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The Bridges - Jadczyk Correspondence
From: Laura Knight-Jadczyk <lark2@ozline.net> To: Vincent & Darlene <abooks@ac.net> Subject: Re: A couple of comments Send reply to: lark2@ozline.net Date sent: Tue, 11 May 1999 21:51:56 -0400
On 11 May 99, at 18:18, Vincent & Darlene wrote:
> Wow, keeping up with you is a full time job! :)
That's what my husband says. He works pretty hard to keep me out of trouble!
> OK, I'll admit it. You have me fascinated with your
approach. I don't as a
> rule have much use for channeled material. For the
obvious reasons.
Yeah. Me too. But in my research on the literature, I became convinced that there were sufficient instances of "sublime" connection to warrant some experimenting with particular effort designed to avoid the corrupting factors of ego and all that. As a human being, I have an ego... but I use this in the Sufi way when channeling to "filter." It's like I can feel with my skin anything that is "icky."
>But > the transcripts I have seen have been very
rewarding, and you have a good
> handle on what I call ritual hygene.
Hey, as a hypnotherapist, I have done a couple of chrome peeling exorcisms! Not my idea of a Sunday drive!
>If you have read "Sharing the > Secrets" then you have some idea of my opinions
around the whole subject.
Yes. I have remarks written in the margins... but not too many...
> But that is my bias, and even within my own magickal
and spiritual work I
> insist on controls.
ABSOLUTELY!
>If that distances me from some sources of information, > fine. It also distances me from the pernicious
effects of the lower
> astral.
My sentiments exactly!
> So far, the free-will party has had no trouble communicating with > me. It just forces both sides to be more creative.
Well, I guess I was just sort of designed to do what I have done and what I am doing and I have stopped apologizing for being that way. The "other channelers" can't abide me because I am so picky that the source, for God's sake, be able to at least spell and use grammar correctly! I have gotten some funny hate mail from followers of Sheldon Nidle and others because of things on my site.
> But I am envious of the guidance.
I share! In fact, Ark is presently upset with me for getting attacked by the AW folks for the material which I should not have sent out... even though I EXPLAINED that it WAS asked for - sort of... I'm an Aquarian for goodness sake! Save the world and all that.
>When my partner Jay and I started this > two years ago, we agreed that other than the
contacts and experiences that
> I already had among the occult community, we would
accept no help or
> guidance that wasn't first discovered by us. We
wanted no helpful spooks,
> incarnate or discarnate, muddying the waters. In
many ways, this rule has
> been invaluable.
I agree. And you will notice that the C's really make us work... there is NO free lunch!
>At one point we were averageing one wacko a week with > obscure suggestions and strange travel plans. God
knows what we turned
> down, but we know that our information is solid,
reliable and well
> documented, while the Priory has a very poor track
record. Look what has
> happened to everyone researching in the field who
has been taken in by one
> informative group or the other. EVB and Martha
Neyman are good examples,
> as are the authors of HBHG.
That's a BIG Ten Four!
> But if the Cs or the free-will party mean what they
say, then they can,
> and have, seen the value of our approach.
Not only that, but they insist on it as far as the word "insist" applies. The following was given just after Ark contacted me...
