Suppressed By Scholars: Twin Ancient Cultures On
Opposite Sides Of The Pacific
the grossest academic omissions—of our time is the untold
story of the parallel ruins left by two seemingly unrelated
ancient civilizations: the ancient Mayans on one side of the
Pacific Ocean and the ancient Balinese on the other. The
mysterious and unexplained similarities in their
architecture, iconography, and religion are so striking and
profound that the Mayans and Balinese seem to have been twin
civilizations—as if children of the same parent. Yet,
incredibly, this mystery is not only being ignored by
American scholars, it’s being suppressed.
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What does archaeology have to do with big politics and
big business? Everything. This next statement,
written in boldface, may sound absurd to you; but please
keep reading, then look at the photographic evidence in this
article, then draw your own conclusion:
By controlling major academic institutions and
the mass media, a vastly wealthy elite group of powerful
corporate families is successfully hiding historical and
spiritual truths of our ancient past. The goal of this group
is to maintain a secretive global system of economic and
political tyranny that their forefathers established more
than a century ago that was once termed the “Invisible
Government” by influential American leaders.
More specifically, this elite are concealing the
fact that there once existed a highly-sophisticated “Golden
Age” civilization on earth in remote prehistory. This Golden
Age civilization ended abruptly, but left behind a
powerfully-advanced spiritual doctrine that was later
inherited by the world’s first known civilizations, all
children of the Golden Age.
The world’s first cultures inherited and
practiced this “Universal Religion” via the
now-academically-taboo process called “hyperdiffusionism,” a
pejorative 20th century term recently invented by the
establishment media and academia:
“Hyperdiffusionism — the theory that all cultures
originated from one [Golden Age] culture.
Hyperdiffusionists deny that parallel evolution or
independent invention took place to any great extent
throughout history, they claim that…all cultures can be
traced back to a single culture.”— Wikipedia
By denouncing, and thus debilitating, any
academic study even remotely related to the so-called
“hyperdiffusionist” model of history—a model that was widely
accepted by scholars of past centuries, who called the
Golden Age civilization “Atlantis”—the elite have
successfully kept the Universal Religion out of our reach.
In doing so they have prevented us from accessing a deep,
self-empowering body of wisdom that has the potential to
stir a paradigm shift in humanity which would endanger their
global hegemony.
The present article relates a single example of
hyperdiffusionism in the ancient past. It’s a revealing look
at how the ancient culture of the Mayans, a highly-advanced
civilization that flourished on the Yucatán Peninsula in
southeastern Mexico, is mysteriously similar to a parallel
culture on the other side of the globe, the ancient
Balinese, who flourished on the tiny island of Bali in
Southeast Asia. What you are about to see is evidence of the
Universal Religion on both sides of the Pacific Ocean,
apparently handed down by the same Golden Age civilization.
Establishment scholars say the Mayans and the Balinese
were never in contact, since they were separated by the
Pacific Ocean, which these scholars say was impassible by
the ancients. Yet these scholars never offer to explain the
profound parallels the two cultures shared. Here are 12
examples of these parallels:
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#1 – Stepped Pyramids (With Temples On Top)
BALINESE (LEFT): The Mother Temple of
Besakih, or Pura Besakih, is the most important,
the largest and holiest pyramidal temple in Bali, Indonesia,
and one of a series of Balinese temples. It has stepped
terraces, resembling a stepped pyramid.
MAYAN (RIGHT): This stepped pyramid,
called the High Priest’s Temple or Ossuary, has four sides
with staircases on each side. The sides of the stairways are
decorated with interlaced feathered serpents. Pillars
associated with this building are in the form of the Toltec
feathered serpent and human figures.
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#2 – Twin Dragons / Serpents Balusters Running Down
Temple Sides
BALINESE (LEFT): The last stage of
Besakih temple is called Stairway to Heaven, and it is made
of twin serpent / dragon balustrades that run down the full
length of the stairway. At the bottom of the stairway their
mouths are open.
MAYAN (RIGHT): The pyramid of El
Castillo features plumed serpents that run down the sides of
the northern balustrade. At the bottom of the stairway their
mouths are open. During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the
late afternoon sun strikes off the northwest corner of the
pyramid and casts a series of triangular shadows against the
northwest balustrade, which creates the illusion of a
feathered serpent “crawling” down the pyramid.
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#3 – Sacred Corbel Arch Architecture
BALINESE (LEFT): This corbel arch from a
temple complex in Ubud is constructed by offsetting
successive courses of stone (or brick) at the springline of
the walls so that they project towards the archway’s center
from each supporting side, until the courses meet at the
apex of the archway. Often, the last gap is bridged with a
flat stone.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Notable throughout Maya
architecture is the corbel arch, which directs the weight
off of the lintel and onto the supporting posts. The corbel
vault has no keystone, as European arches do, making the
Maya vault appear more like a narrow triangle than an
archway. Often, the last gap is bridged
with a flat stone.
