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Traces of Atlantis in Peru, By Karola
Siebert 1965
The Mantshchay valley lies some 20 kms. from Lima. It is
flanked on two sides by high sandhills, and in it can be seen from afar a
pillar of stone. Directly below that, a great natural block rises from the rock
wall, the flat top forming a kind of table. This is the altar , and around it
is a three-quarter circle, whose opening forms a small space before it. The
three-quarter circle is the symbol of the fire god and also of the water god,
and basically it is the same figure. Likewise, their names here are Huiracocha
and Chon. Inside the small space in front of the altar, bones of sacrifices,
still in my possession, were found as well as burnt ram's horns from the
vicinity. It was instantly clear to me that these were relics of Atlantean
Culture. Unbelievably, here was evidence of the Lost Continent. Never had I
dreamed of finding it in Peru. Later, on the sides of various hills I
discovered remarkable drawings of the Poseidon Trident with the above mentioned
with the above mentioned symbol attached, an early Ethiopian flood hieroglyph
and a Theban City arms, and empty circle which a archaic script also
represented the world before the creation, and beside it , a circle with a dot
in the middle, which represents the ram god Aries (webmaster note-or should we
say the Egyptian symbol of the sun). That is why, wherever there were traces of
Atlantis, I found burnt ram's horns. The dot denotes the striking force of ram
or fire, which causes earthquakes and resultant water catastrophes. Hence the
joint name "Huiracocha Chon". Along the Peruvian Coast, Chon was
worshipped. He was the water god of the sun gate of Tiahuanaco in Bolivia, one
of the oldest, if not the most ancient monument in the world. I found his sign
in other places nearby. Some 2 kms. in the direct line opposite the stone
pillar of Mantschay is the Atlantean emblem, whose drawing is found on cliffs
in Northern Europe. Next to it on a hill on whose peak were drawn the symbols
of Egyptian sun-worship, was a zigzag line, in the middle a cross, and a little
further away, completing the whole, the Ansata cross of the Pharaohs. On an
isolated hill was the ancient South American equal-armed cross, small size, the
same as that on the fire-worship altar with the Ansata crux. The small crosses
predominate. They are evidence of the South American worship of the sun and of
the elements. It is the most ancient symbol of the so-called New World. Centuries
old, it comes undoubtedly from Atlantis just as, in general, the cult of stars
spread out from there to both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. All these signs,
together with the atschupaya plant, a kind of cactus, were "planted"
in the sand. They may have been restored in the course of centuries, but the
important thing is that the Atlantean pillar culture still exists in Peru
today. I was able to decipher the archaic inscriptions with the aid of the
latest studies of the London Pali Text Society, whose secretary is Miss I. B.
Horner. The Indians are right in asserting that this script, dating from
prehistoric times when the seven continents still existed was universal.
Fortunately, I photographed all these items, as military exercises have since
destroyed everything. At Incahuasi in the Province of Caniete, some 200 kms
from Lima, I found a classic Atlantis temple with five rows of pillars still
standing; it was believed there should have been seven rows. The pillars, about
1.80 m. in height, are enclosed by four small walls. They are built of small
broken stones fitted together and coated outside with a smooth substance which
keeps them from falling apart. I counted thirteen in each of the five rows,
most of them nearly level with the ground. Like the majority of ruins, these
have almost disintegrated. The walled enclosure of each pillar indicates a
special significance, definitely something sacred. This veneration of pillars
emanated only from Atlantis, where the first column was raised to the Atlantean
God Poseidon Atlas. Its meaning and purpose was to support the heavens and to
protect the earth against their fall. I recommend the study of Plato's Critias
and Timaeus, transmitting the text brought by Solon from the Priest of Sais.
This tells us that the three main religious supports were the pillars, and that
the numbers were five and six, in whose honor the ten kings of Atlantis made a
festival every five to six years. Behind these figures lies an abstract idea
which was given expression in concrete form, to provide men with an object of
worship. Last September five round temples were discovered in the jungle of San
Martin. They are 20 meters in diameter, with a pillar in each, having the
Vulcan symbol at the top, the three quarter circle built into the masonry and
the zigzag of the fire cult impressed, similar to Mantschay. This is the first
instance I know of five round walled temples with their five pillars- the
Atlantean number five. I am not able to visit these ruins myself, eight
days of strenuous travel from Lima, deep into the interior. Their finder,
Carlos Torrealva Juarez, promised to return there, to make a clearing in the
forest and a landing ground for helicopters. He and his companions were
prospecting for mines.