Q: (L) Would you care to comment, or shall we just ask our questions? A: Ask specific questions, as always. Q: (L) Then let's start with some basic things. First of all, I have had some contact with a physicist who is interested in the material. And, because of this, I was motivated to pick up a book I had read many years ago about the German occupation of Poland, and there were some very strange things said in this book, and some funny synchronous numbers... It just seemed to be a prototype of the present reality in global terms. My question is: is there some synchronous implication between this contact, the reading of this book when I was 11 years old, and the material we have received through this source? A: Open. Q: (L) You have said that the Holocaust was basically a 'practice run' for the ultimate space invasion. Is this invasion supposed to take place as an actual 'aliens invading the planet' scenario, or... A: Too many thought patterns at once. Step by step, please. Q: (L) Let's boil it down. Was Hitler's agenda a practice run for a future scenario? A: Close. Was a "testing" of the will. Q: (L) Whose will was being tested? A: Yours. Q: (L) Me specifically, or the planet? A: Latter. Q: (L) In terms of this scenario, is there some lesson that we can learn about what may or may not occur through this book I have mentioned? A: Maybe, but suggest you learn to blend mosaic consciousness. Q: (L) What is mosaic consciousness? A: Thinking in internally spherical terms, rather than using linear "point blank" approach. The whole picture is seen by seeing the whole scene. Q: (L) Well, I guess that is why I guess I get into so many thought patterns... A: Picture yourself as being at the center of a mosaic. Q: (L) Okay, I know what you are saying, but I just don't think that there is any way I can DO this! A: Yes you can! Q: (L) Okay. Okay. This whole situation, this Polish connection, this German connection, the American and alien things, the soldier/Nephilim thing, these are all manifestations of a Realm Border Crossing, am I correct? A: Close. Q: (L) And some of the manifestations of a Realm Border Crossing are that some people graduate or transition to 4th density, that their awareness changes, everything changes, the playing field is leveled. So, what happened in Germany was a 'practice run' but what is going to happen is that the 'playing field' is going to be leveled, so it will not be exactly the same scenario, is this a correct assessment? A: Maybe. Alright, my dear, you want the facts, so we will give them to you, and hopefully you will comprehend. If not now, then when necessary maybe... Fact number one: All there is is lessons. Fact two: this is one big school. Fact three: Timing as you perceive it, is never, NEVER definite. Fact four: What is to happen, as you state it, is a ways off, and will not occur until you have reached that point on the learning cycle, and you are not close yet. Now ponder before more facts are given!! Q: (L) Okay, this being one infinite school, and we all seem to be wandering around in the darkness... A: Fact five: The learning cycle is variable, and progress along it is determined by events and circumstances as they unfold. Q: (L) So, the events and circumstances of our lives, individually and collectively, can indicate where we are on this learning cycle? And we are asking to have things told to us, or revealed to us about things which are, in themselves, the necessary lessons? And it would be virtually useless to be told about them since they must be experienced? A: Partly correct. If you want hints, then hints shall we give. But, if you are looking for a "road map?," forgetitski!! Q: (L) Okay, we want some hints. And Ark wants some hints, too! He wants to know if we can invent a tool that enhances free will? A: No tool is needed because of facts 3, 4, and 5. Q: (L) Ummm... So, when a person is being hypnotized and controlled from outside, because that is the matter of concern we were discussing earlier, they are hypnotized and controlled until they learn to stop it? A: Yes. Q: (L) So, using the analogy of the pig stye, they just have to wallow in it and suffer until they have had enough? A: Using your analogy of the bicycle: Is there a tool which makes it unnecessary for the child to learn how to ride the bicycle in order to know how to ride it?!? Q: (MM) Don't you get more free will by assimilating knowledge? A: Yes!! Yes!! Q: (L) So, in other words, knowledge and awareness makes you aware that you have free will, and also makes you aware of what actions actually ARE acts of free will, and therefore, when you know or suspect the difference between the lies and deception and truth, then you are in a position to be in control of your life? A: Yes. Q: (L) Ark also wants to ask... well, his problem is faith, as he said it to me. A: Faith comes also from knowledge, and as we have stated before... False knowledge is worse than no knowledge at all!!!!! Q: (L) So, it is important to take each and every thing that is being learned or analyzed, and take it completely apart and dig in every direction around it, and even in related directions, to FULLY ascertain that it is true? As C.S. Lewis said, knowledge is like a rope... as long as you are using it to tie up a box, it doesn't matter whether it is perfect or not, but if you have to use it to hang over a precipice, then it behooves you to make absolutely certain that it is strong enough to support your weight. A: Yes.
>What I think is truly of > interest is that they have also used a rough and
ready channeling approach
> with some very subtle backstopping and reality
checking. I am more and
> more impressed with the degree of guidance.