Renowned 19th century Mayanist Augustus Le Plongeon, who
has since been discredited because of his hyperdiffusionist
idea that the world’s first cultures were children of a much
older civilization named Atlantis, believed that the
universality of the corbel arch in Antiquity was strong
evidence of hyperdiffusionism:
“…Augustus Le Plongeon, a pioneering Mayanist,
renowned for having made the earliest thorough and
systematic photographic documentation of archaeological
sites in Yucatan……for Le Plongeon, the most important evidence of
cultural diffusion was the Mayas’ corbelled arch. The
arches… he believed, had proportions that related to the
“mystic numbers 3.5.7″ which he stated were used by
ancient Masonic master builders…Those same proportions,
he also noted, were found in tombs in Chaldea and
Etruria, in ancient Greek structures and as part of the
Great Pyramid in Egypt…Throughout his writings, including “The Origins
of the Egyptians” published posthumously in 1913, he
compares modern and ancient Maya and Egyptian
ethnography, linguistics, iconography and religious
practices…He was basically on the right track
methodologically, and he did make a number of intriguing
observations and analogies…”—Lawrence G. Desmond, Augustus Le Plongeon: A Fall
From Archaeological Grace
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#4 – Parallel “Fearsome” Deities At Temple Entrances
BALINESE (LEFT): Note the face, right
hand, left hand, and left foot. This fearsome looking
Balinese deity marks the entrances to Balinese temples. He
has a torch in his left hand, huge teeth and fangs, long
hair, a beard, and a fearful expression. In the bottom photo
you can see his left foot points out to the left while his
right hand is close-fisted just below his chest, elbow
out—similar to the Mayan photo.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Note the face, right
hand, left hand, and left foot. This fearsome looking
“howler monkey god” statue marks the entrances to Mayan
temples. The howler monkey god was a major deity of the
arts—including music—and a patron of the artisans among the
Classic Mayas, especially of the scribes and sculptors.
He holds a torch in his left hand, has huge teeth,
long hair, a beard, and a fearful expression. In the bottom
photo you can see his left foot points outward to the left
while his right hand is close-fisted just below his chest,
elbow out—similar to the Balinese photo.
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#5 – Sculpted Stone Serpents
BALINESE (LEFT): Balinese serpents
carved in stone protrude from the sides of temples. The
serpent is one of the oldest and most widespread
mythological symbols; it represents fertility or the
creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through
moulting, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation,
immortality, and healing. The ouroboros is a symbol of
eternity and continual renewal of life.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Mayan serpents carved in
stone protrude from the sides of temples. The serpent was a
very important social and religious symbol, revered by the
Mayans. The shedding of their skin made them a symbol of
rebirth and renewal. The chief Mesoamerican god,
Quetzalcoatl, was represented as a feathered serpent. The
Vision Serpent was also important. During Mayan rituals
participants would experience visions in which they
communicated with the ancestors or gods. These visions took
the form of a giant serpent which served as a gateway to the
spirit realm. The ancestor or god who was being contacted
was depicted as emerging from the serpent’s mouth.
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#6 – Spiritual Energy Harnessed Through Hand Gestures
BALINESE (LEFT): Notice the yoga-style
position of the hands of Acintya (Statuette of Acintya, Bali
Museum) the chief deity of the ancient Balinese religion. An
important aspect of the ancient worldwide practice of yoga
is the subtle but key practice of hand, body and eye
postures, to invoke certain flows of energy and create
certain states of consciousness, called in India “yoga
mudras” or “hand yoga gestures.”
MAYAN (RIGHT): Stela at Copan
of king Waxaklahuun Ub’aah K’awiil, believe to have
been erected December 5, 711. Note the position of his hands
as compared to Acynta. Hand yoga gestures generally work by
preventing the dissipation of prana (life-force) from the
fingertips. In order to do this, one brings the fingers
together in various ways, which helps create certain subtle
energy circuits. These circuits then channel prana along
particular pathways to affect the mind/body complex in
specific ways.
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#7 – Frightening Faces Above Doorways (With
Recessed Lintels)
BALINESE (LEFT): Many Balinese temples
depict faces of deities—often grotesque or scary visages—
above the main doorway. Note how the top of the doorway
steps inward in successive steps. In one sense, these were
used as apotropaic symbols, having the power to prevent evil
or bad luck and to scare away evil spirits. The doorways and
windows of buildings were felt to be particularly vulnerable
to evil. On churches and castles, gargoyles or other
grotesque faces and figures would be carved to frighten away
evil and other malign influences.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Many Mayan temples depict
faces of deities—often grotesque or scary visages— above the
main doorway. Note how the top of the doorway steps inward
in successive steps. Some scholars believe these to be
masks. The Mayan’s created masks showing the faces of snakes
and various animals and these masks were quite common.
