classic “Journey to the Center of the Earth” is actually true? And somewhere down there, an entire new world is waiting to be explored, a place where somehow, living beings inhabit the depths of our planet, a place that ancient cultures and civilizations knew existed, or […] Read More
David Pratt May 2001 Part 4 of 4 Part 4: Mythology, Paradise, and the Inner World 1. The Imperishable Sacred Land 2. Shambhala 3. A northern paradise 4. Inner kingdoms References 1. The Imperishable Sacred Land Theosophy teaches that a series of seven root-races or humanities will develop during the present fourth round of the earth’s evolution. The first humanity is said to have appeared in the mid-Paleozoic, about 150 million years ago (according to the theosophical timescale), and […] Read More
David Pratt May 2001 Part 3 of 4 Part 3: Polar Puzzles 1. The open polar sea 2. The north pole controversy 3. Polar land cover-up? 4. Flights of fancy 5. Auroras and the poles References 1. The open polar sea Many 19th-century explorers believed that beyond the belt of pack ice at the perimeter of the Arctic Ocean there was an open polar sea, and possibly continental land as well. The idea of an open polar sea took […] Read More
David Pratt May 2001 Part 2 of 4 Part 2: The Hollow Earth Hypothesis 1. Early theories 2. Modern theories 3. Hollow moons 4. Feasibility — I (06/04) 5. Feasibility — II (08/05) References 1. Early theories Since the scientific revolution, a small number of notable scientists have proposed the possibility of a hollow earth. One of the first was the famous English astronomer and mathematician, Sir Edmond Halley (1656-1742) [1]. He held that the earth had an outer […] Read More
David Pratt May 2001 Part 1 of 4 Contents Part 1: The Solid Earth Hypothesis 1. The standard earth model 2. Deep drilling springs surprises 3. Mass, density, and seismic velocity (09/05) 4. Deep earthquakes 5. Geomagnetism References Part 2: The Hollow Earth Hypothesis 1. Early theories 2. Modern theories 3. Hollow moons 4. Feasibility — I (06/04) 5. Feasibility — II (08/05) References Part 3: Polar Puzzles 1. The open polar sea 2. The north pole controversy 3. […] Read More
We’ve all heard tales of Nazis exploring the southern extremities of the globe and even setting up bases in Neuschwabenland. Some have also heard of Operation Highjump and Admiral Byrd’s altercation with entrenched German forces that overpowered them with amazing flying craft. from http://www.hi-story.de/ A video (below) has recently surfaced which shows a 1944 map from the Third Reich detailing not only the direct passageway used by German U-boats to access this subterranean domain, but also a complete map of both hemispheres […] Read More