Well, I have sent some of the private excerpts... there is a LOT of this material... I was like a kid in a candy store in the beginning, when I finally realized that "Egads! This makes sense!" But, it took TWO YEARS of sitting with "intent" and regular "cleansings" of various types before the C's came through... with a "bang" I might add. The house actually shook as though struck by a sonic boom.
> Brotherhood of Light might publish one or both
versions of our book. They
> have been getting things ready for an influx of
interest in Fulcanelli for
> over a year now. Dwellings is in print now, in a
large deluxe edition, and
> I thought they had some backcopies of Mystery left
but apparently we have
> been generating some interest.
Well, if you have an "inside line," perhaps you will ask about this "Dwellings" book because I did not see it on the site. I want it. I haven't used up my book budget for this month so I am told I can have it.
> This time time last year they had almost a > thousands copies left of the 1986 printing. Kevin
Townley, the publisher,
> is also the author of a great book, The Cube of
Space, which describes the
> basic ideas of Bahiric astronomy. He's also a friend
and co-conspirator of
> sorts, as is John Major Jenkins, whose book Mayan
Cosmogenesis 20012 is a
> classic connection to a culture who still remembered
the secret. Robert
> Lawlor joked last summer that we were starting a
"mileu" of sorts. Try
> those while waiting for Fulcanelli.
Will do. Seem to be "clue based."
> Yes, I do believe you do. We just have to work out
the recipe. I'm game.
One of my major concerns is the "little pitchers have big ears" syndrome. Yes, I know that "walls have ears," and that there is very little that is private, but it does seem that care is necessary and that one must not leave one's shoelaces untied!
> Yes, yes, sweet Jesus how true! I enjoyed your
husband's website as much
> as I did yours. Very solid and impressive work.
Thank you most kindly. He did win the Humboldt Prize in 1995 and we are looking for a Nobel... not for it's own sake, but for the freedom it can provide. The politics of science can get VERY tedious!
>As for Dan, well the > politest way to put it is that his ideas run away
with him.
I think he could use a good exorcism.
> Now about that alchemical paragraph. . .I would
dearly love to read it!
>
> Here's my version of the techno approach:
All those terms are "Green language," if you will, IMHO.
The first thing you need to think about to understand what I am going to say is this: Extensive research by myself and MANY who have gone before, more qualified than myself, shows that so called "paranormal" abilities are genetic. Cases of poltergeist activity, PK, manifestation, healing, bilocation, etc can all be tracked to either an "inherited" tendency that is active, or an ability that is "turned on" by some sort of trauma, particularly electrical shock, a blow to the head, illness etc.
So called "supernormal" abilities seem to have no direct relation to "spirituality" as a necessary causative agent. A man can heal with the touch of his hands and go home, get drunk, and beat his wife.
Our bodies only utilize 2% of our DNA to code for all the proteins that make us... and a similar figure is the 5 % of our brain we use. Can these figures be related?
The other 98 % of DNA is called junk - simply because nobody knows what it is there for.
However, the fact that "paranormal" abilities can be linked to genetics makes us think that there is a LOT of DNA that could be related to such things... the question is: how to unlock it?
I believe that the presence of suppressor genes is the key. Suppressor genes "lock" DNA so that it is not active. Suppressor genes can be "baited" away so that more DNA unlocks. This can be accomplished in one of two ways: electrically stimulated changes in neurotransmitters, or hormonally stimulated changes in neurotransmitters combined with hormonal changes in membrane permeability.
So, I think the key is to find the method to generate a powerful internal electrical charge (read Reich) that is continuous for a sufficient length of time to cause an alteration in the fluids of the body - hormones which then demand variations of neurotransmitters - and to maintain this for a sufficient length of time for a "feedback loop" to be set up. (This gets technical and I can't find my notes on it.)
This is the "slow, low heat" of the alchemical work.
The whole thing is Tantra. The technique may be variable depending on the configuration of the practitioner.
> <<Thing is, the results are dependent upon the
bloodline.>>
Yup. I suspect those nasty guys back then were busy finding "Merovingian" gals for their "work."
