Mysteries and Discoveries Archive
Andrew Collins Notes FURTHER INFORMATION Andrew Collins’ homepage REFERENCED BOOKS Beneath the Pyramids From the Ashes of Angels Gods of Eden The Cygnus Mystery
The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull is no longer unique! Out of Africa – by way of California – emerges another ancient skull, “Compassion”, with a detachable jaw. Already, this skull is re-carving the crystal skull landscape! by Philip Coppens With the 2008 release of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, crystal skulls attained a far higher level of exposure than ever before. Before, …
Feature Articles – The Cathars: the struggle for and of a new Church The “Cathar heresy” that struck Southern France in the 13th century, and which was viciously persecuted by the Church, remains a pool of interest and intrigue. What really happened, and what did they truly believe? by Philip Coppens Wars between nations or faiths are commonplace. Sometimes, nations turn against a minority resident …
What possessed our ancestors to paint inside the deepest reaches of caves? According to new research, the answer is to be found in the shamanic visions, possibly identifying the first creation of sacred space, for contact with the divine. by Philip Coppens Many authors claim that it is a “fact” that “civilisation” began ca. 6000 years in Sumer. The concept of the origins of Mankind …
Feature Articles – Tweet tweet: the language of birds The “bird language” or “Green language” is an intriguing system of codes, practiced by some traditions. But what lies at its origins – and could its origin actually not be a language, but what many termed the original method of communication? by Philip Coppens The “language of birds” has many names; some call it the “Language …
Feature Articles – Prehistoric “plane” flies! Three Germans succeeded in developing a scale model of what they believe is the first airplane, found as an archaeological discovery in South America. by Philip Coppens In 1968, the Swiss author Erich von Däniken remarked in his world bestseller Chariots of the Gods? that, in his opinion, an artefact recovered from Columbia was nothing short of a prehistoric …
The lost civilisation of Atlantis has been located virtually anywhere in the world… and some have even gone as far as space… Researcher Robert Sarmast has now concluded that the lost civilisation must have been located near Cyprus… and he may be right. by Philip Coppens “Atlantis” is a unique word, a translation from the Egyptian word Keftiu into Greek. Keftiu itself was a translation …
Feature Articles – The Angelic Society The Angelic Society is not a secret society as such… but is therefore not less interesting or important. Specifically, it harbours mostly artists who have – by design or accident – communicated with the angels and have embraced these entities as their guides to complete their life’s mission. by Philip Coppens On December 31, 1986, Andrew Lakey suffered a …
Feature Articles – The False Dilemma: Ancient inroads towards a New Age The world around us has vastly changed in the last two decades. Is this just a stand-alone phenomenon, or does it instead fit into a larger cycle, one that may be thousands of years old? If so, can ancient wisdom teach us certain insights on how to face some of the challenges of …
Feature Articles – Reaching for the skies The Great Pyramid, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, remained the world’s tallest monument for several millennia. But in the late 19th century, Mankind once again began to reach for the sky – sometimes with imagination and symbolism, sometimes purely because it could, and wanted to show as much. by Philip Coppens Of the …