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#8 – Twin Elephant Deities
BALINESE (LEFT): An elephant head at the
entrance to a Balinese temple. The elephant here may or may
not predate the practice of Hinduism on the island. In
Hinduism, the most widely worshiped Hindu god deity is Lord
Ganesha: The Elephant God. He represents “perfect wisdom”
and is considered to be the “remover of obstacles” and
“bestower of prosperity.” He combines the natures of the two
most intelligent beings—man and elephant.
MAYAN (RIGHT): An elephant head on a
Mayan sculpture. Elephant heads are prominent in art and
sculpture throughout the ancient Americas. This is a bit of
a mystery, since elephants were supposed to have disappeared
from America about 10,000 years ago as the Ice Ages waned.
Scholars in the past who subscribed to diffusionist theories
believed the elephant imagery was created by the Mayans
either because they themselves originated in the Old World
or because they had seen elephants first hand after
traveling there themselves. It is also possible that
cultures in the Americas are far more ancient than scholars
realize, and stretch back to a time when elephants were
still living in the Americas. British surgeon and
sinologist. W. Perceval Yetts (1878 – 1957) wrote:
“So far back as 1813 doubts were thrown on the
autochthony attributed to Maya culture, and about ten
years ago the famous anatomist Professor G. Elliot Smith
revived some of the old arguments and fortified them
with many ingenious speculations of his own…to prove
that a certain motive used in Maya design was derived
from the Old World. The motive is well displayed twice
on a carved monolith at Copan…and Professor Smith
champions the identification of these two forms as heads
of elephants, and, above all, as heads of Indian
elephants.”—W. Perceval Yetts, Elephants and Maya Art
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#9 – Monster Temples With Massive “Mouth” Entrances
BALINESE (LEFT): This is the Goa Gajah
temple, also called Elephant Cave. On the façade of the cave
is an enormous zoomorphic mask with the entrance to the
temple as its mouth. Next to this figure in relief are
various menacing creatures and demons carved in the rock at
the cave entrance. The primary figure was once thought to be
an elephant, hence the nickname Elephant Cave. The
site is mentioned in the Javanese poem Desawarnana
written in 1365. An extensive bathing place on the site was
not excavated until the 1950s. These appear to have been
built to ward off evil spirits.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Uxmal: Pyramid of the
Magician. On the façade of the pyramid entrance is an
enormous zoomorphic mask with the entrance to the temple as
its mouth. Next to this figure in relief are various
menacing creatures and demons carved in the rock at the
entrance. Linda Schele (1942 – 1998) an expert in the field
of Mayan epigraphy and iconography, wrote:
“The façades of Maya architecture served as a
stage front for ritual and carriers of important
religious and political symbolism…One of the most
impressive techniques was to treat the entire façade as
a great monster head with the door as its mouth, as
on…the Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal…People entering
such buildings appeared to be walking into the gullet of
the monster.”—Linda Schele, The Iconography of Maya
Architectural Façades during the Late Classic Period
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#10 – Chakana Cross Symbols
BALINESE (LEFT): Scholars have mostly
ignored this esoteric spiritual symbol that repeats on
Balinese stone monuments, here shown on the Bali Pavilion of
Taman Mini. But in Andean culture (Incas, pre-Incas) it’s
well-known as “Chakana,” which stands for “Inca Cross.” The
Chakana symbolizes for Inca mythology what is known in other
mythologies as the World Tree (i.e., the Tree of Life). A
stepped cross, with three steps on each side, it is made up
of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of
the compass and a superimposed square
MAYAN (RIGHT): Chakana symbols similar
to those created by the Incas and pre-Incas of the Andes in
Peru exist throughout Mayan art and architecture where they
held the same religious meaning and served the same
spiritual purpose. As in Bali, the Chakana takes the form of
a stepped cross, with three steps on each side. It is made
up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of
the compass and a superimposed square.
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#11 – Third Eye Dot Between Eyes On Forehead
BALINESE (LEFT): The Balinese sculpted
faces and wood carvings at left display the Third Eye dot in
the forehead, symbolic of the ancient “Third Eye” explained
in the religions, mythologies and spiritual systems of
indigenous cultures around the world. The Third Eye is
available to all of us and we can open it and use it to see
the “inner soul,” which is who we really re (i.e., we are
the soul, not the body). You can learn more about the Third
Eye here.