> This one line tells me that you have indeed caught
the right track! The
> question lingers around the edge of all these
issues. Why were so many of
> the "Priory" involved in alchemy if it was
all just about a royal
> bloodline, Christ's or not? Well, I think I have an
answer, and I await
> yours.
See above.
>
> As for EVB, well, she isn't talking to us at the
moment. We do have
> indirect sources and are checking at the moment on
what has happened to
> her. She wasn't answering her phone when we were in
RLC in March. I'll
> keep you informed. She hasn't talked to us since we
came up with the
> hypothesis that Fulcanelli and Schwaller de Lubiz
are the same person. Her
> anger makes suspect we are close. See Vanderbroek's
biography of
> Schwaller, Alchemie.
Okay.
TTYL, Laura
From: Laura Knight-Jadczyk <lark2@ozline.net> To: Vincent & Darlene <abooks@ac.net> Subject: Re:hendaye, etc, Send reply to: lark2@ozline.net Date sent: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:00:10 -0400
On 11 May 99, at 9:54, Vincent & Darlene wrote: > There are only three
places in France with the old word "Luz" or light in
> their names. One is a
small village between Carcassone and Couiza near
> RLC, the other is the
beach town St. John-de-Luz near Hendaye and the
> third is in the Pyrenees
near Lourdes. That one, Luz St Savior, was the
> logical choice for
Soltane, but until we got there we had no idea if there
> was anything left to
find, even if we were right.
Have been going over these notes a time or two to see what lightbulbs light up (pun intended - and, by the way, the C's use puns a LOT) and this was brought to mind: 07-19-97
Q: Well, that is out of my depth tonight! In a previous session I asked a question about the 'sons of Belial' and the 'sons of the law of One,' as explicated by Edgar Cayce, and whether these were philosophial or racial divisions. You said that they were initially racial, and then philosophical and religious. Now, from putting the information about religions together throughout the centuries, I am coming to a rather difficult realization that the whole monothiestic idea, which is obviously the basic concept of the 'sons of the law of One,' is the most clever and devious and cunning means of control I have ever encountered in my life. No matter where it comes from, the religionists say "we have the ONE god, WE are his agents, you pay us your money, and we'll tell him to be nice to you in the next world!" A: Clever if one is deceived. Silly truffle if one is not. Q: Well, I know! But, uncovering this decption, this lie that the 'power' is 'out there' is unbelievable. So, the Kantekkians were the 'Sons of Belial,' which is not the negative thing that I interpreted it as at the time. So, the 'Sons of the Law of One,' was perverted to the monotheistic Judaism, which then was then transformed into the Christian religious mythos, and has been an ongoing theme since Atlantean times. A: Woven of those who portray the lights. Q: And that is always the way it has been. They appear as 'angels of light.' And, essentially, everything in history has been rewritten by this group. A: Under the influence of others. And whom do you suppose? Q: Well, the Orion STS. A: Sending pillars of light and chariots of fire to deliver the message. Q: Well, I found some connections between some tombs in Rome, Nicolas Poussin, and some tombs in England, the processions of 'angels' on the Canary Islands. The connection seems to be these funny lights, or Candles, with 'peculiar wicks,' as they are described, which are 'eternal flames.' I am wondering if this is what you meant by connecting them by the frequency of light? A: "Eternal flame" adorns the tomb of JFK. Connection? Q: Yes. I also found the Solloi priesthood and the priestesses called Peleiades. They seem to be involved with urns, birds, tinkling bells, urns that can be struck and which then set up a particular resonance in other urns, oak trees, and some other peculiar references that relate to laurel trees... A: Siren song. Q: What about the siren song? A: Greek mythology. Q: I know that. What about it? What do the sirens represent? A: Laura, my dear, if you really want to reveal "many beautiful and amazing things," all you need to do is remember the triad, the trilogy, the trinity, and look always for the triplicative connecting clue profile. Connect the threes... do not rest until you have found three beautifully balancing meanings!! Q: So, in everything there are three aspects? A: And why? Because it is the realm of the three that you occupy. In order to possess the keys to the next level, just master the Third Man Theme, then move on with grace and anticipation. Q: In a previous session you also said that the Guanches were confused by a trauma, which was why they did not have a clear story about their origins. So, I was thinking about it and wondering if they were actual Atlanteans, and that the Canary Islands were an intact part of Atlantis, and that the Guanches did not actually travel from anywhere... they were there all along. That the Canaries is an actual area of Atlantis that survived and that the Guanches survived with it. A: Close. Q: Is there some mystery or secret about how they got there? A: In what context? Q: I asked before, and you said 'guess,' and I guessed the flood of Noah, and you said 'close.' You said they were traumatized. I just wanted to know where they came from. They have a tradition that 60 of them arrived... A: You are close enough to lay the foundations of your castle. Q: Okay. Change gears: Why is the rooster, or the crowing of the rooster, associated with the idea of underground cities, civilizations, or bases as well as alchemy and secret societies? A: What causes the rooster to crow? Q: Light. But, how is light related to an underground city? A: Tis not just light, but the emergence of light from the depths of the darkness.