In the ruined Indian city of Cajamarquilla, 16 kms. from
Lima, I found three Atlantis temples. The first and main temple is dedicated
to Huiracocha. It has a half circle of clay blocks on one hill, in the center
of which is an altar of Vulcan: all people worshipped this natural force,
only each named it in his own tongue. There is also a temple to the number
five, recognizable from its flight of five steps, and beside it a temple to the
number six with one (or two) flights of steps, each six treads each. Nobody
here appreciates that the number of steps and of the window openings is
symbolic. In the same set of ruins is a temple of Mysteries, identical with
that of Osiris in Egypt, dedicated to the god of fire. Before the altar is
a large space pierced with many holes up to 15 meters deep, and at the bottom
are large openings connecting them with each other, in a zigzag line. No one
had perceived this, but I went down a rope ladder and saw for myself that the
connecting holes were at angles to each other. This indicates that the sun and
water cults trod on the zigzag path to emulate the line of lightning and of the
ocean waves, and then they would emerge in the near by sun temple which also
has several holes in front of its thirteen step stairway. In his book "The
Golden Bough", Sir James Frazer explains this "imitation magic"
of primitive peoples. Only through the book on the ruins of Chavin by professor
German Busse, Lecturer at Lima Catholic University, was it possible for me to
discover the hidden significance of the chief idol which stands at the center
of an underground labyrinth. His tracing, which he allowed me to photograph,
shows the two halves of the idol's face hewn on either side of a triangular
block. The credit for the interpretation belongs to the professor. It must be
mentioned that the floor below the idol bears the same flood symbol as that on
the sandhill of Mantschay, only in stone. The idol itself has a bulls head
with savage tusks. In the center of its face are to S S figures opposite each
other, symbol of the Egyptian Queen of Heaven Isis. A further symbol of
Isis is seen in the horizontal snakes on both sides of the forehead. According
to Egyptian Mythology, the spirit of Osiris dwelt in the heavenly beast Apis.
Thus it is understandable that his countenance bears the sign of his consort
Isis. Consequently it was not difficult to establish that the chief idol of
Chavin belonged to the Apis Cult. This conformity with Egypt could only have
come by way of Atlantis, the Island-bridge between Africa and America. It is my
belief that Atlantean culture spread from its starting point at Tiahuanaco, in
a direct line to Ica (Inca?) on the Pacific, then along the coast to Chancay
and Casma, where I found definate symbols of Atlantis, thence to Chavin in the
Sierra where the Apis idol bears witness and must surely have come from
Atlantis, and then spread out on both sides of the Ocean. The Sumerian beast
"Raman" belongs to the same category. Here I must mention that
fortress structure (which I am convinced it is) of Sacsayhuaman in Cuzco with
its zigzag line of huge stones, exactly like the Mystery Temple of
Cajamarquilla and the sandhills of Mantschay, represents the worship of fire
and water. The people of antiquity wrote in stones erected by giants who lived
in the moonless age. This can be under cosmogony of Hans Hoerbiger. There are
myths of giants on the Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The city of Ica is named
after one such giant. In conclusion I qoute from Dmitri Merezhkovsky's
"Secrets of the West", published in London some thirty years ago:
"Relics of Atlantis still exist in the unsolved mysteries of Egypt, Mexico
and Peru.".
Webmaster note- Though many points Siebert makes of his
discoveries are possible especially the Apis connection due to a river name in
South America that essentially means the same thing of Apur, or Apis. The
association of architecture with Atlantis is more difficult then numbers and
pillar styles. Many styles are far more recent then others and it is difficult
to lump sum them even by technique. Symbol study is applauded by me to Siebert
but again the symbols used of Apis and Isis show a more recent date by the fact
that even Apis by name is not necessarily 8,000 years old, because we see his
older name Apur River in South America which is more obscure of the two.
Religious augmentation is possible in this regard, and the strongest point he
makes is the Bockian Goat sacrifice cults that Atlantis did preform according
to Plato, and that various other world wide Noah's did the same like Abraham to
appease god after a bad ecological event or escaping a tragic flood. The
Egyptians arriving in South America can be of a much later time, but Isis or
her Bull cult Osiris (Posiedon) could possibly came before the Egyptians in a
Basque sense and Atlantis cult wise barrowed. A more like scenario. June 26th
2002 D. Clarke
Last point Masonic Vulcan is another angle in itself to the
Atlantis problem.
More on the City of Brass, By Egerton
Sykes
In 1951 I published an article on the City of Brass in
Atlantis, Vol. 4, No.3 On re-reading the story the other day I was struck with
several points of interest which I had missed.
The first of these is that a description of the city and
its five and twenty gates, with walls rising to a height of eighty cubits, say
one hundred and twenty feet, was given in the Arab work "The Book of
Hidden treasures". Can any reader check this reference for me?
The next point was that the first twelve soldiers who were
sent to explore along the walls to find a means of getting into the city, all plunged
to their deaths on the other side. This was discovered to be due to a mirage,
giving the impression of water into which the unfortunate men dived. The
historian also mentions having seen ten damsels with faces like moons who
beckoned him to come to them in the water, but this may be an artistic
embellishment. The point is whether this was a straightforward mirage, giving
the illusion of water, or whether it was some artificially induced form of
hypnosis for defense purposes. Again, the gates could only be opened by a
mechanism contained within the body of a second brass horse standing near the
entrance, which had a gear wheel which had to be turned twelve times to effect
this. The first horse was the one which they came across in the middle of the desert
which when activated by rubbing the hand of the rider, turned automatically to
indicate the direction of the City of Brass. These horses are in the best
Carthagenian tradition, although one has also heard of a similar type of
direction indicator in China. The embalmed princess who looked as if she were
alive had a negro slave standing one on each side of her. When Talib, the son
of Sahl, tried to despoil her body of jewels, one of these automata pushed him
forward whilst the other swung a sword cutting off his head."
For those who are interested, copies of the previous
articles are available.
Atlantis
Datings and other information.
Also
Atlantis Datings , By E. Sykes 1965