MAYAN (RIGHT): Mayan stone faces at
right display the Third Eye dot in the forehead, symbolic of
the ancient “Third Eye” explained in the Mayan religion. You
can learn more about the Third Eye here.
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#12 – “Triptych” Three-Door Temples—With Accent On
Center Door
BALINESE (LEFT): The Triptych
three-in-one temple is common throughout Bali, visible on
countless temples all over the island. The Triptych pattern
relates the central teaching of the indigenous Balinese
religion, which is related to the Third Eye. You can learn
more about this religion symbolized by theTriptych
here.
MAYAN (RIGHT): The Triptych three-in-one
temple is common throughout Mexico, visible on countless
Mayan, Aztec and other cultural temples all over the
Yucatan. The Triptych pattern relates the central teaching
of the indigenous Mayan religion, and pre-Columbian religion
in general. You can learn more about this religion
symbolized by the
Triptych here.
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Why Scholars Fail To Study The Parallels
These are 12 major parallels still visible in the ruins
of the ancient Balinese and ancient Mayan cultures—twin
civilizations that developed on opposite sides of the
Pacific Ocean who scholars say were never in contact and who
scholars believe developed independently of each other. The
parallels shared here point to a far different story than
scholars tell. The evidence indicates a much deeper
relationship shared by the ancient Balinese and ancient
Mayans.
Yet establishment scholars are completely ignoring these
parallels, not out of spite or because they arepurposely
trying to cover something up; but because they are being
controlled to do so in a way so subtle that even they
themselves aren’t unaware of it.
How?
These scholars—mainstream historians and
archaeologists—are fundamentally honest and hard-working
people who perform the extraordinarily laborious task of
unearthing artifacts from our ancient past. When they say
“there’s no mystery in the past” and “hyperdiffusionism is
an outdated model of history” it seems clear that they
themselves genuinely believe it; they’re not trying to
deceive the public in any way.
The problem is that they are locked into a particular
paradigm that sees our society as the apex and pinnacle of
the human story. They view history as a straightforward
evolutionary process that went from primitive cavemen
through a gradual development into agriculture and then down
into the Greeks, Romans, the Middle Ages, and finally the
Enlightenment and beginning of Science, all ending with our
highly technological civilization of today, which in their
minds is the “supreme” one.
They are 100% locked into this “evolutionary” idea of how
history works, and so it’s very difficult for them to accept
that deep in the remote past there existed a civilization or
Golden Age that was even higher than we are, and that was
able to do things that we cannot. This is the lens through
which they view reality, and so they dismiss any anomalous
evidence or find plausible explanations for any evidence
that does not jive with this reality.
Moreover, being a “scholar” or an “academic” is a job, a
profession, which is part of a larger structure. If you want
to get a job as a “scholar” or “academic” you absolutely
need to buy into its mindset; buy into the paradigm. If you
don’t buy in then you simply won’t get hired, and you won’t
climb the ladder and move up. Thinkers and researchers who
might have wilder or different or more extra ordinary ideas
of the past are thus weeded out so that the ones who are
left are those who have bought into the existing paradigm.
Thus, no scholar dares challenge the “established” model
against hyperdiffusionism, that is, if he or she wishes to
get published or win research grants or move along in the
profession. This is the simple way in which research into
the human past is being controlled by forces we can’t see
and most of us don’t understand.
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In Conclusion
This is a very brief look at highlights of the parallels
common to two ancient civilizations separated by the Pacific
ocean. Like a jig-saw puzzle, the missing pieces of these
twin cultures separated by the Pacific Ocean can be put
together to reveal a common ancestry.
Scholars of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century
believed they understood this ancestry. According to their
research, in the dimness of remote Antiquity, in an age so
prehistoric it is now lost to time and memory, there once
existed a spiritually-advanced “Golden Age” civilization
which far surpassed our own modern society culturally and
spiritually. The world’s first cultures were all children of
this Golden Age “Mother Culture,” and we can still see
traces of it today in the many similarities shared by those
civilizations that we understand to be the world’s first
cultures.
The trouble is, if you mention this Golden Age culture to
scholars by using the words “hyperdiffusion,” “Atlantis” or
“Lost Civilization,” then not only have you lost their ear,
but you’ve lost the ear of most people who hinge on every
word the academics say (without thinking for themselves).
Hyperdiffusionism is bubkis; that’s the academic
line, and if you don’t tow it you’re through.
Richard Cassaro is the author of the groundbreaking new
book Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic
Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals & World Architecture:
Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of
“Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion
Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The
book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced
globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids,
Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central
tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western
Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called
“Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks
have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and
America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites:
www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
Posted on May 16, 2012