Just a funny little bit.
Laura
From: Laura Knight-Jadczyk <lark2@ozline.net> To: Vincent & Darlene <abooks@ac.net> Subject: Re:hendaye, etc, Send reply to: lark2@ozline.net Date sent: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:14:25 -0400
On 11 May 99, at 9:54, Vincent & Darlene wrote:
> This would appear to be
reference to the 'eastern' cross,
> maltese or equal armed,
of the Catherite Templars would fled with the
> Grail family into the
Bearn in 1244.
04-04-98
Q: Why does the bee symbol appear repeatedly in the ancient literature as a symbol of royalty? A: Pollen. Q: What about the pollen? A: Is alchemical compound. Q: Okay, I get the connection. In the studies of the Triple Goddess, I came across some interesting things. You suggested that I should research the Third Man Theme. I have discovered that the origin of the word 'man' meant a female - the goddess. The oldest word for the male of the species was 'wer' as in 'werewolf.' So, the Third Man Theme could mean actually, the Triple Goddess. Am I correct? A: Close, if viewed through "sheets of rain." Q: Okay. Tracking the Triple Goddess back to the oldest references, we get to KaliMa. There are all kinds of derivations of this name, but the thing that strikes me is the relationship to the goddess Kell, or Kella, as well as to the word kell, Celts, and how this might be transformed into the word 'Cassiopaea.' Can you comment on this? A: Do not the Celts like "kelly" green?!? Q: Yes. So. What does 'green' have to do with it? A: Keep searching... learning is accomplished thusly, and learning is fun! Q: Yes. I know. Okay, if that is related to Celts, then it must also relate to the Goddess 'Car' which would make the 'philosophers of Damcar' the philosophers of the Goddess Car, the equine term for 'mother' being 'dam' not to mention the relation to the Goddess Danae... A: Need now to turn you research to Malta. Q: Oh God! Alright. The three aspects of the goddess: in the story of Perseus, there was Cassiopaea, Andromeda, and Medusa... the three aspects, the mother, the virgin, and the crone. But, in this story, Perseus manages to cut the head off the crone. In other stories, the crone always manages to win. Is there any particular reason why Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa? Was this transposed? Was the Medusa merely another aspect? A: Serpentine. Q: What about serpentine? Representative of the serpent race or the Lizzies? A: Eden. Q: Was the story of Perseus the story of Eden? Was Medusa the representative of the serpent of Eden? A: Not quite. Q: What are you alluding to that I am not getting? I feel that I am out of sync with this conversation. A: Out of sync only occurs when presupposition reigns supreme. Q: Well, it is not reigning supreme. The problem is: in the oldest religions, it is the Goddess, the Mother, the endless sea of potential of unassumed experience that was the Goddess. There was unconditional love in the beginning. But then, the patriarchal view twisted it and it became violent and ugly and restrictive. And, from the patriarchal view came the 'redeeming son' when before, it was the redemption of the Goddess' blood. So, what I want to know is: what happened to create the patriarchal system? How was the Goddess suppressed? A: All has been distorted and suppressed, so why not this? Q: You once mentioned 'Greek Enforcers' who wrote the New Testament. Where did these Greek Enforcers come from? A: Order of Thelon. Q: Never heard of it. On another occasion you called the Nephilim 'enforcers.' Is there any relation between this order of Thelon and the Nephilim? A: Maybe... Q: Where is the headquarters of this group? A: Sicinthos. Q: Is that a place? Never heard of it. A: Yes. Q: Okay. Next question: the White Mare Goddess image that prefigured the Omega symbol, what is this related to? A: Transcends. Q: The White Mare transcends something? A: Transcendental. Q: What is the relationship of the White Mare to the symbolism of the knight? The knight on the horse is repeatedly used in alchemical symbolism. A: Rites. Q: One of the rites in question is that the making of the knight involves touching both shoulders with the end of a sword which is actually a symbolic beheading. Why is the knight symbolically beheaded? A: Blast open limitations of encasing spirit in body.
06-20-98
Q: Was this figure the fertility god of the Hoggar region? A: Better study more material relating to Mediterranean region, particularly Malta. Q: Okay, that is at least the third time you have brought up Malta. I will look for something on Malta.
From: Laura Knight-Jadczyk <lark2@ozline.net> To: Vincent & Darlene <abooks@ac.net> Subject: Where is Arcadia? Thru the Labyrinth by the Lake? Send reply to: lark2@ozline.net Date sent: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:35:00 -0400
Hi, I was reading over the "cut and paste" segments and found an error in transcription. Had to check back to find out WHY I made such an error... and my only excuse is that, after all these years of sitting there with headphones on and typing, my mind tends to wander and I just typed in part of what I was thinking and NOT what I was hearing.
So, the segment was sent thus: Correction will follow.
Q: (L) Okay, meanwhile back at Rennes-le-Chateau, there are these three priests and a bishop who have more money than they ought to have. Clearly, there is something going on there. My thought is, after analyzing it is, the purported 'parchments' found in the column of the altar in the church there, were never really found, that they and the purported code were both made up as a clever fraud; the whole thing was made up, yet there IS a mystery there. I also think that the connecting of the Shepherds of Arcadia painting to that church, that area of France, is fraudulent also. The smokescreen is being focused there to keep it from being directed elsewhere. Am I on the right track here? A: Well, quite simply we would say, where is Arcadia? Q: (L) Arcadia was Turkey. You have made many references to Turkey, to Troy, which was located in what is not Turkey. A lot of funny stuff tracks back there. And, Troy means 'three.' Interesting. A: Tis a clue for you, not a destination!
Correction: Q: (L) Arcadia was in Greece. [leap in thought] You have made many references to Turkey, to Troy, which was located in what is now Turkey. A lot of funny stuff tracks back there. And, Troy means 'three.' Interesting. A: Tis a clue for you, not a destination!
The "leap in thought" connection that was not explicated is the fact that Arcadia was, in legend, the "creation" of the Perseid Dynasty which was usurped by Agamenon, the husband of Helen. Legends say that a remnant of the Perseid family fled to Troy. Other legends say they just "disappeared" or were "snuffed."
Mycenaea, the traditional "Arcadia," was "the place of the mushroom," supposedly named so because the hilt of Perseus sword fell off there and it was taken as a omen of the location to build the city. This "cap" had the appearance of a mushroom.
I don't believe that story for a minute, but it is the "going explanation."
However, the Canary Islands search that I was directed to by the C's produced most interesting results.... These are just pastes of notes and relevant session material. No special order, but I think you will get a "handl" on it!
Says here: "The story, according to my well-read informant, was something of a badly kept secret, but all the documentation was available for anyone with patience enough to page through reams of late 15th century documents, all handwritten in stylized, archaic Castillian and church Latin, at the Barcelona archives. In any case, the account concerns Christopher Columbus and his stay at the governor's mansion in Gran Canaria.
"Being a true Renaissance scholar, the Genoese navigator studied all available information about the possibility of a transoceanic expedition. Some of that information included the traditions of earlier seafaring peoples, such as the Vikings, who sailed into the distant West. Most historians believe he knew of the sea routs taken by Leif Ericson, Thorfinn Karlsefni and other Scandinavian seamen, but he rejected a northern crossing when he found a dolonial report made shortly after the Spanish subjugation of Gran Canaria.
"In the military report, a Buanche chief named Tirajana claimed that his ancestors were far greater sailors than the Spaniards, because they traveled regularly to the end of the ocean, over the horizon of the sunset to a great land. Although the Spanish officer who wrote the report dismissed the Guanche chief's statment as the defiant boast of a defeated man, Columbus felt the old native's claim merited further investigation, and he set sail for Gran Canaria. At the Governor's hous, arrangements were made for a trip to the mountainous interior of the island with an interpreter. In a few days, he reached the former native kingdom of Tirajana, where he met with one of the last surviving members of the Guanche royal family. Through a Spanish translator, he repeated to Columbus the same tradition of transatlantic voyages made by his ancestors and told him additionally of a great underwater stream that carried their ships directly from their island home across the sea to the great land in the Weest. The guanch survivor also provided stellar navigation, as preserved in the oral tradition of a tribal song about his ancestors, with particular reference to the Pleiades, to the far country beyond the evening twilight.
"Convinced he had heard the truth, Columbus sailed away with the old Guanche's information. The rest is history. Or almost. The Tirajana contribution to his discovery was subsequently repressed by either the Church authorities of by Columbus himself, because he did not want to share the glory of 1492 with anyone else.
"The jealousy with which he protected his achievements is wll known, but the motivation of the Church is far more credible. To admit that a heathen and a member of an inferior race just conquered by Catholic Spain had provided invaluable sailing directions to a Christian admiral would have been ideologically unacceptable in the extreme. Enterline askes quite correctly, 'What Renaissance Spanish scholar having any political sense would give a second thought to publshing anything detrimental to his sovereign's claims?' [...] "The conspiracy of silence has been maintained by the Spanish authorities to the present day, because of the disruptive independence movement still active in the Canary Islands, whose radical leaders could use the story of Tirajana as political propaganda for their separatist cause. Such propaganda might also prove especially effective during the 500th anniversary of Spain's discovery of the New World, an event of poerful significance throughout Iberis, Latin America and, indeed, the whole civilized world.
"In any case, the story does not lack for disquieting details that tend to confirm a Canary Island role in the Columbus enigma that still intrigues investigators after half a millennium. For example, the 'great underwater stream' the native said went straight to the other side of the ocean does indeed exist. It is the Canary Island Current that runs from Gran Canaria to the shores of Central America and the Bahamas, where Columbus made his landfall. In fact his ships rode the Canary Island Current across the Atlantic, just as the old Guanche said his ancestors used to do long ago.
"The man sho supposedly translated for Columbus was called De Aranya. Interestingly, a Diego de Aranya DID sail on the Santa Maria to 'New Spain,' where he was employed with success as an interpreter and eventually promoted to Alguazil of the Fleet. Today, the colonial town of De Aranya lies within the former Guanche kingdom of Tirajana.
"Born in Cordoba, Diego de Aranya settled on land purchased in Gran Canaria, where he mastered the native language and translated the deposed native chief's transatlantic sailing instructions for Columbus. Diego died in a massacre of about 40 other Spaniards on the island of Espanola. He was survived by his cousin, Pedro, who captained a ship on the third voyage from Spain to the New World and retired to Gran Canaria's Tirajana.
"Columbus' wife, Beatrix Enriquez' maiden name was de Aranya. [...] "The logbook of the admiral's first voyage to 'New Spain' is full or cryptic references to the Canary Islands. [...] "Evidence for pre-Columbian visits from bearded white men is not confined to native accounts. Significantly, some of that evidence identifies a distinct Canary Island presence |